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What is the Dewey Research Advisor?
The Dewey Research Advisor is a database of business and economic FAQs and answers.

What can I do with the Dewey Research Advisor?

• You can use it to help with research projects in business or economics. 
• The DRA points you to sources which provide answers or data for specific questions--many of which have been asked before by students at MIT and other schools.
• You are mining the collective efforts of many business librarians who have found good sources for commonly asked questions.

Do you have any tips on how to work with the Dewey Research Advisor?

• Pick a topic area and browse through the questions listed to get a sense of the DRA content.
• Search by typing a phrase or word into the search box.  The DRA will look through all its questions and answers and try to match your question with an answer.
• If you don't get a hit using a phrase, try entering a single word. If that word doesn't get a hit, enter synonyms with the option 'any of these' from the pull-down menu next to the search box.
• Use general terms rather than the names of particular companies, individuals, or countries.
• Although the DRA seems a little like Google, it does not search the web.  It searches a growing collection of questions and answer sources curated by business librarians.

For more information…

• Get help with the Dewey Research Advisor by emailing ask-dewey@mit.edu or telephone 617-253-5676.

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