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Provides a wide selection of Alabama legal forms across the most popular legal areas. Includes real estate contracts, wills, pre-marital agreements, bankruptcy, divorce, landlord tenant and many others. Also included is a comprehensive attorney state directory and a dictionary of legal definitions...learn more
Requires a JCLC card and residence in Birmingham, AL.
Full Text Available.
Remote Access Available.
Directory listings for associations, professional societies, and non-profit organizations. International, U.S. national, regional, state, and local nonprofit membership organizations in all fields. IRS data on U.S. 501(c) nonprofit organizations.learn more
Requires a JCLC card and residence in Birmingham, AL.
Remote Access Available.
Brands and Their Companies
Consumer information on company brands, U.S. company imports, and products marketed by competing companies. Available in the Birmingham Public Library Business, Science & Technology Department.learn more
Birmingham Public Library (Central - Business Dept) - In Library Use Only.
Company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, histories, chronologies. Detailed news and information on companies and industry.learn more
Requires a JCLC card.
Full Text Available.
Remote Access Available.
Management issues, economic indicators, business theories and practices, activities of companies and industries worldwide. Full-text articles, images, and citations from academic journals and trade magazines.learn more
Requires a JCLC card.
Full Text Available.
Remote Access Available.
A database of resources for the modern businessman, Business Source Premier contains full-text articles from more than 1,000 newspapers and magazines on business topics, management, economics, finance, banking, and accounting.learn more
Requires a JCLC card.
Full Text Available.
Remote Access Available.
Access digital images in PDF of the original pages of the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Barron's. No search interface is provided. The digital images are accessed by choosing the appropriate publication, year, month, day and page.learn more
Requires a JCLC card and residence in Birmingham, AL.
Full Text Available.
Remote Access Available.
Directory of Obsolete Securities
FII Online allows you to inquire by CUSIP, Issuer / Issue Description, Tickler Date (date of action - e.g. expiration date), Service Type (Called Bonds, Reorganization, Put Options, Warrants, Stock Guide or Bond Guide) Record Type (e.g. Corporate Redemption's, Mergers, etc.) and more. You may view...learn more
Birmingham Public Library (Central - Business Dept) - In Library Use Only.
Disclosure/Global Access
Annual reports and filings on companies in the U.S., Canada, and abroad. Available in the Birmingham Public Library Business, Science & Technology Department.learn more
Requires a JCLC card and residence in Birmingham, AL.
Ferguson's Career Guidance Center is a comprehensive career research database, providing detailed and up-to-date profiles of more than 2,050 of today's most popular jobs in more than 94 industries. This database now contains hundreds of new, in-depth job and industry descriptions; as well as a...learn more
Requires a JCLC card and residence in Birmingham, AL.
Remote Access Available.
Index to articles in all major law reviews, law journals, specialty law and bar association journals, and legal newspapers. Indexes articles on federal and state cases, laws and regulations, legal practice. Also included are: British Commonwealth, European Union, and International Law.learn more
Requires a JCLC card.
Full Text Available.
Remote Access Available.
Stock and mutual fund reports. Portfolio X-Ray feature allows user to create portfolio to see how investments work together. Screener feature allows user to identify stocks or funds meeting their personal criteria.learn more
Requires a JCLC card and residence in Birmingham, AL.
Full Text Available.
Remote Access Available.
Thomson Gale Professional Collection Online is a custom selection of more than 300 full-text journals for educators and is updated daily. It covers Arts and Humanities, Child and Adolescent Psychology and Development, Drug and Alcohol Abuse, Health/Nutrition/Fitness, Learning Disabilities,...learn more
Requires a JCLC card.
Full Text Available.
Remote Access Available.
RealQuest
Property information search engine with access to 97% of all U.S. real estate transactions. Available in the Birmingham Public Library Business, Science & Technology Department.learn more
Birmingham Public Library (Central - Business Dept) - In Library Use Only.
Directory of U.S. businesses, company leaders, parent companies, and subsidiaries. Updated monthly. Available in the Birmingham Public Library Business, Science & Technology Department.learn more
Requires a JCLC card.
Remote Access Available.
This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications, incorporating coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. Updated daily.learn more
Requires a JCLC card.
Full Text Available.
Remote Access Available.
Standard & Poor's Net Advantage
Searches all Standard & Poor's paper products. Available in the Birmingham Public Library Business, Science & Technology Department.learn more
Birmingham Public Library (Central - Business Dept) - In Library Use Only.
 
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