Industry Research Workshop

Brainstorm if possible with one or more partners

Try this exercise:  https://library.ithaca.edu/teach/wc

1. Think of keywords or subject headings. Be sure to think of synonyms for your terms. Learn the industry jargon.
2. Try to group the questions into categories. Example: marketing, new products, legal/regulatory, market share, 
3. What types of resources might help in your search? statistical, databases for articles, industry publications, governmental, trade associations
4. Match the questions to types of sources >then identify specific sources which might be useful.
5. Keep track of what you have looked at, new questions which might have come up and then re-group and fill in the blanks
6. If working as a team, assign tasks and keep a timeline for what has been completed and what still needs to be done.
7. Document time, money and sources used.
8. What questions are still unanswered?