Pamella Asquith, FMC Librarian Independent Learning Week April 2010.

RESEARCH TOOLS

IN WORD 2007Pamella Asquith, FMC Librarian

Independent Learning Week April 2010

Within WORD 2007, there are many valuable research

tools :

Dictionaries Encyclopedias (Encarta not loaded on all PCs)

Translation “Live” MSN search (has never worked for me)

Databases◦ Factiva iWorks (business newspapers)◦ HighBeam Research◦ Thomson Gale Company Profiles◦ MSN Money Stock Quotes

Click: Review Tab

Click : Research

All Reference Books

Encarta Dictionary

Note:

Encarta Encyclopedia is not loaded on all PCs but Dictionary is.

Translation

OR

Online translations are done by a machine, not a person with a brain. So, sometimes a translation can be strange and incorrect.

Factiva iWorks

Newspaper articles

Wall Street Journal

Dow Jones

HighBeam ResearchNewspapers, magazines, academic journals, newswires, trade magazines and encyclopedias

Product claims to fill gap between free search like Google and high-end offerings

“Live” MSN Search ? ? ?

Business and Financial Sites

Company Profiles by Thomson Gale

MSN Money Stock Quotes

To customize your Research Options

Microsoft products come bundled in different ways and loaded with different features.

So, a particular version of Word 2007 might not be identical to what is presented herein.

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Questions, comments or suggestions ? ? ?

Thank you for listening.

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