Regional Business News

Today I looked at the ebsco database, Regional Business News. This database is an Ebsco product so of course it is clean and easy to use. I like that the pages are not fussy and it is simple to find the exact information you are looking for. I did a few searches just to see exactly what kind of information would be returned as to get a better feel for the databse. I first searched Weatherford, OK. There was an article returned about the PSO Windmills. The article gave information like energy production, acerage, and legal ascpects for the windmills. I also did a search on SWOSU. Article about new degree programs and contracts with other universities were returned. The articles are set up a lot like a news paper would be, the information presented in the articles is that way too. Just about anything you might see in a daily newspaper was included in the articles. The database now offers a downloadable MP3 option. Users can now listen to the article as the read along. The database offers many tools like citations, print options and exporting, along with a folder system to save useful articles. One thing I discovered is that most articles automatically open into the HTML full text viewing option. I clicked over to the pdf and discovered that the full text option just doesn't give readers the same experience. Many illustrations are left out the may be useful to the user. All in all this is a great database. It seems to hold a very large amount of information and be very user friendly....its just not very exciting...