The Alamance County Public Library can be an important resource for entrepreneurs, small businesses, and non-profits. We'll share information, helpful databases, local and online resources here.
Managing legal documentation is essential for any business or nonprofit, but it can be time-consuming and costly. Fortunately, Nuwav Legal Documents offers a free, library card-accessible service that simplifies the process by providing customizable, easy-to-use legal templates. Here’s how Nuwav Legal Documents can be a valuable asset to your organization.
Simple and User-Friendly Design
One of the standout features of Nuwav Legal Documents is the website’s intuitive design. It’s easy to navigate and allows you to select from a variety of templates, where you can simply fill in your specific information. This simplicity makes it accessible for anyone, regardless of legal experience, and speeds up the process of creating the documents you need.
Link to Nuwav Legal Documents
Key Documents You Can Access
1. Transactions
Nuwav helps you create essential documents for transactions, such as:
- Bill of Sale for transferring ownership
- Warranties to outline product/service guarantees
- Receipts for payment documentation
- Affidavits for verifying important facts
These templates ensure your transactions are clear, organized, and legally sound.
2. Contracts
Nuwav makes it easy to generate legally binding contracts, including:
- Construction Contracts
- Consulting Contracts
- Service Contracts
- Vendor Agreements for events
- Termination of Contract
These documents provide clarity on responsibilities and expectations, offering protection for your organization.
3. Operations
Managing employee relations and internal processes is a breeze with templates like:
- Performance Evaluations
- Warning/Rejection Letters
- Termination of Employment
These templates help you handle HR matters efficiently and in compliance with legal standards.
4. Protection Forms
Protecting your business and personal information is key. With Nuwav, you can easily generate forms like:
- Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release of Claims
- Copyright Cease and Desist Letter
- Non-Disclosure Agreement
- Activity Waiver and Release of Liability
- Consent for Background/Reference Checks
- Employee Confidentiality Agreements
These forms help ensure legal protection, covering everything from intellectual property to liability and privacy concerns.
5. Additional Documents
Nuwav also offers templates for important documents, including:
- Receipt for Payment
- Salary Verification Letter
- General Partnership Agreement
These additional templates, and more, help you manage business and financial transactions with ease.
Why It’s Valuable
Legal documents are often complex and expensive to create, but with Nuwav, you have access to a library of customizable templates—free with your library card. This service saves time, money, and resources, while ensuring your organization is always protected and operating legally.
Nuwav Legal Documents is more than just a tool—it’s a powerful resource that empowers businesses and nonprofits to operate with efficiency, confidence, and legal clarity. By eliminating the guesswork and providing easy access to essential legal templates, Nuwav helps your organization stay protected and compliant while saving time and money. Whether you’re handling contracts, transactions, or employee matters, Nuwav is the reliable, cost-effective solution that ensures your legal documents are always in order.
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• U.S. Businesses
• U.S. Historical Businesses from 2003 to present
• Canadian Businesses
• U.S. Jobs/Internships
• U.S. New Businesses
• Physicians and Dentists in U.S. Healthcare
• U.S. Consumers/Lifestyles
• U.S. New Movers and Homeowners
• U.S. Standard White Pages
• Canadian White Pages
Helps users of all kinds search for jobs, research U.S. businesses, create marketing and small business plans, locate specific people and more.
Did you know there's an app too? Get it today!
Here's how:
1. On your mobile device, navigate
to the App Store® (iOS) or Google Play™ (Android) application icon.
2. Search for Data Axle Reference Solutions application and download it on your mobile device.
3. Click the Data Axle Reference Solutions icon on your mobile device.
4. Enter your library’s 5-digit ZIP Code, and then click Find Library.
5. Select your library in the list.
iOS: Scroll to your library, and then click Done.
Android: Select a library from the list.
6. Enter your library card number, and then select Remember Me
(optional).
7. Click Proceed.
You are now logged into the application on your mobile device.
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Here are some business periodicals that can be found electronically or at the library. Electronic access requires your library card and PIN.
Barron's
Bloomberg Businessweek
Business North Carolina
Business Today
Consumer Reports
Ask for this at the reference desk.
