Library Resources

Library Resources

The assets listed beneath can be begin in the business area of your bounded library. The

librarian in the business area of your library can advice you with analysis the abstracts you need.

For your convenience, the assets beneath accept been abiding in alphabetical order.

Almanac of Business and Industrial Banking Ratios (Prentice-Hall): Provides ratios

and industry norms in absolute dollar abstracts acquired from IRS data. Anniversary industry includes

performance indicators such as absolute assets, amount of operations, wages, and accumulation margins.

American Manufacturers Directory (American Business Information): Lists American

manufacturers with 25 or added employees.

Bacon's Newspaper/Magazine Directory (Bacon's Information): Lists media as source

of publicity information.

Catalog of Catalogs (Woodbine House): Contains descriptions and acquaintance advice for

more than 14,000 catalogs, indexed by accountable and aggregation name.

City and County Abstracts Book (U.S. Dept. of Commerce): This book (updated every three

years) contains statistical advice on population, education, employment, income, housing,

and retail sales.

176 18 Steps for Starting Your Business

Directory of Directories (Gale Research Inc): Describes over 9,000 buyer's guides and

directories.

Discovering Baby Business (Gale Research Inc.): CD-ROM account 300 specific

types of ventures with sample business plans, advice on banking programs, licensing, and

current account articles.

Dun and Bradstreet Directories (Dun and Bradstreet): Lists companies alphabetically,

geographically, and by artefact classification.

Encyclopedia of Associations: Civic Organizations of the U.S. (Gale Research

Inc.): CD provides burning admission to advice on 23,000 civic organizations in the U.S.

Encyclopedia of Business Advice Sources (Gale Research Inc.): Lists

handbooks, periodicals, directories, barter associations, and added for over 1200 specific industries

and business subjects. Start actuality to chase for advice on your accurate business.

Financial Studies of the Baby Business (Financial Research Associates):

Organized by industry, studies accommodate banking ratios and indicators for baby and micro

businesses.

Incubators for Baby Business (U.S. Baby Business Administration): Lists over 170

state government offices and incubators that action banking and abstruse aid to new small

businesses.

Industry Norms & Key Business Ratios (Dun & Bradstreet): Provides antithesis sheet

figures for companies in over 800 altered curve of business as authentic by SIC number.

Lifestyle Bazaar Analyst (Standard Rate & Abstracts Service): Breaks bottomward population

geographically and demographically. Includes all-encompassing affairs advice on the interests,

hobbies, and activities accepted in anniversary geographic and demographic market.

National Barter and Professional Associations of the U.S. (Columbia Books, Inc.):

Trade and Professional Associations are indexed by association, geographic region, subject, and

budget.

RMA Anniversary Statement Studies (Risk Management Association): Industry norms and

ratios are aggregate from assets statements and antithesis sheets. For anniversary SIC cipher three sets of

statistics are accustomed with anniversary set apery a specific admeasurement ambit of companies based aloft sales.

Small Business Sourcebook (Gale Research Inc.): a acceptable starting abode for finding

consultants, educational institutions, authoritative agencies alms assistance, as able-bodied as

specific advice sources for over 140 types of businesses.

Sourcebook for Franchise Opportunities (Dow-Jones Irwin): Provides anniversary directory

information for U.S. franchises, and abstracts for advance requirements, ability and advertising

fees, casework furnished by the franchiser, projected advance rates, and locations area franchises

are accountant to operate.

Statistical Abstract of the U.S. (U.S. Dept. of Commerce): adapted annually, provides

demographic, economic, and amusing information.

Thomas Register of Manufacturing: Directory of best accomplishment firms, includes

company contour and acquaintance information.