ENTREPRENEURSHIP
RESOURCES FOR RESEARCH
OLIVE KETTERING LIBRARY
Library of Congress Classification
Books related to entrepreneurship can be in the reference section and the main stacks by these call number areas:
HB = Economic Theory
HB615-715 includes entrepreneurship among other topics
HD = Industries
HD62.2-62.8 covers management of special enterprises
HD2340.8-2346.5 covers small and medium sized businesses
HF = Commerce
HF1040-1054 covers commodities and commercial products (SIC codes can be found here in reference)
HF5001-6182 covers business
HG = Finance
HG4001-4285 covers finance management and business finance
Library Catalogs
OPAL Catalog – Antioch’s library catalog
OhioLINK Catalog
Data and Statistics
U.S. Census Bureau: County Business Patterns
County Business Patterns is an annual series that provides economic data by industry. The series is useful for studying the economic activity of small areas.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Includes wage rates, employment costs, and facts on industry such as employment growth and average earnings.
NAICS: North American Industry Classification System
Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) System Search
Indexes & Abstracts
If you are looking for articles, try these business research databases. You may find the following most helpful for your research in this class:
Business and Industry (1994 to June 2006)
Business and Industry is a multi-industry business database with a strong global focus on company, product and industry information. B&I indexes more than 1,000 of the world’s most authoritative business publications, including trade and business journals, industry newsletters, and a broad collection of regional, national and international newspapers. With this resource you can: locate data such as market share and market size; profile companies, products and brands; track product and industry sales; identify industry trends; track competitors; uncover corporate strategies, marketing campaigns and new business opportunities
Business Source Complete
Business Source Complete indexes over 3200 periodicals and contains full text for over 2700 scholarly journals and business periodicals covering management, economics, finance, accounting, international business, etc. Business Source Complete contains full text from the world's top management and marketing journals and also includes many leading journals in the areas of economics, finance, and accounting, as well as country economic reports.
Lexis/Nexis
Full text business news, industry and market news, and company information.
Regional Business News
Regional Business News is a collection of full text newswires that incorporates news information from all over the world. Information provided by these sources covers business, political, economic and other diverse, international news events.
See the OhioLINK Business Databases page for other related databases.
Directories
ThomasNet (Thomas Register)
Directory of American manufacturers and their products.
Thomas Global Register
Directory of international industry suppliers and product information.
Sample Business Plans
Library of Congress Business Reference Service Business Plans Guide
Recently published books on business plans.
United States Small Business Administration
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh: Business Plans and Profiles Index
Indexes business plans published in books and on the web.
Business Plans Software
Includes 60 free sample business plans.
IBP: Interactive Business Planner
From the Canada Business Service Centre.
Debra Oswald doswald@antioch-college.edu
Antioch College, Olive Kettering Library
February 2006, updated August 2006
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