Business Research:
Practical or Scholarly?
Walden University Library
Welcome
• Your hosts
– Michelle Desilets
– Sommer Berg
– QUESTIONS?
– Enter questions in the GoToWebinar control panel
– We will have time for Q&A at the end of the session
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Introduction
• This presentation will use browser sharing
• When sharing is enabled, this PowerPoint will be
replaced with a view of my web browser
• You will be able to watch me click, search, use the
databases, etc.
• You will not be able to interact with the browser
• The GoToWebinar control panel will remain at the top
right of the screen
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GoToWebinar Control Panel
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Agenda Topics
• Walden Library services
• Types of management and business sources
• Specific sources for different types of
management and business research
• Questions
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Walden Library
• Library
http://library.waldenu.edu/
• Course Readings
http://libraryguides.waldenu.edu/coursereadings/
• Business and Management Databases
http://library.waldenu.edu/849.htm
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Types of sources
Scholarly, academic, peer-reviewed
-versusNews, trends, competitive landscape, etc.
• What’s the difference?
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Specific sources for…
Scholarly / Academic / Peer-reviewed research:
• Emerald Management Journals
• Management & Organization Studies (SAGE)
• ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Database
(sort of…)
• ScienceDirect
(choose subject of Business, Management and Accounting)
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Specific sources for…
Practical / News / Company / Planning research:
• Business Plans Handbooks
• ebooks such as NetLibrary and eBrary
• Hoover’s Company Records
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Specific sources for…
Practical AND Scholarly / Peer-reviewed research:
• ABI/INFORM (ProQuest)
• Business Source Complete (EBSCO)
• LexisNexis Academic
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Finding Peer-reviewed / Scholarly Info
• Database with Peer-reviewed / Scholarly focus:
– Emerald Management Journals, Management &
Organization Studies (SAGE), ScienceDirect
• Dissertations, Theses, DBA Studies
• Limit to Peer-reviewed / Scholarly / Academic in
other databases
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Finding Dissertations
• ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Database
http://library.waldenu.edu/784.htm
• Use the More Search Options to search on subject(s),
keyword(s), even Advisors!
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Finding DBA Studies
• ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Database
http://library.waldenu.edu/784.htm
• None available for Walden students…yet! (expected 7/2011)
• Find DBA Studies from other institutions:
1. Enter D.B.A. into the first search box
2. Change the corresponding drop-down menu to Degree
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Finding Business Planning & Analysis Info
• eBook searches: business plan, business planning,
strategic planning
• Business Plans Handbooks: actual sample
business plans, plan template, contacts/resources,
glossary
• Business Source Complete: company profiles,
industry profiles, SWOT Analyses
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Questions?
Thank you!
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