- Library Catalog (In-Library Use Only)
- Magazine Website
- NC Live Magazine Access
The Economist
Entrepreneur
Forbes
- Library Catalog - Print
- Magazine Website
Fortune
Library Catalog - Print
Home Business Magazine
Inc.
Investor's Business Daily
Kiplinger's Personal Finance
Money
Start Your Business Now
Triad Business Journal
Value Line (In-Library only)
Wall Street Journal
- Library Catalog - Print
- Magazine Website
Libby offers access to many other business magazines! Find them all here: https://alamancelibraries.overdrive.com/library/magazines/search?query=business&page=1&sortBy=relevance&mediaType=magazine&mediaTypes=magazine

Resources about volunteering:
- United Way of Alamance County - The United Way provides a volunteer matching service and posts notices about volunteer opportunities.
- Where can I learn more about recruiting and managing volunteers for my nonprofit?
- Why Track Volunteer Time?
Idealist.org - A project of Action Without Borders, site includes: a searchable database of over 40,000 nonprofit and community organizations in 165 countries, thousands of volunteer opportunities, & a nonprofit career center with job & internship listings.

NC Department of the Secretary of State - Forms and instructions for incorporating your nonprofit in North Carolina
The Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro - The Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro supports and promotes the NC Triad. It includes a link to The Alamance Foundation that encourages charitable activities in Alamance Co.
North Carolina Network of Grantmakers - Membership organization created to provide networking opportunities and news for the NC philanthropic community
NC Center for Nonprofits - Network of 1500 nonprofits in NC with advice for nonprofits and a yellow pages directory
Philanthropy Journal - Recent news of NC nonprofits & more
IRS Tax Information for Charitable Organizations - Federal tax information for nonprofits
BBB Wise Giving Alliance - Annual reports on national charitable organizations from the Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance. This site is similar to Guidestar.org
Association of Fundraising Professionals - Website of the Association of Fundraising Professionals including a directory of professional consultants
NC Triad Chapter, Association of Fundraising Professionals - Website of the chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals that serves the North Carolina Triad area.
Grants.gov - Central storehouse for information on over 1,000 grant programs and provides access to approximately $400 billion in annual awards.
How to Start a Non-Profit in North Carolina - North Carolina Nonprofit Startup Guide
- 501 Commons - Features an excellent document entitled: “Guide to Starting a Nonprofit.” It takes one from whether and why to start a nonprofit through all the legal steps and includes links to many of the organizations that one must deal with to start a nonprofit organization.
- How to Read the IRS Form 990 - The IRS Form 990 gives public information about nonprofit organizations. This Web site helps you understand how to interpret the form.
- IRS -Tax Information for Charitable Organizations - Information regarding requirement for tax-exemptions, including how to apply for tax-exempt status and annual filing requirements.
- National Center for Charitable Statistics - The Center gathers statistics nationally concerning nonprofit organizations. Some state data is available.
- The Unified Registration Statement - Organized by the National Association of State Charities Officials and the National Association of Attorneys General to consolidate information and data requirements of all states requiring registration of nonprofit organizations that perform charitable solicitations within their jurisdictions. Its aim is to standardize and simplify compliance with the various states’ solicitation laws.
Resources for Management Advice:
- Alliance for Nonprofit Management - Information on board development, financial management, strategic planning, fundraising & risk management.
- Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations - Contains electronic forum to facilitate rapid sharing of issues concerning nonprofit organizations.
- BoardSource - Formerly called National Center for Nonprofit Boards, this is an excellent source to help develop effective nonprofit boards. They publish books, booklets, videos, and CDs, and offer workshops, training and consultants.
- Non-Profit Management Education - Lists graduate programs in nonprofit management. Includes: noncredit, continuing ed, masters, PhD, and online courses.
- Customer Relationship Management Software Reviews - Free reviews of customer relationship software to help Nonprofits manage donor lists and to execute, track, and analyze fundraising campaigns, outreach programs, and marketing initiatives.
