Dear Colleagues,
As I promised I'm posting the results of this survey - I'm moving
rather slowly this time tabulating the data but I'll have the other
subjects done yet this month I hope. I needed to do this one first
as I'm teaching the course http://www.kovacs.com/bus.html at OHIONET
next week
Thank you very much for your thoughtful assistance.
Cordially,
Diane
The following survey -
http://www.kovacs.com/surveys/businesscoresurvey.html - was sent to
Buslib-L**, Libref-l, Publib, LIS-LINK, DIG_REF, ERIL-L, LawLibRef,
[log in to unmask], LawSource, livereference, and Govdoc-L in Summer
2005.¬Ý See the 2002 Data here.
¬Ý 3. What are the essential 3-5 print reference sources that you
can't work without in answering business reference questions (e.g.,
company reports, marketing information, financial and other business
or industry news - see other surveys for other subjects that might be
business related within a specific special library)?
Some reference tools tied in the voting:¬Ý
Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys - http://www.standardandpoors.com
ValueLine Investment Survey - http://www.valueline.com
Statistical Abstract of the U.S. and RMA Annual Statement Studies
Market Share Reporter and Ward's Business Directory
Encyclopedia of Associations and Mergent (all copies)
Daily Stock Price Record, Directory of Corporate Affiliations,
Industry Norms & Key Business Ratios, International Directory of
Company Histories (Gale), NAICS and SIC handbooks, Thomas Register,
and Wall Street Journals
4. What are the essential 3-5 Web-accessible or other electronic
databases that you can't work without in answering business reference
questions (e.g., company reports, marketing information, financial
and other business or industry news - see other surveys for other
subjects that might be business related within a specific special
library)? ABI/INFORM - http://www.proquest.com and Reference USA -
http://www.referenceusa.com/
Business Source Premier (EBSCO) - http://www.epnet.com/, LexisNexis -
http://www.lexisnexis.com/ and Mergent Online -
http://www.mergent.com/
Business and Company Resource Center (Gale) - http://www.gale.com/,
Factiva - http://www.factiva.com/ and Standard & Poor’Äôs
NetAdvantage - http://www.standardandpoors.com
Economic Censuses (U.S. Census Bureau) - http://www.census.gov and
Hoover's Online - http://www.hoovers.com
ProQuest Business Module - http://www.proquest.com
Bigcharts - http://www.bigcharts.com, ProQuest News & Magazines -
http://www.proquest.com and Thomson Research -
http://research.thomsonib.com/
The following sources received at least 2 votes:
Bloomberg
Business Full Text (Wilson)
Business Source Elite (EBSCO)
Datamonitor
Dun & Bradstreet Million Dollar DB - http://www.dunandbradstreet.com/
Local newspapers online
MRI+ (was MediaMark Internet Reporter) - http://www.mediamark.com/
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Diane K. Kovacs, Web Teacher
"Business Reference & Competitive Intelligence Resources on the Web"
Web-based Course.
Register any time 2005-2006 to work at your own pace.
http://www.kovacs.com/bus.html
AIM & Yahoo: SaintsMrsDi - MSN - [log in to unmask]
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