MGMT 300

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MGMT 300

• Lucy Holman
• Jeffrey Hutson
• Langsdale Library
• 410-837-4274
• langref_at_ubalt.edu

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Objectives

• At the end of these three sessions, you will be
  able to
• Develop a focused research topic and generate
  search strategy with keywords
• Identify 1-2 subject-specific databases and
  locate 4-5 journal citations on your topic
• Find journal articles in Langsdale, determine the
  location of articles in other nearby libraries or
  order the article through ILL

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Objectives (cont)

• At the end of these three sessions, you will be
  able to
• Use the library catalog to identify three books
  on your topic and locate them in the library or
  request them from another campus
• Evaluate books, articles and websites and
  determine sources most relevant and appropriate
  for your topic

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Course Website

• http//langsdale.ubalt.edu/howto/course_websites/m
  gmt300_richardson_fa05.htm

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Information Need

• Prof. Richardson has assigned to you to read and
  critique a peer-reviewed journal article on five
  topics.
• Considering how you have found information in the
  past, what would you do to find these articles?
• Where would you go to look?
• Take 5 minutes and see what you find were you
  successful?

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Thesis Statements

• http//depts.washington.edu/pswrite/thesisstmt.htm
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• http//www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/thesis.htm
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• http//www.utoronto.ca/writing/thesis.html

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Search strategies

• Thesis In times of economic hardships, companies
  may consider alternative benefits and perks
  requiring little financial investment. These
  alternative benefits may increase employee morale
  and productivity without great cost to the
  company.
• Key words

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Search strategies (cont)
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Boolean operators
Perquisites
Benefits
Perks
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Boolean operators
unusual
benefits
morale
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Exercise 1

• For the following thesis statement/ research
  topic, underline the primary concepts. For each
  concept generate 3-4 alternate search terms using
  synonyms or related terms
• There is great potential for members of virtual
  teams to develop a sense of isolation and
  mistrust for other members. Managers and leaders
  should consider team building and training for
  virtual teams to enhance their productivity and
  effectiveness.

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Exercise 2

• Each of you have topic for your research for this
  class. Write a thesis statement for your topic
  and identify three to four concepts in your
  statement by underlining them. For each concept
  generate 3-4 alternate search terms using
  synonyms or related terms

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Application Databases

• Business Databases
• ABI Inform
• Business Source Premier
• Access through Research Port

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Exercise 3

• Using ABI Inform or Business Source Premier, find
  four or five relevant articles on your topic.
• What keywords seem to stand out?
• What subject headings are relevant?
• Write the citation information for two or three
  articles NOT available in full text.

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Exercise 4

• For the articles listed in Exercise 3, determine
  which ones are located at UB.
• Where can they be found?
• If they are NOT available at UB, where can you go
  or what can you do to get the full-text?

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Evaluation

• http//langsdale.ubalt.edu/workshops/MGMT300/evalu
  ation.htm

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Questions?

• For more information
• Lucy Holman lholman_at_ubalt.edu
• Jeffrey Hutson jhutson_at_ubalt.edu
• Langsdale langref_at_ubalt.edu
• Reference Desk 410-837-4274