MGMT 491 International Business
Beyond
Davida Scharf, Van Houten Library
scharf@NJIT.edu
Spring 2011 – Country Project
http://web.njit.edu/~scharf/MGMT491-S11.ppt
Academic research today usually requires using
the library website AND the open web
Library
Web
Agenda
• Free Web engines and sources
– Government and International
organizations
– Commercial & news (free content)
– Other Libraries
• NJIT Library search engines
– Online Catalog (Books)
– Library Databases (articles
and special reports)
• Cite your sources
Web Search Engines
Author unknown. Source: Marsha Miller, Indiana State University.
Using Web Search Engines
But do you know…?
Subject directories
Engines
Meta Search
Internet Public Library International Newspapers
http://www.ipl.org/div/news/
Metasearch Engines
Search the databases of several search engines at a time
Best for an overview of your topic on the Web,
seeing which search engines will produce the
best results, and for simple searches.
Downside, they aren't thorough. Most
metasearch engines omit Google.
Who cares, besides me?
Info sponsored by reliable organizations with an interest:
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3.
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5.
Countries’ own govt’s, newspapers, etc.
US Govt (Dept of Commerce, CIA, Congress)
International Organizations (World Bank, UN, OECD)
News organizations
Corporations doing business internationally
Remember to consider the
purpose/bias of the source of
the information
Evaluate your sources – Apply the CRAAP test
Currency: The timeliness of the information.
Relevance: The importance of the information for your needs.
Authority: The source of the information.
Accuracy: The reliability, truthfulness, and correctness of the
informational content.
Purpose: The reason the information exists.
More on Evaluating your sources
Watch this video:
‘Evaluating Sources’ by kagrifith:
http://liontv.blip.tv/file/1720191 (9 minutes)
Use the criteria from the NJIT library website
http://library.njit.edu/researchhelpdesk/howto/evaluate.php
Ghana.gov.gh
1. - local
Business / Doing Business
Local Government and Statistical Agencies
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May be a language barrier
See census for a list of international statistical agencies:
http://www.census.gov/main/www/stat_int.html
Canadian example:
Statistics Canada
Industry Canada
Environment Canada
Foreign Affairs & International Trade
1. - local
U.S. Government Search Engine and Directory:
FedStats www.fedstats.gov
2. – US Gov
FedStats will guide you to relevant government
agencies
2. – US Gov
U.S. Dept of Agriculture
Overall macroeconomic study
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Portals to the World (LoC)
http://international.loc.gov/intldl/intldlhome.html
2. – US Gov
Guide to Electronic Resources
Library of Congress Country Studies (LoC)
http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/
Sample country study (LoC)
CIA World Factbook
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
2. – US Gov
OECD
www.oecd.org
3. – Intl orgs
OECD Country Page: Canada
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
http://www.imf.org/external/
3. – Intl orgs
IMF Financial Data
United Nations – Association of Governments
http://data.un.org/
3. – Intl orgs
UNData: Canada
World Bank – Data and Research
http://econ.worldbank.org/
3. – Intl orgs
World Bank “Doing Business In” project
http://www.doingbusiness.org
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
http://www.adb.org/Countries/
ADB Country Key Indicators
Economist Country Briefings
http://www.economist.com/countries/
4. – News orgs
Country Credit Ratings – Institutional Investor
http://www.iimagazine.com/Rankings/RankingsR
ankCCSeGlobal08.aspx
4. – News orgs
Deutsche Bank Research
http://www.dbresearch.com/servlet/reweb2.ReW
EB?rwsite=CIB_INTERNET_EN-PROD
5. – Corps
Library website http://library.njit.edu
Remote access for catalog and ILL
Databases (access at library)
Search for books
Get Help
Request materials
from other libraries
Books: Access online catalog on website
Library Website: http://library.njit.edu
Books: Typing your country into library catalog is
not the best search strategy e.g. Canada
However books can be a useful resource for
history or a specific aspect (e.g. NAFTA)
Select books of interest – data also online
Global Competitiveness Report
World Economic Forum
World Development Indicators
World Bank
NJIT Databases http://library.njit.edu/databases/
Best Choices for this class:
Business Source Complete or Premier
Lexis-Nexis
Business Source Premier (or Complete): Country
and Industry Reports, News and Trade Journals
Business Source Premier (BSP): Country Reports
Sort by Date
for most recent
Boolean Search Strategies
Video explanation at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tm-sDKCnO4
BSP: Country Specific Industry Profiles
Lexis Nexis: Country Reports + full text
newspapers, magazines and reports
Lexis Nexis: Browse to select
international sources
Cite your sources
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When you research a topic you may use information
from articles, books, or the Web to support your ideas.
However, you must credit the original authors of
these sources by citing them. To cite means that you
state where you found the information so that others
can find the exact item again.
Readers (including Professors!) should be able to
locate the source you used without undue burden
There are several systems or conventions for this.
Sample Citations
NJIT’s - Cite Your Sources - Page
NJIT’s Citation Page
NJIT’s Tutorials: Research Refreshers
Get a guest
login on-site to
use the
Rutgers DANA
Library
Here are my suggestions for useful business
sources at NJIT and Rutgers
http://library.njit.edu/docs/scharfguidetobusin
essresearch.pdf
Harvard Library Country Guides http://www.library.hbs.edu/guides/#country
ALSO:
Other
researchers
and librarians
often provide
useful guides
to sources
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