HillSearch

Get online access to licensed and proprietary business databases via the HillSearch membership program. These premium resources include sample business plans, market research reports, financial ratios, company directories, and thousands of full-text documents from trade journals, magazines, newswires, and regional newspapers. Use them to write business plans, research marketing and sales prospects, expand existing businesses, and more.

Designed for individuals involved in small businesses, HillSearch membership includes online database access along with free online classes, tutorials, and assistance from Hill Library Business Information Specialists via phone, email and online chat. Three-month HillSearch memberships are $250 and annual HillSearch memberships are available for $550 or 12 monthly payments of $59.95.

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Licensed databases and proprietary tools available on HillSearch


  • America’s Newspapers - a database containing articles from local, regional and national newspapers in the U.S.
  • Best of the Business Web - a database guide to the best free business information Web sites.
  • Biz Info Library - an online library of practical articles on every stage of small business development, from starting a business to succession planning and exit strategy.
  • DemographicsNow - a database that mines U.S. demographic data to generate reports and maps that are useful for site selection and market research.
  • Dun & Bradstreet Million Dollar Total - a company directory database.
  • EBSCO Business Source Corporate, Regional Business News, and McClatchy-Tribune Collection - databases containing articles from industry trade journals, magazines, and newspapers.
  • Financial Calculators - Hill Library financial calculators for investment and business calculations.
  • Fintel Industry Metrics - a database containing financial ratios for small, medium, or large companies, by industry. It provides business owners with a benchmark to compare their business’s financial health with industry averages.
  • Gale Small Business Resource Center - a database including sample business plans, guides, and articles about small businesses.
  • MarketResearch.com Academic - a database containing market research reports and overviews.
  • NetLibrary eBooks, digital library containing over 12,000 electronic books. This database is a rich repository of management books, small business how-tos, and marketing information.
  • PROMT – a database containing information about companies, the products and technologies they produce, and the markets in which they compete.
  • ProQuest ABI/INFORM and ProQuest Newspapers - databases containing articles from industry trade journals, magazines, and newspapers. In combination with America’s Newspapers and EBSCO databases mentioned above, these databases are valuable for researching management issues; local and national industry trends; industry and consumer data; and local markets and competitors.
  • Special Issues Index -a database that provides access to annual feature articles or special issues from business magazines and industry trade journals in the Hill Library print collection. Use it to gain immediate access to information such as company rankings within an industry; annual industry overviews and forecasts; buyers’ guides; and similar articles of particular interest to business owners.
  • Virtual Advisory Board - an online forum for business topics.

More information about HillSearch can be found at www.hillsearch.org, or by contacting membership@jjhill.org.