Business Resources

The second floor of the Main Library has many resources to help you invest, find information about a specific business or businesses, start a small business, form a nonprofit, look for grants and more. Come to the second floor reference desk in the Main Library, call 560-0110, or use our Ask a Librarian service for more information

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Bureau of Labor Statistics
Statistics include unemployment rates, average earnings and consumer price index.

Business.gov
Simplifies finding information from many federal and state agency websites in one place. Useful for finding out about business licenses and permits as well as starting small businesses.

Business Licenses for North Carolina Website
Contains information regarding licenses required by N.C. State Agencies and Occupational Licensing Boards. If you have questions about licensing requirements for your specific business, please call the North Carolina Business ServiCenter at (800) 228-8443.

Business Source Premier
Search through over 2300 national and international business journals as well as company profiles, country reports, industry profiles, and market research reports. This database is useful for small business owners, investors, managers and business students. Includes Entrepeneur magazine.

Incorporate or Form a Limited Liability in North Carolina Website
Provides instructions, forms and fees. You can also search for existing corporations and limited liabilities by name or registered agent.

Morningstar
Covers mutual funds, stocks, and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) for the individual investor. Read in-depth, independent stock and fund reports written by experts with the proprietary Morningstar Rating and Style Box. Test your investing ideas with the Portfolio X-Ray Overview. Need help? More than 150 topics are covered in the Help and Education section. How-to-guide

North Carolina Online Business Registration

Register your new business with the North Carolina Department of Revenue online instead of mailing in the NC-BR form for Income Tax Withholding, Sales and Use Tax, and Machinery, Equipment, and Manufacturing Fuel Tax. Please call the Taxpayer Assistance and Collections Center at 1-877-252-3052 if you have any questions.

Reference USA
Contains detailed information on more than 14 million U.S. businesses, 210 million U.S. residents, and 855,000 U.S. health care providers. How-to guide

Regional Business News
The full text of regional business newsletters from the mid ninteies to the present including Business North Carolina, North Carolina Lawyers Weekly, and other newsletters from around the country.

Simply Maps
Get business and marketing data for almost any location in the United States to help you write your business plan.

Small Business Administration
Provides assistance on starting, expanding, and financing a small business.

Small Business Resource Center
This comprehensive database covers all major areas of starting, operating and maintaining a business from financing, management, marketing, accounting, taxes and more. Small Business Resource Center makes finding the best entrepreneurial information available quick and easy. How-to-guide

Valueline
The Value Line Investment Survey is a comprehensive source of information and advice on approximately 1,700 stocks in 98 industries, the stock market, and the economy.  The library's subscription includes: The Value Line Investment Survey Online, small and mid-cap, mutual fund survey, daily options survey, special situations service and convertibles survey.

Last Update: June 7, 2010