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ABI/INFORM Global
ABI/INFORM Global provides coverage of over 2,700 publications, with more than 1,800 available in full text. ABI/INFORM Global offers research materials focusing on business conditions, management techniques, business trends, management practice and theory, corporate strategy and tactics, and the competitive global business and financial landscape. ABI/INFORM Global also provides access to 16,000 ProQuest business dissertations, 5,200 business cases, executive profiles, and information regarding 60,000 companies worldwide.

ACM Digital Library
The ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) Digital Library contains over 69,000 full-text and conference proceedings related to all aspects of computer science. This resource is recommended for businesses relating to systems and technology.

American National Biography
American National Biography contains over 18,000 detailed portraits of people from all eras who have influenced and shaped American history and culture. All of the content of the 24-volume printed edition is included in the online version. Please note that American National Biography includes only deceased individuals. This resource is recommended for businesses relating to history.

Books in Print
Books in Print is a professional bibliographic database than lists more than five million in-print, out-of-print, forthcoming, book, audio book, and video titles. Please note that Books in Print does not contain the actual text of books, but instead functions as a directory

Books@Ovid
Books@Ovid is a searchable collection of clinical texts in nursing and health sciences from Lippincott Williams & Wilkinson. Specific titles cover topics in critical care, pediatric nursing, emergency medicine, pharmaceutical drug references, nursing research, and theory. The complete text of each book is viewed in an interlinked interface, giving quick access to research and reference information. While Books@Ovid is a searchable database of book content for in-depth research, the contents are not downloadable electronic books

Britannica Online
Britannica Online contains the complete text of the prestigious and authoritative Encyclopedia Britannica, as well as additional content from the Britannica Student Encyclopedia, the Britannica Elementary Encyclopedia, the Britannica Concise Encyclopedia, the Britannica Internet Guide, Merriam- Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, and Merriam-Webster’s Thesaurus. Britannica Online allows keyword searching as well as browsing by article titles. This resource provides background information suitable for virtually all academic subjects.

Business & Company Resource Center
Business & Company Resource Center is a comprehensive business database with content from periodicals, newsletters, directories, financial reports, and other authoritative sources.

Business Insights
Business Insights, formerly known as Reuters Business Insight offers in-depth research reports regarding industries, marketing, and technologies. This database is recommended for courses in business and technology management. Please note Business Insights frequently lists the market value of each report; however, as part of our subscription these reports are provided at no cost.

Business Source Complete
Business Source Complete contains full text journals in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, accounting, finance, and economics. Additional content includes SWOT analyses, case studies, financial data, conference proceedings, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, and more. Search criteria include keywords, company names, industries, and markets.

Canada Info Desk
Canada Info Desk is a comprehensive directory of businesses and organizations throughout Canada. The directory includes over 100,000 entries and provides both basic and advanced search capabilities.

Canadian Newsstand / CBCA Complete
Canadian Newsstand and Canadian Business and Current Affairs (CBCA) Complete are two databases with a Canadian emphasis hosted on the ProQuest platform. Canadian Newsstand includes daily newspapers from throughout Canada. CBCA Complete includes trade publications and academic journals with particular emphasis in business, current events, and education.

CINAHL
CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature) is a comprehensive index of published literature in the nursing field. Please note that CINAHL is not a completely full-text database. Some document listings will link to full text; other documents listed may have to be obtained from other databases or in hard copy. This resource is recommended for businesses relating to nursing.

Cochrane Collection
The Cochrane Collection contains three components devoted to evidence-based medicine: Cochrane Controlled Trials Register, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and the Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness. Please note that the Cochrane Collection is not a completely full-text database. Some document listings will link to full text; other documents listed may have to be obtained from other databases or in hard copy. This resource is recommended for businesses relating to nursing and health care.

Country Insight
Country Insight is an online database providing in-depth analysis of economic, political, social, and demographic trends affecting 71 countries and eight regions worldwide.

Countrywatch
CountryWatch combines information from a variety of sources into one easy-to-use format. Statistics, breaking news, and overviews are available for virtually all of the world´s nations. This resource is recommended for businesses relating to geography and international business.

