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General Business 

AtoZ Databases
AtoZ Databases - A directory of US business and residential information.   A to Z is ideal for generating sales leads and mailing lists, doing market research, and finding employment opportunities.  The residential data will help you to locate friends and family.  Allows custom searching to create lists of businesses by type of product, location, and more.  See also ReferenceUSA, which is a very similar database.

Business Source Premier 
Indexing (1984-present) and full text (1990-present) for journals covering business, management, economics, and more.

Gale Directory Library
This collection includes:
Encyclopedia of Associations: International Organizations
Brands and Their Companies
Business Rankings Annual
Market Share Reporter

Gale Virtual Reference Library
This collection includes selected volumes of the Business Plans Handbook and the International Directory of Company Histories.

GreenFILE
Offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 384,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,700 records.

Newsbank - access from within the library  
Full text articles from over 2000 U.S. local, regional, national and international newspapers, newswires, video feeds and business journals, some from 1970-present. Includes full coverage (except advertising) of the Nashua Telegraph from 1998 to the present, the Union Leader from 1989 to the present, and the Concord Monitor from 10/2002 to the present.

Newspaper Archive (available in library only)
Access.NewspaperArchive.com is a gateway to searching and reading historical newspapers online. Containing tens of millions of searchable newspaper pages dating as far back as the 1700s, the archive is an excellent source of primary source documents. Use the archive to view, save and print full-page newspapers from around the world.

Newspaper Source
Provides cover-to-cover full text for 35 national & international newspapers. The database also contains selective full text for 375 regional (U.S.) newspapers. In addition, full text television & radio news transcripts are also provided.

Newspaper Source
Provides cover-to-cover full text for 35 national & international newspapers. The database also contains selective full text for 375 regional (U.S.) newspapers. In addition, full text television & radio news transcripts are also provided.

Proquest News  

Full text articles from more than 1300 U.S. local, regional, national, and international newspapers, news blogs, newswires, trade journals, and a small number of scholarly journals. Includes full coverage (except advertising) of the Boston Globe from 1/1/1980 to the present, the New York Times from 6/1/1980 to the present, the Washington Post 1/1/1987 to the present, the Concord Monitor from 1/1/2004 to the present, and the Union Leader from 1/7/2010 to the present. This database does not include the Nashua Telegraph, however. Use Newsbank for access to the Nashua Telegraph.

Reference USA  

Directory of U.S. business information (including contact names and estimated sales), residential telephone numbers and addresses, and U.S and Canadian high-tech companies (CorpTech). Allows custom searching to create lists of businesses by type of product, location, and more. See also, AtoZ, which is a very similar database.

Regional Business News  
This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. It is updated daily.

Better Business Bureau (World-Wide)   
Search for information about businesses, charities, and consumer complaints. You can fill out an online complaint form here for both American and foreign companies.

BusinessWire  

Source for full-text breaking news releases, multimedia and regulatory filings for companies and groups throughout the world. You can set custom profiles to view and track news by geography, language, industry, subject or company preference.

globalEDGE™  
This international business and country studies information portal, from the Center for International Business Education and Research, Michigan State University, provides access to over 5,000 Internet resources with annotations. You can locate country profiles and browse web bibliographies from the Resource Desk. There are additional valuable features, including the ability to register and to be part of a network of 18,000 business professionals.

Reference for Business  

Business reference tools containing links for the following:

Thomas Register  

Provides industrial information, products, services, CAD drawings, and more. 

  

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Nashua/NH Resources 

Better Business Bureau (New Hampshire)  
Search for information about businesses, charities, and consumer complaints. You can fill out an online complaint form here.

Doing Business in New Hampshire  
A guide to business resources from the official State of NH website.

Nashua, NH, City of   
Official website of the City of Nashua, NH

New Hampshire Chambers of Commerce
Directory of NH Chambers of Commerce. The Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce is Greater Nashua's business networking & advocacy organization. It also provides business referrals.

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Small Business

SCORE: Counselors to America's Small Business   
SCORE is a nonprofit organization offering small business advice and training. It has over 10,500 volunteers with more than 600 business skills.

Small Business Development Centers  
Provides management assistance to current and prospective small business owners. The program is a cooperative effort of the private sector, the educational community and federal, state and local governments.


US Small Business Advisor  
Access to federal government information, services, and transactions for business.

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