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Entrepreneurship
Subject Guide
Idea Generation
Stuck trying to come up with ideas? View the resources below to help you get started. If you find you need more assistance, please book a research appointment with your Business Librarian, Chelsea Barrett.
Databases
- ABI/INFORM Collection (1971 - current) (ProQuest Central) This link opens in a new windowScholarly and professional business articles. There are also company profiles, SWOT analyses, business dissertations, and articles from the Wall Street Journal.
- Business Source Elite This link opens in a new windowBusiness Source Elite provides full-text coverage of scholarly business, management and economics journals. This rich collection also includes publications covering topics such as accounting, banking, finance, international business, marketing, sales, etc.
- Scopus This link opens in a new windowInternational coverage of journal articles, selected web sites, and patents in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities; provides citation tracking for 1996+ (select coverage for earlier periods) and cited reference searches back to 1970.
Websites
- Free Patents Online"Provides fast, easy-to-use and free access to millions of patents and patent applications."
- MindMupThis website allows for you to visually brainstorm your ideas using keywords, connective thought processes and outline capabilities.
Videos
Additional Resources
- Small Business and Entrepreneurship LibguideA guide to small business and entrepreneurship information from the Business Reference and Services Section of the American Library Association
- U.S. government resourcesSmall business information from USA.gov
- TED talksA collection of TED talks on entrepreneurship
- Entrepreneurship.orgA website dedicated to entrepreneurs from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.