ESSENTIAL BUSINESS INFORMATION FOR ENGINEERING LIBRARIANS Megan Sapp Nelson, Asst. Professor of Library Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.

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ESSENTIAL BUSINESS INFORMATION FOR ENGINEERING LIBRARIANS Megan Sapp Nelson, Asst. Professor of Library Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

Business Research Consists of… Company ResearchMarket ResearchIndustry ResearchCountry ResearchDemographics ResearchEconomicsAccounting & Tax Research

Engineering Librarians Most Frequently Need to Know: Company ResearchMarket ResearchIndustry ResearchCountry ResearchDemographics ResearchEconomicsAccounting & Tax Research

Company Research  Includes:  Financial data  Profiles  SWOT (Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities, Threats) Analysis  Competitors

SWOT Analysis StrengthsWeaknessesOpportunitiesThreats

Company Research Sources  Resources:  Thomas Register –  EDGAR –  Company Websites

Market Research  Market Research Reports  Market Share/Size Market Research Sources  US Commercial Service Market Research Library &loadnav=no (Free registration with Export.gov) &loadnav=no

Industry Research  Classification Schemes  Surveys/Overviews  Statistics

Industry Research Sources  Yahoo Finance Industry Profiles  Current Industrial Reports (U.S. Census Bureau) ex.html ex.html  US Economic Census - /snapshots/index.html /snapshots/index.html

Country Research  Statistics  Profiles  Economic Conditions Country Research Sources  World Development Indicators ext.worldbank.org/ext/DDPQQ/member.do?method=getMe mbers&userid=1&queryId=6http://ddp- ext.worldbank.org/ext/DDPQQ/member.do?method=getMe mbers&userid=1&queryId=6  UN Data

Demographics Research  Statistics Demographics Sources  US Census Bureau American FactFinder  ng=en ng=en  Statistics by Country – UN natlinks/refs3.htm natlinks/refs3.htm  Demographic and Social Statistics – UN

Your most important resource  Get to know your colleagues specializing in business information.

Resources  Kirkwood, Hal. Business Research Concept Map. BusinessResearch.html BusinessResearch.html