Business and Fundraising

Get the latest data about companies, trades, and products. Follow business trends. Learn about management styles.

Sources include:

• books
• wire feeds
• audio and video
• journal articles
• market research reports
• industry reports
• news from the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The Economist, and MIT Sloan Management Review

For technical support:

• Call 1-800-889-3358.
• Email tsupport@proquest.com
• Or visit ProQuest’s support page.

Read the latest editions of this daily newspaper online. Stay current on local business, money, and real estate news.

If this service is not fully accessible to you, please contact Ask KCLS to discuss alternate options.

Watch thousands of streaming videos and documentaries. From names you know like Ken Burns, Rick Steves' Europe, National Geographic, HBO, and more. Learn by doing with thousands of documentary and how-to streaming videos.

Topics include:

• Business and economics
• Car technology
• Career planning
• Home and how-to
• and more.

For technical support:

• Contact 1-800-322-8755.
• Or visit Access Video's support page with live chat help.

Read the latest issues of business magazines.

Includes:

• Entrepreneur
• The Economist
• Fast Company
• Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, Inc.

For technical support:

• Call 1-877-77-AUDIO.
• Email yoursupport@recordedbooks.com

An index to business plans, many available online, from The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.

Get ideas for your business plan. Read plans used to find funding for other small businesses. Find plans in the manufacturing, retail, and service industries.

Read, email, or print nonfiction books and articles. Search for facts in encyclopedias and directories.

Includes:

• Business Plans Handbook Get ideas for your business plan. Read plans used to find funding for other small businesses. Find plans in the manufacturing, retail, and service industries.
• College Blue Book Look up 2 and 4-year colleges and the degrees offered.
• Financial Aid Sources Search for scholarships, fellowships, and loans.

Stay current with investing data and reports. Find mutual fund and stock data and portfolio analysis. Get up-to-date financial news and commentary. Analyze holdings and exposure with the Portfolio X-Ray Tool. Learn about personal finance topics like stocks or retirement.

Includes:

• stocks
• open-end mutual funds
• exchange-traded funds
• closed-end funds
• analyst reports on thousands of securities
• webinars

For technical support:

• Call 1-866-229-9449.
• Email libraryservices@morningstar.com

If this service is not fully accessible to you, please contact Ask KCLS to discuss alternate options.

Create marketing plans, conduct competitive analysis, locate people, and search for jobs. Get accurate company and residential data for the U.S. and Canada.

Includes:

• business listings (U.S. and Canada)
• residential listings (U.S.)
• job and internship searches from Indeed.com (U.S.)
• historical businesses (U.S.)
• new movers/homeowners list from U.S. Consumers & Lifestyles (U.S.)

Download up to 250 records at a time.

For technical support:

• Call 1-800-808-1113.
• Email reference@infogroup.com
• Watch webcasts on growing a business.
• Watch video tutorials.

Get stock analysis from Value Line. Value Line works best in Google Chrome. It is not supported in Safari.

Read articles from the Wall Street Journal (1984-present).

To find the most current complete articles:

1. Choose "Advanced Search."
2. Search by publication date and specific date range (enter the current date - current date).
3. Select "Full Text" only.

For technical support:

• Call 1-800-889-3358.
• Email tsupport@proquest.com
• Visit ProQuest’s support page.

Find contact information for the foundations that are most likely to give you grants. Get results you can't get from Google. Search the directory for thousands of foundation and corporate key decision makers.

Includes:

• keyword search 990s and 990-PFs
• information on millions of grants
• foundation maps and charts
• access to the 'Foundation Grants to Individuals' tool for individuals seeking grants

Find information and resources for nonprofits, fundraising, and philanthropy.

In person, online, and print resources available at your library to save you time and money at every stage of your business.

In person, online, and print resources available at your library to save you time and money at every stage of your business.