Research Guides : Small Business

This guide is to selected sources of small business and entrepreneur information. Additional sources can be found via the online catalog, databases, and the internet.

General Resources

Small Business Sourcebook: The Entrepreneur's Resource. Gale Research.
[Ref. HD2346 .U5 S66]

Break the Curve: The Entrepreneur's Blueprint for Small Business Success. Tim Barns.
[HB615 .B87 1999]

Business Talk: For Small Business and Self-Employed Taxpayers. Department of the Treasury/IRS. 2001.
[T22.44/2:1853/2001 Law Library Government Documents]

Directory of North Carolina State Business Licenses and Permits. Business License Information Office. N.C. Department of the Secretary of State. 1998-99.
[Ref. HD3630.U7 D62]

AMA Complete Guide to Marketing Research for Small Business. Holly Edmunds. NTC. Business Books.
[Ref. HF 5415.2 E34 1996]

The Rhythm of Business: The Key to Building and Running Successful Companies. Jeffery Shuman.
[HF5386 .S4467 1998]

AMA Complete Guide to Strategic Planning for Small Business. Kenneth Cook. NTC Business Books.
[Ref. HD30.28 .C662 1994]

The Portable MBA in Entrepreneurship. William Bygrave. Wiley & Sons.
[Ref. HD62.5 .B94 1994]

Standard Directory of Advertisers. 2000. National Register Publishing.
[Ref. HF5805 .S7]

Encyclopedia of Business Information Sources. 2002. James Woy, ed.
[Ref. HF5353 .E3]

Start Up: An Entrepreneur's Guide to Launching and Managing a New Business. William Stolze. Career Press.
[HD62.5 .S755 1994]

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Business Plans

Business Plans Handbook. Kristin Hahrs, ed. Gale.
[Ref. HD62.7 .B865 1995]

The Complete Book of Business Plans. Joseph A. Covello. Sourcebooks, Inc.
[Ref. HD62.5 .C68 1994]

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Demographics

The Sourcebook of County Demographics. 2000. CACI.
[Ref. HA203 .S65]

The Sourcebook of Zip Code Demographics. 2000. CACI.
[Ref. HA203 .S66]

Rand McNally Commercial Atlas & Marketing Guide. 2002. Rand McNally.
[Ref. G1019 .R22]

Editor & Publisher Market Guide. 2002. Editor & Publisher.
[Ref. HF5905 .E38]

The Lifestyle Market Analyst. 1999. SRDS.
[Ref. HF5415.33 .U6 L54]

1990 Census of Population and Housing. U.S. Department of Commerce.
[C 3. 223/ Government Documents Center]

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Selected Periodicals

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice    1986-Current
     Also on NC LIVE: ABI/Inform, Business Source Elite, MasterFile Premier, InfoTrac      OneFile.

Entrepreneur - on NC LIVE InfoTrac OneFile

Inc.    1982-Current
     Also on NC LIVE MasterFile Premier.

International Small Business Journal - on NC LIVE: ABI/Inform, Business Source Elite, Academic Search Elite, MasterFile Premier, InfoTrac OneFile.

Journal of Business Venturing    1988-Current

Journal of Small Business Management    1982-Current
    Also on NC LIVE: ABI/Inform, Business Source Elite, Academic Search Elite, InfoTrac    OneFile.

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Internet Resources

Small Business Administration Online
http://www.sbaonline.sba.gov
A comprehensive site to the services provided by the SBA. Information includes how to start and finance a small business, how to write a business plan, current legislation and much more.

Small Business and Technology Development Center (SBTDC)
http://sbtdc.org
Provides counseling and educational services for persons interested in starting a business in North Carolina. ** NCCU has a SBTDC located in the Alexander Dunn Building, lower level.

Minority Business Development Agency
http://www.mbda.gov
This site, from the U.S. Department of Commerce, provides start up financing, management and technical assistance, and information on e-commerce.

Bplans.com
http://www.bplans.com
Information includes sample business plans, advertising plans, marketing plans, and website plans.

CCH Business Owner's Toolkit
http://www.toolkit.cch.com
Includes how to plan, start, and finance a business, market a product, win government contracts, and deal with taxes.

