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Class Handouts ~ FCS451/Prof. Bell
Objective: To develop a business plan based on your industry.
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Library Catalog and Internet Resources Library of Congress Subject Headings guide
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Databases, articles and journals
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Library Catalog and Internet Resources
For an overview or specific works on: business plans, industry surveys, marketing data, etc. look at the resources listed below. You may wish to check the Library Catalog and/or browse the shelves for material near the call numbers of the titles listed below. In addition, you may wish to link to the selected web/Internet resources.
To search by subject go to the Library Catalog Select <BROWSE>. Under the Browse options, using the pull down menu, select <SUBJECT>. The subject heading "business planning" will take you to the list of titles the Library owns. A few of these resources are electronic books and can be accessed by linking to the web site from the catalog record.
The Library Catalog uses the Library of Congress Subject Headings as well as the Library of Congress Classification System.
Selected web resources listed below were selected for their reliability using such criteria as accuracy, authority, objectivity, currency and coverage. Many web sites are accessible only via paid subscription and we have subscriptions to many such sites.
Selected materials on business plans and marketing are listed below.
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| BPlans.com |
Business
Planning Tools This web site is a good place to look for such things
as:
Calculators; Industry Reports;
Starting a
Business;
Marketing and Advertising;
Growing Your Business;
Managing Your
E-business;
Purchasing a Business;
Business Resources;
How to Write a
Business Plan and
Legal Information.
How to Write a
Business Plan
Legal Information |
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Ref HD 30.15 .E49 2000 |
Encyclopedia of management / edited by Marilyn M. Helms; foreword by David A. Whetten. 4th ed. Detroit, [Mich.]: Gale Group, 2000. [This encyclopedia has many articles that will explain terms and give an explanation for techniques you may need for your business plan.] |
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HD30.28 .K559 2000 Reserve - Circ Desk |
Business plans to game plans: a practical system for turning strategies into action / Jan B. King. Los Angeles, CA: Silver Lake Pub. c2000. |
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| HD62.7 .B867 1998 Reserve - Circ Desk | Business plans that work for your small business: a CCH business owner's toolkit publication / edited by Susan M. Jacksack. Chicago: CCH Incorporated, 1998. | |
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HD 30.28 .T5766 2004 Reserve - Circ Desk |
Business plans that work: a guide for small business / Jeffry A. Timmons, Andrew Zacharakis, and Stephen Spinelli. New YorK: McGraw-Hill, 2004. | |
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HD30.28 .T776 2002 Reserve - Circ Desk |
Business planning: a comprehensive framework and process. Wesley B. Truitt; foreword by José de la Torre. Westport, Conn.: Quorum Books, 2002. |
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HD 30.28 .M3839 2002 Reserve - Circ Desk |
How to write a business plan / by Mike McKeever. Berkeley, CA: Nolo. c2002. |
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E-book |
If you want to make God really laugh, show him your business plan [computer file]: the 101 universal laws of business / Barry J. Gibbons. An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information. http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=19129 |
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Ref HD62.7 .B865 |
Business plans handbook: a compilation of actual business plans developed by small businesses throughout North America / Kristin Kahrs, editor; Karin E. Koek, contributing editor. 1st ed. New York: Gale Research, c1995. |
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Starting your business. U.S. Small Business Administration. Lists steps for planning and starting your own business. Links to Write a Business Plan, Start-up Guide, Manage your business, Marketing, etc. |
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HD30.28 .S923 2005 Reserve - Circ Desk |
The ABC's of writing winning business plans: how to prepare a business plan that others will want to read - and invest in. Garrett Sutton. New York: Warner Business Books, c2005. | |
| Business Owners Cafe | Business Owners Idea Cafe (web site): Small business ideas, grants and plans, sample plans, marketing, sales, Human relations, contractors, legal information, financing, etc. | |
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Ref HF1001 .E466 in 2 volumes |
Encyclopedia of busine$$ and finance / Burton S. Kaliski, editor-in-chief. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, c2001. |
