International Business Information Handbook

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Finding and Using Global Resources

Inbunden, Engelska, 2027

AvHal P. Kirkwood,Heather A. Howard,Zoeanna A. Mayhook

2 289 kr

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Serves as both a source for international business information and as a guide to finding and accessing global resources.Significant changes have occurred in the content and delivery of business information, thanks to the growth and availability of information on the Internet. This up-to-date volume provides guidance in these critical areas: company information; market and industry research; investments, trade, and currencies; and country analysis.This timely resource for international business information is useful for information professionals who need to gain a stronger foundation and deeper understanding of the scope, scale, and depth of business information along with its many uses. It provides direction on how to find and access global resources, as well as offering underlying explanations for how these types of information and sources can be used within a business context. Each chapter contains detailed use cases to teach readers how to think critically about a business research question, define the information gaps, and determine the best sources of information. These use cases cover different types of information users and different countries/regions to showcase how information availability varies broadly across the world. Each chapter also contains a section on the intercultural context of business information, which impacts how information is created and used.

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Utgivningsdatum2027-01-07
Mått178 x 254 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor272
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9798216184652

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Hal P. Kirkwood is the Bodleian business librarian at the Said Business School, University of Oxford. He has been an academic business librarian for 30 years. Kirkwood revised Strauss’s Handbook of Business Information in 2020. He has published in the Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship, Business Information Review, SLA Business & Finance Division Bulletin, and several other publications. In 2019 he served as president of the Special Libraries Association. Heather A. Howard is an associate professor/business information specialist and associate department head in the Purdue Libraries and School of Information Studies. She is a member of Purdue Library’s Information Resources Council and head of collections for the Parrish Library of Management and Economics. She is founder of the Midwest Business Librarian Summit and has published in the Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship, The Journal of Academic Librarianship, College & Research Libraries, Reference Services Review, and Information Technology and Libraries. Zoeanna A. Mayhook is an assistant professor/business information specialist in the Purdue Libraries and School of Information Studies and a legal researcher for Friedman Rubin Law Firm. She has published in The Journal of Academic Librarianship and Documents to the People, the official publication of the Government Documents Roundtable (GODORT) of the ALA. She has served as treasurer for GODORT and as a publisher's forum coordinator for the Business Information Sources Committee of the Business and Reference Services section of RUSA.