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Doing Business Research at the Coos Bay Public Library

Inside this pamphlet you will find selected books and web sites on starting a business, conducting company research, and investing your money. On the back is a list of our business-related magazines and newspapers and links to business-related electronic databases. Reference books listed cannot be checked out but you can make 6 free photocopies per day. Nonfiction books checkout for three weeks. Please check at the Reference Desk or call the library for availability of these, and many other, business titles.

Running a Business

• The Complete Book of Small Business Legal Forms, Ref 346.730652
  
• Doing Business in Oregon, Ref 658.11 DOI
  
• Encyclopedia of Associations, Ref Index Tables 061.3 ENC
  
• How to form a nonprofit corporation, Ref 346.73064 MAN
  
• Oregon Business Directory, Ref Index Tables 338.7 ORE
  
• Oregon Business Guide, Ref 658.11 ORE
  
• Oregon Manufacturers Directory, Ref Index Tables 338 ORE
  
• Oregon nonprofit corporation handbook, Ref 658.048 CUM,
  
• Standard Legal Forms and Agreements for Small Business, Ref 347.73 STA
  
• Thomas Regional Industrial Buying Guide, Pacific Northwest, Ref Index Tables 670.25 REG

• Advertising for a Small Business Made Simple, 659.1 RYA
  
• Business Plans for Dummies, 658.152 TIF
  
• Complete Publicity Plans, 659.2 Bec
  
• How to Write a Business Plan, 658.4012 McK
  
• How to Set up Your Own Small Business, 658.022 Fall
  
• Keeping the Books : Basic Recordkeeping and Accounting for the Small Business, 657.2 PIN
  
• Make Your Mission Statement Work, 658.4012 Tal
  
• The Small Business Start-up Guide : a surefire blueprint to successfully launch your own business, 658.11 ROO
  
• Turn Your Talents into Profits: 100+ Terrific Ideas for Starting Your Own Home-based Microbusiness, 658.041 SAN
  
• Your First Business Plan, 658.4012 COV

• Bizoffice: Small & Home Based Business Resources - www.bizoffice.com/index.html
  
• IRS - Small Business and Self-Employed One-Stop Resource - www.irs.gov/businesses/small/
  
• Oregon Economic Development Department - econ.oregon.gov
  
• Small Business Administration - www.sba.gov
  

Company Research

• Brands and Their Companies, Ref Index Tables 602.75 BRA
  
• Dun and Bradstreet Regional Business Directory, Ref Index Tables 338.7 DUN Oregon
  
• Headquarters USA, Ref Index Tables 917.30025 BUS
  
• Hoover's Handbook of American Business: Profiles of 750 Major U.S. Companies, Ref Index Tables 338.7 HOO
  
• Hoover's Handbook of Private Companies: Profiles of Major U.S. Private Enterprises, Ref Index Tables 338.7 HOO, Private
  
• Hoover's Handbook of World Business: Profiles of Major Global Enterprises, Ref Index Tables 338.7 HOO
  
• North American Industry Classification System, Ref Index Tables 338.02 STA
  
• Oregon Business Directory. Ref Index Tables 338.7 ORE
  
• Oregon Manufacturers Directory, Ref Index Tables 338 ORE
  
• Standard   Poor's Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives, Ref Index Tables 338.74 STA
  
• Thomas Register, (In Ref by phone books)
  
• Ward's Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies, Ref Index Tables 338.7 WAR

• Hoover's Online - www.hoovers.com/free
  
• Public Register - www.publicregister.com
  
• North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) - www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html
  
• Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR database - www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml
  
• Thomas Register of American Manufacturers - www.thomasregister.com
  
• Yahoo! Company and Fund Index - biz.yahoo.com/i/

Investment Research

• Morningstar, Ref Index Tables 332.6 MOR
  
• Valueline, Ref Index Tables 332.6 VAL
  
• Walker's Manual of Penny Stocks, Ref Index Tables 332.6322 WAL, Penny
  
• Walker's Manual of Unlisted Stocks, Ref Index Tables 332.6322 WAL
  
• Weiss Ratings' Guide to Brokerage Firms, Ref Index Tables 332.6202 WEI

• Investing Online for Dummies, 332.6 SIN
  
• Investing Without a Silver Spoon: How Anyone Can Build Wealth Through Direct Investing, 332.6 FIS
  
• The Kitchen-Table Investor, 332.6 WAS
  
• Multiple Streams of Income, 332.024 ALL
  
• Ordinary People, Extraordinary Wealth, 332.6 EDE
  
• Start Late, Finish Rich: a No-fail Plan for Achieving Financial Freedom at Any Age, 332 .02401 BAC
  
• The Street.Com: Guide to Smart Investing in the Internet Era, 332.632 KAN, 2001
  
• Talking Money: Everything You Need to Know About Your Finances and Your Future, 332.024 CHA
  
• Take Stock: a Roadmap to Profiting From Your First Walk Down Wall Street, 332.6322 TRA
  
• Rich dad's who took my money? 332.6 KIY, Who
  
• You're Fifty - Now What?: Investing for the Second Half of Your Life, 332.02

• American Stock Exchange - www.amex.com
  
• Big Charts - www.bigcharts.com
  
• CBS Marketwatch - cbs.marketwatch.com/news/default.asp (provided by DowJones)
  
• CNN Money - money.cnn.com
  
• Dow Jones Indexes - www.djindexes.com
  
• Dun and Bradstreet Information Services - www.dnb.com/us
  
• Hoovers Company Information - www.hoovers.com/free
  
• Investor Home - www.investorhome.com
  
• IRS Businesses - www.irs.gov/businesses
  
• Morningstar - www.morningstar.com
  
• MSN Money - moneycentral.msn.com/investor/home.asp
  
• SIFMA: Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association - www.sifma.org
  
• Small Business Administration - www.sba.gov
  
• Standard   Poor's Indices - www2.standardandpoors.com
  
• U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission - www.sec.gov and the Edgar database - www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml
  
• Value Line Reports for Dow 30 - http://www.valueline.com/dow30/
  
• Yahoo - Business and Economy - dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy (there are underscore characters in the later part of the address).
  

  *Please note that some Web sites will charge for their information and services.

  **The Library does not officially endorse any of these Web sites. They are only a sampling of resources available.

Business Magazines and Newspapers

• Barron's - Current 6 months
  
• Business Journal of Portland - Current 6 months
  
• Business Week - Current 3 years
  
• Consumer Price Index - Current 5 years (Ref Index Tables)
  
• Daily Journal of Commerce - Current month
  
• Economist - Current 3 years
  
• Forbes - Current 3 years
  
• Fortune - Current 3 years
  
• Investors Business Daily - Current 1 month
  
• Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine - Current 5 years
  
• Money - Current 3 years
  
• Oregon Business - Current 5 years
  
• Oregonian - Current 1 year in print, online access available at bay.cooslibraries.org/alldatabases.html. Then select Oregonian and enter the 14-digit barcode number from your library card when prompted for your I.D. number.
  
• Wall Street Journal, Western edition - Current 1 month

Business Magazine Databases