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Marketing and Industry Data: Marketing Data, Demographics, Industry Surveys |
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| Ref HC101 .B594 2004 | Industry Research: Using the Economic Census; how to find it, how to use it / Jennifer C. Boettcher and Leonard M. Gaines. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, c2004. | |
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Ref HF5065 .A37 A34 2003-2004 |
Alabama Business Directory. Omaha, Neb.: American Directory Pub. Co. [Section 1: Businesses by city; Section 2: Businesses by yellow page category; Section 3: Major employers; Section 4: Movers and Shakers in the Business Community; Section 5: Manufacturers by City and Product; Section 6: Indexes and Counts for Cities, Yellow Page Categories and Manufacturers SIC Codes.] |
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| Ref HF5068 .B57 B655x 2006 | Birmingham Business Journal Book of Lists 2006. [Includes revenues, owners, description for: Largest privately held companies, Largest women-owned businesses, Largest employers, Public companies... for cities of Bessemer, Birmingham, Huntsville, Mobile, and counties of Blount, St. Clair, Shelby, etc.] | |
| Alabama Factfinder | Alabama FactFinder includes popular tables for Alabama, Alabama counties, cities and towns, and census tracts. Data are from Census 2000 Summary File 1 and Summary File 3. | |
| Alabama State Data Center | The Alabama State Data Center (ASDC) is a network of 27 public agencies working together through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Bureau of the Census to facilitate use and delivery of Census and other data to the public. The Data Center Program web site links to the Alabama Census data from the US Bureau of the Census: Data, Census Profiles for Alabama, Census Tables for Alabama. | |
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American Apparel & Footwear Association. Links to trade shows, etc. as well as links to Industry information. |
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| Birmingham Metropolitan Development Board | The Metropolitan Development Board (MDB) is a private, non-profit economic development organization established in 1971 to promote Birmingham, Alabama's Metropolitan area as a low cost, high return business location. | |
| Birmingham Regional Chamber of Commerce | Birmingham Regional Chamber of Commerce; serves the seven county metropolitan area (Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby and Walker counties). | |
| Center for Business and Economic Research | The Center for Business and Economic Research is your source for information on Alabama’s economy and its people. CBER works to promote economic development through economic and demographic research for public and private sector organizations. | |
| County Business Patterns | County Business Patterns is an annual series that provides subnational economic data by industry. Beginning in 1998, data are tabulated by industry as defined in the North American Industry Classification System: United States, 1997 (NAICS). Data for 1997 and earlier years are based on the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) System. For more information on the relationship between the two systems, see the Bridge Between NAICS and SIC. | |
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County and City Data Book: 2000. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census: For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O. Print copy in reference. Online in PDF format; click on link. [Table A - States: 13 tables include population, education, income, building permits, labor force, income, wholesale and retail trade, employment and finances, etc.; Table B - Counties: 13 tables ... ; Table C - Cities: 7 tables ...; Table D - CDP's/MCD's for populations of 2,500 or more...; Appendix B - Geographic Information lists by metropolitan statistical area with total population and for each county within the MSA; Appendix C - Maps by state and MSA.] |
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Ref HB849.49 R875 2000 |
Demographics of the U.S.: trends and projections / by Cheryl Russell. Ithaca, N.Y.: New Strategist Publications, c2000. |
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Ref HF5415.1 .D46 2003 |
Demographics USA. County edition. New York, NY: Market Statistics, 2003. [Contents : State and county outline maps -- State & regional summaries -- Metropolitan area rankings -- DMA rankings -- Basic demographics: county level -- Population by age & sex: county level -- Household(er) data: county level -- Households by EBI: county level -- Retail sales by store group: county level -- Retail sales by merchandise line: county level -- 5 year projections: county level -- Consumer expenditures: county level -- Establishments/employment data: county level -- Employment by occupation: county level -- Metropolitan areas -- DMA's.] |
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| Hoover, Alabama | City of Hoover: Links to Doing Business, Business Benefits, Demographics, Hoover Public Library for additional business links...etc. | |