Morebusiness.com
http://www.morebusiness.com
An array of helpful information on starting a business, building a website, finding funding, business plans and legal forms.

Yahoo's Small Business Information
http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com
Links to useful information for the new entrepreneurer.

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Databases

Remote Access through NC LIVE

ABI Inform Global via ProQuest Company
Business and management information. Provides indexing and abstracts for over 1300 journals from 1971 to present.
Includes many complete articles from over 750 journals from 1987 to present.

Business Source Elite via EBSCOhost
Provides abstracts and indexing for over 1500 business magazines and periodicals from 1984 to present, including The Wall Street Journal.
Includes many complete articles from more than 750 business periodicals.

Hoover's Company Capsules via EBSCOhost
Provides basic information on more than 13,500 public and private companies. This data includes addresses, phone and fax numbers, names of key officers, sales and employment figures and stock symbols.
Full text company profiles

Hoover's Company Profiles via EBSCOhost
Provides current profiles of 3,400 public and private companies in the US and around the world. Each profile provides summary of operations, history, officers, products, financial data, and more.
Full text company profiles

Infotrac General Reference Center Gold via Gale
Use this general interest/business database to search magazines, newspapers, and reference books for information on business, industry, current events, the arts, science, entertainment, etc
Indexed from 1980 to present

Academic Search Elite via EBSCOhost
Provides abstracts and indexing for over 3,200 scholarly journals covering a wide variety of subject areas from 1984 to present.
Includes many complete articles from over 1,000 journals, including 380 journals dating back to 1990.

InfoTrac Expanded Academic ASAP via Gale
Coverage is available through 2,600 indexed and 1,400 full-text titles in a wide variety of disciplines including: social science journals, humanities journals, science and technology journals, national news periodicals, general interest magazines, newswires, The New York Times and many others. More than 1,400 journals are refereed, and 20 years of backfile coverage are included.

MasterFile Premier via EBSCOhost
Covers a wide variety of topics from about 3,100 magazines and journals from 1984 to present.
Includes many complete articles from more than 1500 periodicals from 1990 to present

InfoTrac Custom Newspapers via Gale
Asheville Citizen Times (expected 2002), Atlanta Journal & Constitution, New York Times, News & Record (Greensboro, N.C.), International Herald Tribune (expected 2002), Washington Post, Winston-Salem Journal.

New York Times via ProQuest Company
Index of the newspaper from August 1986 to present.
Contains complete articles from the most recent 90 days of the paper

News and Observer Index [Raleigh] via ProQuest Company
Indexes selected articles from December 1991 to March 2000.

News and Record Index [Greensboro] via ProQuest Company
Indexes the newspaper's articles from 1995 to present.
Includes a few complete articles from 1988 to 1994 and most articles from 1995 to present.

Newspaper Source via EBSCOhost
Provides abstracts and indexing 1995 to present for: The New York Times, Wall Street Journal (Eastern and Western editions), Christian Science Monitor (some full text) and USA Today. Selected full text coverage for The News & Observer. Includes some complete articles from over 100 other U.S. newspapers.

North Carolina Newsstand via ProQuest Company
Provides full-text coverage of the Greensboro News & Record, Wilmington Morning Star, and indexing for the Raleigh News & Observer, plus selected coverage of other regional sources.

ProQuest Newspapers via ProQuest Company
Includes North Carolina Newsstand (Business North Carolina, Fayetteville Observer, Winston Salem Journal, News & Record (Greensboro, N.C.), News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) - limited coverage, Wilmington Morning Star), Wall Street Journal, New York Times

Wall Street Journal via ProQuest Company
Index of articles from 1981 to present.
Includes many complete articles from 1984 to present.

Wilmington Morning Star via ProQuest Company
Index of articles from July 1996 to present.
Includes many complete articles from July 1996 to present

Campus and Library Use Only

Business and Company Resource Center via Gale Group
Campus use only.
Business and Company Resource Center is a fully integrated resource bringing together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. Search this database to find detailed company, and industry, news and information.

ABI/INFORM - Global and Business Periodicals on disc
Available only in the Shepard Library Reference Department.
These two interacting databases provide full text articles and abstracts from English language business and management titles. Coverage is from 1992 to the present.

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