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 WRITING FOR MANAGEMENT
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LIBRARY RESOURCE PAGE
LIBRARIAN: Dr. Darlene Ann Parrish

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The selected sources listed below are useful for finding articles and information about companies and the global environment in which they operate.

ELECTRONIC DATABASES

Electronic databases are available from the FAU Libraries home page at    http://www.fau.edu/library by selecting "Indexes/Databases" under "Quick Links." When accessing the databases remotely, select the link for the "EZproxy" server.

Ø Wall Street Journal 1984-Present
Provides full text access to articles from the newspaper, which can be searched by company name or keywords.

Ø      ABI/INFORM Complete (Global, Archive, Dateline, Trade & Industry)
Gives references to articles on companies, industries and human resource management issues from journals, trade publications, magazines and newspapers, including some international publications.  Searches can be limited to “full text” articles and “scholarly journals.”

Ø     Business & Company Resource Center
This is an excellent starting point for conducting a SWOT analysis of a company.  This database includes detailed information, such as the history, financial data, and management and legal issues, on public and many private companies.  It also provides an analysis of the industry in which a company operates.

Ø     General Business File ASAP (Gale Group)
Gives references to articles on companies, industries and human resource management issues. It includes many full text articles, which can be limited to "refereed" or scholarly publications.

Ø    LEXIS-NEXIS Academic
"Business News" section of this database includes current articles from newspapers, newswires, magazines, and journals. Most effective way of searching is in the "Headline". For private companies , it is useful to go to the "News" section and then "U.S. News" and select the geographic region of the country where the company is located.

Ø     MarketLine Business Information Centre (MBIC)
This database is helpful for finding information on global issues that would impact companies. It provides access to current business information about companies (including those that are foreign owned) and industries in 50 countries. 

Ø     Standard & Poor's (S&P) NetAdvantage
Provides detailed information on public companies and the industries in which they operate. Industry information includes trends, top competitors within an industry, and industry statistics.

EVALUATING INFORMATION

If you are not using one of the "Electronic Databases" listed above or other databases via the FAU Libraries Electronic Collection, you need to consider some of the following questions when evaluating information from the Internet:

1. How authoritative is the source of the information?

2. How accurate is the information?

3. How reliable is the information?

4. How current is the information?

5. How relevant is the information to my topic?

CITING REFERENCES

APA Style Electronic Formats (by Dr. Mary Ellen Guffey)  This "quick" guide to citing sources found on the Internet provides the important components of a citation, with examples.

• BF76.7.P83 2001 Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. 5^th ed. Washington D.C.: American Psychological Association, 2001.

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