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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;color:#323E4F">This week’s MeL Minute is courtesy of MeL databases provider
<a href="http://www.gale.com/">Gale Cengage Learning</a> and announces exciting enhancements to
<a href="http://www.galesupport.com/migeoipcheck/migeoipcheck-gale.php?database=SBRC">
SBRC</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Officially available beginning October 31<sup>st</sup>, Michiganders can use the redesigned site now at
<a href="http://mel.org/index.php?P=Home">MeL.org</a>. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Users can experience an easy-to-browse interface mapped to four key business stages—plan, fund, start, and manage—plus, new content, features, and enhanced functionality.
<span style="mso-bidi-font-style:italic">U</span>sers will be able to access the most popular features of leading Gale products.
<i>SBRC</i> brings together hundreds of sample business plans, small business journals, and resources for many aspects of business: accounting, HR, management, marketing, taxes, and more. Content now includes a wide range of media and sources.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span></span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;color:#323E4F">For full details see the
<a href="http://blog.gale.com/small-business-resource-center-enhanced-experience-now-available/">
Gale Blog Product update</a>.</span></p>
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Stay tuned for next week’s MeL Minute available on many Michigan library listservs, email us at
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us acknowledge and celebrate the great work of</span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#323E4F;mso-no-proof:yes"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:red;mso-no-proof:yes">Michigan educators! Go to:
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