Week 6: Business Resources

Week 6: Business Resources

Business Source Complete
My search for FM radio found a variety of sources available from reports and periodicals to academic journals. I noticed that the first few articles were current, dated in 2012, but there were many that were not very current. I would imagine that if you were searching with more specific terms you would have much better results. 
I did a visual search and liked the graph and column options. Personally, I think the visual option makes searching easier.

EconLit
My search for small business owners came up with 153 results available in reports, academic journals and books. Articles ranged from what small businesses do, small business growth, family owned businesses and many other topics that would assist someone interested in starting a business.
I then entered EPA and found there were 680 results. When I entered EPA and small businesses it narrowed the results to 31. I found that the dates of the articles were not very current and you would have to search to find information that was up-to-date.
Tax policy returned 6555 results. Tax policy and small businesses narrowed the results to 14 with academic journals, reports and books offered. Once again I noticed that the articles were not very current.

Regional Business News
 I decided to do a search for Barnes & Noble and came up with 1797 results.
To narrow my search to a more regional business I entered Hannaford Brothers which returned 117 results from mainly news and periodicals.
For a Maine company I chose LL Bean but came up with only 7 results from news and government documents. The first article was about LL Bean's Outdoor Discovery Day being held in Lorton, VA. I thought that I would get more current results but there was only one article that was dated 2012.

Value Line
This topic is totally foreign to me. I did look at the "Description" which explains what the site provides. For anyone interested in finances and investments this would be a valuable tool. For me, unfortunately, it was like reading something in a foreign language!
I did look at the various reports but once again I was totally our of my element. The Investment Survey lists 133 companies showing what the industry is and the Ticker sorted alphabetically. I clicked on American Greetings and could see the stocks return for the last 10 years but I would need a translator to figure out what everything means.

Wall Street Journal
I searched for small businesses and health care and came up with a little under 20000 results. I narrowed the search down by using a suggested subject and came up with 11 results. Some of the articles were current but others were very out-dated.
I did look into setting an alert and found that relatively easy to do. Anyone interested in up-dates on specific topics would find this option helpful. The information listed would be sent to your email and offers options of when you want to receive notification, either daily, weekly, monthly or quarterly.

I am sorry to say that this week's lesson got the better of me. It was very time consuming and, even after putting in the time, I still could not assist anyone needing help with this site.