Library Guide
Entrepreneurship and Small Business
This guide will introduce you to some of the different types of resources that can be used to conduct research about the bubonic plague pandemic that struck Europe during the mid 14th-century.
Find Books
Consult some of these materials for more information about how to write business plans, how to segment markets, and adv
Find Demographic and Statistical Information
American FactFinder
Provides population, housing, economic, and geographic data compiled from various censuses and surveys. Get a Fact Sheet for a specific community, or get data on the American community as a whole (use left-hand menu options, for example, "people").
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Statistical Abstract of the United States
Also available in print from the Library:
Statistical abstract of the United States, 2010 REF HA 202 A1 S797 2010
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California Statistical Abstract
Compiled data on social, economic, and physical aspects of the State, published by the California Dept of Finance.
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RAND California
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Consumer Expenditure Survey
Consists of two surveys collected for the Bureau of Labor Statistics by the Census Bureau that provide information on the buying habits of American consumers, including data on their expenditures, income, and consumer-unit (families and single consumers) characteristics.
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Recommended Websites
When you are doing research using Google or another search engine, you really need to critical evaluate the web sites for credibility, quality, and currency.
Tip! Information from sites that end in .gov and .edu tend to be more credible sources. But you still must apply the criteria of credibility, quality, and currency.
Intute
Search for recommendations for high quality Internet sites, which are selected and described by specialists within British academia.
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Advanced Google Search
Try creating a more advanced search to focus in on better, more relevant materials.
Enter your search terms as normal
Under "Search within a site or domain" type: .ac.uk (UK higher education sites) or .edu (US higher education)
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Also: see our Research Guide on Country Research for other suggested titles.
Citing Sources
Marymount Library Citation Guides: Available for MLA and APA citation styles. For help citing sources, contact the library or visit a librarian in-person.
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