Online Library Resources

access anywhere with your library card:

• Academic Search Complete: Search for business articles from trade and general interest magazines. 
• Business Source Complete: Full-text content covering all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, accounting, banking, finance, etc.  Additional full-text content includes financial data, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more. 
• Plunkett Research Online: Industry statistics, trends, and in-depth analysis of top companies with ability to build custom reports.
• Reference USA Business Directory: Detailed business directory. Great for job/sales leads, estimating market saturation, and competitor research.
• Rich’s Online Directory of California Businesses: Business directory with a focus on high-tech.
• Silicon Valley/ San José Business Journal: Access Book of Lists, plus 39 other business journals, including the San Francisco Business Times and Sacramento Business Journal. The Book of Lists includes contact information and data on the top local businesses.
• Small Business Reference Center: Full-text reference books from Nolo and other publishers on starting a company, operations management, sales, and growing or rescuing a business. Business videos provide information for business owners including `lessons learned' features, lectures and `how to’ videos.  
• Overdrive,  OneClickDigital, and  Ebsco: Browse for business titles in eBook and eAudio formats

access inside the King Library, only:

• Dun & Bradstreet’s Million Dollar Database: A directory of U.S. companies, including location, contact information, total sales, number of employees, brief executive biographies and other data.
• Factiva: General news and company, industry, and other business information (mostly full-text) from newspapers, newswires, magazines, trade journals in 22 languages from 118 countries.
• Global Market Information Database: Business intelligence on industries, countries and consumers it also has internationally comparable statistics, full-text market reports, insightful comment from expert industry and country analysts as well as thousands of sources of further information.
• Hoover’s Company Records: 2,500 in-depth company profiles including operations, officers, strategies, competitors, histories, locations, products & brand names, and financial information.
• Lexis Nexis Academic: Text of newspapers, magazines, newswires, transcripts of TV and radio news, trade publications, laws and court cases.  Company information includes annual reports (NAARS), SEC Reports, and Hoover profiles.

On the Web

• Business Law
  Legal resources and information from the U. S. Small Business Administration
• Small Business Loans & Grants
  U. S. Small Business Administration provides information on various loans and grants including a loans/grants search feature
• CalGOLD
  Find out what permits you need by type of business and business location
• Entrepreneur Magazine - Home Based Business
  Articles and advice
• Federal Trade Commission - Franchise Information
• Nolo - Business, LLCs & Corporations Center
  Legal information from Nolo on topics such as contracts, licenses, and much more
• ThomasNet
  Find product manufacturers, distributors, and service providers
• U. S. Small Business Administration - Writing a Business Plan
• Consumer Expenditure Surveys
  Bureau of Labor Statistics useful statistics on consumer buying habits
• Exporting Assistance- from the U.S. Small Business Administration
• Minority Business Development Agency- U.S. Department of Commerce agency offering business consulting and more
• VetBiz.gov- Assistance for Veterans starting or building a business
• Gallup Poll - Market research on American public opinions
• Harris Interactive Vault - Market research on variety of topics
• San José statistics - from U. S. Census Bureau
• Santa Clara County statistics - from the U. S. Census Bureau

Local Resources and Organizations

• Business Owner Space.com - One stop resource for starting, growing, and maintaining a business in Silicon Valley
• City of San José - Business Assistance - Funding and assistance programs compiled by the City of San José
• Choose San José - Find out why San José is the best place to do business
• Going into Business in San José - What you need to know about doing business in the City of San José
• Doing Business in Santa Clara County - What you need to know about doing business in Santa Clara County
• SAFE-BIDCO - State and Federal funding for small business
• Opportunity Fund - Business  loans for small Bay Area businesses that may not qualify for conventional bank loans
• San José Chamber of Commerce
• Silicon Valley SCORE - Offers free business counseling and other services to support entrepreneurs and small businesses
• Women's Initiative - Offers `high-potential, low-income' women training, funding, and support to start their own businesses
• Silicon Valley Small Business Development Center - Offers free consulting services and other services to support entrepreneurs and small businesses
• AnewAmerica - Offers new Americans business training, coaching, and resources to start or grow a small business
• Alliance for Community Development - Non-profit organization aimed at increasing access to capital for minorities, women, and disabled veteran entrepreneurs