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Business and Company Resource Center |
Worldwide coverage for Company Profiles, Industry Profiles, and roughly 2400 full-text business periodicals. Company Profiles available for public and private companies. Selected Company Histories, Investment Reports, Financials, Rankings, Suits & Claims, Products, Industry Overviews, and Associations included.
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Business Source Premier |
Business Source Premier covers international business, economics, management, operations, finance, accounting, labor, industry and more. Includes content from Academic Journals, Trade Publications, Magazines, Company Profiles, SWOT Analyses, and Industry Profiles. Searchable full text for over 8,200 serials back to 1965 in some cases. |
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Financial Times (London) |
Full-text articles available from 1994 through InfoTrac's Business & Company Resource Center. Type "Financial Times" in the Journal Name field. |
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Morningstar |
Morningstar.com® Library Edition is a real-time resource for investment research. Includes research and independent opinions on thousands of stocks and mutual funds. |
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New York Times |
This leading newspaper is an excellent sources of business and economic news. The articles provide information about trends and issues affecting the business community. This database link provides an index of the paper from 1986 with complete articles from the most recent 90 days.
Dates Covered: 1986 - present |
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Newsbank: North Carolina Plus |
Provides full-text coverage of Charlotte Observer, Business, North Carolina (Charlotte), Fayetteville Observer, Greensboro News Record, Wilmington Morning Star, the Winston-Salem Journal and other area newspapers. |
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Newspaper Source |
Newspaper Source provides selected full text for 245 regional U.S. newspapers, 18 international newspapers, 6 newswires,9 newspaper columns, The Christian Science Monitor, and The Los Angeles Times. Most business-related stories featured.
Updated daily. |
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Reference USA |
Reference USA offers information on over 14 million U.S. companies. Included are: mailing address, phone/fax number, executive names, SIC code, headquarters/branch, employee size, sales volume, ticker symbol (if applicable), and company URL. Custom Search by Company Name, Yellow Page Heading, Geography, Business Size, and additional Special Selects. Access Business, Residential, Health Care, and TechUSA databases. 15 records may be downloaded at one time.
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Regional Business News |
Regional Business News incorporates 75 business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas nationwide, but it includes full-text access to Business North Carolina back to 1993. Besides keyword searching, advanced search fields include author, articles title, subject, journal name, and more. Updated daily. |
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South Carolina Industrial Directory |
Over 3,500 companies listed. Search by company name, county, city, product codes, product description, and title of report. Free results are in PDF format. |
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Wall Street Journal |
Full text available electronically from 1984 to the present through Bell & Howell ProQuest, part of the NCLive collection of databases. |
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American Almanac of Jobs and Salaries
| Salary information for hundreds of occupations and professions. Updated regularly. |
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America’s 101 Fastest Growing Jobs |
A thorough & up-to-date description for the 138 fastest growing jobs in our economy, detailing working conditions, earnings, training, projected growth, & related jobs. Contains results-oriented advice on planning your ideal career & getting a good job in less time. |
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Art of the Start : The Time-tested, Battle-hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything, The |
This is a guide for anyone beginning any type of organization, profit or non-profit. The author uses twenty years experience as a basis for advice on starting out, marketing, raising money, hiring, and other practices. |
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Best's Insurance Reports--Life-Health Edition
| Rates approximately 4,700 insurance companies on financial strength, operating performance and market profile. Each company is evaluated at least every 12 months. |
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Best's Insurance Reports--Property-Casualty Edition
| Rates approximately 4,700 insurance companies on financial strength, operating performance and market profile. Each company is evaluated at least every 12 months. |
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BNA Policy and Practice Series
| Along with many other aspects of owning and managing a
business, this 19 volume set presents practical
instructions on tax issues such as: FICA, Withholding,
Disability Insurance, Back Pay, Unemployment. |
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Bold Women, Big Ideas: Learning to Play the High-Risk Entrepreneurial Game |
The author shares her own story and the stories of women who have succeeded in starting their own business. She also gives advice on doing-it-yourself. |
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Bonnie’s Household Budget Book |
Need to get better control of your home budget and personal finances? Bonnie’s Household Budget Book information and forms to help you set up a budget, estimate income and expenses, reduce debt, set financial goals, and adjust your budget to fit changing needs. |
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Business and Legal Forms for Authors and Self-Publishers |
Metaindex of links to business and Forms focus on publishing related transactions - estimates, invoices, author-agent contracts, book publishing contracts, etc. |
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Business plans handbook |
A multi-volume set of actual business plans developed by small business throughout North America. |
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Capital Changes Reporter
| For public companies, provides a chronological list of changes in corporate capital and debt structure, including mergers and acquisitions. |
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Career Guide (The) |
