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Gale Business Entrepreneuship
Gale Business Entrepreneurship is a good place to start your research for your business plan. In this database, you will find information on all aspects of creating a business plan, getting funding, and managing your business as well as information about the different types of small businesses that exist and how they have grown their businesses.
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(Gale) Learn how to start, finance, or manage your small business. Includes sample business plans, how to guides, articles, and more.
This database covers all aspects of starting and operating a business, including accounting, finance, human resources, management, marketing, tax, and more.
How to Search Gale Business Entrepreneurship
Searching Gale Business Entrepreneurship
Use the search box on the home page to search for the type of company or information that you are interested in.
Browsing the Topics
If you aren't sure what to search for, scroll further down the page to see different topic areas that you can browse for information.
Search Results
When you search by keywords, you will see a results page that breaks the information into different categories. Scroll down the page or choose the content types at the top to jump to a particular type. The categories include sample business plans, news articles, magazines and journal articles, and more.
Viewing an Article
When you click on the title of a result, it will open that piece of information.
At the top of the information, there will be information about where the article came from: author, source, and document type.
To the top right of the page, you will find the database tools. There are tools to help you Cite the piece of information, downloading it, and getting a permanent link to it.
Related resources are often linked to the right of the article, including subject terms. When you find a good article for your research, try using the subject terms linked to the right to find other similar resources.
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