Overview

This 4^th edition of The Entrepreneur's Reference Guide to Small Business Information, while thoroughly updated to focus on titles published in the last five years, builds strongly on the excellent foundation provided by Business Reference Specialist, Robert Jackson, who compiled the the 3^rd Edition, which in turn was based on an original guide prepared under the aegis of the Library of Congress Business Enrichment Advisory Team (BEAT). Thus, while maintaining the basic outline of the guide, most of the content within those sections has been updated to reflect new editions, if available, or to highlight recently published titles on those topics. Where tables of contents and publishers' descriptions are available, we have included links to this additional information. For additional information about this guide, please consult the Introduction.

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Aileen M.J. Marshall, BRS Intern, Summer 2010
Ellen Terrell, Editor
Business Reference Specialist

August 2010

The Entrepreneur's Reference Guide to Small Business Information

4^th Edition

Table of Contents

• Overview
• Introduction
• Getting Started
• Raising Capital
• Managing Your Business
• Human Resources
• Marketing: Research, Strategy, and Advertising
• Doing Business with Government
• International Opportunities
• Looking At the Numbers: Sources of Statistics
• Company and Industry Research
• Dictionaries
• Directories
• Databases
• Selected Library of Congress Subject Headings

Caption: left:
Whataburger, Mobile, Alabama, March 10, 2010.
Photograph from the Carol M. Highsmith Archive
Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-highsm-05180