Research methodology in Business administration Information search

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Research methodology in Business
administrationInformation search

• Magnus Olsson, Umeå University Library
• magnus.olsson_at_ub.umu.se
• Phone [phone]
• Web page http//www.ub.umu.se/tjanste/maol/

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Research methodology in Business
administrationExpected learning outcomes

• search, evaluate and use different types of
  information on a basic level

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Today youre going to learn more about

• Information search
• Search strategy and search tools
• Databases

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Information sources

• Dictionaries and term dictionaries
• Ref qb, Ref qf, Ref q
• Books
• Album, Libris
• Articles and reports
• Databases
• Journals
• Printed and electronic

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Search strategy

• What words should I use when searching
• What database/s should I use
• How do I expand my search
• How do I limit my search
• How do I search using free text

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Subject words

• Keywords, Thesaurus, Descriptors, A-Z, Index
• Tags

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Trunctuation

• Market will give you markets, marketing etc.

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Boolean operators

• Limit or expand your search with and, or, not

Leadership and busines Leadership or
business Leadershop not business
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Databases (articles)

• Business Source Premier
• Science Direct
• Emerald
• Web of Science

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Subject librarians

• magnus.olsson_at_ub.umu.se
• stefan.fleig_at_ub.umu.se
• More information at
• www.ub.umu.se