Small Business Resources:

Business Planning

Small Business Start-Up

75 Green Businesses You Can Start to Make Money and Make a Difference by Glenn E. Croston (2008)
333.72 CROSTON

101 Internet Businesses You Can Start from Home: how to choose and build your own successful e-business by Susan Sweeney
PP/SA 658.872 SWEENEY

151 Quick Ideas for Start-Up Entrepreneurs by James L. Silvester (2007)
658.11 SILVESTER

eBay Business Start-Up Kit: with 100s of Live Links to All the Information & Tools You Need by Richard Stim (2008) 658.87 STIM

How to Set Up Your Own Small Business by Kris Solie-Johnson. (2009)*
REF 658.022 SOLIE (2 vols)

How to Start a Business in Massachusetts by Julia K. O'Neill and Mark Warda. (2008)
346.744065 O'NEILL

The One Minute Entrepreneur: The Secret to Creating and Sustaining a Successful Business by Ken Blanchard, Don Hutson, with Ethan Willis. (2008)
658.11 BLANCHARD

The Small Business Start-Up Kit. NOLO (2006)
346.744065 SMALL

From Management To Marketing

The Big Idea: How to Make your Entrepreneurial Dreams Come True by Donny Deutsch, with Catherine Whitney (2009)
New 658.11412 DEUTSCH

Business for Beginners: from Research and Business Plans to Money, Marketing and the Law by Frances McGuckin. (2005) 658.11 MCGUCKIN

Business Plans Handbook: a Compilation of Actual Business Plans Developed by Small Businesses throughout North America by Gale Research(2008)*
REF 658.4012 BUSINESS

Guerrilla Marketing: Easy and Inexpensive Strategies for Making Big Profits from your Small Business by Jay Conrad Levinson ; with Jeannie Levinson and Amy Levinson. (2007)
658.8 LEVINSON

How to Write a Business Plan by Brian Finch. (2006)
658.4012 FINCH

HR for Small Business: from Hiring to Firing and Everything in Between by Charles H. Fleischer. (2005)
658.3 FLEISCHER

Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios Dun & Bradstreet Credit Services. (200/2009)*
REF 338.5 INDUSTRY

Microsoft Office Live: Take Your Business Online by Katherine Murray. (2008)
005.6 OFFICE

 

From Forms To Financing

32 Ways to be a Champion in Businessby Earvin "Magic" Johnson. (2008)
650.1 JOHNSON

The Best Secrets of Great Small Businesses: Creative, Innovative, and Cost-Saving Ideas from Great Business Minds by Ray Silverstein. (2006)
658.022 SILVERSTEIN

Complete Guide to Working for Yourself: Everything the Self-Employed Need to Know about Taxes, Recordkeeping and Other Laws by Beth Williams & Jean Murray (2008)
Available through CWMARS

The Everything Start Your Own Business Book: a step-by-step guide to starting, managing and building a profitable business by Judith B. Harrington. (2010)
658.11 HARRINGT 2010

Finding Money for Your Small Business by by Max Fallek & Kris Solie-Johnson. ( 2007)*
Ref 658.1592 SOLIE-JOHNSON

How to Get the Financing for Your New Small Business: Innovative Solutions from the Experts Who Do It Everyday by Sharon Fullen. (2006)
658.15224 FULLEN

Legal Forms for Starting & Running a Small Business. Nolo Pub. (2006)
346.730652 LEGAL 2006

*Ref books require library use only, all others can circulate.

 

Business databases

General Business File ASAP (GaleInfoTrac) — Use this for articles on companies and business management. Has directory of 150,000+ companies. Use advanced search for company profiles, SIC descriptions. Full-text + citations from 1980-date.**

Reference USAIdentify over 14 Million US businesses by name, product, location, and other parameters.

**You may access these from home, by entering your CWMARS library card number at the prompt. To use Reference USA, you need a Springfield City Library card.

 

Business Resources at the Library

From books to electronic sources and databases, the Springfield City Library can help you find your business information needs.

This list is just a sampling of the kinds of business materials you can find at the Library.

We also have business directories (local and national), company histories, etc.

In addition to our business databases, check our web directory for links to suggested business sites.


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updated : July 10, 2010