Business Research Handbook [Ring-bound]

Kathy Shimpock-Vieweg (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0316808814 | ISBN-13: 978-0316808811 | Publication Date: December 1995

Business Research Handbook is the best strategic approach to research. It gives you ready-to-adapt strategies that streamline and focus your information search, complete with:

* Procedures that progressively sift and regroup your research
* Decision points that allow you to evaluate which steps remain
* The most cost-effective ways to take advantage of today's electronic media resources
* Efficient ways to retrieve the information your search has located easy-to-adapt sample research strategies are found throughout the book to help you confidently and quickly conduct your research in unfamiliar areas.

You'll find Business Research Handbook designed in a graphic, user-friendly format with easy-to-recognize icons as reference pointers and extensive lists of sources and material to help you obtain the information you need to:

* Compile biographical information on key players or parties
* Investigate potential business partners or competitors
* Engage in marketing research
* Compile a company profile
* Locate expert witnesses and verify credentials
* And much more

Editorial Reviews

Review

[Business Research Handbook] is a gold mine for anyone asked to conduct research in unfamiliar subject areas...[Shimpock] goes a long way toward helping even expert researchers feel more confident that they have exhausted every possible avenue in the search for that elusive answer. (Legal Information Alert, Vol. 15, 1996)

Your office should not be without this handy resource...[it] fills the gap in the literature and should be included in the library of every firm - and consulted frequently. (ABA Law Practice Management Journal, October 1996).

You heard it here first. This book is a classic in the field and one that should be in virtually every legal/business library reference collection -- Online The Leading Magazine for Information Professionals, March/April 1997

About the Author

Kathy E. Shimpock, President, Juris Research, Tempe, Arizona, has extensive research experience as a lawyer and law librarian in both the practice and academic spheres. She has published numerous articles and spoken widely on research, technology and library issues. In addition to her law degree (J.D.) from the University of Wyoming, she holds a Masters in Law Librarianship from the University of Denver and an M.B.A. from Arizona State University. She is a member of the State Bar of Arizona.

Product Details

• Ring-bound: 758 pages
• Publisher: Aspen Publishers (December 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0316808814
• ISBN-13: 978-0316808811
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.2 x 2.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,085,316 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Authoritative source for locating electronic business data, January 7, 1999

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This review is from: Business Research Handbook (Ring-bound)

The Business Research Handbook (Methods and Sources for Lawyers and Business Professionals) by Kathy Shimpock is a must buy. This noted author and lecturer has taken a very difficult subject - retrieving business factual information - but immensely valuable one and simplified it for legal professionals. This book covers basic research strategies, research tools, and how to retrieve information from libraries, government agencies, corporations, associations and a host of other organizations. Information can be located in areas such as accounting, economics, finance, management, marketing and insurance, retrieving government publications, corporate information, expert witness location and background research and a private company profile. Over the last 15 years we have observed and experienced an information communication revolution. As the Internet and other electronic sources continue their phenomenal growth it has become the first stop for legal researchers in collecting factual information. The foundation of this revolution is the fact that most information is available electronically today through the Internet, online databases or CD-ROM (soon DVD). However, one still must know how and where to look for this information. Knowledge derived from such information is indispensable in the practice of law. The uses for this information are endless. It can be used to counsel clients, for your opening and closing arguments, for counseling information for sentencing hearings, doing background research on a potential client, adverse party or employer or preparing for cross-examination of expert witnesses. The uses are only limited by the needs of your clients. If you are interested in an exhaustive, authoritative book that directs you to factual sources important to your practice and clients buy this one. Finding online nonlegal information is a must for lawyers as we transition into the new millenium. This book will start you down this valuable path.