Identify your Target Market

• Community Sourcebook of ZIP Code Demographics, R 304.60973 CO
• Demographics USA: County Edition, R 339.410973 DE
• Demographics of the U.S: Trends and Projections, R 304.620973 RU)
• American Marketplace: Demographics and Spending Patterns, R 317.3 AM
• Lifestyle Market Analyst, R 658.8340973 LI
• ReferenceUSA - U.S. residential listings searchable by name, address, phone number, industry, geography, and other selections.

Identify Your Competitors

• ReferenceUSA - U.S. business listings searchable by name, address, phone number, industry, geography, and other selections.
• Regional Business News - Comprehensive full-text coverage for regional business publications including newspapers and newswires.

Gather Information about Your Industry

• Financial Studies of the Small Business, R 658.15904 FI
• Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios, R 338.740973 IN
• Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys, R 338.0973 ST
• Directory of United States Importers, R 382.502573 DI
• Directory of United States Exporters, R 382.602573 DI
• Thomas Register - Search for wholesale products for your company's needs.
• Mergent - Search for industry profile reports including information on the current environment as well as market trends and forecasts.
• Factiva - Access academic and trade publications, industry newsletters, international and regional newspapers, business magazines, and business newswires to gather company and industry information.

Identify Opportunities in the Marketplace

• Market Share Reporter, R 381.021 MA
• Factiva - Find intelligent, authoritative data on markets, companies, industries, and regional affairs.

Market Your Product

• Bacon's Radio Directory, R 384.5402573 BA
• Bacon's TV/Cable, R 384.5402573 BA
• Bacon's Newspaper, R 070.5722025 BA
• Bacon's Magazine, R 070.5720257 BA

SRDS Media Services (online version of SRDS) - Locate advertising rates and contact data for business and consumer magazines, radio, direct mailing lists and newspapers.

Locate Legal Forms

• Texas Legal Forms - Contains over 1,000 legal forms specific to Texas in MS Word and PDF formats. Most forms can be completed online before being printed.

Write Your Business Plan

• Business Plans Handbook. Vol. 1-12: A Compilation of Actual Business Plans Developed by Small Businesses throughout North America, R 658.4012 BU
• Anatomy of a Business Plan: A Step-By-Step Guide to Building a Business and Securing your Company's Future, R 658.4012 PI
• Building Better Business Plans

  Search for articles about writing effective business plans

  • Business & Company Resource Center - Company profiles and histories, mergers and acquisitions, news and magazine articles, financials, rankings, and market share data.
  • Business Source Complete - Covers all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, economics, econometrics, finance, accounting, banking, international business, and more.
  • Factiva - Company comparisons, financial snapshots, small business profiles, and industry trends.
  • Regional Business News - Provides comprehensive full text for regional business publications, including titles from Crain Communications.

Find Financing

• Como Iniciar Su Propio Negocio, 346.73065 WA SPA
• Financing the Small Business, 658.15224 GR
• Loan Financing Guide for Small Business Owners, 658.15224 BE
• Small Business Sourcebook, R 658.0220707 SM
• Directory of Venture Capital & Private Equity Firms, Domestic & International, R 332.62 DI