At the Reference Desk on 2nd Floor of King Library, a customer requested information on the "Fitness Industry" including books and articles and how to compare the information with the company "24 hour Fitness" using data and business reports.

• For books, I searched the Classic Library Catalog using the keywords "Fitness Industry" and limited the results to "Available" and at "King Library". The customer selected a promising title, Fitness and Health in Industry
• From the above book record, we followed the subject link for "Physical Fitness". The customer was interested in the subject headings: "Physical Fitness", "Physical Fitness Centers--Management" and "Physical Fitness Centers--Marketing" which led to the title Successful Programs for Fitness and Health Clubs: 101 Profitable Ideas by Sandy Coffman
• For Articles, I went to our databases page, selected the Academic Search Complete database and searched for "24 hour fitness" as one term and then added the term "Centers" to narrow down the search.  The customer selected the full-text article "The Health Manager" by Alleyne, Sonia published in Black Enterprise (Oct 2011, p94).
• Then, I tried the Business Source Complete database and searched the subject "24 hour fitness" as one term in the "Title" field only and then added the term "Industry" to focus on the subject search. Many good articles were retrieved.
• Using another database, Reference USA Business Directory, I searched the Company Name section of the database for "24 hour fitness".  That led to many company locations with expanded reports, financial & stock data, business profile, company news, historical data, business expenditures, and other details on the company.  I showed the customer how to print or save the profile reports of the company and the customer really preferred this database.
• Finally, I searched the Small Business Reference Center database selecting "Industry Information by Small Business Type" then selecting "Fitness Planning and Personal Trainers", and then selecting "Industry Reports". Many full-text reports were retreived by the customer.   

This customer was excited to have all the information and resources. He was impressed by searching the Reference USA Business Directory database and all the details on "24 hour fitness" company reports and data.

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