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I HOW TO FIND (news for) A PERSON

Use News ( Library) CURNWS ( File)

bill pre/2 gates!

( ! for possessive clinton’s)

II HOW TO FIND KEY EXECUTIVES

Use D&B( Library) DMAKER ( File)

( Dun’s Decision Makers)

Company ( Microsoft)

III HOW TO FIND EXECUTIVE AFFILIATIONS

Use D&B( Library) EXAFFL( File)

( Dun’s Executive Affiliations)

name ( Bill w/3 Gates)

IV HOW TO FIND EXECUTIVE CHANGES

Use PEOPLE( Library) EXECHG( File)

Company(Microsoft)

IV HOW TO FIND BIOGRAPHIES

Use BUSREF (Library) MARQIS(File) or BIOS(File)

( Marquis Who’s Who Biographies)

name ( Bill w/3 Gates)??????????????

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VI HOW TO FIND NEWS FOR PERSON AND COMPANY

Use News ( Library) CURNWS ( File)

Hlead((bill pre/2 gates!) and (Microsoft)) and date aft ( 1/5/02)

VII HOW TO FIND COMPANY INFORMATION

Use Compny (Library) Compny (File)

1compny; compny

2 ( Microsoft!)

3 group3

VIII HOW TO FIND COMPANY INFORMATION (private companies)

Use Compny (Library) USPRIV(File)/ US Private Company Report /

1compny( abc holding!)

3 #

IX HOW TO FIND COMPANY INFORMATION ( public companies)

Use Company(Library) DISCLO(File) / Disclosure Online Database

1compny( abc holding!)

2 #

X HOW TO FIND COMPANY INFORMATION ( international)

Use Compny( Library) INTLCO( File)

1 company(Microsoft)

(choose latest info)

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XI HOW TO IDENTIFY COMPANIES BY SIC

Use Compny ( Library) USCO(File)

1 SIC (4813)

(identify companies in telephone comminication industry)

XII HOW TO IDENTIFY COMPANIES BY GEOGRAPHIC AREA

Use Compny( Library) USCO( File)

1 ZIP (45410)

OR PHONE NUMBER

Use Compny( Library) USCO( File)

state (ny) and telephone( 718) and telephone (897)

XIII HOW TO IDENTIFY COMPANIES BY SIC AND REVENUE

Use Compny (Library) USCO (File)

1 SIC (4813) and revenue > 500,000,000

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XIV HOW TO FIND ADDITIONAL COMPANY INFORMATION

Use Compny ( Library)

File(SPDESC) ( Standart & Poor Description Plus News) Descriptive(history+fin)

Or File(GDUNS) ( Global Dun’s Market Identifiers )

Or File (DCA) (Directory of Corporate Affiliations)

1 company(Microsoft)

2 52

Ø Hierarchy(DCA) get parent company

B/ HOW TO FIND COMPANY PROFILES

Use MARKET ( Library) File( CIUS)

( The Company Intelligence United States and Company Intelligence International combine basic financial information +10 recent news)

1 company(Microsoft)

C/ HOW TO FIND COMPANIES WORLDWIDE

Use WORLD ( Library) File( FTEXTL)

( The Extel Cards Database includes information on 11 000 companies worldwide)

1 company(Microsoft)

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XV HOW TO FIND LIST OF INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS WITH HOLDINGS IN MICROSOFT COMPANY

Use Compny( Library) VICKER( File)

( Vicker’s Securities Report and Institutional)

1 company(Microsoft)

XVI HOW TO FIND BUSINESS CREDIT REPORTS ( D&B)

( AND NON BUSINESS CREDIT REPORTS) OF A COMPANY

Use D&B( Library) D&BRPT(File)

1 BIR Business Information report-profile of company (global)

2 PAR Payment Analysis Report –payment habits (US & Canada)

3 SER Supplier Evaluation Report-asses of doing business with supplier (US)

4 GAR Government Activity Report-transactions with government ( US)

5 CR Comprehensive Report –analyze company relations with you(US)

6 BBR Business Background Report –company history (US)

1 company(Microsoft)

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XVII HOW TO FIND ANALYST REPORTS ( INVESTETXT)

Use Compny( Library) INVPRE (File)

( Investext Preview lets you review summaries)

1 company(Microsoft)

=1 TO FIND COMPANY REPORT

=2 TO FIND INDUSTRY REPORT

=3 TO FIND REPORT BY BROKER

=4 TO FIND REPORT BY REPORT NUMNER

=5 TO FIND FREE TEXT SEARCH

OR A/ COMPANY

Use Compny( Library) CO (File)

1 company(Microsoft)

B/ PRODUCT

Use Compny( Library) INVTXT (File)

product(allergy drugs) and date aft 1997

C/ INDUSTRY

Use Compny( Library) IND (File)

industry (aerospace) and date is 1997

D/ SOURCE ( BROKERAGE HOUSE )

Use Compny( Library) INVTXT (File)

source (morgan stanley) and date is 12/2000

E/ GEOGRAPHIC REGION

Use Compny( Library) GEO (File)

title (hong kong)

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XVIII HOW TO FIND MARKET RESEARCH REPORTS

Use Compny( Library) MKTRES( File) OR MARRPT

A/ INDUSTRY

atleast3(caffeine)

B/ PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT (MINE)

Use Market( Library) PROMTP( File)

(combines MARS and PROMT)

event(product design)

AND product(ice cream)

AND company( hagen )

C/ COMPANY

american express

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XIX HOW TO FIND INDUSTRY REPORTS

A/ INDUSTRY REPORTS

Use MARKET( Library) AER??( File)

(After selecting industry reports for a particular industry??)

growth w/3 project! or predict! and

date aft 1/01/2002

B/ INDUSTRY TRENDS

Use MARKET( Library) SELECT INDUSTRY

HLEAD(TREND! OR FORECAST! OR PREDICT!) AND DATE AFT 01/01/2002

C/ INDUSTRY REPORT FOR A COUNTRY

(MINE)

Use MARKET( Library) MKTRPT(File)

1country(Bulgaria)(check recent reports)

or

2 country(Bulgaria) and headline(electronic!)

