This document outlines strategies and sources for locating business information. It discusses developing an efficient research strategy and sample product research strategies. These include using an interactive libguide on business information for engineers, finding industry, company, market, and consumer information, as well as government information on consumers and regulations. Databases outlined for finding this information include IBISWorld, MarketLine Advantage, Business Source Complete, Factiva, MarketResearch.com, and SimplyMap. Government sources discussed are the U.S. Census, Electronic Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, and FDA. The document provides guidance on defining industries, finding company profiles, market analysis, and following regulations.
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This document provides an overview of strategies and sources for locating business information. It discusses developing efficient research strategies, finding industry and company information, market and consumer information, and government regulations. Sample databases and resources are demonstrated, including IBISWorld, MarketLine, Business Source Complete, Factiva, MarketResearch.com, SimplyMap, American FactFinder, and government agency websites. Attendees are encouraged to follow up with the librarian presenter for any future research questions.
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The document discusses strategies and sources for locating business information. It outlines developing an efficient research strategy and sample product research strategies. These include using an interactive libguide on business information for engineers and finding industry, company, market, and consumer information. It also discusses finding government information on consumers and regulations. Sources mentioned include IBISWorld, MarketLine Advantage, Business Source Complete, Factiva, SimplyMap, American FactFinder, and various government websites. The document encourages following up with the librarian for any future questions.
Business searching for engineering 185 fri am power point oct 18 2013Michael Oppenheim
This document summarizes strategies and sources for locating business information. It discusses developing efficient research strategies and finding industry, company, market, consumer, and government information. Specific databases and resources are outlined for obtaining industry reports, company profiles, market research, demographic data, and information on regulations. Government sources mentioned include NAICS, Census data, CPSC, FCC, and FDA. The document encourages following up with the business librarian for additional assistance.
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This document outlines strategies and sources for locating business information. It discusses developing an efficient research strategy and finding industry, company, market, consumer, and government information. Sample databases and resources are provided for finding industry reports, company profiles, market research, demographic data, and regulations. Attendees are encouraged to consult the UCLA business librarian for additional assistance with future research questions.
Bus infoengineers april_12_2013_engr185_next to final in classMichael Oppenheim
This document outlines strategies and sources for locating business information. It discusses developing an efficient research strategy and sample product research strategies. These include using an interactive libguide on business information for engineers, finding industry, company, market, and consumer information, as well as government information on consumers and regulations. Databases outlined for finding this information include IBISWorld, MarketLine Advantage, Business Source Complete, Factiva, MarketResearch.com, and SimplyMap. Government sources discussed are the U.S. Census, Electronic Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, and FDA. The document provides guidance on following up after the discussion.
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The document discusses strategies for locating business information, including developing an efficient research strategy and finding various types of information. It outlines how to find industry and company information using databases like IBISWorld and MarketLine that provide reports on industries and companies. It also discusses how to find information about markets and consumers using databases like Business Source Complete, Factiva, and MarketResearch.com, as well as tools like SimplyMap for demographic data. Finally, it outlines resources for finding government information about regulations, consumers, and product safety from sources like the U.S. Census, Electronic Code of Federal Regulations, and U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
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This document provides an overview of strategies and sources for locating business information. It discusses developing efficient research strategies and finding industry, company, market, consumer, and government information. Specific databases and resources are described for obtaining industry reports, company profiles, market research, demographic data, and information on regulations. Government sources highlighted include IBISWorld, MarketLine, Business Source Complete, Factiva, SimplyMap, American FactFinder, and websites from the CPSC and FDA. The document encourages following up with a business librarian for additional assistance.
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This document provides an overview of strategies and sources for locating business information. It discusses developing efficient research strategies, finding industry and company information, market and consumer information, and government regulations. Sample databases and resources are demonstrated, including IBISWorld, MarketLine, Business Source Complete, Factiva, MarketResearch.com, SimplyMap, American FactFinder, and government agency websites. Attendees are encouraged to follow up with the librarian presenter for any future research questions.
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The document discusses strategies and sources for locating business information. It outlines developing an efficient research strategy and sample product research strategies. These include using an interactive libguide on business information for engineers and finding industry, company, market, and consumer information. It also discusses finding government information on consumers and regulations. Sources mentioned include IBISWorld, MarketLine Advantage, Business Source Complete, Factiva, SimplyMap, American FactFinder, and various government websites. The document encourages following up with the librarian for any future questions.
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This document summarizes strategies and sources for locating business information. It discusses developing efficient research strategies and finding industry, company, market, consumer, and government information. Specific databases and resources are outlined for obtaining industry reports, company profiles, market research, demographic data, and information on regulations. Government sources mentioned include NAICS, Census data, CPSC, FCC, and FDA. The document encourages following up with the business librarian for additional assistance.
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This document outlines strategies and sources for locating business information. It discusses developing an efficient research strategy and finding industry, company, market, consumer, and government information. Sample databases and resources are provided for finding industry reports, company profiles, market research, demographic data, and regulations. Attendees are encouraged to consult the UCLA business librarian for additional assistance with future research questions.
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This document outlines strategies and sources for locating business information. It discusses developing an efficient research strategy and sample product research strategies. These include using an interactive libguide on business information for engineers, finding industry, company, market, and consumer information, as well as government information on consumers and regulations. Databases outlined for finding this information include IBISWorld, MarketLine Advantage, Business Source Complete, Factiva, MarketResearch.com, and SimplyMap. Government sources discussed are the U.S. Census, Electronic Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, and FDA. The document provides guidance on following up after the discussion.
