Selected Sources of Business Information

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Selected Sources of Business Information

• Presented by
• Constance Cameron, Reference Librarian
• and Web Services Coordinator, ccameron_at_providence.
  edu
• Phillips Memorial Library
• Prepared Spring 2004

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Getting Started

• Choose Research Resources from the librarys
  homepage
• Choose links in the Business and Industry subject
  database file
• Select Emerald
• Try ABI/INFORM Global

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Introducing Emerald
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Links
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1. Explore Topic
2. Narrow search
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ABI/INFORM a Record
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ABI/INFORM More Options
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ProQuest Collections

• ABI/INFORM Global
• ABI/INFORM Trade and Industry
• Newspapers New York Times, Providence Journal,
  Wall Street Journal
• Historical Databases New York Times and the Wall
  Street Journal

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Company and Industry Sources Part Two Selected
Business Sources

• Reference Books
• Continue with ABI/Inform
• Explore Lexis-Nexis Academic

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Company Details

• History and background for the Company
• International Directory of Corporate Histories
  (Shelved Ref/HD/2721/I73. 58 volumes.)
• Historical Wall Street Journal

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Historical Newspapers WSJ
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Continue with ABI/INFORM
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Lexis-Nexis Academic the Business Library

• Business News
• Company Financials
• SEC Filings

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LEXIS-NEXIS Front Page
2. Business Data and News
1. Preferred Route for controlled searching
Confirm Company
Tab for Updating
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Keyword in Context