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Ref HC107.A4 E36 2000 |
Economic abstract of Alabama. University, Alabama: Bureau of Business Research, School of Commerce and Business Administration, University of Alabama. [Statistical information by county for such areas as Education, Employment, Finance, Health, Income, Population, Trade, etc.] |
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| Economic Data | Economic Research, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Economic Data: FRED II. A database of over 1000 U.S. economic time series. With FRED II you can download data in Microsoft Excel and text formats and view charts of data series. | |
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Ref HF5905.E38 2004 |
Editor & Publisher Market Guide / New York, N.Y.: Editor & Publisher Co. [Section III: Population, ages, ethnicity by county...; Section IV: Housing, income, education by county...; Section V: Retail sales by county...] |
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Fuld & Company is global leader in competitive intelligence. Industry Practices links to Consumer Products/Retail information articles. One article example is Customer Service Competency of Competitor Provides Insights on How to Compete. |
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HF5415.L83 2001 Reserve - Circ Desk |
The marketing plan: how to prepare and implement it / William M. Luther. 3rd edition. New York: AMACOM, 2001. |
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| NAICS | North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) has replaced the U.S. Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system. NAICS will reshape the way we view our changing economy. NAICS was developed jointly by the U.S., Canada, and Mexico to provide new comparability in statistics about business activity across North America. | |
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Ref HF1042.N6 2002 |
North American industry classification system: United States, 2002 / Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget. |
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| Market and Price: Good marketing is critical to the success of your business. Marketing has many dimensions, including market research, customer service, advertising, targeting, packaging, pricing, e-marketing, and others. Investing in a good marketing plan will generate excellent returns. This site links to Marketing Basics, Competitive analysis, Marketing plans, and eMarketing, etc. | ||
| Shelby County Economic & Industrial Development Authority | The Shelby County Economic and Industrial Development Authority (SCEIDA) is the catalyst for developing the economic base of Shelby County. Created by Shelby County in 1996, SCEIDA is governed by a fifteen member board of directors appointed by the Shelby County Commission. SCEIDA supports programs to develop and sell industrial sites, disseminate demographic and statistical information, assist existing employers and promote tourism in Alabama’s fastest growing county. | |
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United States Census 2000. [This web site links to US Census Bureau home page. Here you will find an array of links to many census products.] |
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US Census Bureau. State and County QuickFacts. Link to data for Shelby County, Alabama for the following categories: QuickFacts, General demographics, Social characteristics; Economic characteristics; and Housing characteristics. |
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Ref HC106.5.A17 2000 |
US industry & trade outlook. New York: DRI/McGraw-Hill: Standard & Poor’s; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce/International Trade Administration: [Supt. of Docs., US GPO., distributor.][2000 edition last print copy] To locate industry-specific information, link to Industries Homepage. Industry reviews and forecasts ... include NAICS data. |
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Databases, Articles and Journals
Many journals are received as part of our electronic database subscriptions and must be accessed via the appropriate database. These journal titles, as well as all subscriptions will be listed in the Library Catalog. Publishers embargo certain titles. Some publishers embargo the full-text for 6 months to one year or longer.
The databases listed below are multi-disciplinary and/or subject specific and index periodicals that include citations to articles. Check the Library Catalog to determine our holdings and format (bound, microfilm, microfiche, or electronic resource). The full-text is available for many of the articles cited in these databases.
Popular journals, or magazines, are written for the general public and provide general information. They are published on a regular basis and are usually available at newsstands or bookstores. They are attractive, heavily illustrated, and full of advertisements. Some examples of magazine titles are Gourmet, Psychology Today and People.
