DemographicsNow is a marketing insight tool for users seeking detailed demographic data. It connects users with information on more than 24 million U.S. businesses and 206 million consumers. The resource utilizes Census data, consumer expenditures, retail spending, and specialized segmentation groups to create easy-to-use reports and maps.

Find information on over 120,000 associations, societies and other nonprofit membership organizations at the national, regional, state and local level. Encyclopedia of Associations provides detailed information about organizations in the categories of legal, business, trade, educational, sports, fan clubs and many more.

LivePlan is a subscription business planning resource available to library customers, for a six-week time period. During this time, you will have access to all of the resources needed to create your business plan. At the end of the 6-week period, you can download your business plan for future reference.

At times, there may be a waiting list for access to LivePlan. In this case, the librarian will let you know when it will be available.

Before starting a business plan, it is recommended that customers develop a solid business concept, be able to describe their target customer(s) and do some basic industry research. If you need support to complete this research, please contact our business librarian at business@columbuslibrary.org.

To get started with LivePlan, please click Access Now button to provide the information in the Contact the Business Librarian form.

Mergent Archives features a vast, indexed collection of more than a century’s worth of global corporate and industry related documents. This collection contains hundreds of thousands of reports covering over 100 countries and industries.

Mergent Intellect features a deep collection of worldwide business information that enables users to generate insightful business intelligence. Mergent offers the opportunity to access private and public U.S. and international business data, industry news, facts and figures, executive contact information, the ability to access industry profiles and much more.

Mergent Key Business Ratios provides immediate online access to competitive benchmarking data. This powerful tool lets researchers examine industry benchmarks compiled from D&B®’s database of public and private companies, featuring 14 key business ratios (users choose a one-year or three-year set of ratios) for public and private companies in 800 lines of business.

Reference Solutions helps users search for jobs, research U.S. businesses, create marketing and small business plans, locate specific people and more.

Small Business Source offers exclusive full text for many top consumer small business reference books, as well as tools to address many small business topics. It includes business videos, a help and advice section and details on how to create business plans.