1. Copyright © 2006 President and Fellows of Harvard College When You Start Your EC Year How Baker Can Help Baker Library Services September, 2006 A quick review on useful research resources for MBA 2007

2. Copyright © 2006 President and Fellows of Harvard College EC KEY ACTIVITIES 1.Stay informed – know what’s happening in business 2.Prepare for 1.Field study 2.Course paper 3.Business Plan Contest 3.Career development

3. Copyright © 2006 President and Fellows of Harvard College Stay Informed Set up news/article alerts via http://www.library.hbs.edu/tools/http://www.library.hbs.edu/tools/ Baker Industry Highlights Biweekly newsletters containing links to articles from newspapers and industry publications on business trends in selected industries. Articles are handpicked by Baker librarians from Factiva and targeted for MBA students. ABI/Proquest Search the database of academic, business and trade publications. Click on Set Up Alert to receive emails when new articles that match your search are added to the database. Factiva Click on the News Pages tab near the top of the screen and choose a geography or industry to scan the headlines of the major business news publications. RSS feeds on major industries also available.

4. Copyright © 2006 President and Fellows of Harvard College Field Study, Course Paper, or Business Plan Recommended resources for you to start the research: Consumer market data –Global Market Information Database (http://www.library.hbs.edu/go/gmid.html)http://www.library.hbs.edu/go/gmid.html –Mintel (http://www.library.hbs.edu/go/mintel.html)http://www.library.hbs.edu/go/mintel.html Financial market data –Bloomberg (In the Exchange and Financial Databases Room) –Datastream (In the Financial Databases Room) Competitive landscape –Capital IQ (http://www.library.hbs.edu/go/capitaliq.html)http://www.library.hbs.edu/go/capitaliq.html –Hoovers (http://www.library.hbs.edu/go/hoovers.html)http://www.library.hbs.edu/go/hoovers.html Industry outlook –S&P Industry Survey (http://www.library.hbs.edu/go/s_and_p.html)http://www.library.hbs.edu/go/s_and_p.html –Business Source Complete (http://www.library.hbs.edu/go/buscomplete.html)http://www.library.hbs.edu/go/buscomplete.html –Thomson Research – Investest (http://www.library.hbs.edu/go/investext.html)http://www.library.hbs.edu/go/investext.html

5. Copyright © 2006 President and Fellows of Harvard College For more resources: Baker Library workshop slides ( http://www.library.hbs.edu/services/workshops.html) http://www.library.hbs.edu/services/workshops.html For Example: Workshop slides on venture capital & private equity Workshop slides on field study How Do I? ( http://www.library.hbs.edu/howdoi/ ) http://www.library.hbs.edu/howdoi/ Baker Library Research Guides ( http://www.library.hbs.edu/guides/) http://www.library.hbs.edu/guides/ For example: –Entrepreneurship (including Business Plans) –Healthcare –Biotechnology –Pharmaceutical Baker Library Databases Lists ( http://www.library.hbs.edu/databases/ ) http://www.library.hbs.edu/databases/ Field Study, Course Paper, or Business Plan

6. Copyright © 2006 President and Fellows of Harvard College Career Development Recommended resources for you to start the research: MBA Career Services Web site (http://my.hbs.edu/mbadocs/admin/career_services/research/ )http://my.hbs.edu/mbadocs/admin/career_services/research/ Some of the Baker Library Industry Research Guides tend to include additional job listing Web sites. ( http://www.library.hbs.edu/guides/#industry) http://www.library.hbs.edu/guides/#industry

7. Copyright © 2006 President and Fellows of Harvard College Baker Library the Services * Bring your Harvard ID to enter the Library Walk in at the service desk* Phone 617-495-6040 Email refquest@hbs.edurefquest@hbs.edu Receive an email response within one business day For individual appointments: Tip: In order to better serve you, please indicate your research purpose or outcome as well as any specific information need Special workshops or presentations will be announced via MyHBS