Published annually, this directory lists more than 5000 major U.S. companies that expect to hire during the coming year. Identifies jobs by discipline. |
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Charlotte Business Journal's Book of Lists
| This compilation of lists that have appeared in the Charlotte Business Journal is a useful tool for identifying leading firms in a particular line of business within the Charlotte area. |
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Charlotte Chamber Membership Directory and Buyer's Guide
| Charlotte directory of goods and services. |
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Charlotte's Major Employers Directory
| Great tool for job seekers and anyone interested in top businesses in Charlotte. |
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Charlotte: An Analytical Atlas of Patterns and Trends
| This Charlotte Chamber resource is published by the Department of Geography and Earth Sciences and the Urban Institute at the University of North Carolina. |
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Code of Federal Regulations |
CFR is a subject arrangement of federal regulations currently in force. To look for the changes to the CFR, access the List of Sections Affected and Federal Register. |
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Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 26: Internal Revenue Service |
These are the regulations that agencies use to enforce the
law. |
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Complete Book of Corporate Forms |
This resource from Sphinx Publishing offers corporate forms covering topics such as resolutions, agreements, articles of incorporation, and power of attorney. |
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Complete Idiot's Guide to Starting a Home-based Business |
Topics include background and outlook; self-assessment and finding the right business; raising money; setting up; marketing; and management. |
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Complete Small Business Legal Guide |
Contains ready to use forms with explanations of how and when to use them. |
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Corporation Forms
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| From pre-incorporation agreements to dissolution, P-H Corporation Forms, a two volume loose leaf service, covers the span of a corporation's existence. |
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County Business Patterns |
U.S. Dept. of Commerce publishes the number of establishments, number of employees, and payroll by major industry group and NAICS, for each state and county annually. The Library has past issues in print and recent years are available on the web. |
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Demographic Yearbook
| Annual vital statistics from the United Nations. |
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Demographics USA, County Edition |
This up to date title, provides the most current demographic information available here at the library. Find out current consumer statistics, to help set up your business. These title is split into two separate volumes. There is a Zip Code and a separate County edition. |
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Demographics USA, Zip Code Edition |
This up to date title, provides the most current demographic information available here at the library. Find out current consumer statistics, to help set up your business. These title is split into two separate volumes. There is a Zip Code and a separate County edition. |
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Directory of Corporate Affiliations |
Business directory covering major private and public companies in the U.S. and worldwide. Parent company and operating unit always in same volume. Updated annually and broken down into 4 volumes.
Vol.1 - U.S. Public
Vol.2 - U.S. Private
Vol.3 - International
Vol.4 - Master Index |
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Directory of United States Exporters |
From the Journal of commerce, this resource describes U.S. exporters and the products they export. The primary company listing is geographic by state while products are listed by Harmonized Commodity Codes. Alphabetical company and product indexes included. |
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Directory of United States Importers |
The Journal of Commerce presents a listing of American
exporters and importers. This directory can be used to
locate North Carolina companies which import from overseas. |
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Douglas' Forms |
This five volume compilation of forms has been used by North Carolina lawyers for over fifty years, and is now in its Fourth Edition. Douglas' Forms is a starting point for the preparation of legal documents. |
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Dun & Bradstreet Million Dollar Directory |
Annual. 5 Volumes. Vol. 1 - 4 lists corporations alphabetically. Volume 5 is a separate alphabetical, geographical, SIC index. |
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Dynamite Resumes: 101 Great Examples and Tips for Success |
Many examples of principles of effective resume writing, production, distribution, and follow-up. |
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Economic Report of the President
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This annual report prepared by the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors and then presented to Congress overviews the nation's economic progress using narrative reports and extensive statistical appendices. It is available in both print and electronic formats. |
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Economist guide to economic indicators : making sense of economics |
Covers approximately 100 indicators-including GDP, population, exchange rates, disposable income, public expenditure, and bond yields. Incorporates data for the fifteen largest industrial countries. |
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Editor and Publisher Market Guide |
Annual edition of Editor and
Publisher Magazine gives metro area population, age, income, and ethnicity figures from the latest census and estimates
for the current year. Also, metro areas ranked by population, income, and retail sales by group. |
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Editor and Publisher's International Yearbook |
Editor and Publisher Magazine's special Newspaper edition. Each city's newspapers are listed with the name, address, phone, email, internet site, circulation, owner, advertising rates, news services, special editions, and executive directory. |
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Encyclopedia of Associations |
This annual, 5-volume set covers about 20,000 U.S.
