Scholarly Articles
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ABI / INFORM Global |
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Key database for Business articles--both scholarly and professional articles.
Supports Boolean searches using AND, OR, AND NOT and nesting with parenthesis.
Automatically searches plural and singular forms.
Truncation symbol is * (example: audit*).
Wildcard symbol for single character is ? (example: wom?n).
For proximity use w/ and a number (Example: market w/4 share), to specify word order use pre/
Use "quotation marks" to search for exact phrases.
For more tips on searching ABI/INFORM, download this
handout on how to search ABI/INFORM
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Google Scholar |
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Google Scholar searches "peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations." The results are ranked by relevance (including how often the article has been cited). You can also retrieve a list of articles that have cited the source. Google has worked with libraries so that you can use EMU Findtext to locate the full text. Note: When using it in Google Scholar, EMU Findtext+ does not come up in a new window. After using Findtext+ use the browser's back button to return to the list of results. Also note that the EMU Findtext link sometimes appears under the result listing and sometimes to the right of it.
You must link to Google Scholar from the EMU Library site to get the EMU Findtext+ feature.
What is Findtext+ ?
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Accounting & Tax |
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Indexes articles on accounting, auditing, taxation, and financial management from over 400 journals and trade periodicals. Excellent subject headings provide for indexing articles by specific Internal Revenue Code sections and specific accounting standards, as well as many detailed accounting terms. Many articles are available full-text.
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comAbstracts CIOS |
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Sometimes useful for Business Communication or HR courses, comAbstracts indexes articles and books in the communication field.
Supports Boolean searches using AND, OR, NOT and nesting with parenthesis.
Truncation symbol is * (example: audit*).
For proximity use number between forward slashes (use spaces before first slash and after second slash) (Example: organizational /10/ network)
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Conference Board Research Database |
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The Conference Board is a nonprofit organization that “disseminates knowledge about management and the marketplace.” The Business Management Research section of the site offers papers with research, forecasts, and trend assessments of “hot” business topics, such as business ethics, diversity, human resource management, information technology, marketing, mergers, outsourcing, performance management, security, and more. The Economics section has up-to-date economic indicators and more in-depth articles on the economic outlook in the periodical, StraightTalk.
Choose topics and publications from menus.
Papers download as PDF files.
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PsychInfo |
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Key database for Psychology articles. Useful for researching business topics such as consumer behavior or organizational behavior. Although PsychInfo does not have full text, it may link to sources of full text directly or via FindText+.
Supports Boolean searches using AND, OR, NOT and nesting with parenthesis.
Words typed next to each other with no operator will be searched as a phrase.
Truncation symbol is * (example: audit*).
Wildcard symbol for single character is ? (example: wom?n).
For proximity use within and a number (any order) Example: conflict within 4 avoidance.
Another proximity search uses the word near Example: conflict near avoidance (this gives the same results as conflict within 10 avoidance).
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techXtra |
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For Engineering, Mathematics, and Computing topics you can use techXtra to search multiple free databases at once. "Find articles, key websites, books, the latest industry news,
job announcements, ejournals, eprints, technical reports, the latest research, thesis & dissertations and more!" Could be useful for CIS, POMS, and SCM courses.
Search engine is free, but it may point to content that isn't free on the web. You may then be able to locate articles and books using the Periodicals Locator or EMU Library Catalog (see Obtaining the Articles below).
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TRANweb |
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Northwestern University Library produces "a web based periodical index of transportation and law enforcement articles and conference proceedings". This includes supply chain and logistics topics. You can use this to identify articles and then EMU Library may have the fulltext.
After identifying an article in TRANweb, use the EMU Library Periodicals Locator to search for full text.
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Web of Science (Social Sciences Citation Index & Science Citation Index) |
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This multi-disciplinary social science database includes academic business articles published from 1995 on. A unique feature of this database is the ability to search for articles that have cited a specific article (cited reference search).
