Presentations and additional materials for business information

Standard workshops

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New Google, new challenges
How to get the best out of Google and improve search results

Essential non-Google search tools for researchers
General search and specialist alternatives to Google

Free search tools for scientific information
Options for searching and viewing scientific papers and information free of charge

Social Search
When and how to use social media and professional networks as part of your search strategy

Business information resources
Key internet resources for business information concentrating on free and PAYG

Market research and statistics
Resources and search techniques for tracking down quality market research and statistics

Free government, official and legal resources
How to track down current and past papers, policy documents, legislation and official research

Finding and using open data
Tools and techniques for finding and using open data sets

Assessing the quality of information
How to separate the good from the bad and exceedingly ugly

Recent workshops and presentations

Using the right business information to research your business idea

Evening workshop and discussion for Student and Graduate Enterprise Workshops held at Loughborough University, 9th November 2016.

PowerPoint

Business Information: key web resources and search techniques

Full day workshop organised for Falmouth University, Penryn Campus, 20th July 2016

PowerPoint

URLs to selected sites and sources (Word)

Additional materials

Selected Google Comands HTML PDF

Google Search Tips HTML PDF

Top Search Tips HTML PDF (some overlap with Google Search Tips)

Search Tools Summary and Comparison Table. Summarises and compares a selection of the advanced search commands that are available in Google, Bing and DuckDuckGo. HTML PDF

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