Mergent Online contains company information and financials, including annual reports, EDGAR filings and more, on over 15,000 public US companies and over 20,000 non-US companies.

To access the trial, visit http://www.MergentOnline.com.  Click on the Enter Mergent Online button on the top left of the landing page.

Username: fitchburg

Password: mergent

** Note: this trial only allows for 5 simultaneous users. The trial will be available until July 8, 2009.

Leave us a comment and let us know what you think!

The Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Report has been the United States’ principal record of political and historical open source intelligence for nearly 70 years. The original mission of the FBIS was to monitor, record, transcribe and translate intercepted radio broadcasts from foreign governments, official news services, and clandestine broadcasts from occupied territories. Available in a single, complete online collection, FBIS Daily Reports, 1941-1996 constitutes a one-of-a-kind archive of transcripts of foreign broadcasts and news that provides fascinating insight into the second half of the 20th century: Many of these materials are firsthand reports of events as they occurred.

Try this new database here, and leave us a comment to let us know what you think!

In keeping with the new facebook layout, the library has created a new Page (instead of our old “Reference Librarians” profile). Come visit us and become a fan to receive updates about hours, research help, and events at the library!

The Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library

Even though it is summer, the library remains open and ready to help with your studies! Whether you are taking an on-campus class or an online one, the library’s resources are here to help.

Library Summer Hours

Library Article Databases

Subject Guides for Majors

Need more help? Reference librarians will be on duty all summer! Contact us through the Ask A Librarian page, or just meebo us through the chat box right on this blog.

While Wikipedia does its best to keep inaccurate information from its content, this article shows just how easy it is for fiction to be mistaken for fact in the Wikipedia universe.

Need facts? Instead of Wikipedia, try Credo Reference!

The Library is testing out Morningstar Investment Research Center, a subscription business database. Morningstar provides daily updates on more than 30,000 mutual funds & stocks, and also includes Morningstar fund and stock screeners, fund and stock Analyst Reports, Portfolio X-Ray and 150 investment classes.

(To access the Morningstar trial:  Username: fitchburg     Password: college)

The trial is only for 30 days so please try it out and let us know what you think!

Don’t forget to take advantage of Late Night Reference to get you through your last push for classes! Librarians will be available through Meebo until 11 PM Monday 5/4 and Tuesday 5/5!

The Library will also be open the following hours through finals:

Monday 5/4 – Thursday 5/7: 8 AM – Midnight
Friday 5/8: 8 AM – 10 PM
Saturday 5/9: 10 AM – 10 PM
Sunday 5/10: 1 PM – Midnight
Monday 5/11 – Tuesday 5/12: 8 AM – Midnight
Wednesday 5/13 – Friday 5/15: 8 AM – 5 PM

We’re in the home stretch!

The last day of classes is Wednesday, May 6 and we know you have a lot to do. If you need help from a librarian, you can meebo us up until 11:00 PM Monday-Thursday April 27-30, Monday May 4, and Tuesday May 5 . Just go to any library webpage (or this blog!) and type your question right into the meebo chat box.

You can also IM us though AIM, YIM, or MSN at fsclibrary. A librarian will be on-call to answer your reference questions!

Today, April 22, is Earth Day.  Here are some suggestions on ways to be green @ the library:

1- Print Power Point with multiple slides per page instead of one slide per page – even with six slides per page it’s still very readable.  Don’t know how to do this?  Watch this video:

2- If you do print more than you need, put the sheets you don’t want in the recycle bin.  We take the best sheets of paper to make scrap pads.  You may have grabbed one of the pads last week when we gave them away to anyone who wanted them.

3- Look for printer friendly versions of webpages – there is usually a small “Print” or “Printer-Friendly” link on the page.  These versions remove ads and graphics resulting in fewer pages and less ink.

4- You can always only print a highlighted section of a webpage.  If you only need a paragraph or two, try this instead of printing the whole page.

5- When you search our databases you can often read a summary or abstract of an article.  Reading this allows you to make sure you really need the article before you print it.

6- Are you printing or photocopying multiple copies of something?  Print out 1 test copy before you make all the others.  This way you can make sure it looks right before you print all the other copies.

7- Consider using social bookmarking tools like Delicious or Digg to save webpages instead of printing them out.  Saved sites can be accessed from any computer.  RefWorks is another great way to collect a list of webpages and articles you want to use for your research.

8- Let a librarian know if your pages didn’t come out of the printer.  The printer may simply need paper, or to have a jam cleared.  Simply sending your job again may not solve the problem.

9- Ask your professor if you can send your papers and assignments via email or Blackboard.   Many professors will allow you to do this.

10- Remember to take your printed pages with you.   Lots of people print a large job and then walk out of the library without their printing.

For more than 50 years, National Library Week has been a time to celebrate the contributions of libraries, librarians and library workers in schools, campuses and communities nationwide.

How can you celebrate libraries?

• Visit your library. Libraries are everywhere. Did you know there are more than 123,000 libraries of all kinds across the United States? Or that the Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library has over 233,000 books and 1,000 magazines and journals for use by FSC students, faculty, and staff?
• Get to know your librarians. They are trained information experts who can help you find what you’re looking for–in print or online. They can also help you find the right resources for your research, and help you cite your sources properly.
• Support libraries. Learn more on the American Library Association’s Take Action page. Celebrities help support libraries, too. Author and actress Jamie Lee Curtis is the Honorary Chair of National Library Week 2009, appearing in a print public service announcement. Visit the ALA Store to see additional celebrities.
• Read! Learn something new, look up an old favorite, explore a special collection, or connect with unique online resources, like the over 100 databases at FSC.

First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April. It is a time to celebrate the contributions of our nation’s libraries and librarians and to promote library use and support.