Business

I have to admit that this is way over my head. I don't know much about business so it is hard to understand anything that I find.

Business Source Complete
I searched for FM radio and advertising.  I had a lot of information, mostly from trade journals such s Media Week and Marketing Weekly.  I couldn't get the visual search to work at all.  I tried the visual search again using the search term radio broadcasting, but really don't understand how it works very well. I think my lack of knowledge about business really hinders me and to use this successful I would need someone to actually show me, rather than me just playing with it.

EconoLit
 I searched using the term Small Business and got many results.  The tried to limit it to only articles about the US and had no success doing that.  I did notice each result had a subject list so you could focus on something more  specific if you knew what you were looking for.

Searching using Small Business and Environmental Protection Agency was very disappointing.  I tried reversing the terms and still no luck.  I knew there must be tons of information, but where was it.  The I searched using small business and started typing in Environmental and the drop down menu suggested Environmental policy so I went with it.  Much more information.

Searching Small Business and Tax Policy yielded many results, but I would really need to set some limits in order to focus on what I actually wanted.  There were many articles which pertained to other countries.

Regional Business News
I chose Sears Roebuck and Co to research and had many results. I then limited my search to only information from 2011 and 2012. Once again, I would want to limit even more if I had something specific to look for.

I searched using Verso Paper and discovered that it is a company based in Tenn.  So much for regional, but I added Maine to my search and did get some results.

Value Line
Sunday morning is a good time to access this.  Looked ay Description, then at all the suggested reports.  This was very difficlut for me to understand, but I think if someone was looking for specific information I would be more successful. Slect and Opinion seemed the easiest to understand.

I searched for information on Burt's Bees with quite a few results. Once again I would have to set limits on results because some of the information was just about how great their moisturizers were, not really about the business aspect.  Interesting.

Researched Honda  but am really frustrated by what shows on the screen. It doesn't seem to jive with what I am supposed to be looking for.  I am totally disgusted by my inability to understand this!!!!

Wall Street Journal
A small business owner might be interested in policy questions , such as will the business have  to provide health care for its employees and how much will it cost.   I actually changed my search  to health insurance and small business and got more of the type of articles that I wanted.  I did look at how to set up and alert and an RSS feed which would be helpful with a small business owner who is trying to keep up with new policies and how they would affect his business. You could also save to My Research.  Just like Maine Newsstand.