Entrepreneurship Research Guide

Written by Diane Zabel

Search for recent books by combining the suggested search terms and a date range of the last two years

Search for books

Sample subjects in the CAT:

•	Business Planning	•	Small Business Finance
•	Entrepreneurship	•	Small Business Growth
•	Franchises	•	Small Business Law and Legislation
•	Home-Based Businesses	•	Small Business Management
•	Internet Marketing	•	Success in Business
•	New Business Enterprises	•	Venture Capital
•	Self-Employed

Databases

Articles

ProQuest

•	Search for newspaper, magazine, and journal articles. Many full-text
•	Searches more than 5,000 popular, trade, and scholarly periodicals

Lexis/Nexis Academic

•	News: full-text regional, national and international newspapers, magazines and trade journals.
•	Business Resources: full-text business news, company and industry information, SEC filings, and accounting literature.
•	Legal Resources: full-text federal and state case opinions, law reviews, legal news, European Union legislation, tax law, and patents.

Company & Industry Research

Hoovers Online

•	Proprietary company and industry information, SEC filings, plus reports on money management, career development, news, and business travel
•	Presents hyperlinks to financial reports and corporate web sites

Mergent Online

•	Information on 11,000 U.S. public companies and 17,000 non-U.S. Public companies
•	Detailed, standardized financial statements
•	Searchable by company name, industry codes, revenue levels, and other characteristics
•	Comparative analysis among companies
•	Access to SEC reports

Reuters Research On-Demand

•	Real-time full-text investment research reports
•	Over 750 contributing firms

Standard & Poor's Net Advantage

•	Investor information products
•	Industry Surveys
•	Company profiles and Corporation Records
•	Stock, bond and fund research

Tablebase

•	Tabular/statistical data
•	Companies, industries, products, and demographics
•	Market share, company and brand rankings, industry and product forecasts, imports and exports, production and consumption statistics, number of users, and trends
•	International in scope

Value Line Investment Survey

•	Investment advisory publication
•	Reports, articles, and company highlights
•	Financial analysis of public companies and industries

Plunkett Research Online

•	Industry sector analysis and research
•	Industry trends and statistics
•	Market research and trends
•	Company profiles

Industry Specific Research Guides

•	Detailed pathfinders for more than 35 industries created by the Schreyer Business Library staff

Statistical Research

Statistical Abstract of the United States

•	An annual compilation of economic, demographic, social and political data about the U.S.

Web/Print Resources

Basic Guides & General Advice Books

Business Planning

Financing Your Business

Legal Issues

Marketing Your Business

Video Resources on Entrepreneurship

Selected Websites

Selected Journals