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Small
Business
A select list of resources on starting, operating or growing a small business
Our librarians can assist you in person at the Reference Desk, by phone (914) 422-1480 or online.
Print Resources
The following titles are available in-library use and/or loan in the Small Business section of the Library's Center for Business, Jobs & Nonprofits
- Business Plans Handbook 658.401B
- Encyclopedia of Small Business 658.02H
- Small Business Profiles 338.64S
- Small Business Sourcebook 658.02S
- The Successful Business Plan: Secrets & Strategies 658.401A
Find more by searching our CatalogPlus+ using subject headings such as: Entrepreneurship, New Business Enterprises, and Small Business.
Periodicals
The Library subscribes to hundreds of magazines and newspapers in print and
hundreds more online. Of particular
interest to small business owners are: Black
Enterprise, Entrepreneur, Hispanic Business, Inc., and Westchester
County Business Journal.
Print copies are available in the Periodicals Department. Online articles can be
found through the Online Research section of our website.
Subscription Databases
- ABI/INFORM (Dateline, Global, Trade & Industry editions)
- Associations Unlimited
- Business and Company Resource Center
- Business Plans Handbook all volumes of this online resource can be searched at once.
- D & B Regional Business Locator (in-library use)
- Hoover's (in-library use for complete version)
- ReferenceUSA
- Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage
Business Software
Available for public use on Library PCs
- Business Plan Pro
- Marketing Plan Pro
Websites
- African American Chamber of Commerce, Westchester & Rockland Counties
- American Small Businesses Association
- BizMove.com: Small Business Knowledge Base
- Business Council of Westchester
- Business Finance.com
- CCH Business Owner's Toolkit
- Empire State Development
- Entrepreneurs' Help Page
- Export.gov
- FindLaw for Small Business
- Morebusiness.com
- National Association for the Self-Employed
- New York State Governor's Office of Regulatory Reform
- New York State Small Business Development Center
- SCORE (Counselors to America's Small Business)
- SCORE (Chapter 306, White Plains)
- SIBL (Science, Industry, Business Library) NYPL
- U.S. Government's Official Business Link
- U.S. Small Business Administration
- SME Toolkit
- WEDC (Women's Enterprise Development Center)
- Westchester County Association, Inc.
- Westchester County Business Journal
- Westchester Export Assistance Center
- Westchester Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Inc.
.pdf version also available
Revised by the Adult Services Staff of the White Plains Public Library
10/05/07