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Struggling to locate business databases? This guide reveals where to find essential resources, starting from the library homepage to specific research guides. Explore the Business Resources page, engage with faculty tools, and understand how to analyze your information needs effectively. Learn about connecting to wireless networks for seamless access, utilizing VPN for remote work, and reading articles from the Wall Street Journal through Factiva. Join our session on September 23 to unlock further problem-solving strategies for database navigation!
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September 16th: "Where do I find those databases again?" and other basic matters – plus today’s Tip to Amaze!
Where are they…? • Problem solve: databases come from the library, therefore – where should you look for them? • The Library homepage! From here to: • Research Guides Business Business Resources page • List of All Business Databases • Blackboard courses: Library Resources* *sometimes hiding under Course Tools
Basic tools of problem solving • Engage brain: Think. Analyze your information need. Maybe think one step above your specific information need* • On web pages: slow down and really look – read what’s on the page. “Use your eyes.” • Make sure your eyes are connected to your brain. *e.g., rather than “I need to know Campbell’s market share for soup,” think: “I need a database with consumer market research”
More basics: wireless networks • UR_Internal_Secure is good. The “wireless password” for that network is URWireless. • Then launch a web browser & log in with your NetID and password. • UR_Connected is even better. It will connect you whenever you are in range (without having to log in each time) • Find complete instructions for wireless here:http://www.rochester.edu/it/wireless • Just like being here, wherever you are: VPN • http://www.rochester.edu/it/vpn/
Today’s tip to amaze! • Check headlines, read articles in today’s WSJ (or any day up to 2 weeks back) • How? • News Pages in Factiva! • Instructions on the Research Tips page • Bad news: you have to go through the library site and into Factiva every time – can’t bookmark it. • Good news: free to you!
Join us next week, Sept. 23, 5:00pm for: "All I hear is Target List, Target List!! But Capital IQ isn’t doing it for me – what else can I try?“ Your problem-solving pros will show you how to bend other company databases to your will!