SPCH 1321 @ NLC Library

HANDOUTS

• Library Essentials 
• Using Online Databases
• Business information 

Activity: Find information about companies

• Fortune 500 companies  (Has link to company's website)

   

   

  Want books? Use:

  ALAMO LIBRARY ONLINE CATALOG 

  • Hoover's handbook of American business (REF HG4057.A28617 2008)
  • International directory of company histories (REF HD2721 .I63 v.90)
  • Encyclopedia of American Industries (REF HC102 .E53 2008)
  • Encyclopedia of emerging industries (REF HD2324 .E528 2007)

   

   

  Want articles? Use:

  ELECTRONIC DATABASES

     Business databases

  • Business & Company Resource Center
  • Enhanced Business Search Complete
  • Regional Business News 
  • Infotrac Custom Newspapers 

   

   

  INTERNET SITES

  • Fortune 500 companies (Links to company's website where you can usually find annual report, mission statements, financial information, etc.)
  • Hoovers (Some free information, some you must purchase)
  • EDGAR (Database of reports that publicly traded companies file with Security & Exchange Commission)
  • North American Industry Classification System (NAICS - List and explanation of the codes)
  • Hotlinks for public speaking

   

   

  SEARCH STRATEGIES

  • Boolean - AND, OR, NOT
  • Field searching - Subject, Author, Title
  • Quotation marks for exact phrase
  • Truncation - root + variants (*) 
  • Database Limiters: date, publication type, type, peer-reviewed, etc.

   

  OPTIONS FOR FULL-TEXT - Where is the actual article???

  •  PDF or HTML in database
  • A to Z Online Journal Locator
  • IDB & ILL

   

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  Library Instructor(s):  Laura Tull