Juliette Simonson works as a legal assistant in the banking and finance division of Bennett–Renault, a large law firm in Montreal. Her job requires Juliette to write formal and informal proposals and reports for various purposes. She often writes proposals offering Bennett–Renault’s services to prospective and existing clients. Juliette’s boss, Sylvia LaPlanche, who is director of Accounts Services, has asked Juliette to do some research and prepare a formal report. The report will help Bennett–Renault’s directors determine what additional services the company could offer its clients and how to market those services more effectively.
-When Juliette describes the strategies she is using to search for information on the Internet, you remember something that you read about in the textbook. Which idea do you think she might find useful?
A)Pick one big search engine like Google and learn to master it.
B)Learn about and test several search engines to determine the quality of information you find.
C)Ignore online library databases because they are too commercial to be used for formal business research.
D)Look only at the top three search results, as these will have the information you are looking for.

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Learning about and testing several search engines to determine the quality of information is a useful strategy for conducting effective research on the Internet. It allows the researcher to compare and contrast the information retrieved from different sources and select the most relevant and reliable ones for the purpose of the report. Option A is limiting as it suggests relying on only one search engine, while option C is incorrect as online library databases can provide valuable information for formal business research. Option D is also incorrect as it suggests overlooking other useful sources beyond the top three search results.

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