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Business & Company Resource Center

Business & Company Resource Center is now better than ever! This database now includes 500 S.W.O.T. (A SWOT analysis is a strategic planning method used to evaluate the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats involved in a business venture.) analyses on the largest companies in the world. Also, the look and feel of the interface has been updated and now includes a Publication Search so that you can directly search any journal, magazine, newspaper or eBook (electronic book) in the database. Last year they added the Financial Dashboard tab to any company search. This provides a detailed quote view for stock information, charts, SEC filings, competitor information and lots more. This is a great source of company information! With this, you can see if a particular company is a good one to work for, or if you and the company are a good fit.

Scott’s Business Directories Online

You can now access this from outside of the library, wherever you have internet access! But if you do, you will need a valid Toronto Public Library card to access this database.