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Business magazines and newspapers have a wealth of information for the investor; such as, the latest news and trends, company information, stock recommendations, and economic statistics. These periodicals, available at the Highland Park Public Library, may help you in the selection and analysis of your investment opportunities. Periodicals are located in the Alyce Brenner Room unless otherwise noted.
Internet sites may include articles from the current and back issues, archives or special features available only online. The sites have information available for free, for paid subscribers ($), or a combination of both. Online databases are available on library computers or via your home computer with a Highland Park Public Library card.
periodicals | periodical indexes | e-journals
Barron's The Dow Jones Business & Financial Weekly (weekly) News articles and coverage of the weeks transactions on the NYSE, American Stock Exchange, NASDAQ, regional, and Canadian exchanges. The Market Week section has detailed financial tables and economic indices. [Reference Desk] www.barrons.com.
Better Investing (monthly) published by the National Association of Investors Corporation. Focuses on investment issues. www.better-investing.com.
Business Week (weekly) News and developments in business. Publishes the Top 1000 Companies (based on market value of outstanding stocks). www.businessweek.com.
Chicago Tribune (daily) Business section focuses on local issues and major national stories and trends. Publishes Chicago's Top 100 Companies, an annual list of the top 100 companies in Chicagoland with quarterly updates. Publishes a quarterly listing of Mutual Funds. [online subscription].
Crain's Chicago Business (weekly) Chicago area business news. Publishes (Dec.) the Top Business Lists, which includes "special features from the past year along with reprints of all the lists." [Reference Desk] www.crainschicagobusiness.com.
Forbes (biweekly) General business news. Publishes Forbes 500 Directory of Companies based on sales volume. www.forbes.com.
Fortune (biweekly) General business news. Published the Fortune 500 largest publicly owned industrial firms ranked by sales volume (Apr or May) and 500 largest non-industrial companies (June) www.fortune.com.
Inc. (monthly) Entrepreneurship and small business. www.inc.com.
Investor's Business Daily (Mon-Fri) Provides "concise and comprehensive coverage of business, financial, economic, and national news." www.investors.com.
Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine (monthly) Investing, personal finance, and money issues. www.kiplinger.com.
Money (monthly) Personal finance issues, investing, spending, and saving. www.money.com.
Smart Money: the Wall Street Journal Magazine of Personal Business (monthly) Articles offer market advice and stock recommendations. www.smartmoney.com.
Wall Street Journal (Mon-Fri) "News and trends covering business, industry, finance, economy, and international topics." Detailed financial tables. [online database].
Chicago Tribune Index: Library has the Chicago Tribune on microfilm from 1965, on the Internet from 1985, the historical database from 1890 (available in-library only) and indexes from 1972.
Business and Company Resource Center (formerly General Business File) (Infotrac): 1980-current "Bibliographic references to and abstracts from 2718 business, economic, management, trade and industry publications. Includes magazines and newspapers. The Business Collection microfilm cartridges are also indexed in the General Business File. [Online database]
General Reference Center Gold (Infotrac): 3748 general interest publications, including business periodicals, are available in full-text or abstract format. [Online database].
Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature: 1890-current. The Readers' Guide "is a cumulative author subject index to English language periodicals of general interest."
Wall Street Journal Index: The Library has WSJ on microfilm from 1988 and the online database from 1982.
To find a listing of business-related e-journals contained in our subscription databases, visit our E-journal portal.
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