ENVIRONMENT & SAFETY RESOURCE CENTER

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User’s Guide

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• Frequently Asked Questions – information about the Resource Center’s content and functionality.

• Training and Support – contact information for Bloomberg BNA’s Customer Contact Center and complimentary training and content support resources.

GETTING STARTED

Click the Getting Started link on the menu bar to begin using Bloomberg BNA’s Environment & Safety Resource Center™ and select any of these options: • First-Time User Setup – information on the hardware and software requirements.

• Quick Reference Card – quick and easy descriptions of the Resource Center’s main features.

• Sign up for email Updates (see below).

• Take A Quick Tour – introductory tour of the Resource Center in Adobe® Flash™.

SIGN UP FOR EMAIL UPDATES

Click Sign up for email updates. The unique User Name/Password and the subscription’s components determine the available email choices. Customize and manage subscription updates. Click the checkbox to select an email title(s). The selection automatically moves to the Your Selections column and lists the options available for each title. When customization is an option the Customize Now displays. Click it and choose specific topics, courts etc. of interest. Click the Info icon

to display descriptive information about the available formats.

Save to retain all changes. Click the X, or deselect a title to delete it. You will no longer receive the email updates for that title. Click FAQ for detailed instructions.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Email Update. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Search Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Green Incentives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Sign up for email updates.

Highlights of the Search Results page and toolbar.

Information about federal, state, and international incentives for renewable energy.

Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Overview of the Environment & Safety Resource Center™.

Banner and Menu Bar . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Explanation of functionality.

Account Profile, Preferences. . . . . 6 Sign in and customize the Resource Center.

Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Highlights of the user-friendly home page.

Search/Advanced Search. . . . . . . . 9 Search for specific cases and information needed for research.

Guided Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Specially designed search forms tailored to the content collection.

Go To. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Go to cases, and federal and state laws and regulations, by citation.

Headnote Finder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Access on-point legal decisions.

Search My BNA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Simultaneously search in all of your Bloomberg BNA titles with active subscriptions.

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