ELECTRONIC REFERENCE BOOKS

• Business Plans Handbook, Vol. 11
• Business Plans Handbook, Vol. 12
• Business Plans Handbook, Vol. 13
• Business Plans Handbook, Vol. 14
• Encyclopedia of Business and Finance
   
• Encyclopedia of Global Industries
• Encyclopedia of Major Marketing Campaigns
• Encyclopedia of Management
• Encyclopedia of Small Business
• Everyday Finance: Economics, Personal Money Management, and Entrepreneurship

• Business Source Premier
  World's largest full text business database includes 2,800+ publications.
   
• General Reference Center Gold
  Search magazines, newspapers, and reference books for information on business, industry, current events, the arts, science, entertainment, and more.
   
• Reference USA
  Directory and census information for 210 million residents. Detailed directory information and recent news for 14 million businesses.
   
• Regional Business News
  Comprehensive full text coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. 

• Bank Rate Monitor
  Thorough survey of information on mortgages, credit cards, auto loans, savings, checking, and ATMs, covering 110 cities nationwide. Helpful step-by-step guide to entire mortgage process. 
   
• BCN - Business Center
  A list of business links for county, state, and national resources such as business associations, Chambers of Commerce, directories, management resources, rules, regulations, taxes, and more.
   
• Colorado Business and Economic Information
  Compiled by the State of Colorado Publications Library, this site provides links to various Colorado government agencies that provide resources to assist businesses and information about economic development in the state.
   
• Consumer Price Index
  This Bureau of Labor Statistics site provides various CPI reports and fact sheets.
   
• Historical Stock Quotes
  Enter a stock or mutual fund symbol and the desired date (back to January 2, 1970), and Big Charts provides the closing price. This service provides easy-to-use online charting and is useful for income tax and estate planning preparation.
   
• Internet Public Library2 (IPL2)
  Berkeley Public Library's list of business resources. Subjects include business, companies, consumers, investing, money, mortgages, and taxes.
   
• Money.Com
  Introductory primers on investing, budgeting, real estate, insurance and other basic need-to-know informational guides. Other resources include calculators, CNN breaking news, a portfolio tracker, and commentary and features from Money staffers.
   
• National Association of Financial and Estate Planning
  Provides an introduction to estate planning and what can happen when there is no estate plan prepared..
   
• ThomasNet / Thomas Register
  Search ThomasNet to find manufacturers, distributors and service providers—from Actuators to Zirconium and everything in between. ThomasNet includes the entire Thomas Register and more.
   
• United States Government Business and Economic Information
  Links to government websites on manufacturing, banking and finance, economic analysis, labor statistics, consumer prices and expenditures, county business patterns, industrial reports, economic census data and indicators, federal business opportunities, occupational outlook, small business information and global trade data.
   
• Virtual Business Library (click on the topic Business at the top of the page)
  A subject directory of websites created by Aurora Public Library's Business Resource Center that provide links to resources on business, industry, company and product information, economic development, small business assistance, investment and financial research, statistical data, and housing and relocation.