INTRODUCTION TO GRADUATE BUSINESS RESEARCH
LIBRARY RESOURCE PAGE
LIBRARIAN:
Dr. Darlene Ann Parrish
The selected sources listed below are useful for conducting
graduate business research, which would include finding articles for an
extensive literature review and finding information on companies for case
studies.
ELECTRONIC DATABASES
Electronic databases are available from the FAU Libraries home page at (http://www.fau.edu/library) by
selecting “Research Resources” and then “Indexes/Databases." When accessing the databases remotely,
select the link for the “EZproxy” server.
ABI/INFORM Archive Complete
1918-1986
This is an important
resource for historical research, since it provides references to articles in
leading business journals back to the early 1900s.
ABI/INFORM Global
Gives references to journal articles on various business topics from more than
1,000 periodicals, including some international publications. Searches
can be limited to “full text” articles and “scholarly journals.”
Business &
Company Resource Center
This is an excellent
starting point for conducting a SWOT analysis of a company. This database includes detailed
information about companies, and the industries in which they operate.
Business Full Text
Provides references to many full text articles on various business topics.
Searches can be limited to “scholarly journals.”
Emerald Intelligence +Full Text
This database
contains articles about corporate strategy, change management and international
marketing and other topics related to management from primarily “scholarly
journals.”
General Business File ASAP
Gives references to articles on various business topics and on companies and
industries. It includes many full text articles,
which can be limited to “refereed” or scholarly publications.
LEXIS-NEXIS Academic
Includes current articles from newspapers, magazines and journals in the
“Business News” section of this database. Most effective way of searching is by
typing in company name or keywords in the “Headline.”
Mergent Online
This database is
especially useful for locating detailed financial information on public
companies, including SEC filings.
PsycINFO
1806-present
This is an excellent
resource for scholarly articles dealing with organizational behavior and human
resource management issues.
Standard & Poor’s (S & P) Netadvantage
Provides reports on
companies and the industries in which they operate. Industry information includes trends,
company rankings, and industry statistics.
Wall Street Journal
1984-present
Provides full text access to articles, which can be searched by company name or
keywords.
EVALUATING
INFORMATION
I
f 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.
A
Guide to Writing Research Paper
(based on APA)
Gives detailed
information about the form and structure of a research paper and how to properly
cite sources.
BF76.7.P83 2001
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.
5th ed.
Washington
D.C.: American Psychological Association, 2001.