Supports Boolean searches using AND, OR, NOT and nesting with parenthesis.
Truncation symbol is * (example: audit*).
Wildcard symbol is ? for one character or $ for 0-1 character.
For proximity use SAME (words must appear in same field) Example: shareholder SAME rights.
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Business News Articles
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These databases have mostly content from trade periodicals, business magazines, and newspapers. They may include a few scholarly publications.
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Factiva |
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Factiva is a fabulous database for business news as it includes over 8000 full text sources. It includes all editions of the Wall Street Journal and the Dow Jones newswires, thousands of newpapers from all over the world, numerous industry trade periodicals, and more.
Because it searches the full text of articles, you may sometimes retrieve too many articles. If this is the case, from the results screen try changing the "sort by" from publication date to relevance.
Another search technique is to require that a word or phrase appear multiple times in an article.
Example: atleast5(pulte homes)
This search will retrieve only articles where the phrase pulte homes appears at least 5 times (you can use any number up to 50)
Supports Boolean searches using AND, OR, NOT and nesting with parenthesis.
Truncation symbol is * (example: audit*).
Wildcard symbol for single character is ? (example: wom?n).
For proximity use near and a number (Example: market near4 share), to specify word order use adj and a number (Example: Franklin adj2 Roosevelt), or use same to require words be in the same paragraph (Example: computers same supply chain
For more details on Factiva search techniques, download the handout Top Ten Reasons to Love Factiva.
EMU students and faculty only
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Limited to 6 simultaneous users
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Business & Company Resource Center |
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Business and Company Resource Center brings together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information.
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Michigan residents can access at Michigan eLibrary.
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General BusinessFile |
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This easy to search database has full text articles from business magazines, trade periodicals, and newspapers. Tip: If your search results are overwhelming, try switching from Keyword search to Subject guide (link in left blue bar).
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Michigan residents can access at Michigan eLibrary
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Westlaw Campus Research |
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Westlaw's strength is for legal research, however it also includes articles from business magazines, law reviews, trade periodicals, newswires, and newspapers.
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Wilson Business Abstracts |
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Not recommended as your first place to start searching. Many of the 300 business periodicals indexed in Wilson Business Periodicals are also covered by the larger ABI/INFORM. However, it's possible subject headings used in the Wilson index will work right for the topic you are researching.
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Obtaining the Articles
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Most articles can be obtained via the EMU Library. Some articles will be available electronically, some will be in paper or microform at the library, and some can be obtained for you via interlibrary loan. Infrequently, an article can also be found for free on the World Wide Web.
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EMU Findtext+ |
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Many of the databases provide full text articles. When the article is not full text in the database you are using, you can check to see if the text is available via a different database, an electronic journal subscription, or at the library.
Click on the EMU FindText+ link found in the article record.
This will trigger a pop-up window with links to various options, such as:
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Periodicals Locator |
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Use the Periodicals Locator when you know the title of the journal or periodical you want to find. The Periodicals Locator will link you to sources for full text articles. This could be online sources or information on paper copies at the Library.
Tips:
1. Watch for date coverage in the listings. You may need to link to a particular database for the journal year you need.
2. Ignore the boxes and just hit the red GO by the source you choose.
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Interlibrary Loan
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When EMU does not own the journal you need (in paper, microform, or electronically), you can request that library staff obtain a copy for you from another library. After you have set up an ILLiad account, you can easily request an article via a quick online form (FindText+ may even fill in some form fields for you! - Careful, you will still have to fill in some yourself). It can take a week or two to obtain the article.
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EMU Library Catalog |
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Not all the accessible periodicals are in the EMU catalog--the catalog has records for hard copy periodicals at the library and some electronic subscriptions. The catalog does not include all periodicals available through databases. For this reason, the Periodicals Locator above may be a better place to search and the periodicals locator will send you to the Library catalog record when the library has paper copies of a journal.
