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FinancialFit

FinancialFit offers short, easy-to-understand lessons, videos and interactive tools to help you make informed financial decisions and achieve your financial goals. You can learn about building credit, buying a home, setting up bank accounts, renting a home, and more. 

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First Research

This resource is available to CLP cardholders only.

First Research® industry reports offer extensive industry research written from an objective business perspective to help you become a trusted industry advisor. With industry statistics and industry news updated monthly, First Research industry profiles offer the most timely and recent industry information available so you can keep up with the market changes. Each report consists of key statistics and analysis on market and competitive landscape characteristics, operating conditions, business challenges, industry trends, current and historical industry growth, and more.

When entering First Research you will be prompted to enter an email address. An email address is necessary in order to be able to download First Research reports.

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FOLD3

US military records, including the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served, as well as access to naturalization records/indexes, city directories, historical newspapers and more.

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Foundation Directory Online Professional Edition

This resource is available on site across all CLP locations!

Foundation Directory Online Professional is the grant seeker’s most valuable resource of information on nearly 100,000 foundations, grantmaking public charities, and corporate donors throughout the United States. This database also provides information on over 1.8 million recent grants, access to nearly 650,000 IRS 990s, and is updated weekly.

This resource can only be viewed on site

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Foundation Maps

Please note that this specialized database remains free only in our department at CLP – Main (Oakland).

Foundation Maps is a visualization tool that provides the most comprehensive data on global philanthropy available. Interactive mapping brings the data to life so you can see who is funding what and where. Gain funding insights and discover trends and opportunities to maximize your organization’s impact.

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Gale Directory Library

This resource is available to CLP cardholders only.

Online versions of several business-related reference books:

  • Brands and Their Companies
  • Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media
  • National Directory of Nonprofit Organizations
  • Trade Shows Worldwide

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