Use these tools to learn more about business practices, budgeting and finance, and legal documents for you to utilize for your personal or professional life.
Full-text journals for business, including marketing, management, accounting, and economics, as well as detailed information on public and private companies.
CONSUMER REPORTS
Discover the full text of the popular Consumer Reports magazine through our Ebsco subscription service.
A searchable directory of grantmakers, grants, and grant recipients by subjects and locations that can help nonprofits and government organizations find potential funding sources. Note: Only available on computers at Central Library.
Searchable demographics and consumer and business statistics, with directory information and easy business startup reports.
Learn and improve skills across business, tech, design, and more. Includes 6,000+ on-demand video courses in multiple languages.
A searchable directory of funding, grants, and scholarships offered to students, artists, researchers, and other individual grantseekers. Note: Only available on computers at Central Library
700+ detailed market and industry reports for the United States including SWOT analyses, financial ratios, and more. Note: Only available on computers at Central Library.
Legal GPS is a gamified platform that helps new and existing businesses “do legal” without having to hire a lawyer.
Find job search and workplace skills improvement; reading, writing, math, and basic science skill building; career certification and license exam prep; high school equivalency, college, and grad school entrance test prep.
Choose from thousands of online courses to learn in-demand skills from real-world industry experts. Get started for free with your library card.
LivePlan simplifies business planning, budgeting, forecasting, and performance tracking for small businesses and startups. Just fill in the answers presented and LivePlan does the heavy lifting for you.
Investment information on companies, funds, and markets, along with newsletters, articles, and other educational information fund.
Learn digital literacy skills to navigate the internet and computer tech with ease.
Research and analyze companies, deals, funds, investors and service providers across the entire private investment lifecycle.
In-depth coverage of companies, products, executives, trends, and other business research topics.
Designed to give you introductory information support groups on topics that may be important to you covering health, finance, and personal growth.
Search the most recent U.S. news content, as well as archives which stretch back into the 1980s, including the Spokane Journal of Business, New York Times, and Wall Street Journal.
Access to financial benchmarking figures including standards for balance sheet and income statement line items, as well as numerous industry average ratios.
Statistics and market reports on over 80,000 topics arranged by business market sector. Note: Only available on computers at Central Library.
Searchable ebooks for teens that provide introductory information and support resources on health, finance, and personal growth.
Value Line’s comprehensive research center not only evaluates U.S. stocks, this expanded version also features mutual funds, options, and weekly investment and economic reports.
Official Washington State and federal business, personal, real estate, and general legal forms.