SEARCH ENGINES
General search engines (Google, Yahoo, etc.): extraneous 'hits'
- Advanced Search options helpful (http:⁄⁄www.google.com⁄advanced_search)
Meta search engines:
- Keywords simultaneously submitted to several individual search engines.
- Broader spectrum of hits than a general search engine.
Examples:
Custom (CSEs) or specialized search engines
- Deal with information on one topic or research service.
COMPANY WEBSITES
ASSOCIATION WEBSITES
Most industries have associations that link to the best sites for finding information on that industry.
JOB: CAREER WEBSITES
Job listings offer clues about where a company is heading in its pursuit of markets and technologies.
Human-source information is more interesting and more accurate than secondary information.
BLOGS
'Plant Breeding' --> 33 hits
GATED SITES
'What you don't know really does hurt you.'
About 70% of the Web is "hidden". (Accessible with passwords only)
Gated sites can be proprietary to a company or organization, accessible only by password by employees, students and⁄or customers, or a site that charges for the information it contains.
Data Aggregators.
Useful to check out the credit rating⁄ etc. of competition.
CI RESOURCES
EDGAR
