RESOURCE CENTRE

Reference Library

Our Reference Library includes, books, magazines, directories and other materials that will enable you to research your business idea. These materials include information on products, services, companies, marketing, statistics, demographics, small business profiles, professional associations and local information on Renfrew County.

We also sell books at prices from $14.95 to $21.95 plus GST that you might not be able to find locally and we can generally order others that you may need with delivery in a day or two.

Some new titles from Self Counsel Press are:

Managing a Successful Business in Canada
Small Business Forms and Disks (Credit & Payment, Cash Management, Order and Purchase, Receiving and Inventory, Time Planning)
Exporting from Canada
Writing for the Web
Start and Run a Profitable Catering Business

Publications

The centres also provide a wide range of free publications that cover all aspects of business start-up, rules and regulations, sources of financing at all levels of government, etc.

COBSC Electronic Resources

Enterprise Renfrew County provides access to commercial electronic databases through the Canada-Ontario Business Service Centre computer workstation located in both offices. These FREE electronic resources are valuable research tools for preparing a business plan as well as exploring a new business idea. It also gives access to a restricted extranet program that includes extensive international market research data as well as current information on government services and programs for small business.

Internet Access and Business Software

There are computer workstations available for business use. There is access to a variety of software including work processing, desktop publishing, database and spreadsheet as well as internet access.