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Research - Periodicals (scholarly, trade, other) - Conference proceedings - Working papers - Dissertations - Articles - Reports & White papers Business Start-Up - Templates and forms - Sample business plans - How-To e-books and articles - Advice from entrepreneurs (interviews, video clips) - Market research & Industry reports - Company profiles & annual reports Teaching - Business Cases - Articles - Course outlines, tips, best practices - RSS feeds Student - Content discovery tools and resources - Tutorial for database - Tips and Advice (video and written) - Online Help with Database Highlight: Monthly Editor’s Picks ProQuest Entrepreneurship: Fits Range of Needs

ProQuest Entrepreneurship: Initial Content ContentQty Books48 Business Cases – Total/FT1067/321 Annual Reports7K Hoovers Co Profiles45K Conferences Papers140+ Scholarly Journals90 Other periodicals40 Market Research Reports12K Other Reports (ongoing)2 Business Plans6 Blogs3 groups Templates & Forms1K+ Video collections/clips11K+ Dissertations500+ Working Papers (SSRN)505+

Key Publishers & Partners Videos: –eClipsNet (developed by Cornell University) –Demo.com (elevator pitches) –Technology Review TR 35 Winners –vatorTV.com John Wiley & Sons (“For Dummies” series) Market and Company Research: –Biz Miner – financial ratios, industry & financial benchmarks –New Strategist –demographics –Direct Marketing Association - media response rates and trends –Just-Auto, Food, Style, and Drinks –Snapshots – industry overviews, worldwide coverage –Hoovers Company Profiles Other key partners: Dow Jones, Emerald, Palgrave, SSRN, USASBE (United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship), International Council for Small Business (ICSB) Publications, guides and dissertations from top universities

Key Journals & Articles Complete coverage via A&I or full-text of all notable entrepreneurship journals Covers key journals in entrepreneurship and related fields: Innovation Venture and Private Equity Financing Technology Commercialisation Includes specially selected articles refreshed weekly: Drawn from ProQuest Platform databases e.g. ABI/INFORM, news, technology databases Content scan done on over 11K publications with articles from 6K publications Based on most common entrepreneurship topics

Top Full-Text Coverage Examples Journal of Small Business ManagementSmall Business Economics Journal of Evolutionary EconomicsJournal of International Entrepreneurship Academy of Entrepreneurship JournalJournal of Microfinance International Journal of EntrepreneurshipJournal of Private Enterprise Journal of Applied Management and Entrepreneurship Journal of Private Equity Journal of Business Strategies Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship Journal of Small Business Strategies Journal of Entrepreneurship EducationJournal of Technology Transfer New England Journal of EntrepreneurshipReview of Austrian Economics Small Business and Enterprise Development Journal of Organizational Change Management

Non-periodical content: eClipsNet Collection of 11K video clips Nearly 500 speakers Covers full range of business start and growth topics Small businesses to largest companies Created by known entrepreneurship educator, Deborah Streeter, PhD, Senior Professor of Personal Enterprise, Department of Applied Economics and Management

Non-periodical content: Biz Miner Local Market Vitality Profiles: 50 US Marketing Research Profiles for all two-digit industry classification codes: 70 Startup Expense & Cash Flow Profiles for all available two-digit industry classification codes: 1070 Small Business Financial Analysis for all available two-digit industry classification codes: 1070

Non-periodical content: Wiley and Jossey-Bass books 44 Wiley and Jossey-Bass books, including companion “Kit” content Topics covered specific to entrepreneurship and small Business: –Management, managing technology, getting results, leadership, change management, strategic planning, vision, team formation –Company formation options and incorporation –Creativity and innovation –Hiring –Innovative Marketing, including buzz Marketing, blogs, branding, marketing research, meetings & events –Legal advice, contracts, forms, employment law –Business planning –Communication, presentations, technical writing, training –Grant writing –Home Based Businesses –Financial management

Non-periodical content: New Strategist 37 books rich in market data Who’s buying – 14 consumer industries Who we are - Asians, Blacks, Hispanics American Consumers: Attitudes and behaviour (13 books) Market Segments (Baby Boom, GenX, Teens, Millennials, Older Americans) Pages of information: almost 6,000 pages

ProQuest is Exclusive Provider of Snapshots to Library Market 40 countries 40 industries More than 9120 reports (508 are 2007&8) Provide up-to-date statistical overviews of each industry by individual country Market trends are demonstrated with historical market size data, key companies, segmentation, distribution and forecasts Non-periodical content: Snapshots Market Reports

Nearly 45,000 Company Records Users can integrate business information from one of the world’s leading electronic distributors of information about companies, industries and the people who lead them With IntelliDocs™ technology, users can put company information in context by linking directly from articles in ProQuest® to Hoover’s Records ProQuest is only library vendor offering Hoover’s Company Records Non-periodical content: Hoovers Company Profiles

o Over 500 scholarly working papers by the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) o Provide cutting edge information in business trends months or years before they appear in the final publication o Often provide previews of published scholarly articles or more information than the final edited article Non-periodical content: SSRN Working Papers ProQuest is the only library vendor offering working papers from SSRN

Non-periodical content: Business Cases Growing collection of full text business cases found in journals such as: o International Academy for Case Research o Idea Group (IGI) Collection o HEC Montreal Collection Over A&I cases from leading business school collections: o Harvard Business Review o Ivey o Thunderbird o Darden o Babson o Case Research Journal Enhance connection between library research collections and the classroom as users can identify business cases relevant to their interests

Features: Video Document View With ProQuest Entrepreneurship you don’t just read about entrepreneurs, you see them in action. View full transcript View the indexing Easy ways to find more videos and documents like the one you are viewing Play the video Download video file (if available)

Applications & User Benefits UserApplications/Benefits Student Tips and advice about starting a business Resources for developing a business plan Researcher Full spectrum of scholarly literature Journals, Working Papers, Conference Proceedings Easy citation and RSS feeds Librarian Resources to help answer increasingly complex and real world questions e.g. market sizing and financial benchmarks Help set up RSS feeds for patrons Entrepreneur Tools for starting a business – templates, forms, guides, sample plans Tips and Advice from other entrepreneurs Tools for surfacing and evaluating new ideas Educator Business cases and other resources for teaching Videos to include in lectures

Why ProQuest Entrepreneurship? A central access point to a variety of traditional and innovative tools specific to the needs of entrepreneurship An unprecedented collection of resources to address the business needs of all types of researchers worldwide Innovative interface leads to powerful results Robust and varied content from top publishers Dynamic additions: weekly refresh of content via article level selection Available for trial and purchase in July 2008