About.com

Resources for Entrepreneurs. Harvard Business School Press

EntreWorld.org. The Kaufmann Center for Entrepreneurship

Library Resources For In dustry Research. Kresge Business Library

Entrepreneur.com. Magazine Resource Center

Vision2Reality. Price Waterhouse Coopers' Entrepreneur Resource Center. Includes good overview of what elements go into a business plan.

Online Women's Business Center. U.S. Small Business Administration

Starting Your Business. U.S. Small Business Administration

Center for Entrepreneurs. WSJcom Startup Journal

Who are these Independent Information Brokers?. Bjorner, Susanne. ASIS Bulletin, February 1995.

When the Be-Your-Own-Boss Bug Bites. Chartrand, Sabra. New York Times, September 22, 1996. Three part series exploring entrepreneurship's increasing popularity in the U.S.

Home Office: Learning to Work Where You Live. Chartrand, Sabra. New York Times, May 5, 1996.

What Makes a Good Entrepreneur? Chartrand, Sabra. New York Times, September 29, 1996.

At Patent Office, Automation Is Now the Mother of Invention. Chartrand, Sabra. New York Times, November 16, 1996. Explores the ways that patent research companies are benefiting from the wonders of automation via computer technologies.

When One Job Just Won't Pay the Bills. Chartrand, Sabra. New York Times, October 27, 1996. A glimpse into moonlighting.

Women and Minorities Now Account For Biggest Jump in Startup Companies. Chartrand, Sabra. New York Times, October 6, 1996.

How to Choose an Information Broker. Detwiler, Susan M. ASIS Bulletin, February 1995.

Unlearning lessons of Internet mania. Gurley, J William. Fortune, Dec 10, 2001.

Calling All Misfits: Are you a corporate loser, drifting from job to job, unable to follow orders? Maybe it's time to start a business. Lancaster, Hal. Wall Street Journal, May 14, 2001.

A Brief History of Information Brokering. Levine, Marilyn M. ASIS Bulletin, February 1995.

SeekingCapital.com wants women entrepreneurs. Meyer, Cheryl. The Daily Deal, February 1, 2001.

The Fever's Alive: Dot-coms may be struggling, but the entrepreneurial spirit is doing just fine, thank you. Nieland, Andrew. Wall Street Journal, Apr 30, 2001.

Publishing for the Information Professional. Burwell Enterprises, Inc. Commercial web site which features numerous links to references published by the author on information brokering.

InfoSciTech. Information Consultants, Inc. Example of a web site from an information broker "specializing in scientific, technical, and patent information."

Association of Independent Information Professionals

Information Brokers, Inc.

Software and Information Industry Association

U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)

Business Res ources. Ann Arbor Area Chamber of Commerce

Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE)

STAT-USA "Mission: STAT-USA will produce, distribute, and assist other government agencies in producing world-class business, economic and government information products that American businesses and the public can use to make intelligent and informed decisions."

Washtenaw County Cler k/Register of Deeds