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Text-only articles (not page reproductions). Does not contain all content found in the published version of the Globe, such as advertisements, charts, classified ads, graphs, most images, and non-staff written items. Updated daily by 8 a.m.

Search across decades of business magazine back issues. Titles include:

• Bloomberg Businessweek
• Forbes
• Fortune

Full searchable reproductions of The Economist starting with the first published issue, including exportable financial tables.

Searchable article and page reproductions of the world’s most authoritative daily business newspaper.

Full-text news and scholarly journal articles, audiovisual materials, reports, and primary source material covering all academic disciplines.  Includes translation and citation tools and a TopicFinder to expand your research. Coverage: 1980-present.

Gale Business: Plan Builder is a step-by-step online planning tool for starting, managing and optimizing a business or nonprofit. The program’s intuitive dashboard walks users through five areas of exploration to develop a business plan focused on long-term success.

Full-text journal and magazine articles, newspapers, and audiovisual material covering a diverse set of general interest and academic topics.

Thousands of legal forms with more forms being added daily. Official, State Specific, Federal, Business, Personal, Real Estate, and General forms covering hundreds of legal subjects and issues. Warning: Public users should consult an attorney in their state for serious legal matters.

Analyze company performance and activity, industry events and trends back to 1980 as well as the latest in management, economics and politics. Includes broker research reports, trade publications, newspapers, journals and company directory listings with full text and images available.

Search millions of articles covering all aspects of communications, including advertising, public relations, and more.

Discover content useful for starting a business, marketing a product, developing policy, analyzing trends, and more.

Full-text articles from scholarly journals, popular magazines, and trade publications, as well as travel guides and reference books covering the cultural, economic, and practical aspects of these industries.

Discover information about physical and intellectual asset protection, from individuals to multinational corporations.

Search authoritative periodical content covering topics like organizational dynamics, adult learning, and more. Updated daily.

Cross-search Gale OneFile, Gale In Context, and Gale eBooks. Subjects include: agriculture, biography, business, communications and mass media, criminal justice, culinary arts, diversity studies, economics and theory, environmental studies and policy, fine arts, gardening and horticulture, gender studies, global issues, health and medicine, high school edition, home improvement, hospitality and tourism, information science, insurance and liability, leadership and management, military and intelligence, news, nursing and allied health, opposing viewpoints, physical therapy and sports medicine, pop culture studies, popular magazines, psychology, religion and philosophy, science, U.S. history, war and terrorism, and world history.

Cross-search all Gale databases to which BPL subscribes. Subjects include: agriculture, biography, business, communications and mass media, criminal justice, culinary arts, diversity studies, economics and theory, environmental studies and policy, fine arts, gardening and horticulture, gender studies, global issues, health and medicine, high school edition, home improvement, hospitality and tourism, information science, insurance and liability, leadership and management, military and intelligence, news, nursing and allied health, opposing viewpoints, physical therapy and sports medicine, pop culture studies, popular magazines, psychology, religion and philosophy, science, U.S. history, war and terrorism, and world history.

Explore career tools to help you get a handle on what you're interested in, the skills and training you'll need, and what you can expect from your career path. Discover which careers suit you best, research potential career options, and explore the requirements and outlooks for the occupations you're interested in.

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Encyclopedias and other specialized reference sources covering the arts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences, including medicine, business, law, and more.

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Full-text articles from hundreds of scholarly journals from the mid-19^th century to the early 21^st century covering a wide range of subjects, including complete runs of many historical journals. The most recent 3-5 years of current journals are not available in full-text.

LawDepot is now available through OverDrive. Log in using the Libby app or website.

LawDepot allows you to create your own personalized legal documents specific to your state/province and personal situation.

LinkedIn Learning offers 16,000 video courses in business, software, technology, and creative skills, taught by recognized industry experts. Courses are offered in English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish, Mandarin, and Portuguese.

To use our free collection of LinkedIn Learning courses, do not visit LinkedIn Learning directly. Always follow links from bpl.org to access our subscription portal.

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Searchable full-page and article reproductions back to the first issue on Sept 18, 1851.

Text- only articles (not page reproductions).  Does not contain all content found in the published version of the Times, such as advertisements, charts, classified ads, graphs, most images, and non-staff written articles. Updated daily by 8 a.m.

Up-to-the-moment access to nytimes.com with no limit on the number of articles viewed. Read today's news stories as they happen.

Unlimited access while connected to the internet at the library. A limited number of 72-hour passes are available daily for home or remote use.