organizations (including industry trade associations) providing basic information on them: location, officers, publications, etc; keyword and geographical indexes. |
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Encyclopedia of Associations. International Associations |
Contact information and descriptions of 15,000 nonprofit
membership organizations, including multinational groups
and national organizations based outside of the United
States. |
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Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance |
Five volume set. Volume one focuses on career guidance and career field profiles. Volumes 2-5 contain 738 career articles providing a comprehensive look at individual careers. |
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Encyclopedia of Small Business |
A two volume set which contains over 500 essays on topics of concern to small business. Use this source for a quick overview of such topics as health insurance, disabled customers or advertising on the Internet. |
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Enhanced Occupational Outlook Handbook |
Contains over 6,500 job descriptions. Combines important occupational information from the Occupational Outlook Handbook and the O*Net database. Includes material on earnings, job growth, education, and skills required for your career and job exploration. |
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Ernst & Young’s Personal Financial Planning Guide, Special Tax Edition |
The accounting firm of Ernst and Young has put together this informative source that emphasizes the relationship between financial planning and life events. Part I covers the fundamentals of financial planning, while Part II discusses how life events, such as marriage, raising a family, or buying or selling a home affect your financial planning strategies. |
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Every Employees Guide to the Law |
This legal handbook is for those people either in the workforce or in the process of re-entering the job market. Covers such issues as interviews, discrimination, wages, worker's compensation, and more. |
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Exporters Encyclopedia |
This directory provides a country profile, overview of the
communication and transportation structures, list of key
contacts, trade regulations and marketing data for every
country. |
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Foundation Directory
| This is a perennial research tool, published annually, for nonprofits to find foundation funding. The 2008 edition features key facts on the nation's top, most influential 10,000 foundations in the nation! |
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Foundation Directory Part 2
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| Companion volume to the Foundation Directory, featuring the next set of 10,000 largest U.S. foundations after those in Part 1 to broaden your fundraising base. |
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Foundation Directory Part 3
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| This first edition give detailed entries for smaller foundations include contact information, current assets, giving amounts, geographic limitations, and more. Includes a master index of nearly 200,000 trustees, officers and donors.
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Guide to Proposal Writing
| This Foundation Center publication includes examples of winning proposals. Circulating copies of this title may be put on hold and checked out by library card holders. |
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Handbook of North American Industry, 2nd. Ed.
| Provides information on the economies of the United
States, Canada, and Mexico and the trade agreements,
especially NAFTA, which bind them together. |
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Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States |
Duty rates for all products entering the United States. |
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Hoover's Handbook of Private Companies
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| Biennial. Provides information that is difficult to access about the 600 largest privately held commercial enterprises in the U.S. Companies listed alphabetically. Profiles include a brief overview, historical information, directory information, key competitors, and limited financial information. |
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How the Bond Market Works |
This work, now in its third edition, provides straightforward information on how to invest wisely in the bond market. |
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How To Write A Business Plan |
This popular manual includes fill-in-the blank forms and a few sample plans. |
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I Can't Believe They Asked Me That!
| Develop winning strategies to prepare yourself for that all important job interview. Utilize 110 tips and techniques to impress the interviewer that you are the perfect candidate for the job. |
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Industry research using the economic census : how to find it, how to use it |
Provides complete information on how to use the U.S. Economic Censuses, which provide data essential to understanding the nation's economy.