CPI.Q
CPIQ, the online version of the Canadian Periodicals Index provides indexing and full-text coverage of selected Canadian and international periodicals from 1980 to the present. CPI is the Library’s exclusive online source for the Globe and Mail.

CQ Electronic Library
CQ Electronic Library is a suite of reference products from Congressional Quarterly®. Contents include CQ Researcher, CQ Weekly, the Electronic Encyclopedia of American Government, the electronic version of the Washington Information Directory (eWID), the CQ Public Affairs Collection, CQ Insider, and the CQ Supreme Court Collection. This resource is recommended for businesses relating to critical thinking, government, law, political science, and public affairs.

Criminal Justice Abstracts
Criminal Justice Abstracts, a database produced by Sage Publications, identifies and summarizes literature covering all aspects of criminal justice. Please note that Criminal Justice Abstracts is not a completely full-text database. Some document listings will link to full text; other documents listed may have to be obtained from other databases or in hard copy.

Culturegrams
Culturegrams provides concise, reliable cultural information for more than 175 countries of the world. Each entry includes detailed information about history, customs, lifestyle, and government. This resource is recommended for businesses relating to geography, history, and international business.

Dun & Bradstreet Key Business Ratios
Dun & Bradstreet Key Business Ratios provide industry averages for popular ratios that measure solvency, efficiency, and profitability. This resource is recommended for businesses relating to finance.

EBSCOhost
EBSCOhost provides full text access to nearly 8,000 periodicals, including over 4,000 peer-reviewed journals. Information in EBSCOhost is from current and authoritative journals, magazines, pamphlets, and newsletters. Full-text information is provided on a broad range of topics including business, current affairs, criminal justice, health, and multi-cultural issues. Examples of periodicals unique to EBSCOhost include Accounting & Finance, Education Economics, Educational Assessment, Creative Nursing, and Criminal Law. Results in EBSCOhost can be limited to peer-reviewed sources. This resource is appropriate for all small business owners.

Economist.com
Economist.com is the premier online source for the analysis of world business and current affairs, providing authoritative insight and opinion on international news, world politics, business finance, science, and technology, as well as overviews of cultural trends and industry, business and, country surveys. Economist.com publishes all articles from The Economist print edition (including those printed only in British copies) plus a searchable archive of all the Economist’s articles back to January 2000. Links to other articles and to relevant sources on the web are included with many of the stories.

Educational Pathways
Educational Pathways (EdPath) is a newsletter that covers distance learning initiatives, programs, and practices. Articles are composed through in-depth interviews with educators working in the field and reflect some of the latest advances and practices in higher education.

EIU Country Intelligence
EIU Country Intelligence provides in-depth coverage of countries throughout the world. Specific components of EIU Country Intelligence include Country Commerce, Country Finance,Country Profiles, and Country Reports. This resource is recommended for businesses relating to international business.

EIU Data Services
EIU Data Services features three components: EIU Country Data, a comprehensive database of economic indicators and forecasts, covering 278 series for 117 countries, as well as 40 regional aggregates, running from 1980 and forecasting out five years; EIU Market Indicators & Forecasts, a powerful database of economic, demographic, consumption and industry data on 60 major countries, stretching back to 1990 and forward five years; and EIU City Data, a global database of product prices and business costs providing over 330 prices levels on more than 160 products and services in 123 cities worldwide from 1990 to the present.

EIU Viewswire
EIU Viewswire provides current coverage of political and economic trends in 195 countries. Risk analysis and economic forecasts are provided for virtually all nations. The University Library’s Viewswire subscription now includes the Riskwire and Industrywire services. This resource is recommended for businesses relating to international business.

Emerald
Emerald is a collection of scholarly journals in the field of management and business, with additional coverage in the areas of library science, information science, and criminal justice. All journals in Emerald are considered peer-reviewed.

ERIC
ERIC is a comprehensive index of journal articles, dissertations, conference proceedings, and other research in all aspects of education. Please note that ERIC is not a completely full-text database. Some document listings will link to full text; other documents listed may have to be obtained from other databases or in hard copy. This resource is recommended for businesses relating to intermediate and advanced courses in education.

Euromonitor Global Market Information Database
The Euromonitor Global Market Information Database (GMID) is an integrated online information system providing key business intelligence on countries, companies, markets, and consumers. Components include country statistics, market data, lifestyle indicators, country profiles, and company overviews.

