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Renew/Order Morningstar Database Now

By Lisa Holmberg
It is time to renew or start your BCR subscription to Morningstar Library Edition. Tailored for libraries, Morningstar Library Edition is an independent and reliable source of investment information. With Morningstar, library users are able to find a stock or mutual fund to meet their specific needs, research current or prospective holdings and see how their investments fit together by using the portfolio feature.

Morningstar provides online access to:

Reports on more than 8,000 stocks and 13,000 mutual funds.
Analyst reports on 1,000 stocks and 2,000 mutual funds.
Exclusive Morningstar ratings for stocks and funds.

Morningstar Library Edition also offers library users a number of unique, powerful investment tools.

Stock and Fund Screeners — allow users to narrow the field of stocks and funds to the investments best meeting their criteria.
Portfolio X-Ray — provides library users with an unparalleled understanding of the inner workings of their portfolios.
Quicktake Reports — provide hundreds of the most up-to-date financial data points on nearly 8,000 stocks and 13,000 funds.

The BCR discounted group subscription to Morningstar Library Edition runs January 1, 2005, through December 31, 2005. To ensure that your library patrons receive continuous access to this database, please make sure your renewal is submitted to BCR by December 15. The online renewal/order form is found on BCR's Web site at www.bcr.org/reference/mstar/.

If you need additional information or want to sign up for a trial, contact Lisa Holmberg (lholmber@bcr.org) at BCR.

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