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XX HOW FIND TO MARKET SHARE INFORMATION

A/ MARKET SHARE REPORTER ( don’t use it –old data)

Use MARKET( Library) MKTSHR( File)

title(wine)

B/ NEWS ARTICLES ABOUT MARKET SHARE (current numbers)

Use NEWS( Library) CURNEWS( File)

HLEAD(PET FOOD) AND MARKET W/5 SHARE

OR

market w/3 share w/3 semiconductor

C/ MARKET SHARE ( Investext-company standing in an industry)

Use MARKET ( Library) INVTXT ( File)

title( electronic) AND atleast3(market share OR marketshare)

D/ MARKET POTENTIAL

Use GEODEM ( Library) MSAREZ( File)

( The Claridas Rezide Files : population, income, household information , occupation by ZIPCODE)

title( electronic) AND atleast3(market share OR marketshare)

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COMPLICATED SEARCH COMMANDS !

XXI HOW TO EXECUTE COMPLICATED SEARCH COMMANDS

A/ RELATED TERMS COMMAND

Use NEWS ( Library) CURNWS( File)

Find recent news about consolidation of Telecom and Global one

1 news;curnws

2 HLEAD(TELECOM! AND COMPAN!) AND (CONSOLIDATION)

(2A .RANK ( if you want to rank results by relevance of terms NB! cannot be used with focus )

3 rel(consolidation)

4 1, 18

5 and ( merger or acqusition)

6 HLEAD(TELECOM! AND COMPAN!) AND (CONSOLIDATION)

AND (MERGER OR ACQUSITION)

7 .m

8 and date aft (12/30/2000)

9 and terms( global one)

10 .se

11 company ( to see companies or other segments displayed in results)

(12 .DL1 ( IF YOU WANT TO RETURN TO LEVEL 1 OF YOUR SEARCH!!)

NB!! the same search can be executed at once as follows:

( which saves charges for .m command)

HLEAD(TELECOM! AND COMPAN!) AND (CONSOLIDATION) AND(MERGER! OR ACQUSITION!)

AND DATE AFT(12/30/2000) AND TERMS(GLOBAL ONE)

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XXII HOW TO EXECUTE COMPLICATED COMMANDS

A/ SMART INDEXING ( TERMS COMMAND PERCENTAGE *)

Use BUSFIN ( Library) ALLNWS ( File)

1 FIND THE COVERAGE OF FILE ( ALLNWS) IN BUSFIN LIBRARY

2 OVERVIEW OF THE USE OF CREDIT CARDS AND AMERICAN EXPRESS CREDIT CARDS ON THE INTERNET

1 BUSFIN; ALLNWS

2 .GU(ALLNWS) TO FIND COVERAGE OF FILE

3 HLEAD(WORLD WIDE WEB OR ONLINE OR WEB OR INTERNET) AND TERMS ( CREDIT CARDS 9 *%)

AND DATE > 1/1/ 2000

4 FO

5 AND ATLEAST5(CREDIT CARD!)

6 .CI

7 HLEAD(AMERICAN EXPRESS)

8 .CI

9 .KWIC OR (.KW)

10 .R ( review search)

11 . S ( sorts documents in ascending or descending order by whatever sortable segment selected; not all segments sortable; follow instructions after entering s)

12 .t ( for time online)

13 .cost ( cost)

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XXIII HOW TO FIND MULTIPLE COMPANIES IN ONE SEARCH

A/ SEARCH STRATEGY

Use BUSFIN ( Library) ALLNWS ( File)

1 FIND ARTICLES ABOUT THE INTERNET AND CISCO SYSTEMS AND BROADCOM

1 BUSFIN; ALLNWS

2 HLEAD((CISCO SYSTEMS) OR (BROADCOM)) AND DATE AFT 11/1/00 AND ATLEAST3(CISCO OR BROADCOM) AND TERMS (INTERNET)

3 .FO

4 HLEAD(CISCO SYSTEMS)

5 .EF

6 .FO

7 HLEAD(BROADCOM)

B/ SEARCH STRATEGY

Find general overview articles from the past 6 months on underwater fiber optic cable developments in the telecommunication sector.

Use MARKET( Library) ALLNWS ( File)

1 HLEAD((( FIBER! OPTIC! CABLE) OR (FIBER OPTIC! ) OR (FIBRE! OPTIC!) W/5 (DEVELOPMENT! OR INNOVATION! OR PROGRESS OR EXPANSION!)))

AND TELECOMMUNICAT! OR COMMUNICAT! OR

(TELECOMMUNICAT! INDUSTRY) OR TELECOMMUNICAT! SECTOR)

2 .FO

3 ( UNDER WATER OR UNDERWATER OR UNDERSEA OR SUBSEA OR SUB SEA) AND DATE AFT 9/1/2000)