DCL for Business

Information Services for Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses

Our specially trained business librarians offer boutique-style service to fit your needs—market information, competitive intelligence, data on industry trends, sample business plans, and more. Contact us with your business idea or question and a business librarian will respond in one business day.
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Small-Business Special:
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Artificial Intelligence in Business
The NeuroPreneur The Digital Mindset My Robot Gets Me Genius Makers The AI Marketing Canvas
Finding Your Audience
The Beginner's Guide to Content Marketing The One-hour Content Plan Content Marketing Made Easy Essentials of Thought Leadership & Content Marketing Epic Content Marketing
Attracting More Customers
Unreasonable Hospitality Fanocracy Hug your Haters 77 Ways to Get More Customers What Customers Crave
Business for Creatives
Creativity, Spirituality & Making A Buck The Creative Curve Building your Business the Right-brain Way Handmade to Sell Grow your Handmade Business
Business Startups
Startup Myths and Models The Entrepreneur's Paradox Why Startups Fail The Women's Small Business Start-up Kit The 7 Day Startup
The Business Plan
Choose Starting A Business From Home Burn the Business Plan Successful Business Plan Secrets & Strategies S Plan Guide! How to Write A Business Plan
Entrepreneurship
Digital Goddess Entrepreneurship Stuck in the Middle Seat The Fearless Woman's Guide to Starting A Business Launch your Inner Entrepreneur
Marketing Insights
The 1-Page Marketing Plan Get Different: Marketing That Can't Be Ignored! Marketing Mess to Brand Success The Experience Economy The Power of Broke
Business Databases
Our suite of research databases includes sources for demographics, market research and market segmentation, plus comprehensive resources for nonprofit businesses and thousands of articles from leading business publications. Access the databases for free either at the library or online using your library card.
Business Insights: Essentials
Business and industry overviews, rankings, market data, and investment and financial reports.
Business Source Premier
Economic data, company profiles, industry information and market research from more than 2,200 popular and academic business publications.
Gale Business: Plan Builder
Tools to grow, plan, and optimize a business or nonprofit, including development tools and a step-by-step process for building a business plan.
Reference Solutions
Formerly ReferenceUSA
Business and residential info on over 25 million businesses and more than 262 million consumers in the U.S. and Canada.
SimplyAnalytics
Demographic data useful for opening a business, finding audiences for products/services, and analyzing the needs of a given population.
In addition, DCL offers LinkedIn Learning video courses, as well as meeting rooms and study rooms that may be reserved for uninterrupted work, client meetings, and group presentations, with free wireless internet access.
Our specially trained business librarians are here to help you with your research.
  • Help starting a new business with sample business plans, registration and other startup information.
  • Market information, competitive intelligence, industry trends, and operation assistance for established businesses.
  • Instruction and best practices for using and understanding the wealth of data reported in the above business databases.
  • Free workshops on small-business topics. In partnership with the South Metro Small Business Development Center (SBDC).
Contact us now with your business question!
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