COD Library - Small Business Management Project

Business 1100 Research Guide

Search the COD catalog for books or videos under the subjects of "small business," "business planning" or the specific type of business you are researching.
Business Plans Handbook: A Compilation of Actual Business Plans
Ref/Gen HD 62.7 .B865
Business Strategies
Ref HD 28 .B8
Small Business Sourcebook
Ref HD 2346 .U5 S66
Bplans.com
http://www.bplans.com/sp/
Sample business, marketing and web site plans for specific types of businesses.
Business PlanPro - HD 30.28 .B87 (Ref)
Contains business plans cited on the Bplans web site.

Search Business & Company ASAP or Business Source Elite (Library databases) for articles on the industry in which your business operates.
Hoover's - Go to the Industries section.
Standard and Poor's Industry Surveys
This database has very broad industry segments that you can research.

Lifestyle Market Analyst
Ref HF 5415.33 .U65 L54
Community Sourcebook of County Demographics
Ref HA 203 .S65
Community Sourcebook of Zip Code Demographics
Ref HA 203 .S66
Standard Rate & Data Service Directories (Business publications, consumer magazines, direct marketing, newspapers, radio, television and cable) Titles vary.
Ref HF 5905
Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission (NIPC)
http://www.nipc.org
Contains Census 2000 Demographic Profiles for local municipalities.

Reference USA (Articles and Databases on the Library web site).
Excellent resource to analyze your competition.

U.S. Small Business Administration
http://www.sba.gov
Select Small Business Planner > #2 Start Your Business > Finance Start-Up.
Financial Studies of the Small Business
Ref HF 5681 .B2 F55
The financials of selected businesses are included here.
Circulating books on small businesses and Bplans.com also contain financials for businesses.

Illinois Department of Commerce & Community
http://www.commerce.state.il.us
Information on locating, starting or expanding your business in Illinois. Select: Business Assistance > Entrepreneurship and Small Business > to obtain help with starting your business or determining what government requirements or permits apply to your business.
Illinois Gateway: Department of Business Services
http://www.sos.state.il.us
Select "Business Services" for small business information. You are able to obtain business forms and fee information for registering with the Secretary of State's office. Also contains a Corporate Name Database that allows you to do a preliminary search on corporate name availability.
U.S. Small Business Administration
http://www.sba.gov
A wide variety of resources for starting, financing and expanding your business.

Select Citing Sources on the Library web site for MLA and APA citation formats.

Small Business Management Project Description
This document describes the requirements of the project.

Judy Wagner, Professor/Reference Librarian
SRC 3044
630-942-2021
wagnerj@cdnet.cod.edu

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