The World Wide Web offers a powerful and cost-effective resource for libraries to provide high quality business reference. This workshop offers in-depth training on using the core business reference tools that are free or fee-based and Web-accessible. The core reference tools for business in print are discussed.
Specific databases include Hoovers Online and the Thomas Register Online as well as U.S. Federal government sources including free Patent & Trademark searching instruction.
Competitive Intelligence Resources provide information and ethical standards that are used in the process of enhancing marketplace competitiveness through a greater understanding of a firm's competitors and the competitive environment. The Web is a vital source for information on local, national and international business, research in specific industries, as well as statistical and economic intelligence.
This workshop is intended for librarians and other information specialists who want to find high quality usable free and fee-based business information on the Web. The core reference tools for business, in print or electronic format are covered. No business research experience is expected.
Diane K. Kovacs is President of Kovacs Consulting - Internet & Web Training. She has 15 years of experience as a Web Teacher and Consultant. Diane has been designing and teaching Web-based MLA CE courses since 2001. She also designs and teaches Web-based courses for UIUC GSLIS LEEP, the ACRL, and other organizations.
Genealogical Research on Web was published in 2002 . How to Find Medical Information on the Internet: A Print and Online Tutorial for the Health Care Professional and Consumer (2000) (Library Solutions Press) and Building Electronic Library Collections: The Essential Guide to Selection Criteria and Core Collections (Neal-Schuman) were both published in 2000.
Diane's first book The Internet Trainer's Guide , was published in 1995. The Internet Trainer's Total Solution Guide was published in 1997. She has also co-authored with her husband Michael Kovacs, Cybrarians Guide to Successful Internet Programs and Services which was published by Neal-Schuman in 1997.
Diane Kovacs is the 2000 recipient of the "Documents to the People" award from the Government Documents Roundtable of the American Library Association. She was also the recipient of the Apple Corporation Library's, Internet Citizen Award for 1992 and was the University of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science Alumni Association's first recipient of the Leadership Award in 1996. Since 1990 she has been the editor-in-chief of the Directory of Scholarly and Professional Electronic Conferences.
Diane received an M.S. in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois in 1989 and an M.Ed. in Instructional Technology from Kent State University in 1993. She has a B.A. in Anthropology also from the University of Illinois, 1985.
