The Adult Learning Center offers two types of writing assistance for business and personal needs: live assistance from expert writing tutors and the 24/7 Writing Lab. Our 24/7 Writing Lab is ideal when an extended analysis is required and the writing is more than 1-2 pages. Brainfuse 24/7 Writing Lab is designed to help users produce a better written work through targeted, structured feedback.
This service helps students address academic needs that run deeper than homework help. With Skills Building, Brainfuse tutors help students master core academic skills through state-aligned lessons, covering various grade levels and academic topics.
Compare global economies, countries, and industries with in-depth analysis on over 400,000 companies.
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Over 40 volumes of actual business plans compiled by, and aimed at, entrepreneurs seeking funding for small businesses in North America. Includes business-plan templates, fictional business plans, and listings of organizations, agencies, and consultants, plus glossaries and bibliographies.
Learn how to start, finance, or manage your small business. Includes sample business plans, how to guides, articles, and more.
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Chilton DIY from Gale provides exclusive photographs, step-by-step repair procedures, wiring diagrams, recalls and Technical Service Bulletins (TSBs) for automobiles and light trucks in one easy-to-use website.
The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities. Includes: maps of the major world regions, as well as Flags of the World, a Physical Map of the World, a Political Map of the World, a World Oceans map, and a Standard Time Zones of the World map.
Access a wide array of multidisciplinary content by searching scholarly journals, newspapers, periodicals, images, and videos.
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Visit the online Calendar of Classes & Events to find and register for computer classes offered at FBCL library branches.
Cultural and geographical information on more than 200 countries including their history, statistics, maps, and flags. Select Kids' Edition for a kid's-eye view of daily life in countries around the world. Explore the United States and discover state flags, maps, sports teams, recipes, symbols, songs and more.
More than 41,700 links, categorized and cross-referenced, in more than 100 categories.
Data Axle: Reference Solutions (formerly known as ReferenceUSA) database is a national residential and business directory, perfect for finding new customers or researching an industry.
Texas is the most disaster-prone state in the country with 372 federal disaster declarations since 1953.
Learn how to protect your home from natural disasters, safeguard your documents, prepare your emergency supplies, make an evacuation route, and stay prepared on this helpful website from the Texas General Land Office.
Free, ad-free and registration-free DMV practice tests for car, motorcycle, and CDL. Good for the permit test, driver-license test, and the senior citizens’ refresher test.
Gain insight on issues in administration, funding, and policy. Best for educators, administrators, and education students.
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Designed for kids, Gale In Context: Elementary delivers trusted, age-appropriate digital content.
The Encyclopedia of Life is a collaborative project for scientists and lay-people whose goal is to document the nearly 2,000,000 living species on the planet. Over the last eight years, some one million species have earned their own encyclopedia page featuring such information as a complete taxonomy, description, images, videos and sound files.