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International Directory of Company Histories |
Provides detailed information dealing with the historical development of large public and private companies. Electronic access to this resource is available though Business and Company Resource Center. Search on the desired company by name, select it from the list of search results, and then click on the "Histories" tab to select the content from the "International Directory of Company Histories." |
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Interview for Success: A Practical Guide to Increasing Job Interviews, Offers and Salaries |
Interviewing from A to Z. Advice on stress management, etiquette, key questions, appropriate dress, listening, and salary negotiation. |
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J.K. Lasser's Business Forms For Managing The Smaller Business
| Forms for every area of business operations (personnel, sales, credit collection, bookkeeping, inventory and purchasing, expense control, routine office procedure, etc.). |
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J.K. Lasser's Legal and Corporation Forms for the Smaller Business |
A wide assortment of transactional forms. |
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J.K. Lasser's the New Tax Law Simplified |
Great information available in this resource. |
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Jobs Rated Almanac |
Ranks jobs according to their working environment, security, stress, income, employment outlook, physical demands, travel opportunities, and benefits. |
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Kiss, Bow or Shake Hands
| How to do business in 60 countries. Provides a cultural overview, behavior styles, negotiating techniques, protocol and business practices. |
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Legal Forms for Starting & Running a Small Business
| Contains numerous forms needed to start and run a small business, including forms related to borrowing money, hiring employees and leasing space. Each section also contains a thorough explanation of each form. |
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Legal Guide for Starting & Running a Small Business |
Provides entrepreneurs legal information on business structures, naming, buy-sell agreements, licenses and permits, taxes, raising money, and many other aspects of business ownership. |
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LifeStyle Market Analyst |
Wonderful resource for data on the interests, hobbies, and activities popular in larger cites within the US. This SRDS publication also gives demographics such as age, marital status, income level, etc. |
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Martindale-Hubbell International Law Digest and International Law Directory
| A digest of laws and legal codes in 60 countries, as well
as 10 international conventions. The directory portion lists
lawyers and law firms in 150 countries. |
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Mergent Moody's Handbook of Common Stock
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| Basic financial and business information on over 950 stocks with high investor interest. The statistics are revised quarterly. |
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Mergent OTC Industrial Manual |
Presents descriptive and tabular data on corporations and institutions operating in the U.S.
and overseas; data is compiled from annual reports, 10-K
reports and news releases. An entry includes a brief corporate history, list of subsidiaries, income, balance sheet, financial and operating statistics, and the number of stockholders and employees. |
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Mergent's Bond Record |
A monthly publication which covers about 56,000 fixed income issues in detail. For corporate bonds, this source gives the CUSIP number, call price, interest dates, call dates, price range, yield, yield to maturity, Moody's rating and amount outstanding. Various information is provided for convertible bonds, industrial development bonds, preferred stock and commercial paper ratings. |
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Mergent's Dividend Record |
An essential investing resource. |
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Mergent's Industrial Manual |
Presents descriptive and tabular data on corporations and institutions operating in the U.S. and overseas; data is compiled from annual reports, 10-K reports and news releases. An entry includes a brief corporate history, list of subsidiaries, income, balance sheet, financial and operating statistics, and the number of stockholders and employees. |
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Mergent's International Manual |
Corporate histories and financial statements for 11,000 foreign companies. |
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Mergent's Public Utility Manual |
Presents descriptive and tabular data on corporations and institutions operating in the U.S. and overseas; data is compiled from annual reports, 10-K reports and news releases. An entry includes a brief corporate history, list of subsidiaries, income, balance sheet, financial and operating statistics, and the number of stockholders and employees. |
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Mergents Municipal & Government Manual |
Presents descriptive and tabular data on corporations and institutions operating in the U.S. and overseas; data is compiled from annual reports, 10-K reports and news releases. An entry includes a brief corporate history, list of subsidiaries, income, balance sheet, financial and operating statistics, and the number of stockholders and employees. |
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Mompreneurs : A Mother's Practical Step-by-Step Guide to Work-at-Home Success |
A practical guide that deals with the transition from office to working at home. Just some of the topics include opportunities, childcare, time management, and setting up. |
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Morningstar guide to mutual funds : five-star strategies for success |
How do you find a mutual fund company that you trust? Are mutual funds still worth investing in? This book answers these and other questions that investors are confronted with daily. |
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Morningstar Mutual Funds |
This weekly loose-leaf service provides statistical profiles of important mutual funds. For each fund it gives description, minimum investment, fund manager, historical performance statistics and Morningstar rating. |
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Mutual Funds for Dummies (4TH edition) |
If you want to begin building wealth, Mutual Funds for Dummies is a good first investment. You will discover how to pick better funds and avoid losers, put together and maintain a portfolio, select the best stock funds for continued growth, choose bond and money funds, and locate mutual fund information online. |
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National Minority and Women-owned Business Directory
| The resource is organized under 83 subject headings from Account Firms to Wood Products, and then alphabetically by state under each of these headings. Also includes Keyword and Company Alphabetical listing indices. |
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North Carolina Business Directory |
