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

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

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

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Find support for your business online.

Stream thousands of fiction and nonfiction videos. From The Best of the BBC, HBO, and Ken Burns to Ferguson's career tips and health videos from The Wellness Network. Also includes Access Video: Just for Kids.

For technical support:

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

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.

For technical support:

• Watch video tutorials
• Resource Guide (PDF)
• Training 

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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. This service works best in Google Chrome.

Includes:

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

For technical support:

• Email: libraryservices@morningstar.com
• Phone: 1-866-215-2509, ext. 1

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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.

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Get stock analysis from Value Line. Learn about Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) and historical stock information. 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:

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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.

FDO Essential is now available from outside the library temporarily while libraries are closed due to COVID-19.
Library users are allotted one 24-hour time block (a continuous 24-hour period) per calendar month.  Register with your email address to receive a confirmation of registration. Once your 24-hour access window ends, you may re-register when the next month begins.

Send fundraising and nonprofit questions to https://grantspace.org/ask-us/ or watch free online webinars.

To make an online appointment with a librarian for help using FDO from home during the library closure, please contact Ask KCLS or Mary Comstock at mtcomstock@kcls.org

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.