A Salt Lake City Library Card is required for access to many of these resources but any resident of either the city itself of Salt Lake County can apply for a card. Resources include access to the Small Business Reference Center

A comprehensive free resource of small business management information packed with dozens of guides, tools and ideas.

This official US government web portal lists resources from various government entities on starting a business, growing a business, accessing financing, exporting, tax credits and more. It also integrates state and local government sites as well as private sector related partners. This unique portal provides a vehicle for business and government collaboration as well as access in one place to the myriad of government business resources.

Yahoo! Small Business Advisor provides ideas and advice to empower budding entrepreneurs and growing businesses. It provides original articles, blog posts, news, feature stories and advice for small businesses as well as aggregating the best small business content form elsewhere on the web.

Yahoo Small Business provides reliable web hosting for your website, domain name registration, web site design templates, e-commerce solutions for your small business.

A website created by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs that provides information to help those looking to start or expand their small business.

Articles, advice, etc.

This guide, a revision of The Entrepreneur's Reference Guide to Small Business Information 2nd edition, compiled by the staff of Business Reference Services. Science, Technology, and Business Division. Library of Congress, Washington 1996, was developed under the aegis of the Library of Congress Business Enrichment Advisory Team.

Stanford University’s Entrepreneurship Corner offers 2000 free videos and podcasts, featuring entrepreneurship and innovation thought leaders.

Gives financing, management and tax information for small businesses as well as listing America's most promising private companies.

Provides trade leads and market research information through the U.S. Commercial Service's Market Library Research Datatbase. Documents include Country Commercial Guides, industry overviews and market updates. Access is free, but requires registration.

This resource contains SEC filings on companies as well as statements, financial highlights and key business ratios as compared to their respective industries.

Quickly find information about stocks, bonds, commodities, mutual funds, currencies, etc.

Provides information in areas such as human resources, finance, and technology to give businesses the necessary tools to succeed.

Contains useful how-to instructions, business tips, and new ideas that can be incorporated into your small business.

Government source that contains current legislation and hearings that affect small businesses.

A powerful search engine that searches state and federal sites form information that will help to grow or expand your small business.

Government agency that covers a wide range of labor-related functions.

Has extensive statistics on income, economic indicators, trade, and NAICS codes.

Provides an overview of the U.S. economy nationally, regionally and by industry with excellent charts.

The Commodity Flow Survey (CFS) obtains data on shipments by domestic establishments in manufacturing, wholesale, mining, and selected other industries.

Available from April 1995 forward, this monthly publication is prepared by the Council of Economic Advisers for the Joint Economic Committee. It provides economic information on gross domestic product, income, employment, production, business activity, prices, money, credit, security markets, Federal finance, and international statistics.

Gives results on many topics including business and economy.

Has reports on countries arranged alphabetically, financial data on countries as well as full text access to its World Economic Outlook.

This is a collection of statistical reports on selected industries.

This well-planned site provides information from federal government agencies on seven major industries. The industries-agriculture, banking, energy, environment, health and safety, housing and transportation-appear as hyperlinked headings at the top center of the page. It provides access to 29 resources, with one-sentence annotations supplied for each. Many provide information about supply, demand and pricing. Several sites furnish forecasts and the top industry news. The information can be used to identify market opportunities and supply facts and statistics needed to formulate and to support business plans and strategies.

Provides latest annual and quarterly trade data on U.S. merchandise exports and imports as well as state and regional exports of merchandise. This site is administered by the International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.

Global Economic Prospects is an annual World Bank flagship report published November/December.

A not-for-profit organization that is dedicated to providing support programs and resources to help small businesses succeed.

An advocacy group that represents the interests of independent and small business owners.

An organization that serves over 3.5 million women business owners with resources and assistance to help their companies to excel.