See also: Subject Guides for Finance, Management, Marketing
Find Articles and Journals
ABI/INFORM Global
Licensed for UHM use only
The premier business and management database providing extensive coverage of North America and the world. Search nearly 1,800 worldwide business periodicals for in-depth coverage of business and economic conditions, management techniques, theory, and practice of business, advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, computers, and more. Expanded international coverage. Fast access to information on 60,000 + companies with business and executive profiles. Now includes The Wall Street Journal.
Business Source Premier
Licensed for UHM use only
Full text for more than 2,300 serials, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed business publications. Additional full text, non-journal content includes market research reports, industry reports, country reports, company profiles and SWOT analyses.
Econlit
Licensed for UHM use only
Provided through Cambridge Scientific Abstracts. Includes abstracts of journal articles, books, reviews, working papers, collective volume articles and dissertations. 1969 to present.
Lexis/Nexis Academic
Licensed for UHM use only
Provides full-text documents from over 5,600 news, business, legal, medical, and reference publications with a variety of flexible search options.
ProQuest Asian Business and Reference
Licensed for UHM use only
Find the latest business and financial news from the Eastern Hemisphere. Covers Asian business and financial information from key international publications including Far Eastern Economic Review, Asiaweek, and many more.
SpringerLink
Licensed for UHM use only
Access the complete contents of more than 650 Springer (formerly Kluwer) journals in subjects including business administration, economics, operations research/management science, technology, and law.
The UHM Library subscribes to many journals in both paper and electronic formats. Use a database or index to locate articles. To find a specific journal title in electronic format, search the library's list of electronic journals. Use Hawaii Voyager to find paper (and some electronic) formats for specific journal titles. If you do not find the journal you are looking for, please ask for further assistance at a reference desk.
Find Dissertations and Books
Hawaii Voyager Library Catalog
Use the online catalog to find books, journals, dissertations, videos, more.
Dissertations and Theses
Licensed for UHM use only
Dissertations & Theses (PQD&T) includes bibliographic citations for the doctoral and master's work of authors from more than 1,000 graduate schools and universities dating back to 1861. More than 750,000 dissertations and theses from 1997 on have been digitized and are available for PDF download.
New Books at UHM Library
Interface for identifying new books. Can be limited by keyword and date range.
Encyclopedias, Guides, Handbooks (small sample of titles)
Blackwell handbook of entrepreneurship. Blackwell Business
Hamilton HB615.B617 2000
Business: the ultimate resource. Basic Books
Hamilton Main Reference HD38.15 .B878 2006
Encyclopedia of Small Business. Gale.
Hamilton Main Reference HD62.7 .H553 1998
Note: Online access to the 2007 edition is available via the Hawaii State Public Library System.
The entrepreneur’s information sourcebook : charting the path to small business success. Libraries Unlimited.
Hamilton HD62.5 .A96 2006
Small Business Bible : Everything You Need to Know to Succeed in Your Small Business. Wiley
Hamilton HD62.7 .S875 2005
Small Business Handbook. United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 2005
Small Business Profiles. U.S. Small Business Administration
Small business resource guide. Hawaii / U.S. Small Business Administration, Hawaii District Office
Hamilton Hawaiian - Library use only HD62.7 .S585
Small business sourcebook. Gale
Hamilton Main Reference HD2346.U5 S65 2002
The Ultimate Small Business Guide: a Resource for Startups and Growing Businesses
Basic Books, 2004.
Licensed for UHM use only
Getting Started
Articles About Incorporation
from Bizfilings.com
Business.gov
"...helps small businesses understand their legal requirements, and locate government services supporting the nation’s small business community."
Entrepreneur.com
Includes articles about start-ups, franchises, advertising, sales, etc. Full text is available through Business Source Premier.
Entrepreneurship.org
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the U.S. Commerce Department’s International Trade Administration (ITA). "The goal of this partnership is to assist all nations in developing the environment to allow entrepreneurs to organize and operate a business venture, create wealth, and employ people."
Inc.com
"Small business information for the entrepreneur"
Score / Counselors to America's Small Business
"...nonprofit association dedicated to educating entrepreneurs and the formation, growth and success of small business nationwide. SCORE is a resource partner with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)."
SBA - US Small Business Administration
"The SBA helps Americans start, build and grow businesses." The Small Business Planner offers step-by-step instructions for planning, starting, managing and exiting a small business.
StartupJournal
From the Wall Street Journal. Includes articles and columns on start-ups and business operations.
StartupNation
"...free service founded by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs..."
Business Plans
Bankable business plans. Thomson/Texere.
Hamilton HD30.28 .R65 2004
Bplans.com
More than 500 free business plan examples. Includes planning and "how-to" articles.
