Small business

Subject guide

This NSI Libraries online subject guide provides links to information available on the web. Some resources require a DET username and password. Don’t know your DET username and password? Contact your College Student Administration or your teacher.

Subject web links

 

Associations

Small Business Enterprise Association of Australia and New Zealand

Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Marketing Association of Australia and New Zealand

Legislation

Australasian Legal Information Institute
Includes copies of all national and government statutes

WebLaw

Subject gateway to Australian legal information

TAFE links

These sites contain comprehensive link collections on this subject.

Business services

TAFE Studylinks

Business

Bremer Institute of TAFE's subject links


Course resources - business and office skills

North Coast Institute's web links

 

Directories


Australian Government Directory

Incorporating Business Australia

 

Related subject guides

Accounting

Human resources management

Marketing

Project management

 

Government information

Australian Taxation Office
Full information about tax for individuals, businesses or professionals. Includes detailed discussion of tax law, rulings and guidelines.

business.gov.au
Commonwealth government site giving tips on how to run a small business together with relevant government services.

NSW small business
A range of articles on how to run a small business together with information and links describing relevant government services.

IP Australia
IP (Intellectual Property) Australia is the Australian Government agency responsible for administering patents, trade marks and designs.

Office of Industrial Relations NSW

Responsible for monitoring wages, employment rights, obligations and conditions in NSW.

Australian Industrial Relations Commission

Australian Standards Online
This subscription service gives TAFE NSW students access to over 6,500 full-text Australian standards. Search for relevant Australian standards by visiting Australian Standards Online.

Small business safety starter kit

Provided by Workcover NSW

Standards

Full-text access only available in your NSI Library (For downloads USB drive required) - contact your librarian.

Standard Number e.g.

HB 90.1-2000 The Small Business Handbook - Guide to ISO 9001:2000

HB 190-2006 Success through knowledge: a guide for small business

HB 211-2001 Occupational health and safety management systems -

                        A guide to AS 4801 for small business

HB 402-2004 Business Planning

   eJournals, eBooks & other eResources

   

eJournals

Freely available journals

• Australian journal of management

• Journal of business systems, governance

   and ethics

• Journal of research for consumers

For the entire list of free journals go to the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) which provides access to over 100 free online journals on business and economics.

EBSCOhost

Click the link of one of the selected journals or databases. Log in using your DET Username and password.

ANZRC

• ARN: Australian reseller news

• BusinessWeek

• Businessdate

• Forbes

• Marketing bulletin
• Money (14446219)

• Total quality management & business excellence (with a 12 month delay)

• Women in business


Business Source Premier

• Advanced management journal

• Business & economic review

• Entrepreneur

• Franchising world

• FSB: fortune small business

• Harvard business review

• In business

• Journal of business communication

• Money management

 

Gale Cengage Learning

Click the link to Gale databases or one of the selected journals. Log in using your DET Username and password.


• Australian journal of management

• Employment relations record

• Foundations and trends in entrepreneurship

• Journal of small business management

• Keeping good companies

 

      

eBooks

Click the link of any of the examples and then click on URL. Log in using your DET Username and password.

NetLibrary

• How to write a business plan

• 201 great ideas for your small business

 

eReference

Free eReference

Glossary of business terms

Business advisor network

Marketing dictionary by Monash University

 

Oxford Reference Online - Premium

Log in using your DET username and password with EDU\ in front of your username. Once you have logged into the database, click on Subjects & Books and go to Economics & business.

Oxford Reference Online

• A dictionary of business and

   management

 

Training toolbox (Australian Flexible Learning Framework)

 

My micro business

Small business management

Click on 'URL' at the end of the description to access this training package which contains tutorials, quizzes and resources for your course. From home log in using your DET username and password. You can view or download this resource.

A CD-ROM of the package may be available at your TAFE library.

 

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   Databases covering small business subjects

Here is a selection of subject specific databases provided. For the full list of general databases and regarding instructions go to the eResources Portal.

Name Description Access
ANZRC

Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre - EBSCO's searchable database provides full text, and index access to many local and international magazines, newspapers and reference books. Most general subjects are covered.

DET username and password required.

MasterFile Premier

This multi-disciplinary database provides more than 1,750 general reference publications with full text information. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest.

DET username and password required.

Business Source Premier

Business Source Premier (BSP)is one of the industry’s most used business research database, providing full text for more than 2,300 journals. Full text coverage is provided in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics.

DET username and password required.

Gale databases

Gale databases provide access to periodical and news information on a diverse set of topics. The sub-collection General OneFile includes over 6,300 full-text titles and 400 newspaper services (a total of more than 11,000 titles). Also included in the subscription are the 'General Reference Centre Gold', the Environmental Studies and Policy Collection and the 'Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure Collection'.

DET username and password required.

Kompass

Kompass worldwide contains 2.3M companies in 66 countries referenced by 57.000 product & service keywords 860.000 trade names and 4.6M executive name.This freely available version does not include advanced search features and only provides brief company profiles.

http://www.kompass.com

Freely available
(Register to get access to the full list of companies)
MarketLine

MarketLine offers a comprehensive collection of company, industry and country information. MarketLine products include:

  • Industry profiles for 50,000 public and private companies

  • Country profiles presenting easy-to-digest summaries and standardized data

  • Key macro-economic, social, demographic and industry statistics for 215 countries

  • News, comment and analysis on the latest business developments

Students: use your DET username and password with EDU\ in front of the username (e.g. EDU\john.smith).

Staff: use your network username and password with NSI\ in front of the username (NSI\jsmith).
TVNews

TVNews indexes and abstracts Australian news items, current affairs and documentaries from free-to-air networks since 2007. You can download video content straight to your desktop or flash drive. Most programs are available the next working day. Coverage includes: Lateline Business, Inside Business and all the major news broadcasts.

DET username and password required.

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   Library catalogues

The NSW TAFE Library catalogue lists all the resources held in NSW TAFE libraries. You can search by keyword, author, title and subject and also limit searches to specific types of materials and specific college libraries. The catalogue has links to, and the addresses and contact details of, all individual NSW TAFE Libraries.

Subject headings

Catalogue links to some small business subjects and availability through NSI Libraries are listed below. Please note: the search results are limited to items available in NSI Libraries. Do a new search if you want to find items held by your local library or to get results for all TAFE NSW Libraries.

  Business Decision making
  Business communication Leadership
  Business report writing Organizational behavior
  Communication in management Personnel management
  Corporate culture Public relations
  Customer relations Small business

Macquarie University Library

Macquarie University Library has an extensive collection of resources in the small business area. NSI has a reciprocal borrower's agreement with Macquarie University ($44 per calendar year). Please ask your NSI library staff for details on how to access this service.     

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Last updated: 13.10.2009

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