Starting Your Search
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*Set limits | *Set limits | ||
**geographic (UK, EU, US, Worldwide…) | **geographic (UK, EU, US, Worldwide…) | ||
| - | Are you looking at a company, for example, in a particular part of the world e.g. Coca Cola in the UK, or in China, or Europe etc etc | + | ***Are you looking at a company, for example, in a particular part of the world e.g. Coca Cola in the UK, or in China, or Europe etc etc |
**date range (before/after 200?) | **date range (before/after 200?) | ||
| - | How far back do you want to find information from? Is the last 5 years enough? Do you need to go back further? if you do go back further, is that information still valid? | + | ***How far back do you want to find information from? Is the last 5 years enough? Do you need to go back further? if you do go back further, is that information still valid? |
**scope (overview, analysis, commentary) | **scope (overview, analysis, commentary) | ||
| - | What type of information are you looking for? Perhaps a Case Study, or a simple company overview. Perhaps an analysis of a particular market or perhaps some management theory? | + | ***What type of information are you looking for? Perhaps a Case Study, or a simple company overview. Perhaps an analysis of a particular market or perhaps some management theory? |
*Identify your sources | *Identify your sources | ||
Revision as of 13:17, 16 October 2007
Define what you’re looking for
- Identify key concepts & terms, including broader, narrower and related terms (use a dictionary, thesaurus etc)
- Set limits
- geographic (UK, EU, US, Worldwide…)
- Are you looking at a company, for example, in a particular part of the world e.g. Coca Cola in the UK, or in China, or Europe etc etc
- date range (before/after 200?)
- How far back do you want to find information from? Is the last 5 years enough? Do you need to go back further? if you do go back further, is that information still valid?
- scope (overview, analysis, commentary)
- What type of information are you looking for? Perhaps a Case Study, or a simple company overview. Perhaps an analysis of a particular market or perhaps some management theory?
- geographic (UK, EU, US, Worldwide…)
- Identify your sources
- books, journals, videos, databases, websites
Undertake your search
