ENTREPRENEURSHIP

note:
- broaden topic to: business* if original search found nothing
- add another term if necessary to narrow search
business and canad* not fiction
- check subject headings of items found for other search terms as needed

Browse:
330s - Economics
     eg./ - Business and Industry (11 vol)
340s - Law
650s - Management

Infotrac / Gale eBooks password required
or select from below or select from below given titles and then go to WITHIN THIS PUBLICATION

• Business Leader Profiles for Students
• Company Profiles for Students
• Encyclopedia of Business and Finance
• Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society
• Encyclopedia of Management
• Encyclopedia of Leadership
• Encyclopedia of Products Industries - Manufacturing
• Gale E-Commerce Sourcebook
• Gale Encyclopedia of E-Commerce

• SparkNotes from Barnes & Noble : Economics
• Encyclopedias Page
• Campbell Harvey's Finance Glossary
• Financial Dictionary

• use KEYWORD search
• use WCI search as example
• use "SEARCH FILTERS" to delimit location
• sort results if necessary

• most search engines will extrapolate variations of a word if the "main" word is used (eg./ the singular vs. plural form of a word)
• use quote marks " ..." to enclose phrases as necessary

eg/ logo business success

you may search Google now:

MAGAZINE, NEWSPAPER & JOURNAL DATABASES

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  • including Ebscohost's Canadian Points of View

  or directly from
    - InfoTrac by Thomson / Gale - includes all our Gale ebooks (Home access requires password)
   - or -
              from Vaughan Public Libraries - Online Databases (VPL membership required)

• Select appropriate database(s) within preferred package

• Choose "Advanced Search" tab

• Ensure Fulltext selected

• type keyword(s):

  • combine keywords needed with AND operator

  • search most important keywords in Subject field (or broaden search to default fields if necessary)

  • use truncation as required

  • cluster similar concepts if necessary to optimize on line limitations

  • check assigned subject headings of highly relevant articles for alternate keywords

  • no one perfect strategy -- play around for the one that works best for given search

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SAMPLE NEWS SEARCHES

CCH Small Business Tool Kit
EntreWorld Resources for Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurship Centre (Ottawa-Carleton)
Inc. Online: The Web Site for Growing Companies
Small Business Resource & Help Center
Why Entrepreneurship?

Canadian Initiatives for Supporting Self Employment (Google search)

Canadian Bankers' Association
Canadian Online Financial Resource for Youth

Profit Guide, the Business Resource for Canadian Entrepreneurs

CASH HANDLING
Sympatico Personal Finance
Cash Handling - What is Cash
Cash Handling Tips
CashCanada

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