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Prerequisites
Basic Windows® skills. Experience using a graphical browser such as Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox.
Course description
From career development to competitive intelligence timely and accurate business information is important. Knowing more about a company and their assets can assist librarians in answering these types of patron queries and many more. It can also enable librarians and their patrons make informed decisions about retirement and investment options. Company Research Online will provide librarians with the resources necessary to answer questions about stock prices, a company’s financial assets, and the latest news about a company and their leaders. Discover the freely available government and industry leaders’ sites that will enhance your knowledge of the corporate environment.
Why take this course?
Do your patrons often ask you how to locate information about a particular stock or company? Are your customers interested in learning more about investing? Do your clients want to keep current on the latest business news? Company Research Online will assist librarians, who do not have access to subscription-based services, to locate freely available information on the Internet about companies, financial resources, and key individuals in the corporate market place.
What you will learn
Company Research Online will provide you with the skills to distinguish between public and private companies and to understand the difference between a parent company and a subsidiary. You will learn to recognize the status of a company and how to search for company information by such unique identifiers such as Ticker symbol. This course will provide you with a road map of websites for company information, financial resources, and corporate news sites.
Topics covered include
Locating public company information
Locating and printing a company’s annual reports
Resources for current and historical stock quotes
Locating news about companies and individuals within the company
Online resources for private and non-profit company information
Follow up courses
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