A-Z Databases

Access Medicine provides medical ebooks, examination and procedural videos, patient safety modules, and a diagnosis tool. Access restricted to VTCSOM affiliates.

Demographics Now provides demographic data on more than 24 million U.S. businesses and 206 million consumers. Choose a business location, research competitors, analyze market size, build direct marketing lists, profile current and potential customers, forecast trends, and uncover consumer buying patterns.

You must create a profile using your vt.edu email address to use the database. Gale Small Business Builder provides step-by-step planning for starting, managing, and optimizing a small business. It uses a dashboard as you walk through 5 areas to develop a business plan through wizards and templates. It integrates with the other 3 Gale entrepreneur databases.

Gale Legal Forms provides forms drafted by attorneys for a particular legal matter, forms from public records and participating companies and attorneys. "Official" forms for Virginia and other states are also included.

Small Business Resource Center covers all aspects of starting and operating a business, including accounting, finance, human resources, management, marketing, tax, and more. Experience an easy-to-browse interface mapped to four key stages—plan, fund, start, and manage—to fit your research needs at any point in your business's development. Small Business Resource Center features the entire Business Plans Handbook series, which contains hundreds of sample business plans created by real-life entrepreneurs. New plans are added monthly.