In the Library

• Quick Hint:  Look in these call numbers in Non-fiction and Reference (for books and videos) and in Non-Fiction DVDs.

• 338 Entrepreneurs
• 338.6 Small Business
• 658 Management

Selected Bibliography

Buying a business and making it work : a step-by-step guide to purchasing a business and making it successful:  658.162 Blayney

Deduct it! : lower your small business taxes:  343.73052 Fishman

The entrepreneur’s information source book:  658.022 Awe

How to write a business plan: Reference 658.15224 McKeever

Legal forms for starting & running a small business: Reference 346.43065 Steingold

The small business start-up kit for California by Peri H. Pakroo: Reference 346.7940652 Pakroo

McCormack’s Guide to Alameda County: Reference 917.9465 McCormack

Small time operator : how to start your own business, keep your books, pay your taxes and stay out of trouble! by Bernard B. Kamoroff: Reference 658.022 Kamaroff

E-Books:  The library offers books to read on your computer.   You need to have a valid library card to access them. You can access some of them through the catalog.

Or, for a more complete selection of E-Books, go to http://www.ci.pleasanton.ca.us/services/library/, click on Information resources, then click on Safari Tech Books, OR Downloadable Books, OR Netlibrary.  Examples:

• How To Write A Business Plan
• Legal Forms For Starting & Running A Small Business
• Tax Savvy For Small Business

Magazines and Newspapers

• Entrepreneur
• Inc.

For other business magazines and newspapers, look in catalog under Subject Heading Business Periodicals.

Library Databases

• Go to http://www.ci.pleasanton.ca.us/services/library/
• Click on Information resources (Library card needed for remote access)
• Click on Access Electronic Resources

• Gale Databases: You can search for magazine, journal, and newspapers articles on business subjects.  There are three business databases:  Small Business Collection, General Business File ASAP and Business and Company Resource Center.
• ReferenceUSA.com:  You can find information on key executives, sales volume, number of employees and parent and subsidiary relationships for over 10 million U.S. companies.

 

Local Organizations

Pleasanton Chamber of Commerce

Pleasanton Downtown Association

 

Web Resources

• Business Owner’s Toolkit: Webinars, articles, networking, downloadable forms
• Business Permits Made Simple: CALGOLD: From the State of California
• Business Start-ups in Alameda County – From the Alameda County Library
• Business.gov:  From the U.S. Small Business Administration: small business guides, state and local information, government forms, and more
• California Small Business Assistance Center: Resources on starting, running, and closing a small business; tax information
• Doing Business in Alameda County: From Alameda County
• Doing Business in California: Tax information from the State of California
• Doing Business in Pleasanton:  From the City of Pleasanton
• East Bay Small Business Development Center: Training and consulting
• National Association for the Self-Employed: Advice, benefit package, advocacy, networking
• Nolo Press: The publisher of self-help law books’ web site.  Business and human resources.
• Northern California Small Business Financial Development Corporation: Provides financial resources for economically disadvantaged businesses.
• Pleasanton Chamber of Commerce
• Procedures for Starting a Business: from the Alameda County Library
• Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center: Classes and workshops for small business owners and wannabes
• Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE): Workshops, counseling, and mentoring for entrepreneurs
• Women’s Initiative for Self-Employment: Training for women on starting and growing a business.  Offices in Concord and Oakland.
• Yahoo Small Business: includes Getting Started, Online Business, Sales & Marketing, Business Tools