LibGuides: Entrepreneurship & Family Business Subject Research Guide: Print Resources

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Selected Reference Books

Ultimate Book of Franchises by Rieva Lesonsky; Maria Anton-Conley
ISBN: 1599180995
Publication Date: 2007-05-01
A reference guide bursting with everything you need to know about buying a franchise. It is jam-packed with practical, how-to advice to guide you through every step on the road to franchise ownership.
The Entrepreneur's Information Sourcebook by Susan C. Awe
Call Number: HD62.5 .A96 2006
ISBN: 1591582423
Publication Date: 2006-01-30
This guide offers invaluable assistance to those who wish to start or have already embarked upon a small business enterprise. Utilizing a step-by-step approach, it takes users through a process of planning, establishing, growing, maintaining, and even exiting a small business. For each step, the book offers dozens of the best information sources in print and on the Web, putting vital business information at your fingertips. This is a must-purchase for any library that serves entrepreneurs or future entrepreneurs. In fact, multiple copies may be in demand--for the reference desk and the circulating collection. In addition, it is a valuable guide for collection development. Every year hundreds of thousands of new small businesses open. According to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Statistics and Research Center, small businesses in the United States, represent more than 99% of all employer firms and employ 51% of all private workers. According to the Small Business Administration, nearly 2/3 of college students say they intend to be entrepreneurs at some point in their careers. Nevertheless, business schools and textbooks offer little in the way of guidance for future entrepreneurs. Beyond contacting the SBA, most people are at a loss to find the current and accurate information they need to start and manage a small business. This guide offers invaluable assistance to those who wish to start or have already embarked upon a small business enterprise. With a step-by-step approach, it takes users through a process of planning, establishing, growing, maintaining, and even exiting a small business. By identifying and describing hundreds of the best information sources in print and on the Web for each step of the business building process, it puts information vital to business success at your fingertips, enabling you to locate and use data from a wide range of resources. Chapters cover: Are You an Entrepreneur? Gathering Information and Statistics; Start Up; Your Business Plan; The Ups and Downs of Franchising; Raising Capital; Marketing and Advertising; Management; Personnel/Human Resources; Legal/Taxes; Working with the Government; Competitive Analysis; Growing Your Business and Moving On. In addition, there is a glossary of small business terms; and a detailed index concludes the guide. A first (and last) stop for any small business owner or would-be entrepreneur, this is a handy ready reference for librarians, and an essential collection development tool.
Originals by Adam Grant; Sheryl Sandberg (Foreword by)
ISBN: 0525429565
Publication Date: 2016-02-02
The #1 New York Times bestseller that examines how people can champion new ideas in their careers and everyday life--and how leaders can fight groupthink, from the author of Give and Take and co-author of Option B "Filled with fresh insights on a broad array of topics that are important to our personal and professional lives."--The New York Times DealBook "Originals is one of the most important and captivating books I have ever read, full of surprising and powerful ideas. It will not only change the way you see the world; it might just change the way you live your life. And it could very well inspire you to change your world." --Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook and author of Lean In With Give and Take, Adam Grant not only introduced a landmark new paradigm for success but also established himself as one of his generation's most compelling and provocative thought leaders. In Originals he again addresses the challenge of improving the world, but now from the perspective of becoming original: choosing to champion novel ideas and values that go against the grain, battle conformity, and buck outdated traditions. How can we originate new ideas, policies, and practices without risking it all? Using surprising studies and stories spanning business, politics, sports, and entertainment, Grant explores how to recognize a good idea, speak up without getting silenced, build a coalition of allies, choose the right time to act, and manage fear and doubt; how parents and teachers can nurture originality in children; and how leaders can build cultures that welcome dissent. Learn from an entrepreneur who pitches his start-ups by highlighting the reasons not to invest, a woman at Apple who challenged Steve Jobs from three levels below, an analyst who overturned the rule of secrecy at the CIA, a billionaire financial wizard who fires employees for failing to criticize him, and a TV executive who didn't even work in comedy but saved Seinfeld from the cutting-room floor. The payoff is a set of groundbreaking insights about rejecting conformity and improving the status quo.

Print Resources

Reference books include encyclopedias, dictionaries, manuals, handbooks, almanacs, atlases and directories. The reference books are located in the Cannon Memorial Library in the Reference Section on the main floor. Reference books do not circulate and may only be used in the library.

Business Plans Handbook
REF HD 62.7 .B865 2002

Business: the Ultimate Resource (also available as an e-book)
REF HD38.15 .B878 2002

Encyclopedia of Business Information Sources
REF HF5353.E52 2010

Encyclopedia of Emerging Industries (2011 ed. available as an e-book)
REF HD2324 .E528 2007

Entrepreneurship: Critical Perspectives on Business & Management (4 vols.)
REF HB651.E6324 2002

Encyclopedia of Leadership (4 vols.)
REF HD57.7.E53 2004

Encyclopedia of Management (2009 ed. available as an e-book)
REF HD30.15 .E49 2006

Florida Statistical Abstract
REF HA311 .F55 2007

Hoover’s Handbook of American Business
REF HF3010.H6 2010

Hoover’s Handbook of Private Companies
REF HF3010 .H66 2008

Hoover’s Handbook of World Business
REF HF3010.H65 2011

Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios
REF HF5681.R25 I52

International Directory of Company Histories (71 vols.) (also available as an e-book)
REF HD2721.I63

Market Share Reporter (2 vols.) (2010 ed. available as an e-book)
REF HF5410.M35 2007

Online Legal Research Guide: to Accompany 2004 Business Law and Legal Environment Texts
REF KF888 .C55 2004

Salary Facts Handbook: The Definitive Source of Pay Information on 800 Jobs
REF HD4975 .S253 2008

Standard & Poor’s Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives (2 vols.)
REF HG4501 .S67664 2012

Standard & Poor’s Security Owner’s Stock Guide/Bond Guide
REF HG4921 .S618

Standard Corporation Descriptions
REF HG4501.S696eb

Statesman’s Yearbook
REF JA51.S7 2011

Statistical Abstract of the United States
REF HA202.U3 2011

United States Entrepreneurs and the Companies They Built (also available as an e-book)
REF HC102.5.A2 N237 2003

Ultimate Book of Franchises: From the Franchise Experts at Entrepreneur Magazine
REF HF5429.23 .L47 2007

West’s Business Law: Text & Cases
REF KF888 .C55 2004

How do I find a book on the shelf?

The Cannon Memorial Library uses the Library of Congress classification system to organize the books on the shelves. This system uses a combination of letters and numbers referred to as LC Call Numbers. Books related to Business may be found under the following LC Call Numbers:

HA Statistics

HB Economic theory. Demography

HC Economic history and conditions

HD Industries. Land use. Labor

HE Transporation and communications

HF Commerce

HG Finance

HJ Public finance

For more information on how to read the LC call numbers and locate a book on the shelf, click here: LC Call Numbers

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