Researching Business and Management Topics

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Researching Business and Management Topics
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Introductions!

• Your hosts
• Susan Stekel (speaking)
• Michelle Hajder (chatting)
• QUESTIONS?
• Type them in theQuestions pane

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• This presentation is a live webcast of my
  computer
• Well 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

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Informed Business Research

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

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Questions?

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

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

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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

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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

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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!

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Emerald Management Journals

• Exclusive peer-reviewed journals
• Be careful to Limit to My subscribed content
• Use Basic Search or Advanced Search

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Management a SAGE Full-Text collection

• Smaller number of journals, but excellent
  selection of peer-reviewed titles
• Advanced keyword searching is recommended
  strategy.

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LexisNexis Academic

• LexisNexis Academic
• Business Searching interface
• Company Dossiers
• SEC Filings
• Accounting Search
• Country Profiles
• EasySearch

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Searching Tip

• Get to know these codes
• NAICS (and SIC) industry codes
• http//www.census.gov/eos/www/naics/
• Some databases include NAICS SIC lookup tools
• Ticker symbols

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• 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

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Questions?
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Thank you!
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