The Business & Economics Department

Located on Lower Level One (-1) of the Tom Bradley Wing: Department Layout

 Phone: (213) 228-7100  |    Fax: (213) 228-7119  |    E-mail (form)

Department Staff

• Dan Dupill, Department Manager (213) 228-7241
• Youngsil Lee, Senior Librarian (213) 228-7102

Materials & Collections

The Business and Economics Department contains 172,000 books, 230 current periodical titles and hundreds of trade and association directories. The Department's resources are particularly popular with small business owners/operators, entrepreneurs, importers/exporters, investors, analysts, industry researchers, job hunters, students, and marketing personnel.

Subject Areas

Collection Highlights

• Southern California current and historical company directories and annual reports
• Corporate finance and stock information, current and historical
• Small business & entrepreneurship, including resources for business plans, raising money for a business, home-based businesses, forming corporations and partnerships, starting & operating specific businesses (retail, catering, consulting, importing, etc.)
• Southern California transportation industry
• Government documents depository
• Los Angeles city property records on microfiche
• Trade magazines
• Investor's Business Daily (IBD) 1990 - present
• Statistical Reference Index (SRI), a selective guide to American statistical publications from private organizations and state government sources; indexes and microfiche documents 1980 - present
• Historical mail order catalogs: Sears, Spiegel, Montgomery Ward

Online Business Resources

• Los Angeles Business Solutions: Official city portal site for business in Los Angeles.
• Databases offered by the Los Angeles Public Library
  
• Business, Company & Consumer Information Web Links selected by the Los Angeles Public Library
• Directory Web Links selected by the Los Angeles Public Library
• Job and Career Web Links selected by the Los Angeles Public Library
• Statistics Web Links selected by the Los Angeles Public Library
• Tax Information Web Links selected by the Los Angeles Public Library
• Research Guides: These guides have been prepared by Business & Economics staff in order to assist you in conducting research on popular topics. A reference librarian can give you more detailed direction.
  1. Business (New) Start-Up Guide for the City of Los Angeles
  2. Company Information Online Research Guide
  3. Financial Ratios Information
  4. Industry Information Research Guide
  5. Job Hunting Guide
  6. Small Business Research (PDF Format)

BEST Friends

BEST Friends is the support group for the Business & Economics and Science, Technology & Patents Departments. For membership information, please contact by mail or email:

BEST Friends, P.O. Box 712217, Los Angeles CA, 90071      best.friends.lapl@gmail.com

Newsletter

Cites & Bytes is the monthly newsletter for the Business and Economics Department. In it you will find listings of new books, useful Web sites, information on special events and programs sponsored by the Department and other interesting and useful business information.

All issues are in format.

February 2010
January 2010
December 2009
November 2009
October 2009
September 2009

Programs & Events from the Business & Economics Department

2010 programs and events (PDF Format)

For more information for these and other library programs, events and exhibits, plese visit http://www.lapl.org/events/