Scholarly journals are concerned with academic study, especially research. The articles in scholarly journals are written by professionals and experts in the field and contain language of the discipline being covered. They are peer reviewed which means that a panel of experts in the field are on the board and review the articles that have been submitted for publication. The articles submitted for publication have to go through a strict review process before being accepted for publication. Some examples of scholarly journals include American Economic Review, Archives of Sexual Behavior, and the Journal of the American Medical Association.
How to find articles
Scholarly journals, popular journals or magazines, and newspapers are called periodicals because they are published regularly, or "periodically". Why use journal, magazine, or newspaper articles?
Articles found in journals, magazines, and newspapers have some basic characteristics. They are relatively short in length and address specific topics. Articles are especially valued for providing current information. However, journal, magazine, and newspaper articles each serve a different purpose.
Articles published in journals are written for students and scholars by experts in an academic or professional field. These journal articles are checked for accuracy and quality by experts in that field before being published. These journals are called "refereed" or "peer-reviewed" journals and are considered more scholarly than most magazines or newspapers. Use scholarly articles from refereed journals when:
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Doing academic research
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Locating current information on your topic for a research paper or project
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Looking for bibliographies that point to relevant research
Magazine articles cover current events and topics of popular interest. They are usually written by journalists for a general audience, not for scholars or students. Use articles from magazines when:
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Searching for information or opinions about popular culture
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Looking for information about current events
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Identifying general articles for non-specialists
Newspaper articles offer the researcher the benefit of currency. They describe events or issues as they happen. Also, they offer a geographic focus and reflect local or regional perspectives. Most newspaper articles do not provide in-depth information required for a research paper. Use newspaper articles when:
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Locating current information about international, national, and local events
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Finding reviews; book, film, theatre, music, and art
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Looking for editorials, commentaries, and opinions
If you know the title of the journal, magazine, or newspaper, look in the Library Catalog to find out if it is owned by the Library. Search by Journal Title. If it is owned by the library, the catalog will provide the url to the database(s) the electronic copy is available in as well as the volumes, dates, issue numbers available in print and owned by the library.
You can also search for full-text articles in electronic journals. Search full-text electronic journals by journal title, subject categories, and/or database titles.
To begin your research, select an appropriate source that will probably have articles on your topic. The Library subscribes to a number of printed indexes, electronic indexes, and full-text databases which provide access to articles published in journals, magazines, and newspapers. Often an academic, multidisciplinary database is a good starting point.
Finding Articles in journals and newspapers
Search strategies:
- Determine appropriate database(s) to search [from Database list below]
- Analyze question
- Identify key concepts
- Limit search results by year of publication, etc.
- Consider other limits
- Retrieve articles by linking to full-text [when in electronic source]
- Check Library Catalog to see if full-text in another of our subscription databases
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Determine holdings and format of a journal title
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Library Catalog > BROWSE > Journal Title [includes journals in print and electronic format] - Remember some electronic journal titles that appear to be full-text may have an embargo.
Business & Company Resource Center
- Provides company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals
- Provides "Industry Description Search" for SIC and/or NAICS Codes; links to Encyclopedia of American Industries [online version]
- Provides detailed company and industry news and information
- Subject index is very effective
- Identifies scholarly journals by limiting search "to refereed publications"
- Print, download, or e-mail citations with abstracts or full text when available
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- Provides full-text to nearly 7,600 business journals both popular and scholarly.
- Provides full-text to more than 1,100 peer-reviewed business publications.
- Database provides full text (PDF) for more than 350 of the top scholarly journals dating as far back as 1922.
- Database is updated daily.
- Limit to full-text articles, cover story, date published, specific journal titles, peer-reviewed journals, NAICS code, etc.
- Print, download, or e-mail citations with abstracts or full-text when available.
- Emerald currently publishes more than 150 journal titles in the fields of management and information science.
