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Business

This guide will lead you to many of the University of Oregon Library's databases (as well as a few Web resources) which are useful for business research on companies, industries, markets, and other business related topics.

Private Companies/Small Businesses

Gale Business. Entrepreneurship
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Iinformation about starting, financing, and managing a small business.

Crunchbase
Crunchbase is a freemium service providing research and analysis on startup activity, funding, and investment. Information availability varies by company but this is a good place to find what's going on in the startup world.

Foundation Directories

Foundation Directory Online Professional
Database of 80,000 grantmakers and half a million grants.

Non-Profit Organizations

Nonprofit Organizations
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Candid
(formerly Foundation Center and GuideStar) Nonprofit and foundation information, grant opportunities, job listings.

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