Business/ Finance/Consumer
AtoZ
Databases (WH – all access)
https://www.atozdatabases.com/librarysignin?fromHttps=CFB9E27C5392A3147AA9EADB8448874D
Business
Plans Handbook Series
http://go.galegroup.com/ps/start.do?p=GVRL.businessplans&u=20398_pclc&authCount=1
Gale
Business Insights Essentials (FLE – all access)
http://bi.galegroup.com/essentials/?u=20398_pclc
Gale Courses
– Online Classes
https://education.gale.com/l-lwpl/
Gale
Demographics Now (FLE – all access)
http://dnow.galegroup.com/dnow/?p=DNOW&u=20398_pclc
Gale Small
Business Collection (FLE – all access)
http://go.galegroup.com/ps/start.do?p=PPSB&u=20398_pclc&authCount=1
Gale Small
Business Resource Center (FLE – all access)
http://go.galegroup.com/ps/start.do?p=SBRC&u=20398_pclc&authCount=1
Business Resources – Local
Catapult
Lakeland
CareerSource
Polk
http://www.careersourcepolk.com/
Central
Florida Score
https://centralflorida.score.org/
Central
Florida Development Council
Florida Small Business Development Center
Small
Business Development Council
https://sbdctampabay.com/polk/
Chamber of Commerce
Auburndale
https://www.myauburndalechamber.com/
Bartow
Dundee
http://www.dundeeareachamber.org/
Eagle Lake
(City Hall)
Fort Meade
http://www.fortmeadechamber.com/
Frostproof
http://www.frostproofchamberofcommerce.com/
Haines City
http://www.hainescitychamber.com/
Lakeland
http://www.lakelandchamber.com/
Lake Alfred
http://www.lakealfredchamber.com/
Lake Wales
Mulberry
http://www.mulberrychamber.org/
Polk City (City Hall)
Winter Haven
http://www.winterhavenchamber.com/
Lakeland Economic Development Council
Business Resources – General
Bloomberg.com
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Business Week
https://www.bloomberg.com/businessweek
US Census Bureau
Economic Indicators (US Census)
https://www.census.gov/economic-indicators/
Fast Company
Federal Reserve
https://www.federalreserve.gov/
Forbes
globalEDGE
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Sweet’s Catalog of Building Materials
https://sweets.construction.com/
Thomas Register
United States Patent & Trademark Office
Wall Street Journal Online
Small Business Resources – General
American Express Small Business Network
https://www.americanexpress.com/us/small-business/
Entrepreneurship.org
https://www.entrepreneurship.org/
Findlaw’s Small Business Center
http://smallbusiness.findlaw.com/
Minority Business Development Agency
SCORE (Service Corps of Retired Executives)
Small Business Administration
Trade Show News Network
USA.gov
https://www.usa.gov/start-business
Finance & Investing
Bankrate.com
Financial Literacy for Kids
http://renegadebuggies.familieslearning.org
FINRA’s Market Data Center
Foreign Currency Exchange Rates
https://www.fiscal.treasury.gov/fsreports/rpt/treasRptRateExch/treasRptRateExch_home.htm
Investing in Bonds
http://www.investinginbonds.com/
Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB)
New York Stock Exchange
OANDA Currency Converter
https://www.oanda.com/currency/converter/
Securities and Exchange Commission’s EDGAR