Longview Public Library

Fuller Economic Development Center

Welcome to the Longview Public Library Fuller Economic Development Center (FEDC) where we support employment education and small business success. The FEDC is located on the main floor of the Library, the alcove beside the main door staircase where we have a variety of resources including:

Education and Employment

Students: testing guides, scholarship guides, and navigating college life.

Jobseekers: resumes, cover letters, interviews, career decisions, etc.

Workers: workplace issues, flexible work, remote work, the gig economy, and other issues in the rapidly evolving world of work.

Small Business

Legal guides for small businesses.

Books about entrepreneurship, bookkeeping, business planning, and other small business topics.

Periodical resources including:

Barrons
Business Week
Entrepreneur
Fast Company
Forbes
Fortune
Harvard Business Review
Home Business
Portland Business Journal
Seattle Business
Wall Street Journal

We hope to continue our outreach to small business owners with the resources and materials that we have to help you succeed. If you are a Longview business owner or property owner, but aren't a resident of Longview or the Cowlitz County Partial-County Rural Library District, you can get a Longview Library card at no additional cost.

Property owners will need to show proof that they own property in Longview, a piece of current ID, and fill out a short application to get a card issued in their name.

Business owners will need to show their current Longview business license, a piece of current ID, and fill out a short application to get a card issued in the name of the business.

Online Resources

Data Axle Reference Solutions: formerly Reference USA, an online directory of over 14 million U.S. businesses that can be sorted by geography, size, and type of business just to name a few
Gale Business: Entrepreneurship: Learn how to start, finance, or manage your small business. Includes sample business plans, how to guides, articles, and more.
Gale Small Business Builder: Create your business plan with step-by-step help from Gale.
LinkedIn Learning: offers over 16,000 courses to help you learn business, creative, and technology skills to achieve your personal and professional goals.

Small Business Checklists

Are you considering opening a business?

Start your business

Payroll for your business

Run your business

Grow your business

Close your business

Periodicals

Barrons
Business Week
Entrepreneur
Fast Company
Forbes
Fortune
Harvard Business Review
Home Business
Portland Business Journal
Seattle Business
Wall Street Journal

Small Business Books and Toolkits

Small Business Toolkits

How to Write A Business Plan

Incorporate Your Business

Keeping the Books

Guerrilla Marketing

Legal Guide for Starting and Running a Small Business

The Ultimate Startup Guide

And many, many more

Other Small Business Resources

Small Business Administration
Portland District Office, 601 SW 2nd Ave., Suite 950, Portland, OR 97204
503.326.2682
pdxhelp@sba.gov
http://www.sba.gov/OR

Small Business COVID-19 Recovery Resources

This is a list of organizations offering help and information for small businesses and their workers who have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. We will add useful links as we learn of them.