Rowan Public Library
provides access to a number of high quality business resources
through our partnership with NC LIVE, a consortium of 200 member
libraries across North Carolina. They offer free electronic access to
resources for all ages on topics ranging from careers, business, and
investing, to health, history, and genealogy. Ebooks, audiobooks,
videos, magazines, newspapers, journals, language-learning tools, and
other online materials available through NC LIVE are designed for
at-home use, and are available from any Internet connection via
library websites, and through NCLIVE.org. All North Carolinians may
use NC LIVE resources.
The ABI/INFORM
Collection for business research is the gold standard when it comes
to business research databases. Full text articles are availalbe for
the following journals: Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of
Economic Literature, Journal of International Business
Studies,American Economic Review, Wall Street Journal, Christian
Science Monitor, The Economist and US News & World Report.
Subjects covered through ABI/INFORM include Business, Economic
Conditions, Accounting, Finance, Economic conditions, and Management
Theory. ABI/INFORM is available through NC LIVE and provided by
ProQuest, s a world leader in serving the information needs of
researchers around the world.
Morningstar
Investment Research Center available through NC LIVE is an investing
resource for collecting finacial information, learning about
investment options, and reading up to date financial news commentary.
Morningstar provides research and independent opinions on thousands
of mutual funds and stocks. It also includes access to an Investing
Classroom, that includes access to over one hundred courses on
stocks, funds and building your portfolio.
With US Newsstream
you are able to search the most recent US news with archives that go
back to 1980. US Newsstream includes content from newspapers,
newswires, and blogs. US Newsstream offers access to one of the
largest collections of local and regional newspapers as well as
access to the LA Times and Chicago Tribune.
ReferenceUSA is a
database that provides access to information for over fifty million
US businesses. Businesses can be search by size, type, and geographic
location, and more. It is useful for accessing information about
corporations, associations, mailing addresses, telephone numbers,
potential employers and suppliers. The information is updated
monthly. Reference USA also provides access to Canadian business
information, the US White Pages with access to 156 million US
residents, and US Healthcare with information on 1.2 million
physicians and dentists.
You can access
resources by visiting rowanpubliclibrary.org or nclive.org. Just use
your card number and PIN.
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