Your local public library may provide access to electronic resources within their library and from home or office. Check out your library's web site or speak with their reference librarians.
- Business Resources at Public Libraries - a research guide compiled by Horn librarians of public libraries resources organized by state.
- Local Library Resources - All States : Access information through state sponsored portals including company data, career and job searching resources, business databases and online newspapers and magazines.
- Massachusetts residents: Massachusetts residents can obtain remote access to databases through their local public libraries by going to the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners webpage.
- New York residents: Within the New York City area, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library of the New York Public Library offers databases, both at NYPL locations and from home with a valid NYPL library card. This includes the EBSCOhost database called Business Source Premier, which is an excellent source for business articles from trade publications and academic business journals.
- Other States: Each state has its own information policy and infrastructure, and offers its own mix of databases and access. For example:
- In Northern Virginia’s Fairfax County library system, local residents with a library card have access to Business Insights: Essentials and EBSCOhost’s Business Source Elite and ProQuest, which includes the Wall Street Journal.
- California has its own offerings, including the extensive network available through the statewide educational system.
- Free Business Websites - an extensive research guide of publicly available websites compiled by Horn librarians.