A catalog record for a periodical title will often list multiple locations. Look for the date of the issue you need. Older issues may be on microform or in the ARC (Automated Retrieval Collection). You can view a short video on How to Request Items from Storage.
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Other Electronic Journal Collections
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The library subscribes to several electronic journal collections. It usually works better to search the Major Indexes listed above and then use FindText+ to retrieve articles from the electronic journal collections. However, sometimes you may wish to search the contents of these directly.
Using some of the electronic journal collection sites for searching subjects can be confusing. The search will find citations or abstracts for all of the publisher's journals, but will give you access to full text only for those journals EMU library subscribes to.
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JSTOR |
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JSTOR includes many important journal titles for Business. A strength of JSTOR is that the electronic journal usually starts with volume one. Very recent years are often not available due to copyright restrictions from the publisher. All JSTOR full text is available to EMU users.
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Directory of Open Access Journals |
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"This service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals." Open access journals "use a funding model that does not charge readers or their institutions for access." You have the right to "read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles." Although many of these journals are new, all of them "exercise quality control on submitted papers through an editor, editorial board and/or a peer-review system" and many are published by respected entities such as scholarly societies, universities, research institutes, and intergovernmental organizations. More than 500 of these journals can be searched to find individual articles by title, author, and keyword.
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Electronic Collections Online (ECO) |
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This large electronic journal collection, includes journals from multiple publishers. Full text is available only for articles from the journals to which EMU subscribes.
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Emerald |
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Includes numerous journals in various business disciplines.
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Ingenta Connect |
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Full text is available only for articles from the journals to which EMU subscribes.
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Science Direct
(Elsevier) |
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Full text is available only for articles from the journals to which EMU subscribes.
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SpringerLink |
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Full text is available only for articles from the journals to which EMU subscribes.
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Wiley InterScience |
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Full text is available only for articles from the journals to which EMU subscribes.
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Finding Books
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EMU Library Catalog |
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The EMU Library Catalog can be used to find books, videos, and electronic books. You can view a very short web video on how to Do a Basic Search in the Catalog.
After you've found a book you want in the EMU Library Catalog, you'll need to find the book in the library. For help you can:
You need to show a current student ID to check out books.
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Books24X7 |
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You can explore a treasure trove of online business and technical books in Books24x7. These books are also listed in the EMU Catalog. At the Books24x7 site you can do keyword searches of the book contents. Note: You can read the entire book online section by section, but you aren't able to print the book out.
My.Emich login is required to access.
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Google Books |
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Google is digitizing the book holdings of many major research libraries. Google Books is easy to use and may help you find additional books on your subject. When the book is not in copyright (older book or government document) you will be able to view 100% of the book; when the book is copyrighted (most recent books) you will be able to view only a small portion of the book. However, this can help you identify books which may be in the EMU Library collection or available via interlibrary loan.
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Interlibrary Loan ILL |
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When the EMU Library doesn't own a book you need, you can request that library staff try to borrow the book for you from another library. There are two ways to make an ILL request: via MeLCat or via Illiad. Try MeLCAT first as MeLCat is usually faster. You can sometimes obtain the book in about a week. MeLCat allows you to search for your book, see which participating Michigan libraries have the book, and request the book online. If your book isn't in the MeLCat database, use the ILLiad system to request the book. With ILLiad you can fill out an online form to request the book and EMU Library staff will look for a library that has it. For more details, see the links for ILL policies and the ILL FAQ.
EMU users only.
Others can get similar services through their university or public library.
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Business Encyclopedias
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New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics |
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The New Palgrave : a Dictionary of Economics is a highly regarded encyclopedia of economic thought, which was recently expanded to eight volumes. Signed articles provide concise explanations of terms and theories, as well as biographical essays on influential economists. Bibliographies at the end of entries provide recommended reading on the topic.
Reference HB61 .N49 2008
EMU does not have a subscription to the online version, so we can't read the full articles online. However, we can still do keyword searches of the online version, read abstracts, then look up full text in the Library's paper copy.
