CD-ROMs
* Choices III (Simmon's Market Research Data)
Located in
Davis Library; check with reference librarian
Rita Moss
* MRI (MediaMark Research, Inc)
[Demo with Cooking Light]
Located in
The Park Library; check with Park Librarian
Barbara Semonche for CD and instructions on using.
ANNUAL REPORTS
* Corporate Annual Reports (free, but selected)
http://www.prars.com/
* Annual Reports Library (directory of sources)
http://www.zpub.com/sf/arl/
* The Wall Street Journal's Free Annual Report
Service
http://wsjie.ar.wilink.com/asp/WSJ3_search_eng.asp
* Annual Report Service (free, but registration
required)
http://www.annualreportservice.com/
* Google
Search [Note: type "company name" +"annual report"
http://www.google.com/
PUBLIC SERVICE ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS
* PSA'S (magazines)
http://www.adcouncil.org/pdf/magazine_brochure.pdf
* PSA'S (historic)
http://www.adcouncil.org/campaigns/historic_campaigns/
* PSA'S (tips)
http://www.adcouncil.org/np/tips_langer_disesa_interview/
* PSA'S (research strategies)
http://www.adcouncil.org/np/tips_strategic_development/
* PSA'S (creative development)
http://www.adcouncil.org/np/tips_creative_development/
RESEARCH REPORTS
* "Engaging the Next Generation"
http://www.adcouncil.org/pdf/engaging_the_next_gen.pdf
* "Kids these days, 1999"
http://www.adcouncil.org/research/kids_these_days/
* "The Health of our Children"
(MPHA)
http://www.mphaweb.org/pol_child_report.pdf
*
Nutrition Corner - Children Information
http://www.novacare.com/nutrition/children.htm
* Fruits and
Vegetables: Encouraging Children to Eat
http://www.mediarelations.ksu.edu/WEB/News/NewsReleases/listfruits71102.html
* Nutrition Studies
http://www.aces.uiuc.edu/~nutrican/background.html
* National
Nutrition Summit
http://www.usda.gov/events/nns.html
* (CDC) "Promoting Better Health for
Young People Through Physical Activity and Sports"
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dash/healthtopics/physical_activity/promoting_health/
* (CDC summary) "Guidelines for
Physical Activity"
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dash/healthtopics/physical_activity/guidelines/summary.htm
* (CDC guidelines) "Media
Campaigns"
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dash/healthtopics/physical_activity/promoting_health/media.htm
* (CDC appendices) "Promoting
Better Health for Young People through Physical Fitness and Sports" http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dash/healthtopics/physical_activity/promoting_health/download.htm
WEB LINKS
* Neilsen Media Research
(selected data only)
http://www.nielsenmedia.com/
* AD Track
Index (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/money/advertising/adtrack/index.htm
* Creativity Magazine: AdCritic
(subscription on order)
http://www.adcritic.com/
* Top 100 Ad Campaigns of the
Century
http://www.adage.com/century/campaigns.html
* Advertising Education
Foundation
http://www.aef.com/start.asp
* Hoover's Company Capsules
(select "companies")
http://www.hoovers.com/
* Cooking Light Magazine
http://www.cookinglight.com/cooking/magazine/0,14437,,00.html
http://www.internetnews.com/IAR/article.php/12_893971
http://www.cookinglight.com/cooking/
* Food and Fitness http://www.foodfit.com/healthy/archive/healthyFoodNews_june05.asp
* Bottled Water Web
http://www.bottledwaterweb.com/news/nw_050101.html
http://www.water.com/learn_about_water/swg1110_leaabowat.asp
http://www.usatoday.com/money/advertising/adtrack/2001-10-08-ad-track-dasani.htm
* U.S. Tennis Association http://www.usta.com/membership/fullstory.sps?iNewsid=14006&itype=942&icategoryid=0
Check American Society for Association Executives http://www.asaenet.org/main/
Check also "membership campaigns" in InfoTrack
(Business)
Check Davis Library for current and back issues of journal,
Association Management
http://www.gwsae.org/ExecutiveUpdate/2001/May/ElectronicIssue/index.htm
* New Balance Running Shoes http://www.nbwebexpress.com/
* Pepperidge Farm
(subsidiary of Campbell Soup Company)
Whole Wheat Bread (research)
http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/news/sty/2002/wheat_anticancer011602.htm
http://www.cspinet.org/new/bread.htm
http://www.longerliving.com/grain.htm
http://www.campbellsoupcompany.com/history_1930.asp
http://www.pepperidgefarm.com/ [Motto:
"Never have an ordinary day."]
* Weight Watchers International
(select U.S.)
http://www.weightwatchers.com/international.asp
* Trek Bicycles http://www.trekbikes.com/
* Gold's Gym
Enterprises http://www.goldsgym.com/
also check
Hoover's database for Gold's Gym
http://www.hoovers.com/co/aag/7/0,2658,60597,00.html
Check Business
& Company Resource Center for more
articles
about Gold's Gym http://eresources.lib.unc.edu/eid/
DATABASES
Basics of any Search
- Well-defined topic
- Clear question(s)
- Good keywords, search terms, subject headings [Note: look
for specific terms as well as synonyms.] See examples
below:
[Main
search term] AND
ads -- marketing -- market
share -- promotion -- annual
report -- trends -- statistics
-- surveys -- consumers
-- polls -- ranking
(there are many more, discover them.) |
- Question Authority!
- Ask a professor
- Ask a librarian
- Ask a pro
- Search Strategy Examples
1.
ABI Inform / (physical
fitness) [Note: demographic data]
2. ABI Inform
/ (mineral water or bottled water) [Note:
Dasani article]
3. InfoTrak / (Pepperidge Farm)
[Note: promotion article]
4. Wall Street Journal /
(Weight Watchers)
5. TableBase /
(bottled water AND market) [Note: select geographic =
US,
concept
term = demographics, industry = beverage]
6. Business &
Company Resource Center / (Gold's
Gym) [Note: ad and marketing
subdivisions]
-
- Bloomberg Financial Services (in Park Library only)

Check with Park Library
Director, Barbara Semonche, for instruction
in using Bloomberg Financial
Services for your projects. [Note: run searches
New Balance Athletic Shoes;
Trek Bicycle Corp.; Weight Watchers Int.]