You can learn about a company's history and background from the sources listed here.
You'll find information about a company's problems (and often the good things) primarily in the news. The links below direct you to library databases that collect major world news publications.
Why use a library database for your research?
Currency
Authority
Accuracy
General assessment strategies:
Print Resources |
Web Pages |
Databases |
Scan table of contents |
Scan menus |
Review help section |
Scan title page |
Scan main page |
Read about/scope information |
Scan index(es) at the back of the book |
Scan site map |
Review the list of publications/sources included |
Read preface |
Read introduction |
Determine the vendor/source |
Scan references/bibliography |
Scan references/bibliography |
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Read author’s bio |
Read author’s bio |
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Developed by Sara Lowe and Karen Wallace; informed by Libraries Linking Idaho course on evaluating reference sources (http://www.lili.org/forlibs/ce/able/course10/)
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