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AMA Management Handbook |
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Available as an eBook on NetLibrary or as a hard copy reference book in the library, the AMA Management Handbook provides overviews of business topics written by experts. Topic areas include: general management, marketing, sales and distribution, human resources, accounting, finance, research and technology, manufacturing, information systems and technology, purchasing, corporate relations, risk management and insurance, entrepreneurship and small business, international business, service industries, and public-sector/nonprofit management.
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Only one user may access at a time
EMU Library 1st Floor Reference Collection
Ref HD 31 .A418 1994
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Business Research Methods |
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This Oxford University Press eBook by authors Alan Bryman and Emma Bell "gives students essential guidance on how to carry out their own research projects and introduces readers to the core concepts, methods, and values involved in doing research." Covers both quantitative methods such as sampling, structured interviewing, self-completion questionnaires, asking questions, structured observation, content analysis, secondary analysis and official statistics, quantitative data analysis,and using SPSS for Windows. Also includes qualitative methods such as ethnography and participant observation, interviewing, focus groups, language in qualitative research, documents as sources of data, qualitative data analysis and computer-assisted qualitative data analysis using NVivo.
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Business: The Ultimate Resource |
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This reference book available at the EMU Library offers concise practical information on numerous business topics. The best practice section includes essays on benchmarking, data mining, lean manufacturing, retaining employees, etc. There are checklists on franchising your business, handling complaints, undertaking an employee attitude survey, etc. There are also step by step how-to's (called actionlists) on topics such as building a mailing list or calculating a P/E. The Management Library section summarizes influential business books. The Business Thinkers section includes concise essays on the life and theories of influential business thinkers such as Juran, Gates, and Maslow. There are also a business dictionary, almanac, and descriptions of business information sources.
EMU Library 1st Floor Reference Collection
Ref HD 38.15 .B87x 2002
(Because this book is reasonably priced, it can also be found at many public libraries.)
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Encyclopedia of Law and Economics |
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"The Encyclopedia of Law and Economics is an ambitious reference work that attempts to survey the whole law and economics literature in nearly 5,000 pages. Most entries contain two elements: a review of the literature, written by an authority in the field, and a quasi complete bibliography (not just a selection)." This peer reviewed encyclopedia is free on the web. Includes:
- Volume I. The History and Methodology of Law and Economics
- Volume II. Civil Law and Economics
- Volume III. The Regulation of Contracts
- Volume VI. Tax Law, Social Security and Administrative Law
- Volume V. The Economics of Crime and Litigation
Entries are in PDF format.
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Encyclopedia of Multimedia Technology and Networking |
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This encyclopedia covers multimedia and networking topics such as: network optimization,
information systems in small firms, telecommunications and networking technologies,
multimedia information management, mobile computing and commerce, network evolution, multimedia digital television, distance education technologies, electronic commerce technologies management, end user computing,
information security management, open source technologies and systems, IT and virtual communities, psychology of multimedia technologies.
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Key Concepts in ... |
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These reference books provide brief explanations of business terms.
EMU Library 1st Floor Reference Collection
Key Concepts in Management Ref HD 30.15 .S95 2004
Key Concepts in Strategic Management Ref HD 30.28 .S913 2004
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Oxford Handbook of Innovation |
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"The purpose of this volume is to contribute to a holistic understanding of innovation. The volume includes twenty-one carefully selected and designed contributions, each focusing on a specific aspect of innovation, as well as an introductory essay that sets the stage for the chapters that follow. The authors are leading academic experts on their specific topics, and include economists, geographers, historians, psychologists, and sociologists." Available as a eBook via Books24x7 and as hard copy available for checkout from the EMU Library.
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Reference for Business |
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This free site offers full text access to several business reference sources including:
- Business Biographies
- Encyclopedia of Business
- Encyclopedia of Management
- Encyclopedia of Small Business
- Business Plans
- Company Histories
- Encyclopedia of American Industries
- Leading American Businesses
Each source can be browsed or searched by keyword.
