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Q1A. In the IBISWorld Industry Reports database,

Would you be likely to find the profits of the top 5 Canadian commercial building companies?

Yes
No

Q1B. Why or why not?

Choose all that apply

Because leading companies' financial can be found on their websites.
Because they are not all publicly traded companies.
Because pre-packaged industry reports will include profit information for all companies.
Because industry overviews generally include only benchmark profits.

Q2. You want to launch an online retail eyeglass/contact lens company. In an article database, which search term combination would produce the most relevant results?

Choose all that apply.

glasses AND “internet sales”
(eyeglass* OR “contact lens*”) AND (“online retail*” OR e-commerce)
retailers that sell contacts online
ophthalmologist industry

Q3. Why is it useful to prepare synonyms for your searches?

Choose all that apply.

In order to verify the information you find in articles.
Because databases contain sources from many writers or publishers, who might use different terms or spellings for the same concept.
Because when starting out, you might not know the terminology commonly used by the industry you’re searching.
Because not all databases are searchable by industry codes.