Admittedly, I came to this week's exercise with less enthusiasm than previous weeks. None of the discovery exercises appealed to me personally and I am a K-5 librarian, so obviously the relevance is limited there as well.
But, I was game to give it a go and worked on the Regional Business News question:
1. Pick a nationally known company. Search under the company’s name and look at the results.
I chose "Tim Horton's" as my nationally known company and got back 34 hits. Most of the articles were about the company's expansion and growth and came from a variety of journals (some Canadian, which makes sense since Tim Horton's is a Canadian company).
2. Narrow the regional search to something more appropriate for this area of the country.
For my regional search, I chose "Hannaford's" and was somewhat surprised that there were only 10 hits. The articles were a mix of hard news (a data security breach at Hannaford's) and soft news and again surprisingly, the most up to date article came from 2008 (not that up to date for business news).
3. Choose a Maine company to see what information is available about either the company or its industry.
I was quite disappointed to find that "Gelato Fiasco" did not return any hits (despite getting some national press, I know, for their business model). My second attempt was more fruitful - "Tom's of Maine" returned 29 hits, the most recent of which was published in September.
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