Business, Finance & Legal

Get business help at the library with market research, ask questions about small business in Colorado, find networking and start-up opportunities, or meet with a librarian to help achieve your business goals.

With premium full-text content and peer-reviewed business journals, Business Source Complete is an essential tool for business research. Find information on marketing, management, accounting, banking and finance. Also view videos from the Associated Press and explore detailed information on more than 1.1 million companies worldwide.

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Colorado Grants Guide allows grant seekers to research application criteria, guidelines, deadlines and past grantee information for more than 770 entities that support Colorado nonprofit organizations.

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Search or browse the full-text of the Colorado Revised Statutes and Colorado Court Rules, opens a new window.

Consumer Reports puts over 4000 products through rigorous testing each year to provide unbiased product ratings and reviews so you can compare before you buy. You'll also find advice and tips on saving money on home improvement plans, how to shore up personal finances, ways to improve health and much more.

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Data Axle Reference Solutions, formerly Reference USA, is one of the world's largest databases of company information. Use this to create lists of competitors, find their contact information, and get a huge amount of information. The U.S. Consumers/Lifestyles section allows you to run lists of households with matching interests or hobbies in a geographic area. In addition, you can search US and Canadian White Pages and Healthcare Providers.

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Access maps, census information and demographic reports to evaluate the market potential of any geography in the U.S. DemographicsNow, opens a new window can help you find the information you need to make sound business decisions.

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Discover breaking business news, photos and videos updated throughout the day, as well as stories and features from the newspaper print edition.

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FinancialFit, opens a new window provides personal finance lessons to guide your biggest financial decisions on a unique learning platform available through Arapahoe Libraries. FinancialFit offers short, easy-to-understand lessons, videos and interactive tools to help you make informed financial decisions and achieve your financial goals.

Search by keyword for successful business plan samples, download templates and find lists of industry specific associations and organizations with Business Plans Handbook, opens a new window. Every business plan was written by an entrepreneur and used to obtain funding for their business. Use these successful business plans as a template for your own plan. The business plans can be downloaded as either PDFs or in Word. Refer to the latest volume for a list of organizations, associations and consultants that are of interest to entrepreneurs.

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Learn how to start, finance, or manage your small business with Gale Business: Entrepreneurship, opens a new window. Includes sample business plans, how to guides, articles and more.

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Grow, plan, and optimize a business/nonprofit with Gale Business: Plan Builder, opens a new window. Utilize development tools and a step-by-step process to build a business plan.

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• Patrons must create an account to save their progress in creating their business plan.

Attention business researchers! Gale Directory Library is a treasure trove of directories on companies, publishers, associations and more. You can search, sort, export and analyze data to your heart's content.

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Find business, personal, litigation and federal forms, many specific to Colorado, covering hundreds of legal subjects and issues with Legal Forms, opens a new window.

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Legal Information Reference Center features hundreds of publications and thousands of legal forms broken down by category and by popular forms. The full-text legal reference eBooks are provided through Nolo, the nation’s oldest and most-respected provider of legal information for consumers and small businesses.

LinkedIn Learning is the leading online learning platform to help you learn business, software, technology and creative skills to achieve personal and professional goals. The LinkedIn Learning video library features engaging, top-quality courses taught by recognized industry experts.

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Find all the stock, fund, industry and ETF information you need for informed portfolio construction using Morningstar Investment Research Center. This database includes screening and report building tools along with help and education materials for the novice investor.

Plunkett Research Online, opens a new window provides market research, business analysis, company reports and statistics for 500 different industries. Selecting an industry is easy, and you will enjoy clear, uncluttered search pages.

In addition to traditional industries such as banking and health care, you’ll find up-to-date coverage for emerging sectors such as artificial intelligence and the internet-of-things. It is a terrific tool for students and business leaders, and can be a great help to jobseekers as well.

Regional Business News features ultimate coverage for full-text business publications, on a regional level, for the United States and Canada. Whether searching for information about presidential candidates, franchise restaurants, the retail industry, business planning or political participation, Regional Business News will cover the story.

Small Business Reference Center offers a variety of resources in small business and entrepreneurial subject areas. This resource also includes full-text business periodicals, a help and advice section, and guides for creating business plans.

Learn and improve skills across business, tech, design and more with Udemy from Gale, opens a new window. Includes 10,000+ on-demand video courses in multiple languages.

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Value Line, opens a new window is an authority in reliable, unbiased information for investment research on companies, industries, markets and economies. Whether you’re a beginning investor or a veteran looking for high-impact ideas, Value Line can help position you for financial success.