Information Sources - Assignment | ENGR 1201 Group Project (Guzman) - Research Guides at Lone Star College

Patents

USA.gov - This is the search engine for the vast resources of the federal government.

Try "water treatment patent" as a search string in the prominent search box on this page.

Market research and competitive analysis
Learn more about the market for your project from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
Data and Statistics About the U.S.
The United States Census Bureau provides data about the nation’s people and economy.

US Major Dailies (ProQuest)
US Major Dailies provides access to The New York Times, Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Chicago Tribune. The content is available by 8 a.m. each day and provides archives stretching as far back as 1985.
New York Times: Create an Account
Find both news and reviews as well as access to historical NY Times issues dating back to 1851.

First time user: To get access, you need to first register for an NYT account.
1. Click the link. You will have to enter your LSC library barcode.
2. Select Create Account and complete registration fields. Use your LSC email address!
3. Once you have an account, you may access NYTimes.com and NYT mobile apps like any subscriber, or go through this link but select "log in."

Note: Site passes will expire after 365 days. To renew, you will have to activate a new pass by repeating this process.

If Google Chrome shows a warning about this link, hit Ignore. You must use the proxy to get the special access.