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| Coverage | [1980-present, Updated daily] Full text data from the major Gale business sources. Ex. International Directory of Company Histories, Market Share Reporter, Wards Directory of Public and Private Companies; Encyclopedia of American Industries, etc. Also includes Investext for brokerage house reports; Company ProFiles provides brief directory type of company profiles; SIC Descriptions. |
| Content | Mostly full text. Covers directories, handbooks & other major business reference sources published by Gale.
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| Strengths | Full text information from the Gale sources searchable electronically. Good place to go for: company news, company histories, market share tables and rankings, associations, industry overviews & statistics. |
| Weaknesses |
Covers only Gale sources.
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| General Business Search Tips | Click on Articles; select Keyword from drop box and enter search terms. OR Click on Advanced Search, enter keywords into search boxes. |
| Industry Research Search Tips | Select Industry. Enter SIC/NAICS Code or Industry description.
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| Company Research Search Tips | Click on Company. Search by Company name or ticker symbol. Click on needed company from search list.
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| Product Research Search Tips | Click on Articles; select Subject guide from drop box; enter subject terms like "Product Development" or "Product Management"; for a list of articles, click on View . Or click on Articles; select Keyword from drop box and enter search terms. OR Click on Advanced Search, enter keywords into search boxes.
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Geographic Information Search Tips |
No geographic information available.
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Biographical Information Search Tips |
For officers' names working in a company, click on Company. Search by Company name or ticker symbol. Click on needed company from search list. Scroll down to see officers' names. |
| Boolean | AND, OR, NOT |
| Proximity | N/# (# is a number) Explanation : These words separated by # or less by a specified distance in any order. Example : computer N/3 careers W/# (# is a number) Explanation : These words separated by # or less by a specified distance in that exact order. Example : internet W/3 education |
| Truncation | Truncation : * Explanation : "*" is used as a right-handed truncator only; it will find all forms of a word. Example : Econom* finds "economy", "economics", economical" etc. Wildcard: ? Explanation : "?" is used to replace exactly one character within a word to retrieve various forms of that word. Example : Wom?n finds "woman", "women".
Wildcard: !
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| Keywords |
financial data, legal issues, management, operations & technology, people, products & services, sales & marketing, statistics, strategy & planning, brokerage reports, brokers reports, investment reports, company history, company chronology, rankings, products, industry overview, associations.
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| Last Updated: Thursday, 23-Aug-2007 13:41:21 EDT |