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Entrepreneur

Databases

ABI/INFORM Trade and Industry
This database indexes more than 700 publications for trade and industry information. Indexes, publications on every major industry including finance, insurance, transportation, construction, and many others.

Business Source Premier
Indexes 3,800 scholarly business journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed business publications.

LexisNexis
Full text database that covers a wide variety of subjects including law, government, international affairs, politics, current events, business and medicine.

Statistics/Demographics

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics http://www.bls.gov/
Employment, wage, demographic, industry, and consumer information from all over the U.S.

Bureau of Economic Analysis http://www.bea.gov/
International, national, and state-level statistics on personal income, industry, and corporate profits

U.S. Census http://www.census.gov
Income, educational attainment, family size--all you need, and more, to identify your clients.

American Factfinder http://factfinder.census.gov
Maps, data sets, and community profiles--use Summary File 3 to build your demographic profile.

Fedstats http://www.fedstats.gov
Gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies

Statistical Abstract of the United States http://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract.html
Everything you wanted to know about Americans--in tables!

Industry information

Economic Census http://www.census.gov/econ/census02/

North American Industry Classification System http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html

Standard and Poor's Industry Surveys. REF HC 106.6.S74 , latest 5 years only. Earlier years, 1980-, located at PER.

Demographic Mapping

U.S. Census Bureau Map Products http://www.census.gov/geo/www/maps/CP_MapProducts.htm
Two map types to look-out for here: Reference Maps and Thematic Maps

U.S. Census Bureau's On-Line Mapping Resources http://www.census.gov/geo/www/maps/CP_OnLineMapping.htm
Online mapping resources--at your finger-tips

Business Plan Basics

Foley call number HD 30.28

Business Plans Handbook - 11 volume compilation of actual business plans REF HD 62.7.B865

Small Business Startup Basics http://www.sba.gov/smallbusinessplanner/index.html
Checklist, startup guide, marketing and finance topics from the Small Business Administration (SBA). Click on "Writing the Plan" to access a business plan outline, and sample real plans

Bplans.com http://www.bplans.com/
Foremost among the information provided here are sample business plans for many kinds of business; also sample marketing and web site plans. Expert advice, articles, etc. also found here.

Entrepreneurship

Foley call number HB 615

Encyclopedia of entrepreneurship HB 615.E59

The sociology of entrepreneurship HD6971 .R4 v. 25 2007

StartupJournal http://www.startupjournal.com/
Wall Street Journal, published daily. Features articles by columnists advising how to start and run a business.

Small Business Portal http://www.enterweb.org/
For anyone seeking information related to enterprise development, business and international trade, provides a gateway to websites for micro, small and medium scale enterprises, cooperatives, and community economic development, both in developed and developing countries.

AllBusiness http://www.allbusiness.com/
This site has nearly 1,500 articles on issues essential to running a business, over 200 business forms and agreements, calculators for estimating costs, checklists for decisions, and information in a variety of categories including human resources, insurance, legal, etc.

Business.gov http://www.business.gov/
Created for the small business owner, this site brings together information from over 40 federal agencies covering business development, financial assistance, laws and regulations, international trade, workplace issues, buying and selling, taxes, etc.

The Edward Lowe Foundation http://edwardlowe.org/
Focusing on entrepreneurship, the Lowe Foundation web page is home to Perspectives, a magazine devoted to free enterprise; an extensive fulltext collection of online publications on small business in a Digital Library; and a large collection of small business Web links. Look at the Entrepreneur's Resource Center to access these materials.

Entreworld.org http://www.eventuring.org/eShip/appmanager/eVenturing/eVenturingDesktop
From the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, a premier online resource for small business owners that centralizes access to over 1000 important entrepreneurial resources on the web, combines this with their own quality content, and makes it all easy to find. Also has an e-mail link to obtain insights from SCORE volunteers.

411 Small Business Facts http://411sbfacts.com

This website is published byt NFIB Research Foundation and is a searchable database of approximately 2,000 facts about American small business and their owners or managers.

Nonprofits

IRS Nonprofit and Charities page http://www.irs.gov/charities/index.html
Nonprofit basics A-Z. Start Here!

The Foundation Center http://foundationcenter.org/
Want to start a nonprofit, research grants, or get the latest philanthropy related news? Click here for the most comprehensive site on the web.

Nonprofit Management Education Center http://www.uwex.edu/li/learner/sites_publications.htm
NMEC's publications page--good for scope research