Business Plan Outline
Suggested outline based on Linda Pinson's Anatomy of a Business Plan. UHM Library has the 6th edition of Anatomy of a Business Plan via ebrary.
Business Plans and Profiles Index
from the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh "Subject Guide to Sample Business Plans and Profiles for Specific Business Types"
Business Plans Handbook (via Answers.com)
Collection of actual business plans used entrepreneurs to gain funding support for their new businesses. Business and personal names and addresses and general locations are changed to protect privacy. UHM Library has print volumes 1-10, Hamilton Main Reference HD62.7 .B865. Hawaii State Public Library System offers online access to volumes 1-13 via Gale Virtual Reference Library (authentication required).
Entrepreneur.com Business Plans
Includes step-by-step "How to Create a Business Plan." Also includes more than 50 example plans.
Inc.com
"How to" guide includes module for Business Plan Building, Section by Section.
Sample Plans from the MOOT CORP® Competition
Full text of selected business plans from the "superbowl of business plan competition."
Write a Business Plan
from the Small Business Administration's Small Business Planner
Writing an Effective Business Plan
Deloitte & Touche, Fourth Edition
Financing
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Searchable database of all Federal programs, including some supporting small business start-up. Go to Advanced Search and limit by beneficiary eligibility, 34 - Small Business.
Finance Startup
from the Small Business Administration's Small Business Planner
Getting Financing for Your Business
Part of the CCH Business Owner's Toolkit
Pratt’s guide to private equity & venture capital sources. Thomson Reuters.
Hamilton Main Reference HG64 .P73
See also: Articles in Getting Started section
Competitive Landscape - Industry Analysis
Locate industry surveys or overviews. See also: Guide for Industry Information
Encyclopedia of Business Information Sources
Hamilton Main Reference HF5351 .E53 (Reference Desk Collection)
Industry Profiles and Market Research Reports via Business Source Premier
Licensed for UHM use only
Over 5,000 industry and market research reports. Providers include Datamonitor, Gartner, ICON Group.
Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage
Licensed for UHM use only
Comprehensive source of business and investment information. Includes Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys, Stock Reports, Bond Reports, Corporation Records, The Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives, The Outlook, Mutual Fund Reports, Compustat Excel Analytics, and more. Extensive financials and analysis on more than 10,000 public companies. Basic data for 85,000 private companies.
Competitive Landscape - Company Directories
Determine the major players in the industry. Research these companies to get an idea of some of the key issues, strengths and weaknesses in the industry. See also: Guide for Company Information
Business Rankings Annual
Hamilton Main Reference HG4050 .B88
Corporate Affiliations.com
Licensed for UHM use only
"...provides current, accurate corporate linkage information and company profiles on nearly 200,000 of the most prominent global public and private parent companies and their affiliates, subsidiaries and divisions—down to the seventh level of corporate linkage." Includes corporate family trees, 700,000 corporate contacts, 110,000 board members, 150,000 brand names, 140,000 competitors, and merger/acquisition/out-of-business information back to 1976.
Market Share Reporter
Hamilton Main Reference HF5410 .M35
Mergent Online
Licensed for UHM use only
Comprehensive global company database with custom reporting features. Integrated searching across the following components:
- U.S. Company Data - Financials, ratios, history, ownership, analysis for 15,000 NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ companies.
- U.S. Company Archives Data - Financials for more than 4,000 companies that were acquired, went bankrupt, liquidated or merged out of existence from 1995 onward.
- International Company Data - 20,000 non-U.S. based corporations, representing 95% of the non-U.S. global market capitalization. Business description, history, property, subsidiaries, officers and directors, long-term debt and capital stock. Financial statements are presented in "as-reported" form and in native currencies.
- International Company Archives Data - financials on more than 2,000 non-U.S. companies that have merged, were acquired, went bankrupt, liquidated or otherwise disappeared from 1995 forward.
- Global Private Company Data - Basic information on approximately 1 million global private companies, including up to four years of full financial information on over 400,000 firms.
- Institutional Holdings - 15 largest institutional holders for every U.S. company, as well as aggregate institutional buyers and sellers data.
- Insider Trading - complete, up-to-date record of all stock purchases and sales by U.S. corporate officers and directors for the past three- and six-month time periods.
- U.S. and International HSD Equity Pricing - 20+ years history with flexible charting and reporting.
ReferenceUSA (U.S. Business Module)
Licensed for UHM use only
Database of over 14 million businesses allows you to search with 27 unique data elements. Searchable by geography, business type, number of employees, ownership, etc.
Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage
Licensed for UHM use only
Comprehensive source of business and investment information. Includes Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys, Stock Reports, Bond Reports, Corporation Records, The Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives, The Outlook, Mutual Fund Reports, Compustat Excel Analytics, and more. Extensive financials and analysis on more than 10,000 public companies. Basic data for 85,000 private companies.
