This collaborative collection gives a broad picture of the history of Columbia, South Carolina from the 1800s to the end of the twentieth century through maps, photographs, directories and a selection of Columbia city minutes. Made available by the Richland Library, the City of Columbia, USC Libraries, South Carolina State Museum, South Carolina State Library, and the South Carolina Department of Archives and History.

This searchable collection of Columbia City Directories from 1859 is an invaluable source for historians and genealogists. City directories offer an alphabetized listing of residents and businesses as well as a street-by-street listing of occupants. This collection is made possible through by Richland Library and University of South Carolina Libraries. Check back often this collection is always growing.

Included in the Gale Directory Library, Scholarships, Fellowships & Loans profiles more than 7,000 scholarships, fellowships, loans, internships, work study, and other education-related financial aid available to high school students, undergraduates, graduates, post-graduates, and professionals.

Included in the Gale Directory Library, The Encyclopedia of Associations is the only comprehensive source for detailed information on nonprofit American membership organizations of national scope. Every entry offers a wealth of valuable data, typically including the organization's complete name, address and phone number together with the primary official's name and title; fax number, when available; founding date, purpose, activities and dues; national and international conferences; and more.

Includes The Encyclopedia of Associations and Scholarships, Fellowships and Loans.

Features bibliographical, biographical and contact information for living authors worldwide who have at least one English publication. Entries include name, pseudonyms, addresses, citizenship, birth date, specialization, career information and a bibliography.

Provides addresses, telephone numbers, SIC codes, number of employees, sales volume data and other information for millions of public and private United States and Canadian businesses. Also includes data on millions of U.S. and Canadian households such as income and home value.

Business Insights: Essentials brings together in a single database company profiles, company brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies, and periodicals. It provides "business, company, and industry content in the following areas: Periodical articles, news articles and press releases, detailed information for domestic and international companies and associations including information on corporate hierarchical structures, company financials and earning estimates, investment reports corporate chronologies and company histories, brands and product information, industry and company rankings, market share data, industry overviews and HR Law Case Digests." Users may search for companies by name, location, industry or product, for industries by industry code or description, and for articles by subject, keyword or full text.