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Barron's

The complete Barron's on microfilm available in a digital format. Starting date is January 2008. Use by selecting the title Barron's and the desired date.*

Business Abstracts with Full Text

Business Abstracts with Full Text offers a multitude of business magazines and scholarly journals. This comprehensive database is an ideal resource for those looking to conduct research in any area of business.*

Business Insights: Global

Gale Business Insights: Global uses case studies, statistical data sources, news articles, academic journals and topical reference materials organized by country, company and industry to quickly engage users in the global business environment.*

Business Plans Handbooks

If you plan to start or expand a business, the Business Plan Handbooks provide over 250 examples of business plans for a variety of businesses.*

Business Source Complete

Scholarly business journals covering management, economics, finance, accounting, international business and much more. Please note: This database features a new interface.*

Demographics Now

A comprehensive business and residential search tool that facilitates market research reports. Also available are demographic reports of interest to businesses and people writing business plans.*

Disaster Recovery Reference Center

Disaster Recovery Reference Center covers periodicals focusing on business continuity and disaster recovery. Includes fulltext articles and is updated weekly.*

Factiva

Up-to-date data, articles and news about companies and industries from Dow Jones, one of the largest providers of global business and news sources in the world.*

Foundation Directory (Available at Central Library Only)

Program details and application guidelines for leading foundations as well as sponsoring company information for corporate givers.

Foundation Grants to Individuals (Available at Central Library Only)

Find sources for scholarships, fellowships, grants, awards and other financial support for individuals.

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia

Full-text encyclopedia.*

Gale Directory Library

Search for companies and organizations in a number of directories including Ward's Business Directory, Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media, and the Encyclopedia of Associations titles.*

Gale Legal Forms

Legal forms specific to Texas.*

Gale Virtual Reference Library

Full-text reference books on topics including biography, business, the environment, history, law, social sciences, medicine, religion, the sciences, and multicultural studies.*

Historical Annual Reports

Over 800 companies' annual reports (1844-current) available through searchable PDF images.*

Lynda.com

A vast library of video tutorials covering software, technology, and business skills taught by recognized industry experts. Lynda Library provides 24/7 access to online learning to help you achieve personal and professional goals. If you need to reset your Lynda.com password please call Lynda at 888-335-9632 Monday--Friday, 8 am to 7 pm, or Saturday--Sunday, 9 am to 6 pm. *

Mergent Archives (formerly Mergent WebReports)

Access to an archive of corporate and industry related documents.*

ReferenceUSA (For Remote Users)

Bookmarked links will no longer work with this resource. You must access from this web page.

Business database of U.S. businesses; also includes an international business database, a residential database, new movers database (residential) and new businesses database.* (Please Note: If you get a blank screen while accessing ReferenceUSA, try refreshing your screen.)