Annual. Directory compiled from yellow page telephone directories. v.1: Yellow page category and manufacturing companies by city and SIC code. Vol.2 : Companies listed alphabetically by city. |
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North Carolina Manufacturers Directory
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| Annual. Multiple listings in sections including: geographic, headquarters, SIC, alphabetic, and foreign trade. |
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O*NET Dictionary of Occupational Titles
| This is the print version of information from the O*NET database of information on occupations. Based on data provided by the U.S. Dept. of Labor, this book was designed to update and replace the Dictionary of Occupational Titles. |
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Occupational Outlook Handbook
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| Describes 250 occupations with the latest information on salaries, projected outlook, related occupations, skills required, education or training and working conditions. |
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Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need |
In his eighth edition of this book, Andrew Tobias once again offers sound and easy-to-understand advice and tips to help people make the most of their investments. |
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Parlay Your IRA into a Family Fortune
| This resource provides simple instructions for managing your IRA and other retirement income, and maximizing your returns for a more comfortable retirement. |
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Patent It Yourself |
According to the author, Patent Attorney David Pressman, this resource will allow inventors to patent and profit from their inventions without the aid of a lawyer. |
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Patent, Copyright, and Trademark: A Desk Reference of Intellectual Property Law |
Nolo Press has a well deserved reputation for publishing quality legal information, written in plain English for non-lawyers. |
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Principal International Business |
A Dun & Bradstreet directory of the 50,000 largest employers worldwide. Use this directory to locate businesses alphabetically, geographically or by product
classification. |
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Racial and Ethnic Diversity : Asians, Blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans, and Whites
| Charts provide a comparison between population, health, education, household
and living arrangements, housing, income, and labor force by race and ethnic cohorts. |
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Red Book: Standard Directory of Advertisers
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| Listing of over 25,000 companies that spend a minimum of $200,000 on advertising. Gives name, address, phone, fax, email, internet site, personnel, advertising expenditures, media used, and advertising agency or agencies employed by the firm. |
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Red Book: Standard Directory of Advertising Agencies
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| Listing of advertising agencies, house agencies, cyberagencies, media buying services, sales promotion agencies, and public relations firms. |
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Resumes that Knock 'Em Dead |
Explore how to put together a resume to land that job! Learn the best ways to describe your background and present it to potential employers. |
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Small Business Encyclopedia
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This three-volume, loose leaf binder, published by the Entrepreneur Magazine Group is an extensive "how to" resource covering all kinds of small businesses: franchising, home-based, family-run, etc. |
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Small Business Sourcebook |
This huge (over 3,100 pages), two-volume, annual serial profiles 312 specific small businesses and covers 78 general small business topics. Each profile covers 20 separate categories from "Start-up" to "Awards and Honors". |
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SRDS Community Publication Advertising Source
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| Provides advertising information for the market segment including names, addresses, costs, and circulation figures. |
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SRDS Consumer Magazine Advertising Source |
Provides advertising information for the market segment including names, addresses, costs, and circulation figures. |
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SRDS Radio Advertising Source |
Provides advertising information for the market segment including names, addresses, costs, and circulation figures. |
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SRDS TV & Cable Source. |
Provides advertising information for the market segment including names, addresses, costs, and circulation figures. |
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Standard & Poor's Corporation Records |
Includes a brief description and history of public corporations listed on the AMEX and NYSE. The Daily News volume contains current information about dividends, splits, mergers, etc. |
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Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys |
An annual report on 52 industries in the United States
covering recent developments, industry basics, top
companies' data (new format expected in early 1998 will
"have a comparative company analysis".) |
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Standard & Poor's Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives |
Annual. Parent corporations and operating units are included in a single alphabetical arrangement
Vol. 1 - Alphabetical Listing
Vol. 2 - Directors and Executives
Vol. 3 - Indexes (SIC; Geographic; Cross Reference by operating units)
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Standard ASE Stock Reports
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| Two page company reports give a business summary, recent developments, dividends, income, balance sheet and per share data for companies listed. |
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Standard NYSE Stock Reports
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| Two page company reports give a business summary, recent developments, dividends, income, balance sheet and per share data for companies listed. |
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Standard OTC Stock Reports
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| Two page company reports give a business summary, recent developments, dividends, income, balance sheet and per share data for companies listed. |
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Start a Business in North Carolina or South Carolina |
This 2007 edition gives "how to" advice in creating a business. It includes 21 forms and a glossary. |
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Statistical Abstract of the United States |
This classical research tool provided by the U.S. Census is filled with extensive economic and demographic data. Available in both print and online versions. Includes analysis, data, and searchable index. |
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