[Sigvis-l] BUSINESS INFORMATION SOURCES: SEARCHING THE WWW FOR COMPANY, INDUSTRY, AND COMPETITIVE BUSINESS INFORMATION

[Margaret L. Delaney]

Ohio Valley Area Libraries (OVAL) Regional Library System and Kent State
University's School of Library and Information Science invite ALL STAFF of
academic, public, school and special libraries and anyone else interested in
learning about the subject matter to come to OVAL and participate in this
hands-on workshop!

--March 12 - 13, 2004

BUSINESS INFORMATION SOURCES: SEARCHING THE WWW FOR COMPANY, INDUSTRY, AND
COMPETITIVE BUSINESS INFORMATION (Section #029; Call Number 20670)

When/Where: Friday and Saturday, March 12 and 13, 2004; 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM @
Ohio Valley Area Libraries (OVAL), 252 W. 13th Street (St. Rt. 93),
Wellston, Ohio { MAP TO OVAL: http://www.oval.lib.oh.us/find/ }

Presented by: Debra Canale, Manager, Business Resource Center, Roadway
Express, M.L.S., Kent State University; M.A., University of Akron

Costs: The cost of the workshop is $334 plus a $25 special fee. Completion
of this workshop will earn you one undergraduate OR graduate credit,
depending on how you register.  You do NOT have to be current Kent State
students to take this workshop.

--- For anyone interested in using the WWW for business research and
competitive intelligence, this workshop is ideal. Students will examine and
compare search engines, business information sites, fee-based online
sources, and Web browsers, learning simple and advanced search techniques.
In addition, students will locate and use sites of business information and
discover how to verify and evaluate the relevance and reliability of the
business information located in sources that include Hoovers, SEC filings,
Thomas Register, Dow Jones Interactive, and Nexis.
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REGISTER HERE: For more information, including registration, please call
1-800-672-KSU2 or visit http://www.kentstatecontinuinged.com. Workshops are
sponsored by the School of Library & Information Science through the College
of Continuing Studies.
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"OVAL: Your Source for Instruction, Insight, Inspiration, Innovation!"

Margaret L. Delaney, Continuing Education Coordinator
Ohio Valley Area Libraries Regional Library System (OVAL)
252 West Thirteenth Street, Wellston, OH 45692
740-384-2103 x 2 ~ 740-384-2106 fax
http://www.oval.lib.oh.us ~ mailto:ceoval at oplin.org