Hi all, Want to help your local businesses and entrepreneurs get a jump on the competition? Do you think they’d be interested in learning how to create sales leads lists, choose a location for a business, assess market risk, and map competitors and surrounding neighborhoods? If so, all of this and more is available in the MeL database<http://mel.org/Databases> DemographicsNow: Business and People<http://www.galesupport.com/migeoipcheck/migeoipcheck-gale.php?database=DNOW>. With step-by-step directions and online tutorials, any business can go from a start-up to a major player with MeL’s<http://mel.org/> help. Michigan residents or Michigan library access only. MeL Minutes are brought to you by the Library of Michigan. Want more information on MeL? Stay tuned for next week’s MeL Minute available on many Michigan library listservs, email us at contact@mel.org<mailto:contact@mel.org>, or visit Michigan.gov/mel<http://www.Michigan.gov/mel>. We encourage you to share MeL Minutes with your public service colleagues. Eunice Eunice C. Borrelli, Michigan eLibrary Internet Librarian Library of Michigan/Michigan Dept. of Education, 702 W. Kalamazoo St., Lansing, MI 48909 Phone: 517.241.4996 Toll Free: 877.479.0021 Fax: 517.373.5700 The Library of Michigan is pleased to share a new video series highlighting Michigan libraries & how they are making a difference in their communities. To experience Michigan libraries in a new light, visit http://brightside.cedam.info/ & watch the 21st Century Libraries episode. Invest in a child’s future today. Support the MDE Culture of Reading. www.michigan.gov/cultureofreading<http://www.michigan.gov/cultureofreading>