2. Business Resources @ Your Library
• Service by phone or email
• One-on-One appointment
• Meet with a librarian
• Online databases
• From your home or office
• Free Computer Access
• Including MS Office
• Free WiFi – bring your laptop or
tablet
3. Business Resources @ Your Library
• Meeting Rooms at all Libraries
• Scottsdale new business listings
• National & local business
directories & databases
• Business newspapers, books
and magazines
4. We Have What You Need to Help Your
Business Succeed
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Financial & Demographic Data
Industry Trends
Business Plan and Model Formats
Local & Global Business News
Competitor Information
Databases to search
for potential clients
5. Online Resources
24 Million U.S. Businesses
4 Million New U.S. Businesses
89 Million U.S. Residents
262 Million Consumers
45,000 Public and Private Companies
225,000 Key Executives
Business Areas
Industry Information by Small
Business Type
Business Basics
Start-up Kit and Business Plans
6. Online Resources (cont.)
Actual business plans compiled by, and
aimed at, entrepreneurs seeking
funding for small businesses.
Scholarly Business Journals and fulltext bibliographic content back as far
as 1886.
Comprehensive full-text coverage for
regional business publications
covering all metropolitan and rural
areas within the U.S.
8. Local & Global Business News
• Full text articles via our webpage
www.scottsdalelibrary.org
9. Customers & Competitors
• ReferenceUSA
This national database
contains information/
data profiles for more than 14 million
companies and residences.
• You can customize a search for clients by zip
code & income, as well as other factors.
• You can access this resource from home, office,
or anywhere you can sign onto a computer.
10. Business Resources @ Your Library
• Make use of library services online.
• Find the Business & Finance Resources
under the Research & eLearning Tab.
11. Eureka! Loft at Civic Center
• Eureka! is a place for people to connect
and collaborate with other inventors,
innovators, problem solvers and
entrepreneurs.
12. Library Cards
• You can access materials with an online
card today!
• Permanent cards are available at all
branches.
Hinweis der Redaktion
The next 2 slides list some of our databases and the information they contain. There is much more information available to you when you know the right words to enter for the search. Our Librarians can help you learn fine tune your search criteria for each database.
With the right information your business has a much better chance to succeed. We can help you find that information.