Small Business Resources for E-Seed Class
Fox Valley Tech E-Seed Website

Company Information Online

• ReferenceUSA (Login with your library card)
  Research companies & conduct market research.
  Take a tour of ReferenceUSA - http://www.referenceusa.com/Static/VideoTutorials

• EBSCO - Business Source Premier (This database is updated daily)
  Full-text of over 2,300 journals. Includes: Company Profiles, Country reports, Industry Profiles, Market Research Reports, & Regional business news.

• Thomas Register
  Find company profiles, contact info, subsidiaries, and catalogs of US and Canadian manufacturers.

Links to Demographics and Census Information

UNITED STATES Demographics:

• U.S. Census Bureau
• Business Help Site
• U.S Census Bureau State & County Quick Facts
• U.S. Census Bureau American FactFinder
  U.S. population, housing, economic, and geographic data.
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• U.S. Economy at a Glance
• Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Expediture Survey
  Overview of BLS Demographic Data with links to Consumer Spending

WISCONSIN Demographics:

• State of Wisconsin, Dept. of Administration, Demographic Services Center
  The Demographic Services Center primary responsibility is to develop annual total population estimates for all Wisconsin towns, villages, and cities. It also makes annual estimates of the voting age population for all municipalities and total population estimates for Zip Code Areas. In addition, the Demographic Services Center develops population projections by age and sex for the counties ; population projections of total population for all municipalities; and estimates of total housing units and households for all counties  https://doa.wi.gov/Pages/LocalGovtsGrants/Population_Projections.aspx
• East Central Regional Planning Commission Data Center
  Demographics and Economic Development data for the East Central Wisconsin region.
   
• Wisconsin Traffic Counts - Wisconsin Department of Transportation website
  Wisconsin DOT traffic volume statistics.

Company Information in Printed Sources:

Wisconsin Business Services Directory
Neenah & Menasha Public Libraries

Wisconsin Manufacturers Directory
Neenah Public Library

Wisconsin Business Directory (Published by ReferenceUSA)
Neenah Public Library

Miscellaneous Helpful Sites to Help Start Your Business

• InWisconsin - Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) Entrepreneurs & Innovators link
• Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions - Business Creation Resource Center
• Wisconsin Department of Revenue
  Wisconsin Department of Revenue website with online access to tax forms and publications.
• Wisconsin Small Business Development Center, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
• ADVOCAP Business Development Program
• Oshkosh Chamber of Commerce Start-a-Business

Additional Resources
Reference Books in the Library (located on the Second Floor)

• ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States
  Reference Collection R 317.3 S797 2018

• Encyclopedia of Associations (2013)
  Reference Collection - R 060 E56

• Oshkosh City Directory
   Reference Desk (most current year at the Reference Desk)

Online Resources

• 2007 NAICS Codes
  Web site for the 2007 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Codes and Titles. Search by codes or keyword.
  2007 print copy located 338.02 N864 2007
   
• Business & Investments Research
  Oshkosh Public Library's Business & Investments Research page with links to online databases & web resources.
   
• Download eBooks
  Oshkosh Public Library's eLibrary page.  Search by Subject - Business
   
• Search the Library Catalog for Business Resources
  Search the library catalog using Subject Headings such as Business Planning for books on business plans.
  Other subject headings include: Consumer Behavior, Marketing Research, Small Business - Finance

Business Periodicals
Available to checkout from the Oshkosh Public Library.  (Located on the First Floor of the Library).

• Barrons : The Dow Jones business and financial weekly.
• Better Investing
• Bloomberg Businessweek
• Bottom Line Personal
• Economist
• Forbes
• Fortune
• Harvard Business Review
• Insight : connecting business & people in the New North
• Insight on manufacturing
• Kiplinger's Personal Finance
• Money
• NN B2B (New North B2B)

Newspapers (Located in the First Floor Reading Room)

• Investor's Business Daily : for people who want to make money
• Wall Street Journal

Questions

Ask a Librarian a Question – Email us at opl_ref@oshkoshpubliclibrary.org
Contact the Reference Staff if you have a question about using these resources, including the online resources, or if you have a research question.
Call the Reference Desk at 920-236-5205 or stop in at the 2nd Floor Reference Desk.

Updated, March, 2018