Hill Library Blog: Researching baby boomers, a guide to online sources

Jun 30, 3:05pm 1 review business, business-research, baby-boom, consumer-research, consumer-preferences
http://blog.hillsearch.org/index.cfm/2008/6/30/Researching-baby-boomers-a-gui...

posting from business librarians at the James J Hill Reference Library pointing out free online resources to learn more about baby boomer consumers in general, in a particular location, and within particular consumer situations.

Hill Library Blog: What are your skills worth on the open market? A guide to sal…

Jun 25, 2:10pm 1 review business, business-research, employees, compensation, salary-surveys
http://blog.hillsearch.org/index.cfm/2008/6/25/What-are-your-skills-worth-on-...

blog post from the business librarians at the James J. Hill Reference Library listing the best online sources for salary surveys.

Hill Library Blog: Guide to Marketing Information Online: The best online source…

Jun 12, 11:34am 1 review business, marketing, b2b, business-research, marketing-industry
http://blog.hillsearch.org/index.cfm/2008/6/12/Guide-to-Marketing-Information...

blog post from the business librarians at the James J. Hill Reference Library highlighting marketing information sources - from industry surveys to research reports, including sites to gain competitive intelligence and consumer data.

Hill Library Blog: How research can get retail through a recession

Jun 6, 2:05pm 1 review business, benchmarking, online-research, retail-industry, industry-research
http://blog.hillsearch.org/index.cfm/2008/6/6/How-research-can-get-retail-thr...

Blog post from the business librarians at the James J. Hill Reference Library offering numerous links to free online sources to stay current on retail statistics, economic and consumer trends, and the best sources for financial benchmarking.

Hill Library Blog: Hill Library Trends Newsletter - May 2008

Jun 2, 2:39pm 1 review business, technology, trends, business-news, library-industry
http://blog.hillsearch.org/index.cfm/2008/6/2/Hill-Library-Trends-Newsletter-...

monthly newsletter covering trends in libraries, business, and technology from the James J. Hill Library, a business library.

Hill Library Blog: Its all free online: industry research, the Internet, and pet…

May 15, 1:36pm 1 review business, statistics, market-research, pet-industry, industry-research
http://blog.hillsearch.org/index.cfm/2008/5/15/Its-all-free-online-industry-r...

Blog entry on finding industry research for free online, using the pet food industry as an example

State Handbook of Economic, Demographic, and Fiscal Indicators 2008

May 12, 7:27am 1 review business, economics, statistics, place-research
http://www.aarp.org/research/reference/statistics/d19014_fiscal.html

State-by-state economic data, from AARP.

Hill Library Blog: Top seven ways the Simmons database can help you research cus…

May 9, 1:52pm 1 review business, market-share, business-research, brand-research, consumer-preferences
http://blog.hillsearch.org/index.cfm/2008/5/9/Top-seven-ways-the-Simmons-data...

Post describes business research database Simmons Choices III. Use this database to research customer preferences, brand market share, and product usage - among many many other things.

Hill Library Blog: Hill Library Trends Newsletter - April 2008

May 8, 9:41am 1 review business, technology, trends, library-industry
http://blog.hillsearch.org/index.cfm/2008/5/2/Hill-Library-Trends-Newsletter-...

This monthly newsletter looks at what's new in libraries, business, and technology by highlighting relevant reports, articles, and blog entries. It saves you time by bringing to light issues affecting these industries today and issues that might affect them tomorrow.

Hill Library Blog: The Hottest Industries (And Most Beautiful People)

May 8, 9:39am 1 review business, employment, industry-research
http://blog.hillsearch.org/index.cfm/2008/5/7/The-Hottest-Industries-And-Most...

Write-up from the Hill Library looks at sources to find the fastest-growing industries.