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Encyclopedia of Associations 2023 (Gale Directory Library)

Information about national and international organizations in categories such as trade, business, and commercial; legal, governmental, public administration, and military; cultural; educational; veterans, hereditary, and patriotic; athletic and sports; fan clubs, and many more

Encyclopedia of Associations: National Organizations of the U.S. (2023): Comprehensive source of detailed information concerning nonprofit American membership organizations of national scope. Covers more than 23,000 organizations in categories such as trade, business, and commercial; legal, governmental, public administration, and military; cultural; educational; veterans, hereditary, and patriotic; athletic and sports; fan clubs, and many more.

 

Market Share Reporter (Gale Directory Library)

Presents comparative business statistics with data and market description, a list of producers/products along with their market share, and cites original sources

Market Share Reporter, 32nd Edition, is a compilation of market share reports from periodical literature and is a unique resource for competitive analysis, diversification planning, marketing research, and other forms of economic and policy analysis.

EBSCOhost

EBSCOhost includes thousands of indexed magazines, many full-text, for over fifteen years. Magazine coverage ranges from the popular to the academic. Also includes electronic content on business, medical information, and much more.

EBSCOhost is a collection of databases provided by EBSCO and funded through a statewide contract with BadgerLink.  Most databases reference collections of magazine articles or newspaper articles, each with a different focus.  You may search all databases, or use only the collection that interests you by connecting to individual collections below.  A few EBSCO products have different search functions and interfaces due to the nature of the content. Content includes Business Source Premier, Consumer Health Complete, ERIC, MasterFILE Complete, MEDLINE and much more.

Business Plans Handbook

A multi-volume collection of actual business plans compiled by entrepreneurs seeking funding for small businesses throughout North America.

Business Plans Handbook is a multi-volume collection of actual business plans compiled by entrepreneurs seeking funding for small businesses throughout North America. For those looking for examples of how to approach, structure and compose their own business plans, each Handbook presents 24 sample plans taken from businesses in the manufacturing, retail and service industries — only the company names and addresses have been changed.

Gale eBooks and Business Plans Handbook

Explore this database of encyclopedias and reference sources, including Business Plans Handbook and more. For multidisciplinary research.

Gale eBooks provides online access to authoritative information resources about the arts, business plans, history, literature, religion, social sciences, and travel. Search one reference book or search across the entire collection. These eBooks are not checked out so they can be searched at the same time by multiple users. View, print, and email articles and documents in a variety of formats including html and pdf. 

Business Source Premier

Full-text (or abstracts) of articles from thousands of scholarly and professional publications, academic journals, and trade magazines.

If you’re a business owner/entrepreneur researching business trends, an investor researching a company, or a student doing a paper on business or economics, Business Source Premier is the perfect place for you to begin your search. Through EBSCO, this modern electronic resource has full text for over 2,470 scholarly business journals international business and much more.

Reference Solutions (formerly ReferenceUSA)

Powerful business and consumer research database, offering business and residential listings useful in searching for people, executives, creating marketing plans, conducting competitive analysis, fundraising and sales.

Powerful business and consumer research database, offering business and residential listings useful in searching for people, executives, creating marketing plans, conducting competitive analysis, fundraising and sales.

Reference Solutions offers access to 44 million current businesses in the United States for market research and sales, millions of historical and new businesses for understanding trends, as well as residential, consumer, and lifestyle listings to grow your business.