Entrepreneurial and Business Resources

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LEXIS-NEXIS

Click Here for a tutorial on how to find business information and more. 

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The Ultimate Accountants' Reference Including GAAP, IRS & SEC Regulations, Leases, and More (formerly Accounting Reference Desktop).

SEC Filing Search

Company Profiles

Dossier (Company, Executive, and Industry Information)


EBSCO HOST

Business Source Complete This is the world's definitive scholarly business database, providing the leading collection of bibliographic and full text content.

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Company Profiles

Company Information

Business Videos

Industry Profiles

Market Research Reports

List of all Publications


Hospitality and Tourism Index (Hospitality & Tourism Index is a bibliographic database covering scholarly research and industry news relating to all areas of hospitality and tourism.) 

Or click below to access the following Hospitality and Tourism Index full text publications:

Restaurant and Food Service Market Research Handbook

Fitness Business Pro

Food Engineering

Gourmet Retailer

Home Based Travel Agent

Nation’s Restaurant News

Restaurant Business

Restaurant and Food Service Market Research Handbook

Restaurant Hospitality

Restaurant, Food & Beverage Market Research Handbook


Regional Business News (Regional Business News incorporates more than 80 regional business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.)

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New Orleans City Business (2003-Present)

Greater Baton Rouge Business Report (1993-Present)


Human Resources Abstracts

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Full-Text Articles about Human Resources for Small and Entrepreneurial Businesses

Local Resources, Incubators, Etc.-

St Bernard Chamber of Commerce: Business Resources

St Bernard Economic Development Foundation

Start-Up St. Bernard (For Information about Next Year’s Entrepreneur Challenge)

Plaquemines Association of Business and Industry (PABI)

Greater New Orleans Inc. Regional Economic Development(Covers 10 Area Parishes) 

City of New Orleans: Small Business Resources

Idea Village (An Independent 501C3 Nonprofit Organization with a Mission to Identify, Support, and Retain Entrepreneurial Talent in New Orleans.) 

Propeller (Tackling the Tough Challenges in New Orleans by Launching Socially-Minded Ventures Since 2009.) 

U.S. Small Business Association: Louisiana District

LABI

Data.NOLA.gov (free site that is a catalog of public data sets produced by the City of New Orleans)

General Resources-

The Better Business Bureau

Accounting Coach (the Free version has many free resources to learn Accounting) 

NAICS Association (North American Industry Classification system): Your Complete Source for all things NAICS & SIC 

PolicyMap (Free and subscription versions provide online data and mapping application that gives information related to housing, crime, mortgages, health, etc.)

American FactFinder (free site for U.S. census information)

IRS Small Business and Self Employed Tax Center

Small Business Administration (the National website)

BEA Survey of Current Business (from the Bureau of Economic Analysis)

Big Charts (from Market Watch) 

BizLaunch (Free online Small Business tools)

SCORE Business Planning and Financial Statements Template Gallery (Free)