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Research Guide for Business, Business Administration, & Human Resource Management

• Finding Articles
• Finding Authoritative Web Sites
• Finding Books, Videos, DVDs, & CDs

FINDING ARTICLES

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Business Databases

EBSCO Business

EBSCO's Business searches three databases, Business Source ® Premier, Regional Business News ™ and the multidisciplinary Academic Search ™ Premier. Most of the citations in these databases link to the full text of the article.

EBSCO Business Source ® Premier
EBSCO's Business Source ® Premier is a database of scholary & trade journals, business magazines, monographs, country economic reports, industry reports & yearbooks, and market research reports. Most of the citations in these databases link to the full text of the article. Searches can be limited to the Business Source ® Premier database by going to EBSCO Database Selection . Additional search features are provided when you limit your search to a single database.

Human Resources Library

BNA's Human Resources Library provides practical, comprehensive, and timely coverage of workplace issues of interest to HR professionals, consultants, and attorneys. Human Resources Library explains federal and state compliance requirements; summarizes key state laws and regulations; analyzes compensation and benefits, EEO, employee relations, organizational development, safety and health, and staffing issues; and gives tips on writing and implementing work rules and policies.

LexisNexis Academic

Business

This full text database includes, company financial information, SEC filings and reports, industry and marketing news, and accounting literature. Use the links below to find specific business information:

• Accounting
• Company Dossier
• Company Profiles
• SEC Filings
• Tax Law
• Patents

Links to specific reports
Investext Current Reports
The Investext database contains company, industry, geographical and topical reports from the world's leading investment banks and research firms. Reports are authored by security analysts, who are employed to be accurate and insightful in their evaluation of companies and industries.

Legal Research

This full text database includes case law, law reviews, legal news, state and federal codes, federal regulations, European Union law and patents.

News

This full text database includes U.S. & International news from newspapers, magazines, journals, television and radio news broadcasts.

Business Related Databases

JSTOR

JSTOR is a non-profit organization that archives scanned images of journal issues and pages. Alvernia University has access to the Arts & Sciences I, II and IV Collections. These collections include many of the core research and society published journals in key fields in the humanities and social sciences, and a limited number of journals in the sciences.

Psychology

EBSCO's Psychology searches three databases, PsycINFO ®, PsycARTICLES, and the multidisciplinary Academic Search ™ Premier. Searches can be limited to the PsycINFO database by going to EBSCO Database Selection. This will allow you to search using an electronic version of APA's official Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms ® .

Suggested APA subject terms may be helpful in finding information on the topics listed below:

• Consumer Psychology
• Organizational Behavior
  

WestLaw Campus Research

WestLaw Research Campus is an online legal research tool for students interested in law-related areas such as criminal justice, social work, business, education and law. In addition to primary legal information consisting of case law, and state and federal statutes, this resource provides summaries and analysis of court decisions, law reviews, and synopsis of legal issues.

Please note that in order to access this database, WestLaw requires users to check the I agree button at the bottom of the terms of agreement page.   

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FINDING AUTHORITATIVE WEB SITES

Alvernia Library’s Internet Reference Library

The Internet Reference Library has a list of selected Business Web sites. The Internet Reference Library can be accessed from the Resources page of the Library Web site.

Alvernia Library Research Page

The Research Guides page, listed under Research Help on the Alvernia Library Research page, links to sources for finding and evaluating Web sites.

Brodart DartClix

The Brodart DartClix consists of 16,000 professionally selected Web sites.

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FINDING BOOKS, VIDEOS, DVDS, & CDS

NetLibrary eBooks

A collection of 12,000 eBooks is now accessible from NetLibrary. eBooks are full text electronic versions that can be borrowed and returned over the Internet. To access eBooks from off-campus, you must first Create A Free Account from a computer on the Alvernia University computer network.

Several examples of business ebooks include:

How to Write a Business Plan (2005)

Information and Communication Technology for Competitive Intelligence (2004)

Locating Global Advantage: Industry Dynamics in the International Economy (2004)

Trademark: Legal Care for Your Business & Product Name (2005)

The Value Chain (2004)

WorldCat 100 million records

This Online Union Catalog lists holdings from libraries across the world. Searches can be conducted across all libraries or limited to the Alvernia Library collection. Searches can also be limited to specific types of documents such as books, visual materials and Internet resources. (dates of coverage: 2100 B.C. – present)

Requesting a book from this collection only takes a minute. Click on the Borrow this item from another library link. Submit the form with your Alvernia ID number and allow two weeks for delivery of the requested book.