Your Library and The Entrepreneur Friendly Community

Peach Public Libraries offers a wide variety of business resources including books, videos, magazines and internet resources to help begin and grow your business.

* This is not a complete list of all of our titles, only a selected few. Please come into the library to checkout all our holdings or search the Georgia PINES catalog and GALILEO databases before visiting the library.

Books
TitleAuthorLocationCall Number
Turn your passion into profits:
how to start a business of your dreams		Allon, JanetTPL & BPL658.041 ALL
The American Bar Association legal guide for small businessABATPL & BPL343.7307 AME
The complete book of business plans: simple steps to writing a powerful business planCovello, Joseph A.BPL658.4 COV
Tax savvy for small businessDaily, Frederick W.TPL & BPL343.7305 DAI
How to start a home-based landscaping businessDell, Owen E.TPL & BPL658.041 DELL
Franchising 101 : the complete guide to evaluating, buying, and growing your franchise businessDugan, AnnTPL & BPL658.8 DUG
How to start a home-based housecleaning business Morse, MelindaTPL & BPL648.5 MOR
101 best businesses to startRoberts, RussellTPL & BPL658.1 ROB
Up against the Wal-Marts: how your business can prosper in the shadow
of the retail giants		Taylor, Donald D.TPL & BPL658.8 TAY

Videos and DVDs
TitleAuthorLocationCall Number
The business plan: your road map for successCord, J. AnthonyTPLV0602
The business plan: your road map for successCord, J. AnthonyBPLV 658.4 BUS
Home-based business: a winning blueprintGregerman, Alan S.BPLV0603
Marketing: winning customers with a "workable" planZoble, AdrienneTPLV0604

Magazines
TitleLocation
Black EnterprisesTPL
Business WeekTPL & BPL
Consumer ReportsTPL & BPL
EntrepreneurTPL
ForbesTPL
Georgia TrendTPL & BPL
MoneyBPL
PC MagazineBPL

GALILEO Databases
TitleDescription
ABI/INFORM Complete (at ProQuest)Full text for over 1,461 U.S. and international journals covering all aspect of business and management. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for 759 journals. ABI/INFORM Complete is a complete database comprised of ABI/INFORM Global, Dateline, and Trade & Industry sub-sets. Direct access to specific company information via Hoover's Company Capsules and Profiles can be found within full-text articles in ABI Inform Complete and ABI Inform Dateline. Links are indicated with an information icon followed by a company name.
Business Source CompleteA scholarly business database that provides full-text access to many peer-reviewed business related journals, including disciplines such as marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. Indexing and abstracts for the many important scholarly business journals as far back as 1886 are included. In addition to the searchable cited references provided for more than 1,200 journals, Business Source Complete contains detailed author profiles for the 20,000 most-cited authors in the database. Additional full-text, non-journal content includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more.
Hoover's Company Capsules & Profiles (at ProQuest)Includes brief information on 15,000 companies, including an overview of company operations, addresses, phone and fax numbers, names of key officers, a list of top competitors, sales and employment figures, and stock symbols. Direct access to Hoover's Company Capsules and Profiles can be found within full-text articles in ABI Inform Complete and ABI Inform Dateline. Links are indicated with an information icon followed by a company name.
MasterFILE PremierA general database created for a public library audience. It provides abstracts and indexing for over 2,690 as well as full text for over 1,800 journals and general magazines covering nearly all subjects including general reference, business, consumer health, general science, and multicultural periodicals. Database Journal Lists (Not all of the databases sold by EBSCO Publishing are included in GALILEO.)

Internet Resources
Title
Byron Better Hometown
Entrepreneur.com
Fort Valley MainStreet/Downtown Development Authority
Georgia Chamber of Commerce
Georgia Department of Economic Development Entrepreneur Friendly Initiative
Growing Local Economies
Internal Revenue Service Small Business and Self-Employed One-Stop Resource Center
Microsoft Small Business Center
New York Public Library's Small Business Resource Center
The New York Times Small Business Section
Office Depot Business Resource Center
Peach County Chamber of Commerce
Peach County Development Authority
SCORE - Service Corps of Retired Executives
Small Business Network Resource Library
U.S. Small Business Administration
USA Today Small Business Section