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Helpful Resources for a Successful Business Plan

Helpful Resources for a Successful Business Plan. Angela Paul, temporary Business Librarian and Assistant Instructor angela.paul@wichita.edu 978-5081. Basic Library Resources http://library.wichita.edu. Library Catalog Electronic Databases-by subject WuKnows Reference Services

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Helpful Resources for a Successful Business Plan

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  1. Helpful Resources for a Successful Business Plan Angela Paul, temporary Business Librarian and Assistant Instructor angela.paul@wichita.edu 978-5081

  2. Basic Library Resourceshttp://library.wichita.edu • Library Catalog • Electronic Databases-by subject • WuKnows Reference Services • Services and General Information • Resources by Subject • Business • Government • Reference Shelf • Citation/Style Guides • Kansas Resources, • Statistics

  3. Country/Culture profiles • Library of Congress: Country Studieshttp://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html • Nation Master (compiles CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD) http://www.nationmaster.com/index.php • U.S. Dept of State: Background Noteshttp://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/ • World Bank Group: Doing Business in…. http://www.doingbusiness.org/

  4. U. S. Economy • Bureau of Economic Analysis http://www.bea.gov/index.htm • CIA World Factbook https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html • Economic: U.S. Economy at a Glance (Bureau of Labor Statistics) http://stats.bls.gov/eag/eag.us.htm • Regional Economic informationhttp://www.philadelphiafed.org/econ/regdata/index.cfm • An Outline of the U.S. Economy http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/oecon/homepage.htm

  5. Kansas • The Governor’s Economic and Demographic Report call number: HC107.K2 A45 http://budget.ks.gov/ • Kansas Dept. of Labor http://www.dol.ks.gov/lmis/lmis.html • Kansas Regional Economic Analysis Projecthttp://www.pnreap.org/kansas/ • State Profiles: The Population and Economy of each U.S. State call number: HA203 .S7314 (also available as an e-book via U. L. Catalog)

  6. Kansas • Greater Wichita Economic Development Coalition (GWEDC) http://www.gwedc.org/ • Kansas Statistical Abstract call number: HA383 .K2x www.ipsr.ku.edu/ksdata/ksah/ • WSU Center for Real Estatehttp://realestate.wichita.edu/ • WSU Center for Economic Development and Business Research http://webs.wichita.edu/?u=cedbr • Wichita Economic Profile http://www.wichitalinks.com/business.html

  7. Marketing • TSCentral http://www.tscentral.com/ • New Products Magazine http://www.newproductsonline.com/ • Energy sector market analysis http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS89787 • Lifestyle Market Analyst call number: HF5415.33 .U6 L54 • Internet …Int’l Marketing and Advertising call number: HF1416 .C69

  8. Company Information • Hoover's Company Capsules http://www.hoovers.com/free/ • Yahoo Business Directory http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/ • WSJ Annual Report Service http://wsjie.ar.wilink.com/

  9. Company Information • U.L. Catalog (by name of company) • Business & Company, Compustat, Standard & Poor's, NetAdvantage, Reference USA ,Valueline, WRDS, allelectronicallyvia U.L. • Mergent Online - electronically via U.L. as well as www.mergentonline.com

  10. Statistics • U.S. Dept. of Commerce: Industry Analysishttp://ita.doc.gov/td/industry/otea/ • Trade Data Onlinehttp://www.ic.gc.ca/epic/site/tdo-dcd.nsf/en/Home • STAT-USA/NTDB available online via U. L. • Univ. of Michigan Documents Center http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/statsnew.html • Economic Statistics Briefing Room http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/esbr.html

  11. Statistics – U. S. Census Bureau • American FactFinder http://factfinder.census.gov/ • County Business Patterns http://www.census.gov/epcd/cbp/index.html • State and Metropolitan Area Data Book http://www.census.gov/statab/www/smadb.htm • Statistical Abstract of the United States http://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract.html • Community Sourcebook of Zip Code Demographics call number: HA 203 S66

  12. Miscellaneous • NAICS codeshttp://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naicstab.htm • SIC codeshttp://www.osha.gov/pls/imis/sicsearch.html • Salary Calculator (Costs of Living for U.S.) http://www.homefair.com/real-estate/salary-calculator.asp?cc=1 • http://zipskinny.com/

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