BUS 313: Management of Organizations and Behavior, Creating a Business Plan  

Several business plan guides are available in the Walsh library.  There are hundreds in print, covering a variety of industries.  You can find and request these by searching for BUSINESS PLANS and a key word describing your business or industry as an OhioLINK book search

The Business Plan: How to Win Your Investor's Confidence - Schwetje, Gerald

Available as an e-book

How to Write a Business Plan - Finch, Brian

Available as an e-book

Business Plans Made Easy - Bangs, David H.

Call Number: HD30.28 .H47 2005

Available in hard copy on the library shelf

Annual volumes of The Business Plans Handbook contain hundreds of sample business plans, templates, and advice on creating them.  There may be a sample plan in your area of interest.

Business Plans Handbook - Pearce, Lynn

Call Number: REF HD 62.7 .B88

Recent titles are available electronically and several earlier volumes are on the shelf in the library reference collection

Helps is at hand when you are citing sources in your paper.  The library home page under GET HELP has a CITING SOURES link that leads to forms that enable you to key in the information about your source and see how it should be formatted in APA, MLA or Turabian style.  Here are a few:

Citation Machine

Citation Builder

KnightCite

It's always a good idea to double-check your information, since these formatters are not foolproof.  The library has current editions of major style manuals on hand.

Plagiarism is ethically wrong and dangerous to your academic health.  If you use another's words, you must quote and give credit.  If you use their ideas, you must give credit in your reference list.  For clarification, check out the plagiarism site