Staff Development Resources:
Supporting your staff with professional development helps build a better organization and better members of your team.
Technical & Social Media Assistance Resources:
- Nonprofit Tech For Good - Nonprofit Tech For Good is a blog created and managed by Heather Mansfield, author of Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits.
- Google for Nonprofits - Nonprofits must apply for services. Google offers free or discounted version of Google Apps; free Adwords advertising; premium branding and increased uploads on YouTube; free licensing for Google Earth, SketchUp, and Maps API for qualified nonprofits.
- TechSoup.org - a technology product philanthropy program that truly serves nonprofits, libraries, and foundations across the country, and around the world.
Foundations
- Council on Foundations - Links member foundations & corporations' web sites. Grantseekers should use the Foundation Center's web site.
- Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO) - This organization of grantmakers believes that smarter grantmaking results in stronger nonprofits and promotes strategies and practices that contribute to grantee success.
- National Center for Family Philanthropy - Focuses on issues important to families engaged in philanthropy.
About ABI/INFORM Collection

Launched in the early 1970s, ABI/INFORM remains the gold standard when it comes to business research databases. ABI/INFORM Collection's massive content set — which includes important full-text journals and much sought-after titles from the business press as well as key trade publications, dissertations, conference proceedings, and market reports — will help today's researchers resolve tomorrow's problems.
ABI/INFORM Collection includes all content found in ABI/INFORM Global, ABI/INFORM Dateline, and ABI/INFORM Trade and Industry. It also includes ABI/INFORM Archive, which offers a deep backfile of many of the most important business journals of the last century.
Through agreements with some of the world's most prestigious publishers — including Cambridge University Press, Dow Jones & Company, Emerald Group Publishing, Dun and Bradstreet, Palgrave MacMillan, the Financial Times Group, and the Economist Intelligence Unit — ProQuest provides access to hundreds of key business titles.
Business research from journals, trade publications, market research reports, dissertations, and working papers.
- Business
- Economic conditions
- Corporate strategies
- Management theory
- Management techniques
- Business trends
- Competitive landscape and product information
- Accounting
- Finance
- Etc.
Key ongoing full-text journals include:
Journal of Business Ethics
Journal of Economic Literature
Journal of International Business Studies
Organization Science
Journal of Economic Perspectives
American Economic Review
Asia Pacific Journal of Management
Supply Chain Management
MIT Sloan Management Review
China Quarterly
Review of Accounting Studies
Key ongoing full-text periodicals include:
Wall Street Journal
Christian Science Monitor
The Economist
Fast Company
Financial Times
Maclean’s
U.S. News & World Report
Women’s Wear Daily (WWD)
Key ongoing full-text analyses include market and industry reports from:
Economist Intelligence Unit
Hoovers/Dunn and Bradstreet
Business Monitor International
Oxford Analytica
Oxford Economic Forecasting
Emerging Markets Direct
Experian
Euromonitor
Acquisdata

Local & State Resources
- Business Link North Carolina - Provides information on planning, starting, and maintaining business in NC. Also offers free consultations, referrals, and more.
- NC Secretary of State Incorporations Database - Find businesses incorporated in North Carolina.
Investing Resources
- CNN Money - Market Information Section
- Marketwatch Big Charts - historical stock quotes by Ticker Symbol
- Morningstar Investment Research Center - Provides in-depth research and analysis for investment purposes.
National Resources
- American Factfinder - Federal government demographic and statistical portal.
- Bank Rate Monitor - Current interest rates and loan calculators.
- Doing Business - Rates the business climate in 189 economies worldwide
- FRED - Economic Data from the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank - Database of over 382,000 economic time series from 82 sources.
- Hoover's Company Profiles - Database containing information on companies, industries, and executives. Provides in-depth analysis, histories, and more.
- S.E.C. EDGAR - U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Corporate Filings.
- Score.org - Start-up advice for small business and help finding business mentors.
- The United States Patent and Trademark Office - Site of the The United States Patent and Trademark Office.
- U.S. Census Bureau Local Employment Dynamics - Local labor market statistical information within the United States.