Jobs, Money & Small Business

This collection of digital resources offer a variety of skill-developing courses, support for entrepreneurs, and guidance for specialized career paths. Improve your job search with these resources.

Explore the Library's collection of interactive courses, video instruction, language lessons, and more on topics that will help strengthen your business, technical, and creative skills. Free with your library card.

Career Online High School is online, flexible, free way to earn your diploma. It provides a personal academic coach to help you succeed, special industry-focused training, and tools that you need to start or advance your career.

BusinessSource Centers provide startup ventures and current small business owners with various cost-effective tools to make their businesses a success. Through these tools, small businesses can grow and remain competitive within Los Angeles.

Formerly known as ReferenceUSA, this U.S. directory has regularly updated listings and profiles for over 60 million current and new businesses, over two million job listings, 320 million people, and two million new movers.

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.

PolicyMap is an online mapping tool that helps patrons explore community data on demographics, housing, workforce trends, health, and quality of life, transforming complex data into meaningful insights.

This online business planning tool offers guidance and templates for creating an entrepreneur profile, and assists in developing a business idea, building a business plan, and making financial projections.

Discover tools to help you become a successful street vendor, including attracting new customers, budgeting, and community safety strategies. View a selection of recordings that outline what it takes to become a permitted vendor in the city of Los Angeles.