Researching Business and Management Topics

Introductions! Your hosts – Susan Stekel (speaking) – Michelle Hajder (chatting) –QUESTIONS? –Type them in the “Questions” pane

3 This presentation is a live webcast of my computer We’ll switch between PowerPoint and live web demos You will be able to watch me click, scroll, search the databases, etc. You will not be able to interact with the browser This webinar will be archived for later viewing

Informed Business Research Informed Business Research combines: –Academic knowledge Business research literature –Real-world business practice Knowledge from the field 4

Questions? Business research may include: Peer-reviewed journal articles Trade publications Company reports, industry reports Demographic data, statistics Government documents, legal documents 5

Library databases for business research –Research Databases Databases by Subject –Management / Business 6

ABI/Inform ABI/Inform Advanced Searching options: –Company/Org –NAICS/SIC –Person –Subject Results by Source: –Scholarly Journals –Magazines –Trade Publications –Newspapers –Reference/ Reports –Dissertations –Working Papers 7

Business Source Complete Business Searching Interface –Common business search options such as NAICS, company, person etc. –Also note Browse options Subjects Publication types –SWOT analyses 8

Science Direct Smaller collection of management journals; however content is very exclusive to Science Direct. Excellent peer-reviewed research Be careful to search Subscribed Sources only! 9

Emerald Management Journals Exclusive peer-reviewed journals Be careful to Limit to My subscribed content Use Basic Search or Advanced Search 10

Management: a SAGE Full-Text collection Smaller number of journals, but excellent selection of peer-reviewed titles Advanced keyword searching is recommended strategy. 11

LexisNexis Academic –Business Searching interface Company Dossiers SEC Filings Accounting Search Country Profiles –EasySearch™ 12

Searching Tip Get to know these codes: –NAICS (and SIC) industry codes Some databases include NAICS & SIC lookup tools –Ticker symbols 13

Take time to become familiar with: The different types of business information The various library databases for business information The search tools and strategies that work best for each 14

Questions?

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