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Zimmerman's Research Guide |
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This "Online Encyclopedia for Legal Researchers" created by librarian Andrew Zimmerman provides an easy way to "pick the brain" of an experienced librarian. It is essentially an alphabetical index of legal and business topics. Click on a topic to find Andrew's advice on sources for this topic. He mentions free web sites, reference books, and subscription database services. To access subscription databases provided by the EMU Library, you must use the link from the EMU Library Databases page rather than the link from Zimmerman's pages. EMU does not subscribe to all the sources listed in Zimmerman's guide, such as Dialog, OneSource, etc. Since this is a guide written for librarians at businesses, the database contents may vary from the content in our academic subscriptions. Also since this is written for librarians, the advice may not fully explain things at a student level--remember that you can always ask an EMU librarian for help.
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Business Videos Citing Sources
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Be sure to check with your professor about which style you should use for your paper. Often in business and the social sciences you are asked to use APA Style.
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EMU Library - Citing Sources - Helpful Links |
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This page links to sites with info on various citation styles, such as APA, MLA, and Chicago Style.
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APA Style Guide to Electronic References (2007) |
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This IMPORTANT UPDATE to the fifth edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association has:
Information and examples of how to cite electronic references.
A change in format for journal articles:
Correct format now is to ALWAYS include the journal issue number (if
available) along with the volume number, regardless of whether the
journal is paginated separately by issue or continuously by volume.
This document has examples of how to cite online articles, articles found in databases, web pages, ebooks, wikis, blogs, electronic data sources, etc.
29 page PDF document
Available on EMU campus or off-campus with My.Emich username/password
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OWL APA Style Workshop |
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From the Online Writing Lab at Purdue University, this Web tutorial explains APA Style, including how to format your paper, how to use tables and charts, how to cite sources, and how to format a works cited page. The site also offers two example student papers: a literature review and an experimental report.
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Citing Sources |
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This quick interactive tutorial teaches you about when to cite works and how to avoid plagiarism. It was written for students at Washtenaw Community College, but is useful for EMU students.
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Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association |
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The official manual for APA style.
Ask at the Library Circulation Desk
Reserve Reference BF76.7 .P82
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Other Writing Help
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Academic Projects Center |
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Drop-in center for "one-to-one writing, research, and technology assistance for all EMU students." See web site for hours and location.
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University Writing Center |
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Workshops on writing topics for EMU students.
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AMA Style Guide for Business Writing |
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This handbook is available as an eBook via NetLibrary. The detailed table of contents may help you find answers to business writing questions.
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Only one person at a time may access a title
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Business Writing That Counts! in Books24x7 |
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This eBook "makes the writing process easier and less painful by teaching you a simple system to get it done quickly!" There are sections on:
- How to get started
- How to organize
- How to revise
- Writing tips
- Grammar and spelling tips
- Templates for business letters and other forms of business writing
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Elements of Style William Strunk, Jr. |
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This well known guide to English usage is available on the web.
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Merriam-Webster Online |
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Free dictionary and thesaurus on the web.
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Presentation Tips |
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This web site offers tips on preparing presentations, slide design, and effective delivery of presentations. You may find the handout expecially useful.
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Terrific Business Writing
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This netLibrary eBook includes sections on:
how to become a better writer,
how to get started on a writing project,
standard rules and guidelines,
presentation basics,
and tips on specific types of business documents.
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Only one person at a time may access a title
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The Literate Executive |
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This eBook available via NetLibrary offers tips on business style, effective writing, and grammar.
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Want to become an expert researcher?
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Research 101 |
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This interactive tutorial is really great! You can learn about:
- how to choose topics
- how to search effectively
- how to evaluate the quality of information
- how different sources of information serve different purposes
– besides it’s kinda fun!
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Library Research Help
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