ONLINE RESEARCH

Literature Searches

Sources:

 local, regional, U.S., global

 online databases, internet

 books, journals, reports, conferences, directories, newspapers, newsletters, newswires

 telephone or email inquiries

Subject Specialties:

 medicine and biotechnology

 environment and ecology

 chemistry and engineering

 business

 genealogy

Types of searches:

 bibliographies

 current awareness (updates on your search topic)

 secondary market research

 fact - finding

 patents and trademarks

Delivery Of Results:

 email, fax, disk, or print file

 citations, abstracts, full-text

 see also document delivery

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