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Business
Business & Company ASAP
2|QNOVEL
Information
Sheet on this database:
Description:
View, print, and/or email in-depth full text articles from
business, management, and economic journals, trade/industry
periodicals, business directories, newswires, and popular
business/finance newspapers
Locate data
for both publicly and privately held companies
Track the
economy, industry trends, new product reviews, market forecasts, and mergers
Conduct background research for
portfolios
Research
companies for job interviews
Coverage: 1980-present
Periodicals:
4,305
Indexed; 3,409 Full Text
Vendor:
GALE
Search Tips: Under
Keyword search, to search full text of articles select: "in
entire article content." Under Advanced search, ke (Key
Word) searches in titles, authors, and the Gale-Group assigned index
terms. Tx (Text Word) searches words in the text of the articles.
Refereed = Peer-Reviewed.
Business & Company Resource Center
2|Q
NOVEL
Information
Sheet on this database:
Description:
Company
background information
Contact
information
Magazine
and newspaper articles
Histories
and chronologies of companies
Investment
reports
Financials
Rankings of
companies within their industries
Product/brand listings of companies
Coverage: 1980-present
Vendor:
GALE
Search Tips: InfoMarks
allow you to create persistent urls to the contents of Gale
databases.
Hoovers Online
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Information Sheet on this database:
Publisher: HOOVERS
Standard & Poor's
2|Q
The broad range of content satisfies users with different needs
- high school and college students, job seekers, personal
investors, and small business owners.
Stock
Reports: The largest universe of qualitative research offered by
an independent provider.
Corporation
Records: Data on more than 10,000 public companies.
Register of
Corporations, Directors, and Executives: Essential information
on more than 100,000 companies, 85,000 of which are privately
held.
Company
Profile: A new feature that replaces the Stock Guide, Earnings
Guide, and Dividend Record publications, combining data from all
three in a comprehensive new HTML report.
The Outlook: Standard & Poor's weekly investment advisory
newsletter - a valued resource for more than 80 years.
Mutual Fund
Reports: Analysis on more than 15,000 funds based on Standard &
Poor's stars ranking system.
Industry Surveys: Reports on 50+ industries and 110+
sub-industries. Top-down research begins with these
comprehensive reports.
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Grants
Foundation Directory
Online Professional - FDO
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Sheet on this database:
Vendor:
Foundation Center
Foundation Grants
to Individuals Online
2
Information
Sheet on this database:
Vendor:
Foundation Center
The James Prendergast Library
is a Cooperating Collection of the
Foundation Center. As a
member of this nationwide network of libraries, community
foundations, and other nonprofit agencies, the James Prendergast
Library provides visitors with free public access to grantmaker
directories, books on fundraising and nonprofit management, and the
Foundation Center’s online databases, Foundation Directory
Online and Foundation Grants to Individuals. The fully
searchable databases include detailed profiles of all active U.S.
foundations, as well as an extensive file of recent grants awarded
by the nation’s top funders. |
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Newspapers
The Buffalo
News
2|Q
Information
Sheet on this database:
Vendor:
NewsBank
Custom Newspapers
2|Q|NOVEL
Information
Sheet on this database:
Vendor:
GALE
National Newspaper Index
2|Q|NOVEL
Information
Sheet on this database:
Vendor:
GALE
New York State Papers
2|Q|NOVEL
Information
Sheet on this database:
Vendor:
GALE
NewsBank
2|Q
Information
Sheet on this database:
Vendor:
NewsBank
NewspaperArchives
2
-Includes some Chautauqua and Cattaraugus County papers:
Dunkirk 1887-1950.
"Access NewspaperARCHIVE contains tens of millions of searchable
newspaper pages, dating as far back as the 1700s. It is your gateway
to searching and reading historical newspapers online." |
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Phonebooks
ReferenceUSA
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System wide access.
Paid for by Prendergast, Olean Public Library & Salamanca Public
Library
Vendor:
InfoUSA
Problems with Remote Access to ReferenceUSA:
If you type in your library
barcode and are forwarded to the ReferenceUSA Web site but are
presented with ReferenceUSA's username/password challenge page.
This is usually a problem with the settings in your computer or
Web browser. Here are some possibilities:
Make sure your Web browser is set up to accept "cookies."
Cookies are small text files saved on your machine and
ReferenceUSA uses them for authentication.
In Internet Explorer, the cookie settings are usually found
under Tools-->Internet Options.
If you are using Microsoft XP with Microsoft Internet Explorer
Version 6.0 you may need to modify your default browser cookie
handling configuration settings to resolve this issue. The steps
to accomplish this are outlined below.
Open a new Microsoft Internet Explorer browser session.
Click on the Tools drop-down menu and select Internet Options…
When the Internet Options window appears click on the Privacy
tab, then the Advanced… button.
When the Advanced Privacy Settings window appears, place a check
in the checkbox next to 'Override automatic cookie handling'.
Click OK on the Advanced Privacy Settings window and Internet
Options window to close.
With the rise in popularity of cable modems, DSL and other
high-speed Internet connections, more and more people are
deploying a variety of personal firewalls and/or Internet
security software packages (i.e. Norton Internet Security,
LynkSys Firewall, etc.) Try temporally disabling your firewall
software and connecting again*.
If you are using Windows XP, it has a built in firewall which
you may need to disable. On you computer go to your Start
button an then to Help and Support. Search for "Firewall" to
see detailed instructions on how to disable and enable the
Windows XP firewall.
For more help, please read the HELP instructions on the
ReferenceUSA login webpage. |
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Reference
CREDO Reference
2|Q
System wide access. Paid for by CCLS,
Prendergast & Olean Public Library
Credo Reference enables users to find authoritative answers fast. It
features content from hundreds of reference books in a broad range
of subjects. 317 titles.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
2|Q|NOVEL
Information
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Vendor:
GALE |
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Provided by the New York State
Library, NOVELNY connects New
Yorkers to 21st century information. NOVELNY
is supported with temporary federal Library Services and Technology
Act funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
The New York Knowledge Initiative is a proposal for permanent state
funding for NOVELNY. |
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