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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/ -- 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]