This resource requires you to create a free individual account. You may use your existing nytimes.com account, if you have one.

Full-text journal articles in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities, including ethnic studies, women’s studies, history, and more. Coverage: 1972-present.

SAGE Business Cases provides access to more than 3,650 authoritative cases from over 100 countries. SAGE curates interdisciplinary cases on in-demand subjects such as entrepreneurship, accounting, healthcare management, leadership, social enterprise, and more.

Published annually by the Federal Government since 1878, The Statistical Abstract of the United States is the best-known statistical reference publication in the country, and perhaps, the world. It is used as both an answer book (“How much corn is grown in Iowa?”) and a guide to statistical sources (“What organization has the most authoritative data on foreclosures?”). As a comprehensive collection of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States, it is a snapshot of America and its people for the current year.

Indexes U.S. Federal statistics (1973-present), state government and business statistics (1980-present), and international statistics (1880-present). Full-text coverage:  2004-present (U.S. Federal), 2007-present (state, business, international).

Vault publishes numerous employer, career, internship, resume, and interviewing guidebooks. The guides cover industries such as law, consulting, investment banking, accounting, investment management, private equity, hedge funds, Internet and social media, IT and engineering, energy, health care, advertising, and more.

• Access The Wall Street Journal from anywhere!
• Simply create your account, and you can start using wsj.com immediately.
• Your access will be available for the next 3 days (72 hours). A limited number of passes may be issued each day.
• After 3 days, simply come back and click the above link again and login as an existing user with the same username and password you originally created.

This resource requires you to create a free individual account. You may use your existing wsj.com account, if you have one.

Small Business Collection provides access to academic journals and magazines perfect for both business school students and entrepreneurs, that will help you start, plan, fund, and manage a small business.

This collection focuses on finding the right career and an appropriate institution of learning, job searching, and maintaining a career. It offers content from nearly 400 journals from general career guides to trade publications.

Indexes articles, book reviews, poems, and short stories from general-interest U.S. periodicals, including Time, Newsweek, and Ladies’ Home Journal.

AtoZdatabases is a leading job search, reference & mailing list database including 30 million business profiles & 220 million residents. Ideal for sales leads mailing lists, market research, employment opportunities, finding friends and relatives, and more.

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Delivers a chronological history of a stock's changes in corporate capital structure, including name changes, mergers, spin-offs, bankruptcy filings, and stock splits.

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DemographicsNow: Business & People enables users to produce comprehensive business and residential lists as well as detailed demographic reports or use a mapping tool that visualizes trends.

Foundation Maps is Foundation Center’s premier data visualization tool and the easiest way to see who is funding what and where around the world. With millions of grants from 2006 to the present, innovative ways to visualize funding data, and the flexibility and precision to tailor research, Foundation Maps helps funders and nonprofits access the knowledge they need to make strategic decisions and strengthen their impact.

Access Foundation Center databases, directories, fundraising and philanthropy publications, and training resources from a single link.

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Find scholarships, fellowships, and awards for students, artists, researchers, and individuals.

Searchable directories of businesses, brands, organizations and associations, information sources, and more.

Access an extensive library of historical documents featuring in-depth analyses on thousands of global companies in the United States, Canada, and Europe going back to the early 1900s.

EventsData delivers on-going updated information on stock-splits, mergers, tender offers, partial/full calls, and  name changes. EventsData message feeds capture and analyze breaking business developments as they occur. Users are able to  research corporate actions, dividends, fixed Income and unit Investment trust data from a historical perspective.

Delivers private and public United States and international business data, industry news, facts and figures, executives and industry profiles.  Provides contact information for over 250 million United States consumers and shows job listings specific to each company.

In depth reports on over 30,000 public companies, both U.S. and Global. Information includes financials from company SEC filings, annual reports (current and archived), institutional holdings and insider trading from 1995 to the present.

Morningstar® Investment Research Center provides real-time access to comprehensive data and independent analysis on thousands of investments, spanning mutual funds, stocks, exchange-traded funds, and closed-end funds.

S&P Global NetAdvantage provides timely access to comprehensive data and independent analysis on thousands of investments including mutual funds, stocks, exchange-traded funds, and closed-end funds. Access breaking news, current company financials, broker research, and market information.

Value Line provides a vast array of financial measures for over 6,000 stocks, 18,000 mutual funds, 200,000 options, and other securities. Delve into Value Line’s accurate estimates, projections and historical data to discover opportunities that fit your investment strategy.

Delivers current news, company and industry information, and market and economic analyses for emerging markets in Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe, and Asia.