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FamilySearch is a nonprofit organization and website offering genealogical records, education, and software. FamilySearch maintains a collection of records, resources, and services designed to help people learn more about their family history. Although it requires user account registration, it offers free access to its resources and service online at FamilySearch.org.

Ferguson's Career Guidance Center is a comprehensive resource for career exploration and planning that allows users to quickly find the valuable career information they need, whether it's industry and professions articles, school planning resources, or skills and career advice.

Fold3™ Library Edition by Ancestry provides convenient access to US military records, including the stories, photos and documents of the men and women who served. It contains millions of records from world-class archives, many of which are exclusively available on Fold3. Fold3 is invaluable for historians, genealogists, researchers, military enthusiasts, veterans and their families, teachers and battle reenactors. The Fold3 name comes from a traditional flag folding ceremony in which the third fold is made in honor and remembrance of veterans.

Foundation Center Online Professional the premier resource for locating in-depth information about grantsmakers and their grants. Includes profiles for 140,000 grantmakers and 4 million grants. This resource is available for in-library use only. Please visit your local branch for access.

freegal music+ is a free downloadable music service from your Library. freegal offers download or streaming access to more than 10 million songs, including Sony Music's catalog of legendary artists. Charlotte Mecklenburg Library customers get 5 free downloads and 5 hours of streaming each week. Once downloaded, the songs are yours to keep! Mobile and tablet customers, download the freegal app for iOS and Android.

freegal music es un servicio de música descargable gratuito disponible a través de la biblioteca. freegal ofrece acceso de descarga o transmisión a más de 10 millones de canciones, incluidas canciones del catálogo de artistas legendarios de Sony Music. Los usuarios de la Biblioteca Charlotte Mecklenburg obtienen 5 descargas gratuitas y 5 horas de transmisión cada semana. Una vez descargadas, ¡las canciones son suyas para quedárselas! Los usuarios de dispositivos móviles y tabletas pueden descargar la aplicación freegal para iOS y Android.

Covers all major areas of starting and operating a business, including financing, management, marketing, human resources, franchising, accounting, taxes, and more. An easy-to-browse interface mapped to four key stages - plan, fund, start, and manage. Includes access to over 700 business plans with new plans added monthly. Also includes a collection of business ebooks, journals, magazines, and directories listing thousands of associations and consultants.

This step-by-step planning tool can be used for starting, managing, and optimizing a business. The program's intuitive dashboard walks users through five areas of exploration; Entrepreneur Profile, Business Ideation, Break-Even Analysis, Business Plans and Financial Projections. Tools to help develop a comprehensive plan for any business or nonprofit.

Gale Directory Library provides digital access to reference works including the Encyclopedia of Associations, Market Share Reporter, National Directory of Nonprofit Organizations, and Scholarships, Fellowships and Loans.

Gale eBooks is a database, in e-book format, of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for research topics on the arts, biographies, education, the environment, history, medicine, multicultural studies, the nation and the world, religion, science, and social science.