Form 15 (3/31/86) NSF PROJECT IST-850 5411 EXPERIMENTS ON THE COGNITIVE ASPECTS OF INFORMATION SEEKING AND INFORMATION RETRIEVING USER QUESTIONS FOR ONLINE SEARCHES QUESTION NUMBER: 005 A1. BRIEF TITLE: Rules of thumb in industry A2. QUESTION STATEMENT: Keywords: Rules-of-thumb; axiom; on-the-average (other possibilites: as a general rule; expert opinion) Focus: I am looking for rules of thumb, industry by industry (at the 2-digit SIC level or can be more specific). These are rules or axioms which evolved over the years. They are generally known, not confidential. Example: In the motel/hotel industry it is known that on the average you should fill 60% of your rooms or else you face financial problems. The same rule or axiom applies roughly to airline seats and to movie theatres. Scope: All sectors include agriculture; construction; mining; manufacturing; all services (utilities, trade, professional, repair) Notes: 1. I am open to use other keywords and also to non-business data bases. 2. I'd be able to use a search of Dissertation Abstracts for theses which focused on an industry (SIC 2-digit or more likely narrower), but this may be too costly or cumbersome. 3. A friend did do a search for me of PTS Promt already, so I'd go with Trade and Industry first. PAIS may yield something; also Canadian Business, Industry Data Sources, Management Contents 4. I'd like to know if non-business information bases in Dialog contain business information. TYPE OF SEARCH REQUESTED B. A precise or a broad search: Broad C. Research application: Faculty research D. Retrieve articles in English only or any language: English E. Years to be searched: Last 5 years F. DIALOG databases suggested: Trade and Industry, Industry Data Sources, Management Contents Š