SU Library: Library Research Tools for University Advancement: Biography Resources

Public Library Sources

Your public library can often help by providing access to printed and online resources for research, especially on the local level.

D&B Hoovers This link opens in a new window
company profiles including business overviews, competitor information, financial statements along with industry reports from MarketLine and other reputable sources
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Nexis Uni™ features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis—including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790—with an intuitive interface that offers quick discovery across all content types, personalization features such as Alerts and saved searches and a collaborative workspace with shared folders and annotated documents.
Wall Street Journal (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Premier US business newspaper covering all aspects of US and global business developments, financial news and market information
Mergent Online This link opens in a new window
Company profiles for public and private US and international companies including business descriptions, financial, industry profiles, competitor information and comparison tools. Includes comprehensive financial statements in multi-year increments.

Linkedin and Facebook : social media sites. Linkedin is aimed at professional contacts.

Regional Business News This link opens in a new window
Provides access to 80 business journals, newspapers, and newswires from rural and urban areas in the United States and Canada. Updated daily.
Baltimore Sun (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
full-text coverage of The Baltimore Sun newspaper from 9/16/90-present
Description: Full-text of the Baltimore Sun.
Coverage: Full-text: 9/16/1990 to the present.
Baltimore Sun (Historical) (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
from 1837-1986.
Coverage: 5/17/1837-12/31/1991 (PDF format)