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This document provides an overview of strategies and sources for locating business information. It discusses developing efficient research strategies and finding industry, company, market, consumer, and government information. Specific databases and resources are described for obtaining industry reports, company profiles, market research, demographic data, and information on regulations. Government sources highlighted include IBISWorld, MarketLine, Business Source Complete, Factiva, SimplyMap, American FactFinder, and websites from the CPSC and FDA. The document encourages following up with a business librarian for additional assistance.
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1. STRATEGIES AND SOURCES
FOR LOCATING BUSINESS
INFORMATION
Art of Engineering Endeavors/Engineering 185
April 12, 2013
Michael Oppenheim
http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/x14389.xml
2. TODAY’S TALK:
Developing an efficient business research strategy
Sample Product Research Strategies
Using the interactive UCLA LibGuide
Business Information for Engineers
Getting to the UCLA Rosenfeld Management Library online
Finding Industry Information
Finding Company Information
Finding Information about the Market(s) and Consumers
Finding Government Information
about consumers
about regulations and product safety
Following up after today
3. Online “Handout” for Engineering 185:
http://guides.library.ucla.edu/businessforengineers
4. Access all the available Business Information Databases
from the Science and Engineering Library Web site –
http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/sel/journal-articles-conference-papers
7. DEFINING AND CLASSIFYING AN
INDUSTRY
Look up a product/service/industry to identify its
4-digit (SIC) or 6-digit (NAICS) code number; use it as an
indexing “term” (or “tag”) in databases and directories
North American Industry Cla
– 1997 to current
SIC Code – 1937
through 1987 and still
in use
17. Suggested starting point in MarketLine Advantage:
Look up one of the “Major Companies” profiled in
the IBISWorld report on the alarm manufacturing industry
Click here to open/download the complete report
19. FINDING INFORMATION ABOUT
THE MARKET FOR YOUR
PRODUCT
• Who’s making the product, or something like it?
• Who’s buying it, or who is likely to buy your similar
product?
• “Market” and “Industry” are often interchangeable
terms—check out both Industry Information databases
and Market Research databases, in addition to
Business Articles databases
20. Business Source Complete
(aka “EBSCOHost”)
“Thesaurus” = guide to
official, consistently-used
subject/concept indexing
terms
23. Main Search Screen for Factiva
Click on “Examples” for search tips and tricks
Open these up
to take
advantage of
“Intelligent
Indexing”
24. Factiva:
Using “Intelligent Indexing” to “Pre-Filter” (or to post-filter) a Search
It’s okay to leave this blank, if you like!
Applying “Intelligent
Indexing” filters
25. Factiva:
Results Screen
The “Discovery Pane” visually mines the contents of the results
28. SimplyMap
Quantify and Analyze
U.S. Consumers and Their Buying Potential
Two ways to use SimplyMap:
1.create your own account, to be able
to save your work…or…
2.just log in anonymously (and take
your work with you when you’re
finished)
29. SimplyMap -
Map, Chart, and Rank U.S. Demographic and
Psychographic Data
“Where are Americans most
receptive to high tech products,
ranked state by state?”
Data source: ExperianSimmonsLOCAL
For specialized, in-depth assistance, contact
UCLA’s SimplyMap account rep and trainer,
Steven Swartz:
sswartz@geographicresearch.com
(888) 845-5064 extension 64
http://www.geographicresearch.com/
36. “Is My Type of Product Regulated by the CPSC?”
Look Here in Addition to the Code of Federal Regulations
http://www.cpsc.gov/businfo/reg.html
Products Regulated by Other Government Agencies:
http://www.cpsc.gov/federal.html
One major example: Medical Devices, regulated by the FDA
see http://www.fda.gov/medicaldevices/
40. Following-Up …. For Future Questions:
Today’s business librarian:
Michael Oppenheim ~ moppenhe@library.ucla.edu
Editor's Notes
Note this alternate path to our Databases Web page, from the SEL Home Page
Back on our “Databases Best For” Web page, the “Market Research” category is where you’ll find databases that include market research reports (note that no more than two in each categroy are restricted to use by the Anderson School only). MarketResearch.com Academic provides genuine, full-text market research reports that cover products, services, and types of consumers—that is, people categorized by age, or by sex, or by specific interests. And I especially want to recommend one of our newest, and already most popular, databases, IBIS World industry market research, which covers 97% of all U.S. industry.
I also want to tell you about IBIS World industry reports.
How to drill down into an IBIS World report
Here I’m proceeding on the assumption that it’s correct to classify the product in the category of “household appliances.” MarketLine provides detailed analyses and overviews of both industries and companies, and its coverage is worldwide. “Browse by Industry” can be a quick and easy way to focus on the industry relevant to your research.
Here’s a sample Industry Profile title page. “Datamonitor” is the name of the international market research firm that produces these reports.
MarketLine also provides profiles of companies, both for the United States and for scores of countries around the world.
Features of a typical company report in MarketLine: reports on the biggest companies usually have a SWOT analysis. This is an analysis of a company’s S trenghts, W eaknesses, O pportunities, and T hreats. Understanding how these factors may impact a large company and its products or services can be applicable to a much smaller enterprise, as well. All company reports also identify competitors. SWOT analyses for competitor can suggest still more points to consider—or watch out for—in developing and marketing your product.
Business Source Complete is the major database source for finding articles in business magazines and journals. Start by using the Thesaurus to find subject terms used for indexing articles.
Here’s how to find the right subject indexing terms to use to find articles about the kitchen appliances industry.
MarketResearch.com Academic contains actual market research reports—publications that can cost multi-thousands of dollars apiece, and more, in the real world. You can browse by categories, or use the “Advanced Search” to look for specific words and phrases anywhere in the texts of the reports.
A sample of market research reports in MarketResearch.com Academic in the “Demographics” category.
For government regulations controlling the manufacturing of products—see the Code of Federal Regulations.
Recall and product safety news is published on a regularly updated basis.
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