Cabrillo College Library
 

ENCYCLOPEDIAS & DICTIONARIES
101 Business Ratios, by Sheldon Gates. Location: ref HF5657.4 .G38 1993 
Advertising Age Encyclopedia of Advertising. 3 vols. Location: ref HF5803 .A38 2003
Dictionary of Business and Management, by Jerry M. Rosenberg.    Location: ref HF1001 .R79 1993 
Dictionary of Finance and Investment Terms. Location: ref HG151 .D69 2006 
Dictionary of Marketing Terms, by Jane Imber. Location: ref HF5803 .T56 2000
Encyclopedia of Business, by John G. Maurer. 2 vols.  Location:  ref HF1001 .E466 1995 
Knowledge Exchange Business Encyclopedia, editor in chief, Lorraine Spurge. Location: ref HF1001 .K52 1997 
The Lexicon of Labor, by R. Emmett Murray. Location: ref HD8066 .M87 1998 
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Economics, ed. by Douglas Greenwald. Location: ref HB61.E55 1994 
Work in America. 2 vols. Location: ref HD8066 .W637 2003

Online Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
  Money 101 Glossary (money.cnn.com/services/glossary/a.html)
  Glossary of Financial and Business Terms (www.nytimes.com/library/financial/glossary/bfglosa.htm)

GUIDES TO BUSINESS INFORMATION SOURCES
Business: the Ultimate Resource. Location: ref HD38.15 B878 2002
Encyclopedia of Business Information Sources. Location: ref HF5353 .E93 2000 
Small Business Sourcebook: The Entrepreneur's Resource.  Location: ref HD 2346.U5 S66 2002 

Online Resources
   Entrepreneur.com (www.entrepreneur.com) 
   Small and Home Based Business Links (www.bizoffice.com) 
   U.S. Small Business Administration (www.sba.gov)

INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION CODES  
North American Industry Classification System. Location: ref HF1041.5 .N674 1997 

Online Resources
   NAICS Codes (www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html)
   SIC Codes (www.osha.gov/oshstats/sicser.html) SIC (Standard Industrial Classification) Codes have been recently
   superseded by the North American Industry Classification System

DIRECTORIES
Hoover's Handbook of American Business. 2 vols. Location: ref HF3010 .H66 1999 
Hoover's MasterList of Major U.S. Companies. Location: ref HF5035 .H66 1998/99 
Thomas Register of American Manufacturers. Location: ref T12 .T6 1999 

Online Directories 
   Chamber of Commerce Directory (clickcity.com/index2.htm) 
   Hoover's Online (www.hoovers.com) 
   Thomas Register Online (www.thomasnet.com)

LOCAL INDUSTRY/BUSINESS

Local Resources Online
   Business License Database (www.ci.santa-cruz.ca.us/bldb) For the City of Santa Cruz
   Business Online at Cabrillo (www.businessonline.org)
  

BUSINESS PLANNING
How to Write a Business Plan, by Mike McKeever. Location: ref HD62.5 .M39 1999 
Online Business Planning, by Robert T. Gorman. Location: ref HD30.28 .G674 1999 

Business Planning: Online Resources
   BPlans.com (www.bplans.com) Sample business plans and interactive plan building  
   Create an Effective Business Plan (home3.americanexpress.com/smallbusiness/tool/biz_plan/index.asp)   

STATISTICAL SOURCES
Business Statistics of the United States. Latest in library: 2007. Location: ref HC101 .A13122 2007
Finding Statistics Online, by Paula Berinstein. Location: Reference Desk, ref HA33.5 .B47 1998 

Online Resources
   Statistics Resources (libwww.cabrillo.edu/depts/statistics.html) Links from Cabrillo College Library.
   Santa Cruz Population and Demographics  (santacruz.areaconnect.com/statistics.htm) 1990 Census data

1. Be on the Cabrillo College Library homepage (libwww.cabrillo.edu)
2. Click on Library & Internet Instruction
3. Click on Library Research Guides
4. Click on Finding Out About Business

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