Europa World Plus
Europa World Plus is a comprehensive review of cultural, economic, and political circumstances in nations and regions throughout the World. This database contains in-depth country profiles , as well as profiles of major international organizations.

Factiva
Factiva, a joint venture of Dow Jones and Reuters, provides news focused on business, companies, products, markets, and current events from more than 9,000 authoritative sources including The Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, Dow Jones and Reuters newswires, the Associated Press, Reuters Fundamentals, Dun & Bradstreet, and Bureau van Dijk company profiles.

Facts.com
FACTS.com includes the Facts On File World News Digest, Editorials on File, Issues and Controversies on File, Issues and Controversies in American History, Reuters New Service, Today’s Science of File, and the World Almanac and Book of Facts. This resource is useful for research about news events of the past 60 years and is especially recommended for businesses relating to critical thinking and 20th century history.

Faulkner’s Advisory on Computers and Communications Technologies
Faulkner’s Advisory on Computers and Communications Technologies (FACCTS) provides in-depth coverage of information technology and telecommunications. This database contains reports, diagrams, charts, tables, and illustrations on all aspects of computer technology and telephony. This resource is recommended for businesses relating to information systems and technology, as well as technology management.

Forensic & Law Enforcement netBASE
Forensic & Law Enforcement netBASE is a collection of digital reference material focusing on forensic science, law enforcement, and criminal justice.

Grolier Online
Grolier Online includes the Encyclopedia Americana and the Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. This resource is recommended for all small business owners.

Grove Art
Grove Art, the online equivalent of the 34-volume Grove Dictionary of Art, provides over 45,000 articles and over 22,000 image links related to all genres, schools, and media in the visual arts. This resource is recommended for businesses relating to humanities and art.

Grove Music
Grove Music, the online equivalent of the 29-volume New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition and The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, provides access to over 29,000 articles covering all aspects of music throughout the ages. This resource is recommended for businesses relating to humanities and art.

Health and Wellness Resource Center
The Health and Wellness Resource Center includes approximately 300 pamphlets, links to journal articles from InfoTrac OneFile, and many encyclopedias, including the following titles: Clinical Reference Systems, The Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood & Adolescence, The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, Medical and Health Information Directory, PDR Family Guide to Nutrition and Health, and the Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine. This resource is recommended for businesses relating to nursing, health care, and nutrition.

IEEE Computer Society Digital Library
The IEEE Computer Society Digital Library provided by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE), offers 25 computing periodicals with archives back to 1988. Users will also find over 1,700 IEEE Computer Society conference publications published since 1995. Materials cover electronics, robotics, computer science, and telecommunications.

Info Security netBASE
Info Security netBASE provides an electronic collection of reference material focusing on information security, IT management, and IT auditing.

International Security and Counter Terrorism Reference Center
International Security and Counter Terrorism Reference Center offers information on many dimensions of security terrorism. Content includes hundreds of full text journals and periodicals, hundreds of thousands of selected articles, news feeds, reports, summaries, FAQs, and proprietary Background Information Summaries that pertain to terrorism and security. ISCTRC also combines deep background from scholarly writings with expert commentary from a variety of organizations, agencies, and publishers, as well as timely reviews of recent developments across the international political, military, economic, social, and technical spectrum.

InvesText Plus
InvesText Plus provides complete images in PDF format of analysts’ reports on a variety of industries and publicly traded companies. The reports found in InvesText Plus can be used for access to detailed information about earnings, growth, market share, and other aspects of company and industry performance. This resource is recommended for businesses relating to finance, marketing, and management.

IT Knowledge netBASE
IT Knowledge netBASE offers over 170 reference documents focusing on computer engineering, programming language, system development, and computer architecture.

Journals@Ovid
Journals@Ovid provides full-text access to leading journals of nursing and medicine from Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins. This resource is recommended for businesses relating to nursing and health care.

Leadership Library on the Internet
The Leadership Library on the Internet, which is updated daily, is a unique personnel contact database that integrates the print 14 Yellow Book directories. The Leadership Library enables users to find contact information for 400,000 individuals at 40,000 leading U.S. government, business, professional, and nonprofit organizations. Please note that the University Library’s academic subscription does not include list downloading capabilities.

Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA)
LISTA provides an index of more than 600 periodicals, books, research reports, and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management, and more. Coverage in the database extends back to the mid-1960s. Please note that LISTA is not a completely full-text database. Some document listings will link to full text; other documents listed may have to be obtained from other databases or in hard copy.

MarketLine Business Information Center
MarketLine Business Information Center provides detailed coverage of companies, industries, and countries. Included are over 10,000 company profiles, over 2000 industry profiles, and over 50 country profiles. Most profiles are updated on a quarterly basis and average 100 pages in length. A “News and Comment” section also provides commentary on events affecting businesses throughout the world.

MEDLINE
MEDLINE is a comprehensive source for authoritative information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE uses MeSH (Medical Subject headings) indexing to search citations from over 4,800 current biomedical journals. Please note that MEDLINE is not a completely full-text database. Some document listings will link to full text; other documents listed may have to be obtained from other databases or in hard copy.

Mental Measurements Yearbook
The Mental Measurements Yearbook, produced by the Buros Institute, contains listings and reviews of test instruments used in counseling, human services, psychology, and related professions. Typical test entries include descriptive information, professional reviews, and reviewer references. To be included, a test must be commercially available, be published in the English language, and be new, revised, or widely used since it last appeared in the series. Please note that this database does not contain the actual tests but instead functions as a directory and evaluative guide.

Mergent BondViewer
Mergent’s BondViewer provides access to a wide range of bond data including issuer, bond level terms, and condition data for U.S. taxable bonds, municipal bonds, and retail notes. Details include company description, offer amount, industry code, CUSIP and historical pricing, corporate actions related to significant events, and current and historical ratings. Coupon details include payment schedule, amount outstanding, interest frequency, and bond type.

Mergent Online
Mergent Online contains detailed financial reports concerning public companies throughout the world. This resource is recommended for businesses relating to finance.

National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts
National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts,a database produced by the United States Department of Justice, identifies and summarizes literature related to all aspects of criminal justice. Please note that National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts is not a completely full-text database. Some document listings will link to full text; other documents listed may have to be obtained from other databases or in hard copy.

National Trade Databank
National Trade Data Bank, an important resource from the United States Department of Commerce, is particularly valuable for information about exporting and international markets. This resource is recommended for businesses relating to international business.

NBER Working Papers
The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Working Papers database contains original research from 1994 to the present on a variety of topics in all aspects of economics. This resource is recommended for businesses relating to general business activities and economics.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center includes the Greenhaven Press Opposing Viewpoints reference books as well as relevant magazine articles and other appropriate information sources. This resource is useful for research about controversial social issues and is especially recommended for introductory courses.

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography contains over 50,000 detailed portraits of people from all eras who have influenced and shaped the history and culture of the United Kingdom and the British Isles. All of the content of the 60-volume printed edition is included in the online version. Please note that the Dictionary of National Biography includes only deceased individuals. This resource is recommended for businesses relating to history.

Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary is a prestigious resource containing not only definitions and pronunciations, but also extensive information about the usage of words over time. Over 500,000 words are included and their history is documented by over 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of classic and contemporary sources. The online version contains all of the content of the 20-volume printed set and is updated with over 1,000 new entries each quarter. The Oxford English Dictionary reflects British English, with spellings and usages common in other countries noted when appropriate.

Oxford Reference Online
Oxford Reference Online contains the full text of over 100 specialized dictionaries and encyclopedias in virtually all disciplines. This resource is appropriate for quick reference in all subjects.

Oxford Scholarship Online
Oxford Scholarship Online is a database containing the full text of over 1000 scholarly books from Oxford University Press in the areas of economics and finance, philosophy, political science, and religion. Specially-commissioned abstracts and keywords are available at both the book and chapter level. This resource is recommended for advanced courses in economics and finance as well as electives in philosophy, political science, and religion. While Oxford Scholarship Online is a searchable database of book content for in-depth research, the contents are not downloadable electronic books.

