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Entrepreneurship and Small Business

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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

 

 

Marymount Library Catalog

Search by "business planning", "marketing", "market research", "strategic planning" etc., and then click the "subject" button to browse book titles.

 


 

          Watch a how-to video to learn the basics of searching the library catalog.

 

 

Suggested Titles

 

Book Encyclopedia of the world's nations and cultures.   REF G 63 .K874 2007 v.1

Provides descriptions of the dominant political, economic, social, and cultural systems of the world's countries.

 

Book  Worldmark encyclopedia of the nations.               REF G 63 .W67 2007 v.1

Also provides country profiles, including historical and economic content.

 


 

 

 

 

Find Demographic and Statistical Information

 

 

FedStats

Gateway to statistics from over 100 federal agencies. Provides access to the full range of official statistical information produced by the Federal Government without having to know in advance which Federal agency produces which particular statistic.

 

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").

 

Statistical Abstract of the United States

Standard summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. The 2010 statistical summary is available now. Also availble in print from the Library: 

Book Statistical abstract of the United States, 2010    REF HA 202 A1 S797 2010

 

California Statistical Abstract

Compiled data on social, economic, and physical aspects of the State, published by the California Dept of Finance.

 

RAND California

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

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) 

 

 

 

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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