Resources for Small Businesses
This section is a self-help resource for small business in Hutt City but don't hesitate to contact us at Information Services if you want further information, advice on research or just ready reference service.
Phone us on 570 2713 or email through our Ask a Librarian service.
Starting up and growing a business? See the setting up section.
Online Collections
Use these links to explore our exclusive online collections. You will need your library card and password to gain access to these links.
Newztext Newspapers
Newztext Magazines
RDS Business Reference Suite
Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre
Infotrac OneFile
Business Portals & General Resources
Current awareness, market information, government developments, innovations and comprehensive links to wide-ranging resources:
Hutt City Libraries hold a small number of current business magazines and newspapers including NBR, The Independent, Her Business, MG Business, Unlimited & others. Drop in regularly to browse or borrow.
Access to a much wider range of magazines, NZ and overseas, is available to library customers through our Online Collections on the eResources page. These provide the full-text of major business related journals and newspapers, some New Zealand and many international titles.
Business must reads!
These six books are our picks of recent new business books and feature in the latest issue of the
Hutt City Council Thrive business newsletter.
Toyota talent : developing your people the Toyota way by Jeffrey K. Liker and David P. Meier
This is the hot management book of the moment, even if you don't end up running your team like Toyotas you may impress the Riley Elf out of your own manager just by prominently displaying it on your desk.
Why choose this book? : how we make decisions by Read Montague.
If you are charged with making decisions affecting the good citizens of Hutt City then this book gives a new perspective on the science of decision-making. From how we decide what we consume to what kind of art we like, and even the romantic, ethical, and financial choices we make. Read Montague guides the reader through a new approach to the mind with an accessible style that is both entertaining and illuminating.
30 reasons employees hate their managers : what your people may be thinking and what you can do about it by Bruce L. Katcher with Adam Snyder
The purpose of this book is to help managers and human resource professionals understand why their employees are unhappy and what they can do to make their workplace a more friendly and productive environment.
The psychology of sales success: learn to think like your customer to close every sale by Gerhard Gschwandtner
Three psychological dynamics drive the sales process: understanding success, understanding your customer, and understanding yourself. This guide gives you action steps for getting inside the heads of your customers and balancing that knowledge with your own behaviour to achieve increased sales.
The say it with charts: complete toolkit by Gene Zelazny
Time tested tips for putting your message across in visual form and translating data into persuasive charts and multimedia presentations. You are given techniques to use animation, scanned images, sound, video and links to pertinent websites, as well as basics about the best lettering size, colour and style.
The Myers by Paul Goldsmith and Michael Bassett
This history of the Myers family begins in Prussian Poland moves to the goldfields of Ballarat and then to New Zealand and a growing fortune in beer and liquor. This study, of one of New Zealand’s most influential families, also charts our wider business development and documents significant aspects of our social and political history.