International Business
Environment, 7,5 ECTS
Introduction to Umeå university library
magnus.olsson@ub.umu.se
Tel. 786 91 81
http://www.ub.umu.se/om/personal/tjanstesidor/magnus-olsson
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• Contains references to books at Umeå University library
• My info : request borrowed book, extend loans and change
adress
• Apply for library card on our webpage
How do I get hold of this article?
• ” Raman, Anand P. (2009) The New Frontiers – How the global
slowdown is reshaping competition from emerging markets,
Harvard Business Review, July-August 2009.”
Name of
journal
Off-Campus Access to Umea University
Library's databases, e-books and ejournals
• http://www.ub.umu.se/en/search/off-campus-access
How and where do I find scientific
(scholarly) articles for my report?
• In one of Umeå university library´s databases for business
studies
– Business source premier
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What words should I use when searching
How do I expand my search
How do I limit my search
How do I search using keywords (subject words)
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Evaluation of information sources – a
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Author and Publisher
Tendency
Purpose and audience
Recency
Edition
References
References
• USBE uses the Harvard system (author-date)
• the author’s surname, year of publication and if appropriate page
number(s) are cited in the text (In text referencing). A
reference list (of these citations) is included at the end of the
report/paper, in alphabetical order by authorship with date. This
reference list will also include the full details of the document.
• http://libweb.anglia.ac.uk/referencing/harvard.htm
Referencing a book
In text referencing
This is to be expected (Jobber 2009, p. 136).
Reference list
Jobber, David (2009). Foundations of marketing. 3. ed.
London : McGraw-Hill Higher Education.
How do you avoid cheating and
plagiarism?
• Follow the teacher’s instructions!
• Others´texts. It must be clear as to what are your own ideas
and wording and what you have taken from other places.
http://www8.umu.se/umu/eng/current/umustdt/cheating_and_plagiarism.pdf
Subject librarians
• magnus.olsson@ub.umu.se
• stefan.fleig@ub.umu.se
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