Marketing Research Demographics
Gather statistics about the industry and many facets of the industry. Also see the "Current News and Journal Articles" section above. For example, search ABI/Inform using keywords and/or subject "market shares"
Business & Government Section of American Factfinder
Select Business & Government. Change the geography to Hawaii for number of establishments, employees, payroll, etc. Also find state export data and state revenues.
FedStats
Data from over 70 U.S. government agencies
Global Market Information Database (GMID)
Licensed for UHM use only
Euromonitor International's GMID is an integrated product for business intelligence on countries, consumers and industries. Includes hard-to-find demographic, economic and marketing statistics, as well as lifestyle and market analysis.
NOTE: This resource is restricted for use by UH Manoa students, faculty and staff. You will be prompted to log in to your Library account before proceeding to the resource. Once you have connected to GMID, you will need to create a personal account with Euromonitor. Your personal Euromonitor account will be used each time you access GMID.
International Marketing Data and Statistics
Hamilton Main Reference HA42 .I56
LexisNexis Statistical
Licensed for UHM use only
LexisNexis Statistical provides easy access to statistics produced by the U.S. government, major international and intergovernmental organizations, professional and trade organizations, commercial publishers, independent research organizations, state government agencies, and universities. The "Find a Table" module includes more than 100,000 tables, mostly from U.S. federal sources. The "Find a Publication" module searches Statistical Reference Index (SRI, 1980-present) and Index to International Statistics (IIS, 1983-present). Use these extensive indexes and abstracts to identify statistics available fulltext in the library's SRI Microfiche Collection (microfiche S50003) or other print and online sources.
Lifestyle Market Analyst. Standard Rate & Data Service.
Hamilton Main Reference HF5415.33.U6 L54
Market Share Reporter. Gale Group.
Hamilton Main Reference HF5410 .M35 <Most current edition kept at the Reference Desk>
Marketresearch.com Academic
Licensed for UHM use only
Market research reports for consumer goods, food and beverage, heavy industry, life sciences, technology, and more. Sources include Kalorama Information, Packaged Facts, Simba Information and Specialists in Business Information (SBI). Full reports (many 200-400 pages) are available after 12-month embargo.
News
Entrepreneur.com
Includes articles about start-ups, franchises, advertising, sales, etc. Full text is available through Business Source Premier.
Inc.com / Inc Magazine
"...advice, tools, and services, to help business owners and CEOs start, run, and grow their businesses more successfully. You'll find information and advice covering virtually every business and management task, including marketing, sales, finding capital, managing people, and much, much more."
Small Business News
From CNNMoney.com
Associations and Organizations
Edward Lowe Foundation
"Today, the foundation pursues two goals to fulfill its mission. The first is to help second-stage business owners take their companies to the next level through peer learning in CEO roundtables and Leader Retreats. The second is to encourage wider understanding of the vital role second-stage companies play in the U.S. economy."
Kauffman Foundation
"...world's largest foundation devoted to entrepreneurship."
National Business Incubation Association (NBIA)
"...advances the business creation process to increase entrepreneurial success and individual opportunity, strengthening communities worldwide. To accomplish this mission, NBIA serves as a clearinghouse of information on incubator management and development issues."
National Venture Capital Association
"...the premier trade association that represents the U.S. venture capital industry."
Additional Free Internet Resources
Entrepreneur's Reference Guide
Published by the Business Reference Services of the Library of Congress.
Hawaii State Public Library System Resources
Access to several outstanding databases is available at your nearest public library or remotely with valid HSPLS card. Hawaii State Public Library System home page.
Business and related databases include:
- Business and Company Resource Center
- American Wholesalers and Distributors Directory
- Brands and Their Companies
- Business Rankings Annual, 2000 through Present
- Consultants and Consulting Organizations Directory
- Encyclopedia of American Industries
- Encyclopedia of Associations: National Organizations of the U.S.
- Encyclopedia of Associations: Regional, State, and Local Organizations
- Encyclopedia of Associations: International Organizations
- Encyclopedia of Emerging Industries
- Encyclopedia of Global Industries
- Graham and Whiteside Major Company Series
- International Directory of Company Histories
- Market Share Reporter
- Notable Corporate Chronologies
- Publishers Directory
- Telecommunications Directory
- Ward's Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies
- Ward's Business Directory of Private and Public Companies in Canada and Mexico
- World Market Share Reporter
- ReferenceUSA International
- TableBase (via RDS Business Reference Suite)
- Gale Virtual Reference Library
- Business Plans Handbook, v1-11
- Encyclopedia of American Industries
- Encyclopedia of Small Business
- International Directory of Business Biographies
- and many more
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