INTRODUCTION TO EBSCOS BUSINESS SEARCH INTERFACE

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INTRODUCTION TO EBSCOS BUSINESS SEARCH INTERFACE
Presented by Dan Mer August 4th, 2005
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What exactly is the Business search interface?

• The Business Searching Interface (BSI) consists
  of four different features
• country economic data,
• company profiles,
• industry information and
• market research.

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HOW TO ACCESS EBSCOS B.S.I
To access Ebscos Business Search Interface,
first click on Ebsco Business Source Premier on
our E-Resources page. Once there, click on the
Business Search Interface link found on the top
right corner of the page (see below).
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Part I.How to Access Country Economic Data

• Using the browser window on the right hand side,
  select Country Reports.

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• Part I. Country Economic Data

Once selected, youll be directed to the country
reports page which lists all countries
alphabetically. See Below.
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• Part I. Country Economic Data

• For instance, a student is researching economic
  data for Mexico, however, shes having trouble
  finding useful sources. Using BSI, shell now
  have all these Mexican reports at her fingertips
  

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Once the desired report is found, BSI will
provide the publication info and available
reports by publication date.

• Part I. Country Economic Data

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As opposed to having to print a bulky report,
report chapters can be selected individually. For
instance, chapters like The economy or The
external sector of Mexico, etc.

• Part I. Country Economic Data

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Part II. Company Profiles
To access this feature select the heading
Company profiles in the right hand browser
window.
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• Part II. Company Profiles

As you can tell, the company profiles page
offers a user friendly and accessible interface.
Users can either browse the index or type in
keywords when searching for a company.
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• Part II. Company Profiles

A student is doing research on the utilities
company ConocoPhillips, and wants company data.
With BSI he can access a Datamonitor report for
this company
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Part III. Industry information

• To access this feature select the heading
  Industry profiles in the right hand browser
  window.

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• Part III. Industry information

BSI is great for students looking for industry
information. Its simple to use and offers useful
search results on almost any industry out there.
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Here are just a few examples of how many primary
industry subject headings are available in BSI.

• Part III. Industry information

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• Part III. Industry information

For this example, the topic industry is gas
stations. Using those keywords, a report
excerpted from the publication Gasoline Service
Stations Industry Yearbook appears.
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• Part III. Industry information

The ability to access industry information, (like
the report seen here on gas stations) makes BSI
ideal for students who need to gather financial
industry data.
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Part IV. Market Research

• The market research feature is useful for market
  insight and emerging trends. To locate this
  feature click on Market research reports link.

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Another way of accessing the market research
feature is by selecting the basic tab. Youll
be directed to this easy-to-use interface.

• Part IV. Market Research

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The market research feature offers valuable
insight on particular markets. This is what the
market research index looks like.

• Part IV. Market Research

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For example, a student is doing research on the
food market. For this topic, BSI offers useful
reports entitled Market Watch, which discuss
emerging trends in particular markets.

• Part IV. Market Research

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Part V. Summary of BSI Extra Features

• The benefit I find with BSI is that all these
  valuable features can be found in one place.
• Overall I found BSI to be an excellent addition
  to our E-resources collection.

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• Part V. Summary of BSI Extra Features

• Another feature I found helpful was the sign-in
  feature.

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Using the sign in feature students can store
valuable search strategies and save helpful
articles. I found this feature to beneficial and
unique compared to other E-resources Ive
evaluated.

• Part V. Summary of BSI Extra Features

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The End

• I hope this presentation helped enhance your
  current understanding BSI.
• Any Questions?