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Business Research Handbook

Methods and Sources for Lawyers and Business Professionals

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By Kathy E. Shimpock

Get comprehensive, in depth Information of any kind - fast.

This first and only business research guide that shows you how to:

Apply quick, cost-effective strategies to locate the information you're looking for
Confidently conduct research in unfamiliar areas to support practical business or legal ends
Design efficient research methodologies for specific areas of practice.

With this powerful tool, you'll streamline procedures to:

Locate an expert witness, Investigate potential business partners or competitors, Compile company profiles, Engage in marketing research, and a whole lot more.

Here's your key to getting information of any kind that is accurate, persuasive, complete and as current as possible-without wasting time and money.

Packed with hands-on strategies and cost-effective ways to access online data, this easy-to-implement research guide by an attorney with extensive practical experience in law librarianship and business administration-leads you step-by-step through the research process, with clear procedures for answering such critical questions as:

Is the question asked the real question to be answered?
What types of information will be needed?
At what point should you engage experts, librarians, information brokers, online/CD-ROM vendors?
How should you handle the inevitable trade-off between time and money?

1 volume, loose-leaf, 1996-. (With annual supplementation). Aspen Publishers, 1185 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10036.

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What are the readers saying?

	"This handbook fills a gap in the literature and should be included in the library of every firm - and consulted frequently" Donna Bausch - ABA Law Practice Management Journal
	"Ms. Shimpock has performed a major service for attorneys and business people as well as librarians and paralegals who find themselves in need of material that is generally outside the scope of a typical special library collection" Debora Cinque - New York Law Journal
	"You heard it here first. This book is a classic in the field and one that should be in virtually every legal/business library reference collection." Judith A Copier - Online
	"Perhaps the most challenging request, and yet the one most often neglected in business research handbooks involves obtaining biographical information on potential expert witnesses. Thankfully, Shimpock devotes a whole chapter to this topic. Her suggestions on where one can dig for more information are, alone, worth the price of this book." Michael Saint Onge - Legal Information Alert
	"There is a prodigious amount of information in this book... It answers a lot of questions that busy lawyers will throw at their underlings... Anyone seeking business information will find a plethora of sources to search." Edward J. Bander - Bimonthly Review of Law Books
	"[Business Research Handbook] is a goldmine for anyone asked to conduct research in unfamiliar subject areas... [Shimpock] goes a long way toward helping even expert researchers feel more confident that they have exhausted every possible avenue in the search for that elusive answer." Michael Saint Onge - Legal Information Alert
	"Business Research Handbook is unquestionable the best guidebook available today for business people and lawyers who need to find quality information fast. Kathy Shimpock understands the practical goals of research, and she knows how to guide people in getting the job done - and done right. Moreover, Ms. Shimpock focuses not just on information quantity, but information quality. She helps readers find information that is not only timely, but accurate as well. Most guidebooks are designed to appeal to those uninitiated in finding information in he modern age. Ms. Shimpock goes far beyond that and provides her readers with an invaluable tool. No one interested in business and legal research today should be without it." Nicholas J. Wallwork - Chair, Task Force on the Future of the Profession, State Bar of Arizona
	"The Business Research Handbook (Methods and Sources for Lawyers and Business Professionals) by Kathy Shimpock is a must buy. This noted author and lecturer has taken a very difficult subject - retrieving business factual information - but immensely valuable one and simplified it for legal professionals. This book covers basic research strategies, basic research tools, and how to retrieve information from libraries, government agencies, corporations, associations and a host of other organizations. As important are the chapters devoted to finding biographical research and expert witness profiles, government documents and statistics, business and corporate data, and insurance information. Knowledge derived from such information is indispensable in the practice of law. It can be used to counsel clients, support summary judgments, or prepare for cross-examination of expert witnesses. The uses are only limited by the needs of your clients. If you are interested in an exhaustive, authoritative book that directs you to factual sources important to your practice and clients buy this one." Michael R. Arkfeld - Assistant United States Attorney