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Boston Public Library
Small Business Collection
Kirstein Business Branch
20 City Hall Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02108
617-523-0860

A collection of small business resources is shelved together on our second floor. The Small Business Collection consists of books on a variety of small business-related topics including:

• Starting & operating a small business
• Buying & selling a small business
• Home-based businesses
• Franchising
• Running specific businesses (catering, consulting, contracting, restaurants, etc...)
• Writing business plans
• Raising capital using various methods
• Examples of business forms for small businesses

For some examples of books in this collection, see our Small Business Bibliography .