Entrepreneurship & Small Business

 GENERAL SOURCES

• Dictionary of Business Terms(REF HF1001.F78)
  Print resource. Fourth edition (2007) covers over 7,500 business terms.  Includes abbreviations and acronyms.  The website Answers.com provides free online access to the older third edition (2000). 
  
  
• Business: The Ultimate Resource(REF HD38.15.B878)
  Print resource. One-stop business print resource.  Table of contents.
  
  
• Encyclopedia of Small Business (REF HD62.7 .H553)
  Print resource.  Two volumes covering over 600 topics such as Accounting Methods, Employee Hiring, Health Insurance Options, Pricing, and Venture Capital.  Sample pages: List of entries. 
  
  
• Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research
  Index to papers from the annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference.
  
  
• Small & Home-Based Businesses: Virtual Resource Library
  Large collection of resources maintained by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension
  
  
• The Small Business Economy: A Report to the President 2009 (pdf) Published by the Small Business Association's Office of Advocacy, this 368-page publication reports on the state of U.S. small business. Chapters review topics such as federal procurement, minorities in business, and social entrepreneurship.  Research Summary (pdf). 
  
  
• Small Business Profile: Maine (pdf)
  Two page annual report on small business from the U.S. Small Business Administration. 

Revised by Stephen Fadel, 11/18/2009
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