S&P NetAdvantage Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage is a comprehensive source of business and investment information, offering on-line access to popular Standard & Poor's research products such as Stock Reports, Corporation Records, The Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives, The Outlook, Mutual Fund Reports, and Bond Reports.
	Morningstar Identify stocks or funds to find out what analysts have to say about that investment, or input two or more stocks and/or mutual funds to see how they work together as a portfolio.
	EBSCOhost Business Source EBSCOhost offers a variety of proprietary full text, popular databases from leading information providers. Business Source Premier & Business Regional News contain journals, magazines, newspapers, including Crain's Chicago Business.
	Proquest Search The Chicago Tribune (1985-present), The Chicago Sun Times, The Daily Herald, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and several other Midwest regional newspapers, as well as nationally known magazines and journals.
	OCLC FirstSearch A gateway to multiple online databases. Search ABI-Inform for articles from business and management periodicals, journals, newswires, and newspapers. Published congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting proceedings are available from the Proceedingsfirst database.
	ReferenceUSA An online telephone directory database used for residential and business listings nationwide searchable by name, geographic location, yellow page heading, business size or sales volume.
	Public Records Electronic Database The Public Records Electronic Database can provide you with public records of new homeowners, new business licenses, foreclosures, and bankruptcies in Cook, Dekalb, Dupage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry and Will Counties.

The links below will take you to business resources on the Internet:
Business Management   Company Information   Statistics   Charities and Donations
Quotes, Charts and Annual Reports    Banking and Credit    Investor Education
Savings Bonds     Taxes     Stock Splits     Stock Markets      Calculators

Business Management:

• State of Illinois Business Services
  Links to Illinois Business Organization Acts, Corporate/LLC Information Search, Publications and Forms, and Illinois Uniform Commercial Code.
  


• SBA Illinois
  Small Business Administration Illinois Office Home Page
  


• City of Chicago Small Business Assistance Center
  City of Chicago guide to starting a business, financial assistance, licenses/taxes, permits, zoning, inspections and utilities.
  


• Glenview Chamber of Commerce
  


• World Chambers of Commerce Network
  Worldwide chambers of commerce and industry gateway.
  


• U.S. Business Advisor
  The business gateway to federal resources.
  


• SIC-Standard Industrial Classification Search
  SIC classifications and statistics, still in use while NAICS is being phased in.
  


• NAICS-North American Industry Classification System
  NAICS has replaced the U.S. Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system as a result of NAFTA (North America Free Trade Agreement.) These codes can be used to locate companies within a particular industry.
  

Company Information:

• Hoover’s Online
  The business information authority.
  


• U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)—EDGAR
  

Statistics:

• U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics
  Look up U.S. economics statistics for inflation and consumer spending, wages, employment, demographics, business and industry, and much more.
  


• FedStats
  The gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies.
  

Quotes, Charts and Annual Reports:

• BigCharts
  Current and historical stock quotes.
  


• Real Time
  News, stock quotes and actionable insight for members and non-members.
  


• U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)—EDGAR
  


• MSN Money Central
  

Banking and Credit:

• Bankrate.com
  Compare mortgage rates, auto loan rates, certificates of deposits.
  


• Investing in Bonds
  Information on all types of bonds including prices and yields. Includes investor education.
  


• Fund Alarm
  

Investor Education:

• Chart School
  


• The Motley Fool
  Fool’s School.
  


• InvestorWords
  Financial glossary.
  

Savings Bonds:

• Treasury Direct
  U.S. Government securities information.
  


• U.S. Savings Bond Value Tables
  Values for Series E, EE, I Bonds or Savings Notes, 1941 to current.
  

Taxes:

• Federal Tax Forms and Information
  


• Illinois Tax Forms and Information
  


• Cook County Assessor’s Office
  


• Tax Forms for Other States
  

Stock Splits:

• Yahoo Finance Stock Splits Calendar
  

Stock Markets:

• Chicago Board of Trade
  


• Chicago Mercantile Exchange
  


• Chicago Stock Exchange
  


• NASDAQ Stock Exchange
  


• New York Stock Exchange
  

Calculators:

• OANDA, The Currency Site
  The advanced and comprehensive provider of foreign exchange, currency trading, and information services.
  


• The Mortgage Qualifier
  Use this calculator to determine the maximum loan amount for which you qualify, based on standard lender rules.
  

Charities and Donations:

• GuideStar
  National database of 600,000+ charities and nonprofit organizations.
  


• BBB Wise Giving Alliance
  Detailed reports on hundreds of charities from the Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance.