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Select CONSULS on the library home page. CONSULS can be searched by author, subject, title, keyword, author/title, journal title, by call number (Library of Congress, Dewey, and Government Document classification). It can also be searched by publisher number (ISBN and ISSN).  

Appropriate subject headings and keywords for entrepreneurship and/or small business include, but are not limited to: black business enterprises, business planning, business planning ? handbooks, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, minority business enterprises, new business enterprises, self-employed, self-employed women, small business, small business ? finance, small business law and legislation, small business ? management, small business ? planning, strategic planning, success in business, venture capital, and  women-owned business enterprises.  

Other keywords relevant when creating business plans include: consumer behavior, consumers, consumption, customer relations, demographic surveys, demographics, demography, franchises, market research, market segmentation, market surveys, and marketing.

BUSINESS PLANS

Business Plans - Library Resources
Business Planning Guide: creating a plan for success in your own business
Reference HD30.28 .B362 1998

Business Plans Handbook: a compilation of actual business plans developed by small businesses throughout North America, Vol. 5     
Reference HD62.7 .B865 1998

Business Plans Handbook: a compilation of actual business plans developed by small businesses throughout North America, Vol. 8     
Reference HD62.7 B865 2001

Business Planning: a comprehensive framework and process     
HD30.28 .T776 2002

Business Planning Made Easy: it's not as hard as you think     
HD30.28 .H474 1999

Business Plans to Game Plans: a practical system for turning strategies into action
HD30.28 K559 2000

Businessplan.com: how to write a web-woven strategic business plan     
HD30.28 .R664 1998

How to Write a .Com Business Plan: the internet entrepreneur's guide to everything you need to know about business plans and financing options     
HF5548.32 .E33 2001

Prentice Hall Encyclopedia of Model Business Plans     
HD30.28 .C6442 2002

Seven Steps to a Successful Business Plan     
HD30.28 .C6442 2002

Successful Business Plan: secrets and strategies     
HD62.5 .A344 2000

Business Plans - Web Resources
Business Plan Software and Sample Business Plans     
http://www.bplans.com/

Connecticut Small Business Development Center     
http://www.sbdc.uconn.edu/

Developing a Successful Business Plan     
http://www.bizmove.com/business-plan.htm

SBA - Starting Your small Business - Business Plans
http://www.sba.gov/starting/indexbusplans.html

SBA - Small Business Development Centers     
http://www.sba.gov/sbdc/

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Small Business Center - Start Your Business
http://www.uschamber.com/sb/business/P02/P02_0001.asp

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Entrepreneurship - Library Resources

Black wealth: your road to small business success
HD2344.5 .U6 W354 2000

The E Generation: prepared for the entrepreneurial economy?
HD62.5 .K68 2000

Entrepreneur America: lessons from inside Rob Ryan's high-tech start-up boot camp
HD62.37 .R93 2001

The Entrepreneurial Mindset: strategies for continuously creating opportunity in an age of uncertainty
HB615 .M3735 2000

Entrepreneurial vision in action: exploring growth among women- and men-owned firms
HF5356 .E87 2001

Entrepreneurship as strategy: competing on the entrepreneurial edge
HB615 .E632 2000

First business start-up: a five-session, fifteen hour entrepreneurship program
HD62.5 .R87 2002sy

First business start-up: how to know if your own business is a carer choice, know your business ideas make sense, build a winning support team, and get started right
HD62.5 .R87 2002

The guru guide to entrepreneurship: a concise guide to the best ideas from the world's top entrepreneurs
HB615 .B685 2001

Starting & growing a small business: choice for success (29 minute videorecording)
2939 Video
2939 Book

Entrepreneurship - Web Resources

About.com Guide to Entrepreneurs
http://entrepreneurs.about.com/

The entrepreneur's reference guide to small business information
http://www.loc.gov/rr/business/guide/guide2/

Entrepreneur.com: Solutions for growing businesses
http://www.entrepreneurmag.com

Entrepreneur's Help Page
http://www.tannedfeet.com/

Entreworld: a world of resources for entrepreneurs
http://www.entreworld.com/

Fambiz.com
http://fambiz.com/

Forum for Women Entrepreneurs
http://www.fwe.org/p/simple.asp?mlid=66

Franchise Opportunities Guide Online (International Franchise Association)
http://www.franchise.org/

Online Women's Business Center
http://www.onlinewbc.gov/

PEERSPECTIVES: Taking your company to the next level
http://peerspectives.org/

Women's Business Center
http://www.sba.gov/womeninbusiness/

SMALL BUSINESS

Small Business - Library Resources

American Bar Association legal guide for small business
Reference KF1659.Z9 A43 2000

Encyclopedia of small business (2 vols.)
Reference HD62.7 H553 1998

Small business sourcebook: the entrepreneur's resource,  15th ed., (2 vols)
      Includes small business profiles, start-up information, associations, statistical sources, research centers, and more.
Reference HD2346.U5 S635 2002

SBA loans: a step-by-step guide
HG4027.7 .O43 2002

Steps to small business start-up
HD62.5 .P565 2000

CCH Business Owner's Toolkit
http://www.toolkit.cch.com

Facts about Business Information Centers (BICs) (1998)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS1362

Facts about how to start a small business (1996)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS29982

FindLaw for Business
http://biz.findlaw.com/

Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA)
http://www.mbda.gov/

Patent Cafe
http://www.patentcafe.com/

 SBA Economic Statistics and Research
http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/

Service Core of Retired Executives (SCORE)
http://www.score.org/

Small Business Administration Online
http://www.sbaonline.sba.gov/

Small Business Development Center, National Information Clearinghouse
http://sbdcnet.utsa.edu/

Small Business Resource Center
http://www.morebusiness.com/

Starting Your Business Now
http://www.sampleplans.com/

VENTURE CAPITAL

Venture Capital - Library Resources

Directory of State Assisted Venture Capital Programs
Reference KF4952.S738 2000

Directory of Venture Capital Firms, Domestic & International 
Reference HG4751.D57 2002

Angel Investing: Matching Startup Funds with Startup Companies
HG4027.6 .V36 2000

Venture Capital: The Definitive Guide for Entrepreneurs, Investors, and Practictioners
HG4751 .V463 2001

BusinessFinance.com - America's Business Funding Directory
http://www.businessfinance.com/

Venture Capital Resource Library
http://www.vfinance.com/

CONNECTICUT RESOURCES

Connecticut Company Directories

Connecticut Business Directory
     Businesses are listed alphabetically by city. yellow pages category, major employer and publicly traded companies.
      Manufacturers are listed by city and SIC code.
Ready Reference HC107.C8C594 2002

Connecticut Department of Economic & Community Developement (DECD)
     "Research" links to full-text Census 2002 demographic profiles, CT Town profiles, Census 2000 Data, 2000 Connecticut 
       Market Data, as well as other DECD publications.
http://www.ct.gov/ecd/

Connecticut Manufacturers Register
     Six sections: buyers guide, alphabetical by manufacturer name, geographical, SIC, parent company, & county marketing.
Ready Reference HF5065.C67 2004

Connecticut Demographics

Connecticut 2000 summary population and housing characteristics
Reference HA281.5 2000

Connecticut Market Data
http://www.ct.gov/ecd/site/default.asp  select "Research Data", then "Market Data"    - or -
Reference HF3161.C7 A32

Connecticut Town Profiles
http://www.ct.gov/ecd/site/default.asp  select "Research Data", then "Connecticut Town Profiles"           - or -
Reference HN79.C8 C664

Web-Based Connecticut Small Business Information

Connecticut Development Authority
http://www.cda.state.ct.us

Connecticut Economic Resource Center (CERC)
http://www.cerc.com

Connecticut Small Business Development Center
http://www.business.uconn.edu/csbdc/

STATISTICS, MARKETING & DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

Statistics, Marketing & Demographics - Library Resources
All about women consumers, 2001
Reference HF5415.3 .A45 2001

American incomes: demographics of who has money
Reference HC110.I5 A447 1999

American marketplace: demographics and spending patterns
Reference HA214.A512 2001

American men and women: demographics of the sexes
Reference HC110.C6 A43 2000

Americans 55 & older: a changing market
Reference HQ1064.U5 A66 2001

America's top rated cities
Reference HA214.A43 2001

Baby boom: Americans aged 35 to 54
Reference HN60.R868 2001

Best customers: demographics of consumer demand
Reference HC79.C6 R87 2001

Best of health: demographics of health care consumers
Reference RA445.W45 2000

Business rankings annual
Reference HG4050.B88

Business statistics of the United States
Ready Reference HC101 .A13122

County and city data book (US Census Bureau)
Reference HA202.A36                                                   - or -                
http://www.census.gov/statab/www/ccdb.html

Demographics USA (county edition)
Reference HF5415.1 D46 2001

Generation X: the young adult market
Reference HC110.C6 M544 1999

International marketing data and statistics
Reference HA42.I56

Lifestyle market analyst
Reference HF5415.33 .U6 L54

Market share reporter
Reference HF5410.M35

Statistical abstract of the United States
Ready Reference HA202.A25

U.S. by the numbers
Reference HC106.82.K43 2000

U.S. market trends & forecasts
Reference HD30.27 .U77 2002

Brands, consumers, symbols & research
HF5415.1 .L48 1999

Latinos, Inc.: the marketing and making of a people
HF5415.33.U6 D38 2001

Maturing marketplace: buying habits of baby boomers and their parents
HF5415.33.U6 2000

Age, 2000
http://www.census.gov/prod/2001pubs/c2kbr01-12.pdf

American FactFinder (US Census Bureau)
http://factfinder.census.gov/

Black population, 2000
http://www.census.gov/prod/2001pubs/c2kbr01-5.pdf

Consumer income and poverty 
http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/popula.html

FedStats: the gateway to statistics
http://www.fedstats.gov/

Gender, 2000
http://www.census.gov/prod/2001pubs/c2kbr01-9.pdf

Households and families, 2000
http://www.census.gov/prod/2001pubs/c2kbr01-8.pdf

Housing and household economics statistics
http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/cons-hou.html 

Housing characteristics, 2000
http://www.census.gov/prod/2001pubs/c2kbr01-13.pdf

Overview of race and Hispanic origin
http://www.census.gov/prod/2001pubs/c2kbr01-1.pdf

Population statistics
http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/popula.html

The 65 years and over population: 2000
http://www.census.gov/prod/2001pubs/c2kbr01-10.pdf

Social statistics briefing room (The White House)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/ssbr.html

Statistical resources on the Web (from the University of Michigan)
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html

Two or more races population, 2000
http://www.census.gov/prod/2001pubs/c2kbr01-6.pdf

U.S. Bureau of Labor Stastistics: Consumer Expenditure Survey
http://www.bls.gov/cex/home.htm

U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/

WEB-BASED DIRECTORIES & SEARCH ENGINES

Business Seek
http://www.businessseek.biz

U.S. Business Advisor
http://www.business.gov

U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
http://www.sba.gov

Yahoo Business & Economy Search Site
http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/

Yahoo Business & Economy: Finance & Investment
http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Finance_and_Investment/ 

Yahoo Small Business Information
http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com

INDUSTRY RESOURCES

Industry Code Locator

North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS)
Reference HF1042 .A55 N67                                                     - or - 
http://www.census.gov/epcd/naics02/

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code 
Reference HF1042.S73 1987                                                    - or - 
http://www.osha.gov/oshstats/sicser.html

Almanac of Business and Financial Ratios (annual)
Reference HF5681.R25 A45

Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios, One Year, Desktop ed. (annual)
Reference HF5681.R25 I5255

RMA Annual Statement Studies: Financial Ratio Benchmarks (annual)
Reference HF5681.B2R58

DATABASE RESOURCES

Unless otherwise indicated, business databases listed below are available only to members of the SCSU community, and require entry of a Library ID Number and a PIN.  

Business and Company Resource Center (iCONN)
     Comprehensive company and industry information.

MergentOnline 
     Financial reports, key ratios, stock pricing and pricing graphs, general information, company histories, and more.  Searchable by company name or SIC. 

Thomson Research
     Provides a broad range of company market data: financials, corporate filings, background information, earning estimates, etc. Spreadsheet-ready financials (balance sheet as well as income and cash-flow statements). 

ValueLine 
     Database requires the assistance of a reference librarian for the required password.  Full-text of the investment survey and other components. 

Westlaw (iCONN)
     Articles from major and local papers, legal materials, Hoover's Company Records.

Worldscope
     Financial reports on companies worldwide

Business and Company Resource Center (iCONN)
     Comprehensive company and industry information.

Business Organizations
     Organizations serving business and industry. 

ReferenceUSA
     Contains detailed information on more than 12 million U.S. businesses and 120 million U.S. households. Information is compiled from more than 5,600 Yellow Page and Business White Page telephone directories; annual reports, 10-Ks and other SEC information; as well as federal, state, provincial and municipal government data. 

Worldscope
     Financial reports on companies worldwide

Business and Company Resource Center (iCONN)
     Comprehensive company and industry information.

Business & Industry
     Guide to facts, figures, and key events in business and industry worldwide. 

STAT-USA
     Current and historical trade-related releases, international market research, trade opportunities, country analysis, and full text of the National Trade Data Bank (NTDB) and the State of the Nation (SOTN).

Westlaw (iCONN)
     Articles from major and local papers, legal materials, Hoover's Company Records.

ABI/Inform
     Worldwide business and management information.  Full-text with images.

Business and Company Resource Center (iCONN)
     Comprehensive company and industry information.

Business and Management Practices
     Focuses on the practical aspects and approaches of business management.  Covers 300+ core management and trade publications.  Some full-text articles.

Business Source Premier (Ebsco)
     Indexes business journals and newspapers.  Many articles are full-text.

EconLit
     A comprehensive index with selected abstracts of worldwide scholarship on economics from500+ journals, books, collective volumes, and working papers.

Emerald Library Suite
     Full-text online versions of print periodicals from MCB. Includes management, business, marketing, library science and information management. 

Expanded Academic ASAP (iCONN)
     Periodicals covering all academic concentrations. 

InfoTrac OneFile (iCONN)
     Includes 89 wire services, newspapers, business publications, refereed academic journals, and general interest magazines.  

JSTOR
     Provides backfiles of journals in economics, finance, history, political science, population studies, and statistics.  

PAIS International
     Index to articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, book chapters, and statistical directories about public affairs.  

Westlaw (iCONN)
     Articles from major and local papers, legal materials, Hoover's Company Records.

STYLE GUIDES

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th edition, 2001
Ready Reference BF76.7 .P83 2001 

APA Samples for a Bibliography (Ithaca College)
http://www.ithaca.edu/library/course/apa.html

APA Style Essentials (Vanguard Univ.)
http://www.vanguard.edu/faculty/ddegelman/index.cfm?doc_id=796

Assembling a List of Works Cited in Your Paper (Duke University)
http://www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/works_cited.html

The Chicago Manual of Style, 14th edition, 1993
Ready Reference Z253 .U69 1993

Assembling a List of Works Cited in Your Paper (Duke University)
http://www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/works_cited.html

Chicago Manual of Style Citation Guide (Ohio State)
http://www.lib.ohio-state.edu/guides/chicagogd.html

Chicago Manual of Style (Turabian)  (Colorado State)
http://writing.colostate.edu/references/sources/chicago/

Citation Guide: Chicago Manual of Style (Univ. of Arizona)
http://www.library.arizona.edu/library/type1/tips/data/cite_cms.html

A Manual fro Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, 1996
Reference LB2369.T8 1996

Chicago Manual of Style (Turabian)  (Colorado State)
http://writing.colostate.edu/references/sources/chicago/

Turabian Citation Guide (Ohio State)
http://www.lib.ohio-state.edu/guides/turabiangd.html