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General	Encyclopedia of Small Business
	Business Statistics and Financial Ratios from BizStats

Choosing a Business	Safest and Riskiest Business Statistics from Business Opportunities
	Low Cost Startup Ideas from Entrepreneur Media Inc.

Business Plan	Writing your Business Plan from the Business Owner's Toolkit
	Writing a Business Plan from the Small Business Association
	Business Plans and Profiles from the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
	Essential Elements of a Good Business Plan from the Small Business Administration
	Templates for your Business from SCORE

Financing	Getting Financing for Your Business from the Business Owner's Toolkit
	Quick Pick Chart for Financing Sources from the Business Owner's Toolkit
	Equity Financing from the Business Owner's Toolkit
	Government Financing Programs from the Business Owner's Toolkit
	California Local Offices from the Small Business Administration

Marketing and Sales	Marketing & Advertising from Allbusiness.com
	Sales from Allbusiness.com
	Marketing Your Product from the Business Owner's Toolkit
	Understanding Marketing from the Small Business Administration
	Small Business Reading Room from SCORE

Marketing Research, Product Development and Services	Generating New Product Ideas from the Business Owner's Toolkit
	Pricing Right from RealSmall Business.com
	Pricing Your Product from the Business Owner's Toolkit

Trademark and Intellectual Property Protection	Trademarks homepage from the United States Patent and Trademark Office
	Articles on Patent, Copyright & Trademark Law and Online Legal Forms to Protect your Intellectual Property from Nolo.com
	California Business Search from the California Secretary of State

Legal	California Law from the Legislative Counsel of California
	Business Laws from Business.gov
	Protecting Your Assets from the Business Owner's Toolkit
	Small Business Law from Lawyers.com

Employees	People Who Work for You from the Business Owner's Toolkit
	Hiring Employees from Realsmallbusiness.com
	Benefits for Your Employees from the Business Owner's Toolkit

Technology	Reviews and Analysis of New Products from Consumersearch.com
	New Technology Articles from Entrepreneur.com
	Technology Needs in Business from the Small Business Administration

Women and Minority Business	Women's Business Center from the Small Business Administration
	Women Entrepreneurs Website from SCORE
	Minority Entrepreneurs Website from SCORE
	Veterans Business Outreach Centers from the Small Busines Administration
	Veteran, National Guard & Reservist Small Business Owners Website from SCORE

Services to Small Businesses	Resources for Small Businesses and Start-Ups from the San Jose Public Library
	Reference Help - Ask a Librarian 24/7 from the Santa Clara County Library
	Small Business Start-Up Assistance for Low to Moderate Income Bay Area Residents from the Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center
	Doing Business in Santa Clara County from the County of Santa Clara

Databases

AtoZdatabases
Ideal for sales leads, mailing lists, market research, employment opportunities, and finding friends and relatives, this database makes available business and residential information. For the business module search by location, business type, company and executive name, ownership and more. For the residential module search by location, name, phone number and more. Updated biweekly.

Business Source Complete (Business Searching Interface)
Provides full-text business journals and hundreds of scholarly, peer-reviewed journals covering all aspects of business; marketing, management, economics, finance, accounting, international business and more. Additional full text, non-journal content includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more.

Regional Business News
Provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. This database is updated on a daily basis.

Printed Books