Reference USA

Reference USA offers demographic search tools that are useful for business planning and market research users. Users can find all businesses, or those by a specific Standard Industrial Classification number (SIC), within a 20 mile radius.

When searching the Business section of Reference USA, whether by company name, geographic area – zip code, city, parish, or Metropolitan Statistical Area; or a business type search – Yellow Page Heading or SIC; the detailed listing page provides the user with two additional demographic searching options. For example, if a search is conducted for “grocers – retail” in a specific zip code area, and the user clicks to the detail listing of any retrieved entry, a search option at the bottom of the page allows for additional searching either by all businesses, or SIC within a radius of 1/10th of a mile to 20 miles.

To access Reference USA, click on the Other Databases link located to the left on the Business and Career Connection homepage, use your East Baton Rouge Parish Library card number to authenticate, and select Reference USA from the database list.

Google Map Hack #1

Google Map Hack #1:  Sometimes You Need a Map to a Map

While most of us have come to rely upon paper maps, only some of us have begun to explore the infinite possibilities of electronic maps. Do you have the technical chops to pinpoint your potential destination using Google Maps?

Let’s say you are new to the parish, or simply trying to keep up with new developments throughout the capital city. Here’s a clever way to locate all of the coffee bars in Baton Rouge:

• Type the URL:  http://maps.google.com.
• In the standard Google search box, type: “Coffee in Baton Rouge, LA”.

Voila! Notice the “pushpins” that correspond to an address and telephone listing next to the map. To maneuver a Google map, simply click and drag it with your mouse. Need driving directions? Get those, too while you’re there.

Curious to learn more Google Maps hacks? Check out Safari Tech Books online now via our Online Databases. A simple title search will retrieve 2 e-books you’ll want to peruse – Google Maps Hacks and Google Hacks.  Happy trails!

Does It Work? – Product Testing

http://bigcountryhomepage.com/content/does_it_work

We’ve all seen informercials and the products that they tout – but have you ever wondered if the products really work? After all, who wants to spend $20 or $30 on something just to find out it’s a dud? Well, KRBC TV in Abilene, Texas has devoted a reporter to finding out just what works and what doesn’t – and they post his reports on this website!

Look here to find out if  that cleaner you saw at 2:00 am really works; if that Sunday morning automotive product does the trick; if the cream that removes facial hair was really a dream. This site can answer your questions and SAVE YOU MONEY!!

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World & I

 

 The World & I is the online version of the monthly publication, World & I Journal. It presents a broad range of articles about politics, science, culture, and humanity in seven sections – Current Issues, The Arts, Life, Natural Science, Culture, Book World, and Modern Thought. Special features include over 1,000 Teacher’s Guide activities that meet the National Standards, a Book Review Archive with a search capability of its own, and a series of Special Collections featuring topics such as Worldwide Folktales, Peoples of the World, Profiles in Character, Millenial Moments, In the Footsteps of Lincoln, The Constitution and the Making of America.

Use the World & I for homework, to enhance your classroom experience or to develop lesson plans. It’s a great resource!