Whether you're an aspiring entrepreneur or an experienced business owner, gain a competitive edge with tools from your library.
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LinkedIn Learning
Develop in-demand skills with access to thousands of expert-led courses on business, tech & creative topics for any skill level.
Innovation Lab
From podcasts to posters, bring your ideas to life with hands-on learning and digital creation.
Email Marketing: Drip Campaigns
Expert Sam Dey shares tips for running successful email drip campaigns including how to draft effective emails and measure your results.
Building a Creative Brand (Online Class)
This 5-part series will start you on your path, covering everything you need to know to discover, build, and elevate your creative brand.
Articulating Your Value: An essential skill (Online Course)
Join Alessandra Wall, PhD, as she explains how to articulate your value to others and communicate in a way that's compelling and impactful.
Zero-waste goals made easier with research tools.
A challenge for our team was how to generate a list of contacts that we wanted to reach out to about available resources.
Overcome Your Fear of Public Speaking (Online Course)
In this short course, Nausheen Chen shares quick tips to help you speak confidently and fearlessly.
Innovation Lab
From podcasts to posters, bring your ideas to life with hands-on learning and digital creation.
Computer Labs
Check your email, scan a photo, or write your resume. We have everything you need to get started.
Reserve a Room
Host your next meeting at the library. Perfect for study groups, non-profit organizations, tutors, and small business owners.
Drive-Thru
In a hurry? Did you know that the library has a drive thru? You can pick up your reserved items without leaving the comfort of your car.
Borrow a Wi-fi Hotspot
Take the internet with you wherever you go with a wi-fi hotspot. Perfect for use at home, in a park or while on vacation.
Business Magazines
Research & Databases
America's News
Dig into current content and deep archives from over 3,000 U.S. news sources.
PressReader
Get instant access to current news from around the world with this digital newsstand.
Data Axle Reference Solutions
It's like the yellow pages and white pages, but better. Find a business, doctor or friend. Formerly ReferenceUSA.
Proquest Newspapers
From 1980 to yesterday, read through all of the news that was fit to print.
Newspaper Source
From 1969 to yesterday, read through all of the news that was fit to print.
NuWav Legal Documents
Get the everyday legal forms you need, for free. No special skills or extensive knowledge of the law is required.
EBSCOhost Research
EBSCOwhat? Just think of it as the Swiss Army knife of research tools. One search will bring back magazine, journal and newspaper articles.
EBSCOhost Business
Do your research. Be on the cutting edge with business analysis and trend spotting from the pros.
LinkedIn Learning
Develop in-demand skills with access to thousands of expert-led courses on business, tech & creative topics for any skill level.
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A man of many hats, David loves to get down-and-dirty with technology and digital media.
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Mindy will always bring a smile to your face, even when she's concentrating on finding hard-to-get-your-hands-on books and journal articles.
