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Broker Check by FINRA
Broker Check can tell you if a broker or brokerage firm is registered, what has been disclosed to regulators, the broker's experience, and what a broker or brokerage firm is able to do.
Third-Party Provider: FINRA
Business Book Summaries
Business Book Summaries provides concise yet comprehensive summaries of the best business books. With these summaries, professionals and students can keep up with the latest information in the business world and learn more effectively. Summaries also available in Chinese, French, German and Spanish.
Third-Party Provider: EBSCO
Business Source Premier
A complete resource for all aspects of business, including management, economics, finance, accounting, international business and more with full-text from over 2,200 journals.
Third-Party Provider: EBSCO
D&B Hoovers
Designed to help companies gain a deeper understanding of their market opportunities so they can make more informed decisions, stay ahead of the competition and close more deals by combining and analyzing data from a wide variety of sources.
Third-Party Provider: Dun and Bradstreet
Flipster
Features: eMagazines are available instantly, no waiting
Need help? Try our online chat or check out EBSCO's help section.
Third-Party Provider: EBSCO
Foundation Directory Online
Foundation Directory Online covers information on all 220,000 U.S. Foundations. It's the smartest, fastest way to win more funding by providing the most exhaustive and up-to-date knowledge and insight on the social sector to fuel any fundraising mission.
Fund Analyzer by FINRA
Features information and analysis on over 18,000 mutual funds, Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) and Exchange Traded Notes (ETNs). Estimates the value of the funds and allows users to compare up to three funds. Note: users must accept the terms of use to use the tool.
Third-Party Provider: FINRA
Gale eBooks (formerly GVRL)
Access hundreds of books and publications within 21 different topics including the arts, biography, business, education, the environment, history, LGBTQ, medicine, multicultural studies and race and civil rights. Email, download, print or save pages. iOS app Google Play app
School information
Grade Levels: high school
Subjects: art/music, business, college prep, English/language arts, health, science, history/government, social studies and technology
Third-Party Provider: Gale
Gale Legal Forms
Provides a wide selection of state-specific (and multi-state) legal forms across the most popular areas. Includes real estate contracts, wills, pre-marital agreements, bankruptcy, divorce, landlord tenant and many others. Also includes a comprehensive attorney state directory and a dictionary of legal definitions explained in laymen's language.
Third-Party Provider: Gale
Investment Education
Provides the knowledge, skills and tools needed for financial success created by the FINRA Foundation, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
Third-Party Provider: FINRA
Lynda.com
Offers more than 3,000 courses that include more than 130,000 videos. Courses cover a variety of topics including design, business, office software and personal and professional goals.
Third-Party Provider: Lynda.com
Mergent Archives
Features a vast, indexed collection of corporate and industry related
documents. Contains hundreds of thousands of reports covering over
100 countries and industries and offers a reliable and easy
to navigate system designed to meet users' historical research needs.
Third-Party Provider: Mergent Inc
Mergent Intellect
Mergent Intellect offers a unique opportunity to access private and public U.S and international business data, industry news, facts and figures, executive contact information, the ability to access industry profiles and much more. The database is searchable by advanced criteria and resources are able to be downloaded and printed.
Third-Party Provider: Mergent Inc
Morningstar Investment Service
Find a stock or a fund to meet your needs, research current or prospective holdings, or see how your investments fit together.
Limit of 5 simultaneous users. Please log out after your session is done.
Third-Party Provider: Morningstar
MRI Simmons Insights
MRI-Simmons Insights is a consumer intelligence and discovery platform that provides marketers with faster access to actionable consumer insights.
Powered by Smart Search, the most comprehensive consumer intelligence search engine, the new platform allows marketers to mine through thousands of consumer behaviors in seconds, helping clients accelerate the development of brand consumer messaging, cross-channel marketing, and media planning tactics.
Plunkett Research Online
Offers business intelligence, industry trends, market research, stats, leads, plus company contacts for over 30 different major industries and tips for job seekers.
Third-Party Provider: Plunkett
Reference Solutions (Formerly ReferenceUSA)
Reference Solutions is a powerful online reference and research tool providing library cardholders instant, real-time access to accurate, in-depth information on U.S. businesses (59 million) and U.S. residents (310 milliion).
Reference Solutions makes it faster and easier to find new business opportunities, research executives and companies, find news articles, conduct job searches, research papers, locate addresses and phone numbers, conduct market research and much more.
Third-Party Provider: Data Axle
Regional Business News
Contains full-text articles from 75 journals, newspapers and newswires about businesses from across the U.S.
Third-Party Provider: EBSCO
Small Business Builder
Get a step-by-step guide to creating and completing a business plan. Explore entrepreneurial interests and opportunities, learn about the nonprofit sector and how to grow and position your business for long-term success and more.
Third-Party Provider: Gale
Small Business Reference Center
Watch videos and browse sources on a variety of business areas from accounting to marketing to operations. Get industry information by small business type and learn business basics.
Third-Party Provider: EBSCO
Techboomers
Free videos and article tutorials on how to use popular websites like Netflix, Amazon and Gmail as well as various social networks. Tutorials are geared towards baby boomer, senior learners and inexperienced internet users.
Third-Party Provider: Techboomers Media
Value Line
The uncontested authority in reliable, unbiased information on companies, industries, markets and economies. From the latest data, sophisticated tools and proven ranks to expert analysis and guidance, Value Line gives users the power to evaluate investments with confidence.
Third-Party Provider: Value Line
Vocational & Career Collection(tm)
Designed for vocational and technical libraries, this database provides full text articles from more than 400 trade and industry related periodicals.
Third-Party Provider: EBSCO
Weiss Financial Ratings
Provides accurate, independent information for informing decisions about finances, including insurance, Medicare, banking and investment options. Find the safest bank or credit union, make side by side comparisons of insurance companies, and pick the best Medicare supplement insurance plan, and find helpful tools to manage personal finances.
Third-Party Provider: Grey House Publishing