- Flagship titles such as Management Decision, European Journal of Marketing,... Journal of Consumer Marketing, Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management, and The TQM Magazine attract contributors from across the globe.
- In 1996 Emerald Fulltext was launched and offers an expanding collection of 40,000 articles from titles.
- Emerald Management Reviews provide independent article reviews from 400 leading international management journals published worldwide.
This database provides full-text access from over 5,600 news, business, legal, medical, and reference publications, including broadcast news transcripts. This database has six Academic Search Forms:
- Quick Information - Provides Quick News search of most relevant documents.
- News - Select news category and news source
- Business - is subdivided into: Business News and Industry and Market News and then can be further narrowed by Source List: Apparel and Textiles, etc.; Accounting literature, Company Information and Business Resources
- Legal Research
- Medical
- Reference - Biographical information, Country Profiles, Polls and Surveys, Quotations, State Profiles, and World Almanac/
- ProQuest Newspapers provide indexing for many major US newspapers.
- Full text for Atlanta Constitution, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post.
- Provides full text for most newspapers from 1980s to present.
- Print, download, or e-mail citations with abstracts or full-text when available.
Stat-USA database is a service of the U.S. Department of Commerce, and is the site for the U.S. business, economic and trade community, providing authoritative information from the Federal government.
- Delivers vital economic, business, and international trade information produced by the U.S. Department of Commerce.
- Information is produced by hundreds of separate offices and divisions of the government and provided in one convenient source.
- Stat-USA is organized in two major categories: State of the Nation and Globus & NTDB.
For assistance in selecting the appropriate database for your assignment, consult with a Reference Librarian.
| Current Business Reports | Current business reports. Annual benchmark report for retail trade and food services. U.S. Census Bureau. Reports include data from the Monthly Retail Trade Survey and data for the most recent 10 years; detailed annual estimates and ratios for the U.S. by kind-of-business. |
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Retail Merchandiser [journal]. Link to reports, business resources, Industry events, etc. Library has online subscription from 2000 to date via several of our full text databases. Check catalog for links. |
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| Startup Journal |
Startup Journal: The Wall Street Journal
Center for Entrepreneurs
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Stores Magazine. Links to current issues - free; back issues may be purchased. Come to the Library and use them at no charge. |
Below is information on citing sources using the APA style.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Book The
Publication Manual of the American Psychological
Association.
Call # Reference BF76.7 .P83 2001
Web Carmichael Library's APA Style
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American Psychological Association (APA) Format (Updated to 5th Edition)
from the Purdue University Online Writing Lab.
Basic Forms for Electronic (Internet) Sources [From Purdue]
An article in a periodical (e.g., a journal, newspaper, or magazine)
Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of periodical, volume number, pages. |
For a magazine or newspaper article, you need to include specific publication dates (month and day, if applicable) as well as the year. For a journal article, you do not need to include the month or day of publication. See our examples below for more explanations.
You need list only the volume number if the periodical uses continuous pagination throughout a particular volume. If each issue begins with page 1, then you should list the issue number as well: Title of Periodical, Volume number (Issue number), pages. Note that the issue number is not italicized. If the journal does not use volume numbers, use the month, season, or other designation within the year to designate the specific journal article. From Purdue's Using American Psychological Association (APA) Format (Updated to 5th Edition)
In addition, refer to the APA Style.org for an explanation of how to cite electronic resources as well as components of these citations.
Reference Examples for Electronic Source Materials--Removed broken link. A.M.
This material is extracted from the 5th edition of APA's Publication Manual (© 2001) and is linked to the APA Style.org web page. Other links from their web page that may be helpful in citing resources are listed below.
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Periodicals: Removed broken link. A.M. nternet articles based on print sources [will link you to the APA Style.org web page] with appropriate explanations for citing articles from electronic databases.
This section of the APA Style.org web page will give you an explanation of the components of the URL and what is needed for someone else to find the resource you used as well as how to cite that resource.