Papers Invited
Papers Invited is a searchable directory of calls for participation from professional associations, universities, journal editors, and other conference organizers. This resource is recommended for faculty members and graduate students searching for appropriate venues at which to share their research findings. A variety of additional features are available to users who sign up for the optional personalized service. At this time, only users with email addresses ending in email.uophx.edu are eligible for the personalized service. Additional email domains will be supported in the near future.

Plunkett Research Online
Plunkett Research Online provides industry-specific research portals for important business sectors. For each industry covered, available components include market research and trends, company profiles, statistics, associations/organizations, and a glossary.

Policy Central
Policy Central is a comprehensive database of United States politics, government, and public affairs. Publications within the database include the Alamanac of American Politics®, American Health LineTM, National Journal®, Technology Daily, and many other valuable sources. This resource is recommended for businesses relating to political science, health care administration, technology management, and all other organizations related to public policy.

Political Risk Yearbook
The Political Risk Yearbook documents political trends in 106 countries with particular emphasis on risks that could affect business conditions and investments. This resource is recommended for businesses relating to international business.

ProQuest
ProQuest® includes full text coverage of over 9,000 periodicals and over 4,000 peer-reviewed journals. Information found within ProQuest® focuses on business, computing, education, health care, security, and telecommunications. Periodicals unique to ProQuest® are Wall Street Journal, Education Forum, Education Today, Criminal Law Forum, Police, New York Times, USA Today, and Advanced Practice Nursing Quarterly. Basic searching in ProQuest® can be limited to peer-reviewed sources. This resource is appropriate for all small business owners.

ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses contains the full text of over 600,000 dissertations and theses from universities throughout the United States and Canada. Almost all dissertations published since 1997 are available online with numerous older dissertations added continuously.

ProQuest Historic Newspapers
ProQuest Historic Newspapers contains the full-text of five leading newspapers: the Christian Science Monitor, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post. Coverage extends back to the first date of publication for all papers. For the most current issues of these papers, please use the main ProQuest link located under the heading “Article Databases — Major.”

PsycARTICLES
PsycARTICLES is a database of full-text articles from 53 journals published by the American Psychological Association (APA), the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, the Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe & Huber. Coverage extends from 1985 to the present.

PsycBOOKS
PsycBOOKS, a resource from the American Psychological Association (APA), is a database of more than 13,000 chapters from over 700 books published by the APA and other distinguished publishers. The database includes scholarly titles published by the APA from copyright years 1953 – 2004. New book chapters are added continuously 18 months after initial publication. Database content includes 100 out-of-print books, classic books of landmark historical impact in psychology, and more than 1,500 authored entries from the APA/Oxford University Press Encyclopedia of Psychology. While PsycBOOKS is a searchable database of book content for in-depth research, the contents are not downloadable electronic books.

PsycEXTRA
PsycEXTRA, produced by the American Psychological Association (APA), is a companion to the scholarly PsycINFO database. The document types included in PsycEXTRA consist of technical, annual , and government reports; conference papers; newsletters; magazines; newspapers; consumer brochures; and more. This database includes extensive coverage of gray literature relating to psychology and the behavioral sciences. Please note that PsycEXTRA is not a completely full-text database. Some document listings will link to full text; other documents listed may have to be obtained from other databases or in hard copy.

PsycINFO
PsycINFO is a comprehensive index of published literature in psychology and mental health. Please note that PsycINFO is not a completely full-text database. Some document listings will link to full text; other documents listed may have to be obtained from other databases or in hard copy. This resource is recommended for businesses relating to counseling and human services.

RDS Business Reference Suite
The RDS Business Reference Suite incorporates three separate components: TableBase, a database of statistical tables drawn from a variety of sources; Business and Management Practices, an index of solutions to common workplace issues; and Business and Industry, a database of articles from trade journal and industry newsletters. All three are available through a unique interface that allows highly advanced searching. Please note that RDS Business Reference Suite is not a completely full-text database. Some document listings will link to full text; other documents listed may have to be obtained from other databases or in hard copy. This resource is recommended for all small business owners.

Reference USA
Reference USA provides a comprehensive directory of businesses in the United States and Canada. Searches can combine multiple criteria, allowing for generation of customized lists of businesses. This resource is recommended for all small business owners.

