Sunday, November 11, 2012

Marvelous Maine Invitational Week 6

This was an assignment that has been the least useful for me so far. I am not business minded and am not a librarian, so do not think this would be something I would use much at all.  First using the Business Source Complete I was successful at completing the exercise as assigned. When searching information for FM radio I was able to find information on Digital Signal, FM Radio Amplifiers and Simulcasting, to name a few. Using the Visual Search option I observed that this narrows the search results to sort in many ways, such as subject, publication, date and relevance. This feature seemed to be very useful. The EconLit  exercise I didn't have much luck with. I found it unclear and difficult to use. Using Regional Business News I was much more successful. I researched one of my favorite stores, Christopher and Banks. There was a lot of information about this nationwide company based in Minnesota, such as the fact that as of October 29, 2012 they had named a new president. Using Value Line I was not extremely clear on the meaning of much of the content, but did observe that the periodical issues were organized by date and subject and did seem to be quite easy to navigate. The Wall Street Journal resource was extremely easy to use. When looking for articles on small business and health care I found articles on health care laws and small business, wellness screening programs and health care benefits for small businesses on a budget. Even though this is not a subject I am very well educated in, I did find most of the resources easy to use, while at the same time not fully understanding some of the content.

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