• Alcohol & Tobacco
• Apparel & Jewelry
• Automotive Products
• Electronics & Computer
• Finance, Insurance, & Investments
• Food & Beverages
• Health & OTC Drugs
• Home Improvements
• Sports & Leisure
• Travel
• Psychographics

This database is only available through the Library’s computers.  Stop at Main Library’s Business & Investment Center for a demonstration.

Cash and Credit Information for Teens

R 332.024 C2685 2009

This book on financial literacy provides an overview of personal finances for young adults.  It includes practical information for managing the financial 
side of life.

Standard & Poor's The Outlook

R 332.6 St248

Are you ready to test the waters of investing?  As you do, remember the Library for finding timely and authoritative information before you make these important decisions.  November’s BIC Bizbeat’s Website of the Month, BIC Source of the Month, and Check it Out all focus on the topic of investing.  Our BIC Source of the Month is available online through a Library subscription database, Standard & Poor’s NetAdvantage, and a print copy of this advisory publication is available at the Business & Investment Center.  The Outlook is published 48 times a year and since 1987 it has been providing articles on the market, special reports on stocks and groups of stocks, and investment advice.  The Outlook is a source to consider as you make informed investment decisions.

Mergent’s Dividend Achievers
R 332.6 M5427

Encyclopedia Of Business Information Sources
R 658 En19

This is an introduction to a favorite source of librarians as they search for business information.  You might find that it will become a reference source to which you’ll turn to as well.  For the more than 1,000 business, financial, and industrial topics covered (from Abrasives to Zoning), there are groupings of information sources for each topic.  These information sources direct you to timely and authoritative information and data. Among the information sources are:   

Directory of Venture Capital Firms, Domestic & International
R 658.31025 D6287

A gold standard, this source directs the entrepreneur to 2,296 firms that offer capital to businesses.  Taking your business to an important next level may require this type of funding.  The directory’s descriptive listings on these domestic and international firms provide important data that are easily accessed through five indexes. 

Reaching Financial Goals
R 332.024 R2204

The state of the economy follows us throughout our day – from workplace issues, to our purchases, to talk at the dinner table.  BIC’s Website of the Month, Source of the Month, and Check It Out all deal with this ever-present issue.  Reaching Financial Goals is a title from Omnigraphics Personal Finance Series, and it describes the process of identifying our financial goals and assists in determining the tools needed to achieve these goals.  In addition there are sections on avoiding fraud and unscrupulous practices and reaching out to resources and agencies for further help and information.

Business Ethics: A Manual for Managing a Responsible Business Enterprise in Emerging Market Economies
U.S. Department of Commerce - R 174 B9645

This U.S. Department of Commerce title helps you create and implement a business ethics program. Starting with an overview of responsible business conduct, the chapters continue through designing and structuring an ethics plan to putting it into action.

Bankable Business Plans
Rogoff, Edward G.  - R 658.31 R635b

With the shifting economy, it’s time to revamp your business plan. Follow the author’s 10 action steps to define your company and move from the planning stages to business success. For more business plan help, sign up for Creating a Business Plan, a free program offered by the library and SCORE at the Newport branch, May 23^rd, from 10 to Noon. Call 330-744-8636 (press 2 after the prompt) to register.

Bulls, Bears, Boom, and Bust: A Historical Encyclopedia of American Business Concepts 
Dobson, John - R 338.09 D656b

Find out about the entrepreneurs, inventors, and leaders of the business world in this look at the history of United States business.  It includes key events, people, and concepts broken down by time periods from 1607 to the present.

U.S. Master Tax Guide
Commerce Clearing House - R 336.2 C736u

Although not technically a BIC title, the U.S. Master Tax Guide is the perfect source for our March tax topic. Commerce Clearing House distills Internal Revenue rules, restrictions, and requirements to answer all of your tax questions.

Web 2.0 and Beyond: Understanding the New Online Business Models, Trends, and Technologies 
Funk, Tom. - R 658.50285 F963w

Social networking, wikis, blogs, and podcasting are some of the popular web applications that have been integrated into online culture. Web 2.0 and Beyond is a guide for small and medium-sized companies wanting to venture into this area without making large investments in technology. Join the fun and reach out to new customers!

The Environmental Resource Handbook
R 333.7025 En946 2008/09

One of our featured “Check It Out” titles is Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution -- And How It Can Renew America. The Environmental Resource Handbook is a source for environmental associations, research centers, trade shows, government agencies, law, statistics, grants, consultants, product catalogs, and websites. Lists of endangered plants and animals, superfund sites, energy statistics, and a glossary are included. The book also ranks the greenest cities, with Youngstown falling 63rd out of 90 metro areas.

Budgeting and Debt Management:  Advice from Finance Industry Experts about Personal and Family Finances, Banking, Handling Money, Building and Using Credit, Borrowing, Debt, and Recovery from Financial Difficulty R 332.024 B8595

Newspaper and television news headlines constantly remind us that our nation’s citizens have accrued large debt.  This book is a roadmap to managing your personal finances.  Its focus is on “helping people understand their financial situations and budget accordingly, deal effectively with banks and other financial institutions, build and maintain credit, borrow money, and deal with problematic debt”.  Budgeting and Debt Management is divided into six parts, and each part contains chapters that target issues in each category.

• Assessing your Financial Situation
• Banking and Bank Services
• Building and Using Credit
• Borrowing Money
• When Debt is a Problem
• Additional Help and Information

The Way We Work: an Encyclopedia of Business Culture • R 658 W3643

The preface to this encyclopedia states that “business culture is one of those “soft” yet incredibly powerful elements of business as a whole”.  To decipher this aspect of the business universe, The Way We Work provides over one hundred entry topics that include further reading on the topic.  An alphabetical list of entries, entries by subject, and a general index provide accesses to the information in this encyclopedia.