Business Information Handbook 2003

This book is an introductory guide to getting started with business information. It is edited by David Mort, a director of IRN Research, who has also written ten of the 14 chapters. The other contributors are all experienced information professionals.

The first chapter sets the scene and considers the role and uses of business information in supporting the activities of a company. Chapter two builds on this, looking in slightly more detail at what is meant by company and government information, market data, human resource information and patents. The major suppliers of online, CD‐ROM and hard copy sources are then...