Roll Call
Roll Call is a leading publication covering Congressional news and information. Roll Call provides up-to-the-minute news of the legislative and political events on Capitol Hill. The online version provides not only the full content of the print edition but also breaking news stories.

Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
The Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy features over 2000 original articles from over 1300 leading international experts across the discipline of philosophy. The articles cover topics such as ethics, moral development, and the world´s religions. There is a summary at the beginning of each in-depth article, enabling the encyclopedia to meet the needs of users at a variety of levels. This resource is recommended for businesses relating to humanities, ethics, religion, and critical thinking.

Routledge Reference Resources
Routledge Reference Resources provides cross-searchable access to online reference books from Taylor and Francis. Current topics covered include religion, philosophy, and politics.

SAGE Full-Text Collections
SAGE Full-Text Collections is a suite of over 200 journals from Sage Publications in the disciplines of Communication Studies, Criminology, Education, Management & Organization Studies, Nursing & Health Sciences, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, and Urban Studies & Planning. All journals in Sage Full-Text Collections are considered peer-reviewed.

Security Management Practices
Security Management Practices, produced by Faulkner Information Services, provides full-text reports on topics as protecting organizational assets, implementing security measures, developing security strategy, enforcing security standards, maintaining relationships with law enforcement and other security-related agencies, conducting security audits, and other matters related to security for businesses and organizations. This resource is recommended for courses in criminal justice, information technology, security management, and technology management.

SocINDEX
SocINDEX provides comprehensive coverage of sociology, encompassing all sub-disciplines and closely related areas of study. These include abortion, criminal justice, ethnic and racial studies, gender studies, marriage and family, political sociology, religion, rural and urban sociology, social development, social psychology, social structure, social work, sociological research and theory, substance abuse, violence, and many others. Please note that SocINDEX is not a completely full-text database. Some document listings will link to full text; other documents listed may have to be obtained from other databases or in hard copy.

Spanish Books in Print
Spanish Books in Print is a professional bibliographic database than lists Spanish-language in-print, out-of-print, forthcoming, book, audio book, and video titles. Please note that Spanish Books in Print does not contain the actual text of books, but instead functions as a directory.

State of the Nation
State of the Nation provides various financial and economic data from throughout the federal government and other related entities. This resource is recommended for businesses relating to economics and finance.

Testing and Education Reference Center
Testing and Education Reference Center provides practice exams for numerous standardized tests, including CLEP. Additional functions of this database include directories of degree and certificate programs in all disciplines.

Thomson Gale PowerSearch
Thomson Gale PowerSearchTM, formerly InfoTrac OneFile®, includes full text access to over 13,000 periodicals and more than 6,000 peer-reviewed journals, with historical coverage from 1980. Periodical coverage focuses on a wide range of topics including business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, humanities, law, politics, science, social sciences, technology, the arts, and many general interest topics. Basic searching in Thomson Gale PowerSearchTM can be limited to peer-reviewed sources. Periodicals unique to Thomson Gale PowerSearchTM include Banking and Finance Report, Education Next, Foreign Policy in Focus, Image: Journal of Nursing Scholarship, and International Journal of Educational Policy. Thomson Gale PowerSearchTM offers 121 wire services covering agriculture, general news, broadcast news, government, business press releases, industry topics, and sports. This resource is appropriate for all small business owners.

Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory
Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory is a directory providing detailed, comprehensive, and authoritative information regarding periodicals published throughout the world. It covers all subject and includes publications that are published regularly or irregularly and are circulated free of charge or by paid subscription. Please note that Ulrich’s does not provide access to the periodicals themselves. Potential uses of Ulrich’s include verifying if periodicals are peer-reviewed (also known as refereed) or identifying potential journals for submission of manuscripts.

Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged is the largest and most comprehensive dictionary produced in North America. This dictionary lists over 470,000 words and contains advanced searching capabilities. Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged reflects American English, with spellings and usages common in other countries noted when appropriate.

What’s the Rule
What’s the Rule is a set of easy-to-follow explanations and illustrations of the principles of English grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure. What’s the Rule includes quizzes to test knowledge of writing concepts. This resource is recommended for all small business owners.

xreferplus
xreferplus contains the full text of over 100 specialized dictionaries and encyclopedias in virtually all disciplines. This resource is appropriate for all small business owners.