Books that you can check out will look like:

• YellowPageCity.com  - Identify competitors within a geographic area.

• Tennessee Business-to-Business Sales & Marketing Directory   Ref HF 5065 T2 T45 (short shelves behind Reference Desk)
• American Business Disk database (Located in the Business Science & Technology Dept. of the downtown Chattanooga Hamilton County Bicentennial Public Library.  May find it useful to identify the SIC or NAICS Code for your business before your visit.)
• Thomas Register or Thomas Regional (free registration required)

Databases   . . .  Off-campus access requires a Username and Password.

Database Search Tips:
    Use an asterisk (*) for varied word endings.
    E.g. business plan* for business plan, business plans, business planning

   Use "and" between keywords for articles including all search terms.
    E.g.  small business and health insurance

    Use "or" for either search term(s) and enclose in parentheses.
    E.g.  (small business or new business enterprises)
    This search will find articles containing either the phrase "small business" or the phrase "new business enterprises"

    Sample Search:
    (small business* or new business enterprises) and radio advertis*

    Sample Article:
    "Latin Lessons." Progressive Grocer. 10/15/2005, Vol. 84 Issue 15, p32-37, 5p.
    Highlights the purchasing power of Hispanics, the largest U.S. minority group.

    "Zoho Expands Business Focus With Zoho Invoice." Business Wire. (March 31, 2008)

General BusinessFile International - articles from business magazines and journals
    Try subjects: "small business" or "new business enterprises."  Then, narrow by subdivision.
    (Remember:  limit to fulltext articles.)

 

LexisNexis Academic (Tutorial) - newspapers, business sources, law reviews, legal news, etc.
    Try the "Business" category option.  Use an exclamation point for varied word endings.

MasterFILE Premier - magazine and journal articles [tour]
    To find articles about writing mission statements for your company, try the search strategy:
       mission statements and writ* not (librar* or fundraising)  This link opens a list of articles. Try it!
      ("Not" excludes the unrelated articles on library and fundraising mission statements.)

NetLibrary eBook Collection and Safari Tech Books Online - electronic books
    Sample:    How to Write a Business Plan