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| Iowa Business Services
Forms, applications and searchable databases needed by businesses, lending institutions, and interested citizens from the Iowa Secretary of State.
U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
Access to forms, reports/studies, financial assistance, small business planner, applicable laws/regulations, podcasts, web chat and more.
U.S. Government Business
The official business link to the U.S. Government; provides a single access point to government services and information to help the nation's businesses.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Consumer and producer price indexes, wages, earnings, unemployment and the Occupational Outlook Handbook among other statistics and reports.
Wall Street Journal's Big Charts Stock Quotes
Historical stock quotes from 1970 to the current hour, as well as interactive charting, stock screeners for over 50,000 stocks, mutual funds, and market indexes.
Bankrate.com
Daily updated rates for mortgages, credit cards, automobile loans, money market accounts, certificates of deposit, checking and ATM fees, home equity loans and online banking fees.
Business Source Elite (EBSCO) 
Full-text for nearly 1,100 business publications, including full-text for nearly 500 peer-reviewed magazines and journals. Provides information dating back to 1985. Updated on a daily basis.
Reference USA
Phone numbers or addresses for millions of friends or businesses—and all their next-door neighbors.
Regional Business News (EBSCO)
Full-text coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. Updated on a daily basis.
Local Market Audience Analyst 
Consumer market research tool that provides demographic, segmentation, and targeting data; formerly available in print as the Lifestyle Market Analyst. Works best in Internet Explorer (ask at Main Library upper level service desk)
Stat USA Internet
Business, trade and economic information from the U.S. Department of Commerce.
ValueLine Investment Survey
Stock advice for large, mid-cap and small companies.
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| Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
Categorized & cross-referenced index to genealogical resources.
Family Search
Resources for genealogical research, including the 1880 census, information on getting started, as well as research guides and downloadable forms and charts.
Genealogy Home Page
Resources for genealogical research, including the 1880 census, information on getting started, as well as research guides and downloadable forms and charts.
USGenWeb Project
A major online site with links, transcribed data, look-ups and more for searching state and local genealogical information.
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
Firm that searches, copies, decipers, and types passenger lists. Some passenger manifest posted on the web, from RootsWeb.
Sioux City Journal Local News & Obituaries Index
(beginning 12-01-1981) Local news citations by subject, title or keyword; full-text of articles available on microfilm.
Siouxland Clubs & Organizations Directory
Locate contact information on hard-to-find hobby and service clubs and professional associations.
Heritage Quest
Search genealogical data from the U.S. Federal Census, the Periodical Source Index (PERSI) and more.
Ancestry Library Edition
Genealogy databases accessing 1.7 billion names, global name search or limit by record type, locale, date-range and soundex.
Iowa WPA Graves Registration Survey
Search 655,645 Genealogy, Family History and Ancestry Records within 82 Iowa Counties.
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| County & City Data Books 2000
Access to the 1944 through 2000 County and City Data Books and the opportunity to create custom printouts and/or customized data subsets (subsets only available for 1988-2000).
Federal Register
Official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents.
Iowa Code
Composite of all laws passed by the Iowa General Assembly, and the Iowa Constitution.
Federal Tax Forms
Iowa Tax Forms
Nebraska Tax Forms
Other State Tax Forms
Tax Preparation Assistance
U.S. Census Bureau
Official source for social, demographic, and economic information released by the federal government.
U.S. Code
Consolidation and codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States.
Sioux City Municipal Code
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| Centers for Disease Control
Health and Safety topics including: birth defects, diseases and conditions, emergency preparedness, traveler's health, and vaccines and immunizations.
Health Info Iowa
Health Info Iowa is a single, Iowa-focused Web site, with authoritative content that ranges from national health and medical databases to regional, state and local links.
Medicare Consumer Information
Access to information about Medicare, Medicare health plans, contact information and more.
MedlinePlus
Extensive information from the National Institutes of Health and other trusted sources on over 750 diseases and conditions. Updated daily.
National Institues of Health
Health information geared for consumers of all ages, as well as educators, clinicians, and researchers.
Web MD
Health information, tools for managing your health, and support to those who seek information.
Iowa Go Local
Links MedlinePlus users to health service providers and organizations in the State of Iowa.
Health Source – Consumer Edition (EBSCO)
Consumer health information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Access to 80 full-text, consumer health magazines.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition (EBSCO)
550 scholarly full-text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Also features the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, which covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names.
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| Occupational Outlook Handbook
(U.S. Department of Labor) nationally recognized source of career information for individuals making decisions about their future work lives; revised every two years.
Career One Stop
(U.S. Department of Labor) offers career resources and workforce information in areas such as education & training, resumes & interviewing, salary & benefits, and more, to job seekers, students, businesses, and workforce professionals.
O-NET Resource Center
(U.S. Department of Labor) interactive information containing Profilers to help job seekers discover occupations they might enjoy, Career Exploration Tools and Skills Search options to help counselors connect people to appropriate occupations, and a Toolkit for Business to help employers write job descriptions and identify skills needed for advancement. Continually updated by surveying a broad range of workers from each occupation.
Emurse.com
A free site that takes much of the work out of creating a professional looking resume.
BetterSiouxlandJobs.com
Find employment in the Siouxland area.
Iowa Workforce Development
Iowa’s largest job bank with thousands of jobs posted each business day.
Consider Iowa
Find career opportunities available in the state of Iowa.
CareerBuilder.com
Employment website that claims to be the U.S.’s largest online job site.
Monster.com
Employment website that claims to list more than a million jobs. Allows you to create resumes and cover letters for applying online for jobs, receive email notification of new jobs, and track your online job search.
Juju - Job Search Engine for Sioux City
Speed up your job search and find better jobs! Juju searches millions of jobs from thousands of sites and was one of the first job search engines online.
Vocational and Career Collection (EBSCO)
Full-text coverage for more than 350 trade and industry-related periodicals.
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