Rosenberg adds Standard & Poor’s search

GALVESTON — Standard & Poor’s stock reports, company profiles and financial education resources now can be accessed for free online by anyone with an active Rosenberg Library card.

For more than 150 years, Standard & Poor’s has been considered the quality leader for business, investment and financial data.

Standard & Poor’s stock reports through NetAdvantage cover nearly 5,000 companies, and more than 10,000 companies are profiled for investment and other business applications in the Companies section.

The Directories section allows users to search a business information database of 90,000 public and private companies and a database of more than 70,000 biographies of top company officials.

Standard & Poor’s Net-Advantage is a complete one-stop connection to financial literacy and advice from the basic to the advanced.

The financial education section covers different topics, including using a debit card, smart saving for college, renting versus buying a home and rolling over an IRA.

Simple menu-based selection allows quick look-up or more complex searches including multiple criteria.

Market news and investment information, along with an advanced stock screener and user guides make it a complete financial source.

Access to Standard & Poor’s NetAdvantage is available online at www.rosenberg-library.org/elibrary/topical.htm.

To log in, library card holders will be prompted to enter the 14-digit number on their library card.

For information, call 409-763-8854, Ext. 115.