Friday, March 27, 2009

Online business resources

The Pueblo City-County Library District has some excellent business resources available in our electronic databases. These databases are available to anyone who has a PCCLD library card. If you're thinking of starting a new business, do your market, funding, and business plan research using ProQuest Entrepreneurship. If you're currently in business and want to expand your customer base or compare your business to your competitors, you can look at demographics and competitors using ReferenceUSA. Many of these databases give users access to full-text articles from a variety of magazines and journals that would be cost-prohibitive to subscribe to in either print or electronic versions. The search function allows you to drill down to the specific topics and issues you are researching to find materials that are current and relevant. Tutorials are available for some of the databases, and further assistance is available at the Business Center at Pueblo West Library.

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Welcome to the Watts Center blog!

I'd like to welcome members of the Pueblo and Pueblo West business and non-profit communities to the Watts Center blog, where I will post information about business issues of interest, news and events, and new library and online materials. I will be posting a survey that I would like to use to get a sense of what community interests are for the Center.

The Pueblo West Library's grand opening is scheduled for Wednesday, April 8 at 11am. We will have a soft opening in the next couple of weeks. I'm looking forward to getting started!

Cindy Shimizu
Business Librarian