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 Nature of information need determines the types of resources consulted  Closely examine resources  Does the tool need to be used at all  If so, discover how to use the tool

 Online Databases and Indexes  State, county and city Library systems provide free access ▪ San Francisco Public Library (sfpl.org) [CA resident appear in person at any SFPL branch] ▪ 17 BUSINESS DATABASES (14 unique from LA and SCV) ▪ LA = County of Lost Angeles Public Library (colapublib.org) ▪ Business Insights: Essentials - Information on companies, industries and more in the context of timely news, statistical data, and in-depth reports. ▪ Business Resource Center ▪ DemographicsNow - access to U.S. Census data sorted by geographic location and demographic characteristics ▪ Legal Information Reference Center - legal self-help reference works and free legal forms. ▪ ReferenceUSA - detailed business information.

▪ SCV = Santa Clarita Public Library (santaclaritalibrary.com)santaclaritalibrary.com ▪ Canyon Country Jo Ann Darcy Library ▪ Old Town Newhall Library ▪ Valencia Branch/Main Office  Legal Information Resource Center (also available in colapublib)  Reference USA (also in SFPL)  Small Business Reference Center (also in SFPL)

 Handbooks and manuals  Search business handbooks [that contain my query words] in Subject  Directories  Search business directories [that contain my query words] in Subject

 Increase efficiency and effectiveness:  Know what tools are available  Learn how to use them ▪ Examine “Help”, “About”, buttons, tabs, drop down menus, etc. ▪ Look for refining search options: ▪ Scholarly/Peer Reviewed, References cited, Number pages, Language, Date, Type of document, etc. ▪ Look for services: ▪ , print, Durable link, Cite, Share, Search Alert, Save, Bookmark, etc.

 Library Catalog  books, CD’s, DVD’s, videos, MP3’s, Journals, Web sites, etc.  Indexes  periodical articles  Databases  books, theses, dissertations, multi-author works, proceeding, reports, other scholarly document, etc.

The First and Best place to go when Conducting Scholarly Research Use Firefox or Safari Web browsers

Go to the Library Web site:

Go to the Library Web site: Peruse the library Web site:  Interlibrary Loan  Help with Research  Trial Databases  Find Journals  Find Databases  Search Solomon Advanced

 Everything =  Library Catalog, Article Indexes and Other eResources  Books and more =  Library Catalog  Articles and more =  Articles Indexes and Other eResources

Search the JOURNAL TITLE NOT the article title

Use Sources to Find Sources

UUUUse Sources to Find More Sources TThis is the key to doing effective research FFind related material on a topic LLeads to primary sources

UUUUSE SOURCES TO FIND MORE SOURCES FFrom the Work – (aka Citation searching): Bibliography, References Cited, Endnotes FFrom the Bibliographic Record: Authors, Titles, Subject Headings, Tables of Content, Call Numbers, Descriptors, Author Supplied Keywords FFrom the Text: Glean keywords, persons, places, events, professional jargon, vernacular, colloquialisms, variant spellings

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Recommendations Details More Options Use Sources to Find Sources

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