A Treasure Trove of Oregon and Pacific Northwest history-The Oregon Historical Quarterly

Where can I find the answers to the following questions?

• information about the Oregon Steam Navigation Company.


• a book review about the title Oregon's Architectural Heritage.


• information about a film called The Outlaw of the Wilderness.


• information about Nels Peterson who was a Portland attorney.


• who was peu-peu-mox-mox.


• what was The Shattuck School.

Answers to all of the above queries can be researched in The Oregon Historical Quarterly,(OHQ), a peer-reviewed, public history journal that has been published continuously since 1900 by The Oregon Historical Society. This quarterly carries well-researched and well-written history about Oregon and the Pacific Northwest for both scholars and the general public. The OHQ is one of the largest state historical society journals in the United States.
The Beaverton City Library owns the OHQ back to 1900 when it was first published. Bound Reference volumes of the quarterly can be found adjacent to the periodical area on the 2nd floor of the library. The library also provides access to indexes that can be used to find information in the quarterly. Some of these indexes along with full text content of the OHQ can also be found at the Oregon Historical Society's webpage, www.ohs.org/research/quarterly/index.cfm.
Enjoy your research.

Federal Jobs

Did you know...

That the library subscribes to the bi-weekly publication, Federal Jobs Digest.

Federal Jobs Digest lists Federal job vacancies nationwide. Each listing provides the job grade level, salary, agency, closing date and URL to apply for the position.

There are also a few articles in each issue. The October 1st issue answers the question, "How long do I have to wait for an interview" and explains the recruitment process.

Happy Job Hunting~!

Foreign Affairs

No, I'm not talking about "that" type of affair but those that deal with foreign policy. Sorry if I disappointed you! But if you are interested in what is going on in the world of international relations and foreign policy in general, the Library subscribes to three journals that will inform and entertain you regarding the ever-changing world of foreign affairs. Check out Current History, Foreign Affairs and Foreign Policy in our Periodicals Department.

Portland Business Journal - for job hunters, executives, and researchers

The weekly newspaper, Portland Business Journal, (portland.bizjournals.com/portland/ ) is the main resource that discusses the local business news. The Beaverton Library subscribes to it, and reading it each week will help those who are job hunting, prospecting, or just interested in what's going on.

The online version is only a medium level of information, subscribers get full content of the articles. We do have a logon at the Beaverton library, because we are full subscribers. Ask at the Main Reference desk if you would like to be logged on as a subscriber, for free.

It has a careers section which highlights executive level jobs, and you can search bizjournals for keywords to locate articles of interest, for example, to prepare for an interview.

Here's how to search the archives of the Portland Business Journal

1) Go to portland.bizjournals.com

2) Click on News in the tabbed part, at top of webpage

3) Go to right and click (to the right of keyword search box) click search archive and enter keywords that you're interested in, like an officer's name, or a brand or company, or product, BUT include the word Portland!

This works 99% of the time. I tried portland software, and got mostly Portland results, with one Seattle Puget sound result. But for some reason it won't automatically let you search only one newsletter, that's why you have to enter Portland.

Time machine at the Library

Yes that's right folks. Step right up to the time machine, also known as ... the MS6000 microfilm machine! It's the interface between old and new. We have a microfilm collection here at the Beaverton library that you can peruse, just like how the people on History Detective do. It's housed in steel drawers which are shiny and new. Spinning a reel of microfilm is like zooming into the past. If you scan the microfilm image on the MS6000, it provides you with a perfect computer file of the image.

You can take it with you-- yes that's right--a digital copy of an archive-- past meets present. Microfilm is the exact same copy of the newspaper as it appeared--no digital changes --no hacker alterations. Safe and sound in it's hermetic microformat! You can pull up that image of the time that the Knicks beat the Lakers, or the Moon Landing, or the front page of the paper on the day you were born...

Then save the image to your device and poof! You can post it to your facebook -- a picture tells a thousand words. You could paintshop your own face onto the image and pretend you were there, ok, maybe not.. just ways to have fun for free at the library...

Investment Resources at Beaverton City Library

Online reports on wccls.org under Online Resources, under Business
Standard and Poor’s Stock Reports

Business and Company Resource Center

Click on box labelled Advanced Search, then flip the Content area box to Investments and punch in ticker. We are limited to 3 users so if you get turned away, try again in a few minutes or later in the day.

Value line-We get Value Line only in paper format. We had a 5-week lapse and paper copies are have been replaced now for Ratings and Reports, Standard Edition: Jan 16, 23, 30, Feb 6, 13. But we can always print out the report at the desk of any Ratings and Reports issue that has been lost from Value Line within the 1 year period we keep them. Old Value Lines from a prior year are not kept here, and PSU keeps those.

Magazines and News

The AAII journal / The American Association of Individual Investors
Magazine Rack

Barron’s National Business and Financial Weekly
We keep 3 months worth and the neweset copy is always held at the desk. We ask for a library card or ID to use this in the library.

Better investing / National Association of Investment Clubs.
NAIC uses a well trusted method of investing.
Magazine Rack

Bob Brinker MarketTimer
Donated about the 10th of the month by an anonymous donor.
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Daily Graphs
Monthly subscription to NYSE and NASDAQ -comes out in the first week of the month
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Hulberts Financial Digest
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Investor’s Business Daily
3 months In the Newspaper Rack

Kiplingers Personal Finance
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The Mergent Investment Package (long ago referred to as Moody's) includes:
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• Dividend Achievers: one annual copy goes into circulation. 1 copy goes into reference each quarter
• Bond Record: updates go in the backs of the paperback issues. Each month we will receive either a bound issue or a soft issue.
• Industry Review: we keep the current two out on the industry side of the investment table.
• Dividend Record: annual issues and also monthly folder updates.

Money Magazine
Magazine Rack
Morningstar Package includes:
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• Morningstar Fund Investor (Monthly)


• Morningstar Stock Investor (Monthly)

Smart Money Magazine "The Wall Street Journal magazine of Personal Success"
2 years in Magazine rack

Standard and Poors Package includes

• Outlook
• Bond Guide
• Stock Guide
• Stock Reports -- are online only, see above, Online resources.
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The Value Line package includes:

• The Value Line investment survey (Standard, & Small & mid-cap ed.)
• The Value line investment survey
• Value Line No Load Fund Advisor
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Wall Street Journal
2 months in the Newspapers rack.
Worth: wealth in perspective
2 years in Magazine Rack
TheStreet . com Ratings on

• Property and Casualty Insurance Companies
• Bond And Money Market Mutual Funds
• Closed End Funds
• Exchange Traded funds
• Life and Annuity Insurers
• Banks and Thrifts
• Health Insurers
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