SMALL BUSINESS

 The Library is a center for adult learning and achievement.  Adult Learner Services responds to your learning needs and interests.   We provide information, programs, access to technology, referrals, and materials.
 

ASSISTANCE
 A list of agencies and organizations that offer counseling, training, and other forms of assistance to small business
Contact HPL
InfoAnytime (Reference 24/7)

LIBRARY WORKSHOPS
Check our event calendar and register online.
 View :
 1. Business Self-Assessment
 2. How to Sell Your Product or Service to Government
3. Online Marketing for Artists
Listen to:
1. Hiring and Working with Immigrant Workers
 2. Insurance for the Future: Building Tomorrow's Workforce
 3. Speaking of Business:  Public Speaking for Entrepreneurs

EMAIL NOTIFICATION
Join HPL's email list for small business owners and entrepreneurs. You will receive announcements of small business classes and workshops at the Library and, occasionally, notification of new resources, other programs or services, or news items of interest.
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ONLINE BUSINESS
REFERENCE SHELF
 You will be asked for your Hartford Public Library card number, if you are outside the Library.

Business Plans Handbook
containing over 250 sample business plans

Encyclopedia of Small Business
 containing 600 detailed articles and overviews of all the key information needs of small business owners and entrepreneurs

 

TOPICS
 Business plans

QUOTE OF THE MONTH
 When I started out in business, I spent a great deal of time researching every detail that might be pertinent to the deal I was interested in making. I still do the same today. People often comment on how quickly I operate, but the reason I can move quickly is that I've done the background work first…  Who said it?

 

DATABASES
Access business databases (directories, magazines, newspapers, and more) from home, school, or business with Hartford Public Library card. 

BOOKS AND MAGAZINES
 HPL catalog
 Biz Book Talk
Books for Business
 BusinessWeek Best-Seller List
New York Times Best Sellers Lists
 New!
Start-up guides for specific types of businesses, including Entrepreneur Magazine's Step by Step Startup Guides

SOFTWARE
 All sites offer public access computers equipped with Microsoft Office products and Internet Explorer.

ONLINE COURSE
 Business Writing Success Skills: six classes in business writing basics from LearningExpressLibrary (Access from home, school, or business with a Hartford Public Library card.)
Public Computers Assistive Technology Information & Reference Request a Book, an Article, or Obituary Telephone Numbers
& Addresses
Contact Information:
Hartford Public Library, Adult Learner Services, 500 Main Street, Hartford, CT 06103
860-695-6295 reference@hplct.org, www.hplct.org
Page created:  06/19/07