The document provides information about resources available at the Villanova library for conducting company, market, and nonprofit research. It lists databases such as LexisNexis, Mergent, Standard & Poor's, and Marketline for company and industry data, as well as MarketResearch.com, SRDS Lifestyle Market Analyst, and guides from other universities for nonprofit research. It also recommends search engines like Google Scholar, Google domain search, and Ixquick for comprehensive searches.

1. Management 3301 Policy Formulation and Administration January 23, 2007

2. Survey Briefly describe the most difficult part of your project. Where do you normally look for research? Do you use the library website? What do you think about it? What do you expect from this presentation?

3. Library Website

4. Starting point Company Research Lexis-Nexis Access to public and private company reports Mergent Excellent for U.S. and international public company financial data Market Insight Standard and Poor’s U.S. public company and Industry reports Marketline Global company and industry reports. ValueLine U.S. company financial information and

5. Market Research Business and Industry MarketResearch.com Villanova has access to the academic version via the library’s proxy server. You cannot access this resource via the public web without actually paying for the document. SRDS Lifestyle Market Analyst Books Print resource held at the information desk – but the supporting titles are available online.

6. Non-Profit Research Guide Built using resources that Villanova currently owns Highlights include print resources, directories, and database tools Designed to help research the non-profit industry, to locate research on the topic, and to identify non-profit organizations

7. Additional Guides for Nonprofit Research Van Pelt Library’s Resource Guide Western Michigan University Michigan State University

8. Search Engines Google Domain Search: Search only .gov, .edu, or .gov domains – site:.edu Google Scholar – Library webpage “tips and guides” has a guide for how to set up your Google Scholar preferences to work with Falvey Memorial Library’s holdings Ixquick.com A search engine that searches several search engines at one time. Google may or may not have all or all of the best results

9. Thank you!! For more information please contact a business librarian: Dan Overfield 610.519.8129 Bartley 2008