Business Source Premier:

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Business Source Premier

• Basic Searching

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Business Source Premier

• Provides full text for nearly 8,350 scholarly
  business journals, many of which are peer
  reviewed.
• Provides short company and industry profiles for
  key sectors.
• Covers areas of business, economics, management,
  finance and accounting and more.

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From the Library homepage, follow the subject
links.
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On Campus Access.
Off Campus Access for use with an Athens
password.
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We recommend that you use the advanced search
screen.
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The simplest way to search is to enter keywords
into the Find box.
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Type in keywords
Then click on search
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Some articles will only provide an abstract
but many give full text links.
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You can read the article on screen or print,
download to disk, or email a copy.
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You may have noticed that this search retrieved
far too many results
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in this case it may be useful to refine your
search.
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You can limit your search in a number of ways
e.g. by date, or only to find articles that have
been peer reviewed.
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Now click search
Check the box for scholarly journals
and lets only look at articles from the last
year.
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This time we have fewer results.
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You can mark individual articles and put them in
a folder to email or save later.
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Click on the add icon
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The selected articles will be highlighted.
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To view them click on the folder icon.
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Choose an option
You can print, email, or save to disk from this
folder.
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Enter an email address, give it a subject, then
click on send.
Note The folder will be emptied unless you
choose for it not to be.
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You can also use Business Source Premier to
search for company information.
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Click on the link
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You can use the alphabetical list, or browse for
a particular company.
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Lets look for the company Corus.
Then click browse
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Select the company name.
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Here you will be given brief details about the
company.
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A more detailed report - usually 20-30 pages
long - can be viewed by clicking on the link.
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The report gives useful information such as a
company overview, details of key employees and
top competitors.
Use the table of contents to choose a particular
section.
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Again, you can print, save or email a copy.
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Business Source Premier also allows you to search
for articles within a particular publication.
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Click on the link
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You can use the alphabetical list, or browse for
an individual title.
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Lets look for the Harvard Business Review.
Then click browse
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Click on the title.
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or search within the whole journal.
You can look at a particular issue
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Any search you do now will only look in the
Harvard Business Review for a match.
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Lets look for articles about leadership.
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All the results are from the Harvard Business
Review.
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Remember

• Business Source Premier can be used
• To search across many different journals for a
  particular topic.
• To access brief reports for many top companies.
• To search for a topic in a particular journal.

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When we searched for the topic organizational
change we found a large number of
articles, even after limiting by date
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To find out how to refine your search when you
have a complicated essay topic, or when you need
a small number of relevant results, have a look
at the Business Source Premier Advanced
Searching tutorial.