A useful, but often overlooked, resource available to the local business community is the Kanawha County Public Library. The library website offers a number of online, searchable business databases including Business Source Elite, Regional Business News, and Reference USA. These databases provide a wealth of information including up-to-date business news from nearly 1,000 newswires, newspapers, and business journals. Reference USA even offers details about specific companies such as employee counts, primary SIC, estimated annual sales, location, and contact information.

You can access these databases from your home or office computer and all it requires is a Kanawha County library card and an internet connection. These databases are great for marketing, research, sales, or finding a specific company.

Kanawha County Public Library is considering purchasing an additional business related database for the public. You can help them to identify what other business information you are looking for by taking their business database survey.