October is Small Business Month in BC and at the Library!

It's Small Business Month and you won't believe all the resources we have available at the library to help your small business succeed!

Let's start with books! Our reference staff have put together the following booklists:

Entrepreneurship
Human Resources
Business Communication
Branding

As a part of Small Business Month, we are featuring some of the ORL’s online resources that can entrepreneurs may find useful. 

All resources discussed below can be accessed by ORL patrons through the “View all Digital Resources” button found on the ORL homepage, www.orl.bc.ca .

Looking to get your business off the ground and need some guidance on how to write a business plan to seek out funding? Check out the Business Plans Handbook; it offers a wide collection of sample business plans and business plan templates from everything from bakeries, to specialty clothing stores, to photography studios.

To find a sample business plans,

·         Search through all volumes of this series using the search box underneath the cover image of the handbook, or, 
·         Click on one of the listed volumes to browse through its contents.

You can find full-text articles on business news and management from the following magazines in the Canadian Business and Current Affairs index: 

·         Canadian Business 
·         Report on Business Magazine
·         The Canadian Manager

For a refresher on how to search through CBCA by publication, check out last month’s blog post.

Do you want to read your magazines in full colour print-like layout? You can find these magazines, which focus on how Canadian issues affect businesses and entrepreneurs, in the ORL’s Zinio for Libraries collection: 

·         BCBusiness Magazine
·         Profit

If you are new to Zinio for Libraries, check out this helppage on the ORL website on how to get started.

Finally, here are some helpful links: 

Small Business Accelerator

Small Business BC

We hope you have a successful Small Business Month!

Find Great Newspaper and Magazines Articles in the Canadian Newsstand & the Canadian Business and Current Affairs Index

For the month of September, the ORL is featuring two eResources: the Canadian Business and Current Affairs Index (CBCA) & Canadian Newsstand.

You can find articles from some of your favourite newspapers and magazines in CBCA & Canadian Newsstand -- both eResources are searched at the same time. Many of the magazines and newspapers in these collections offer the full-text of the article and access to back issues.

Learn about currents events, business, and politics in magazines such as:

·         The Economist
·         Maclean’s
·         Newsweek (Global ed.)

Keep informed with Canadian Newspapers such as:

·         Globe and Mail
·         National Post
·         Vancouver Sun

Along with the many more magazines and newspapers that are offered, you can find also find journals for literary reviews, and peer-reviewed scholarly publications from the sciences and social sciences.

You can check out CBCA and Canadian Newsstand by clicking on the ‘View all Digital Resources’ button, on the ORL’s homepage. From there, you can find the links to CBCA or to Canadian Newsstand, as well as find all of the other eResources that the ORL has to offer. Be sure to have your library card handy, you will need to sign in with your library card barcode number and PIN.

For the month of September, you will able to find the link to access CBCA and Canadian Newsstand in the Check this out! box on the ORL’s homepage.

Once you’ve signed in, click on the Publications link near the upper left hand corner of the page. This will bring up a list of all the publications in the CBCA & Canadian Newsstand databases. Then, type the name of the magazine or newspaper you want to find into the search box.

Clicking on the title of the publication from the results list will bring you to the Publication Information page. On this page you can…
 

·         Click on “view most recent issue” link next to the title of the magazine or newspaper, to get to the newest articles right away
·         Check out the full-text coverage period
·         Search within the publication for specific articles.
·         Or, browse articles by issues or year (just click on the year/issue you are interested in)
 

Check it out today!

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Each month, the ORL will be featuring one of its eResources. Library membership gives ORL patrons access to a wide range of eResources that can be accessed from home and in the library. These eResources can be used for reading and enjoyment, to help you with your research needs, or to learn new things.

Bring the library to your home today!