Business Reference

The Starbucks books are now available for circulation from Bartley Hall 2008. Full time office hours (9-4p – M-Thursday) begin Sept. 2, 2008. Call 610-519-4374 to hold a book for pickup in the meantime.

• How Starbucks saved my life :how  a son of privilege learns to live like everyone else

• It’s not about the coffee : leadership principles from a life at Starbucks

• My sister’s a barista : how they made Starbucks a home away from home

• Pour your heart into it : how Starbucks built a company one cup at a time

• Starbucked : a double tall tale of caffeine, commerce, and culture

• Tribal knowledge : business wisdom brewed from the grounds of Starbucks corporate culture

• Wrestling with Starbucks : conscience, capital, cappuccino

The database link problem reported last weekend has been repaired. Please call 610 519-4270 in the event that you encounter problems with any of the library’s webpages.

Welcome Back!  For the week of August 25th the BBIC will be open on a part-time basis.  Stop by on Monday morning and meet Dan.  Dennis will be in Tuesday afternoon.  Merrill’s covering Wednesday afternoon and Linda will be in on Thursday.  Look forward to full time staffing after Labor Day.

Somtimes the best research is never published, it resides within people and institutions.  The Encyclopedia of Business Information Sources is an aid to connecting to industry insiders.  It provides access to trade and professional associations as well as manuals, directories, encyclopedias, article databases and statistical databases.

Bizminer Academic offers “Sole Proprieter and Start-Up” and “Industry Financial Reports” with average income statements, cash flows, balance sheet and financial ratios for benchmarking and projections for smaller private enterprises. It is searchable by keyword, SIC code or industry cluster. It’s a nice online compliment to D&B’s Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios [REF HF 5681.R25 I561], Troy’s Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios [REF HF 5681.R25.T68], and RMA’s Annual Statement Studies [REF HF5681.B2].