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Please contact Doug Loss, at 326-0536 ext. 104 or by
email for assistance with
your small business needs. Online Business Resources
Business Plans Online
Thinking of starting a new business? Business Plans
cover a wide range of real life plans for starting nearly
300 enterprises, each plan includes startup expenses, a
description of products and services, sales forecasts,
growth strategies, financial summaries and marketing
tactics. All business plans can be viewed and printed as a
web page or PDF document
Reference USA
- Look up addresses by street or area, examine
demographic info, build a mailing list by income. Find
millions of personal and business addresses. Reference USA
has 120 million records on U.S. households and 12 million
records on U.S. businesses. Search records by name,
location, size, yellow page heading or SIC code.
Business Source Premier
contains over 3,600 full text business journals,
magazines, books and newspapers. It also has SWOT
Analysis, white papers on business issues, and helps users research
items such as economic or country analyses, investigate market
trends or potential, and find current competitive information or
landscape analysis information. See how easy it is use by watching our
short
How to Search Tutorial
More Resources Available
Business
Reference Collection
The business reference collection is housed in the
Barbara Wright Business Center located on the first floor balcony of the library. Topics covered by the business reference
collection include statistics and demographics, personal finance and investing,
business law, human resources, company information, office equipment, marketing,
products and services, e-business, business taxes, franchises, home-based businesses
and more. Materials
include company, product, and equipment directories; business and special subject
encyclopedias and dictionaries, handbooks and manuals; and buying guides. A variety
of formats are represented in the collection, including bound volumes, loose-leaf
subscription services, videos, CD-ROMs, and electronic databases. Business Training Video Collection
The
Business Center has many excellent training videos on a variety of human resources
topics, as well videos that can be used to improve management, sales, and office
skills. Some videos include a trainer's guide and employee workbooks. Videos can
be checked out for two weeks. The library has obtained rights from publishers
of the videos that allow companies to show them to groups of employees. Business
Software Collection
The
Business Center has a continually changing array of new business software that
may be checked out or used in the library for preview purposes. Software topics
include: creating employee handbooks; electronic checks; Microsoft program tutorials;
business forms; business letters; financial forecasting; Web site creation; electronic
business; business plans; legal documents; and more. Business Reference Service
- Please contact Doug Loss, at 326-0536
ext. 104 or by emailBusiness Direct Corporate Library Card Program (see
our Business
Direct Brochure)
When
you participate in the Business Direct program for area businesses, the library
will issue your business a corporate library card that will be kept on file at
the library. Designated staff at your business will then be able to check out
materials-including books, videos, audio books on tape and CD, software for previewing,
and training videos-for business use whenever they are needed. These materials
are ideal for continuing education, staff training, and professional development.
Your Business
Direct account will also allow your staff to access the library's business databases
via the library's Web site. As a part of the program, you may request a demonstration
of the library's electronic resources that are available from the library's Web
site, at your business or at the library. They include the library's online catalog,
the Reference USA online business directory and online databases of full-text
business and trade journals, periodicals, and regional newspapers. To inquire
about the Business Direct program, Please contact Kathy Scott, Business
Services Marketing Manager at 326-0536 ext. 104 or by
email
Business Computers
The Business Center has computers for
database and Internet business and marketing research. The Information
Services staff is available
to give an overview of the databases and also to show how to access the databases
from the office or home.
Personal Finance Station
The
Personal Finance Station puts the tools that help you manage your personal
portfolio-- including stocks, bonds, and mutual funds-- at your fingertips.
Sources include: Value Line, Weiss Ratings Guides (TheStreet.com)
for Stock Mutual Funds, Bond and Money Market Mutual Funds, Brokerage Firms, Banks
and Thrifts; and other financial reference sources. | |
