A-Z Resources

Gale Business: Entrepreneurship - Support for prospective and current entrepreneurs, covering all aspects of starting and operating a business, including accounting, human resources, management, marketing, and taxes. Includes the entire Business Plans Handbook Series with hundreds of sample business plans created by real-life business people.

Search the Obituary Index for notices printed in the Stamford Advocate newspapers since 1830. Text of obituaries are available through our digitized archive at Newsbank (1829-present).

Resource provided by the city of Stamford for assessment figures, property ownership history, property information, etc. Search by Stamford street address or owner’s name.

Standard & Poor's Net Advantage - Thorough source of business and investment information that offers online access to industry surveys, stock reports, corporation records, The Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives, and mutual fund reports.

This site discusses key steps in preparing for college and provides resources that can help you along the way.  This site walks through the process of preparing for, completing, and submitting a FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) form. 

Teacher Reference Center - Provides indexing and abstracts for 280 peer-reviewed journals covering a variety of topics for teachers such as assessment, best practices, continuing education, curriculum development, literacy standards and more. (If prompted for a patron ID, enter your Ferguson Library card number)

TechBoomers - A free educational website that teaches older adults and other inexperienced Internet users with a basic computer skills about websites that can help improve their quality of life.

The TechXel Stamford accelerator aims to ready early-stage B2B ventures for angel/seed funding by implementing Silicon Valley Series A standards, offering a 12-week mentoring program, a Venture Expert Series, Venture Primer, evening fundraiser, and pitch practice totaling 25 hours per student.

For over eight decades, this New Deal-era publication has been the “official handbook” of the Federal Government.

Search articles and information from The Washington Post covering in-depth news and analysis of American politics, national and international trends and events. (1987 to current)

TOPICSearch - Full-text database for over 150 thousand articles from 475 diverse sources including international and regional newspapers, periodicals, biographies, public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets, and government information. (If prompted for a patron ID, enter your Ferguson Library card number)

Tutor.com has live access to tutors, tutorials, study guides and more

The Federal government agency responsible for granting patents and registering trademarks. Find information on how to research and apply for a patent or trademark.

The official web portal of the United States government with easy access to U.S. government information and services.

Value Line is a company and industry research services that covers stocks, mutual funds, options and convertible securities, and special situation stocks.

Through live online assistance, VetNow navigators help veterans and their families understand and apply for the benefits they are eligible for from local, state, or federal programs. From housing, careers and health care to education, mental health, and more.

Search articles and information from the Wall Street Journal, the world’s leading financial newspaper. (1984 to current)