Library Guides: Business Resources: Home

Library Tour

Library Tour
This is a library scavenger hunt to find library resources. You will use this guide to learn how to use the website, about the physical library space, locating books, and using a database

Keyword Example
This handout provides an example of how to select keywords and develop more that can be used to search with.
Keyword Exercise
This is an exercise that will help you to think about keywords.

Choose a topic that interests you
Read through background information
Write out your topic as a statement and select the main concepts
Create a list of words to describe your topic (try to come up with 3 or 4)
Come up with synonyms or alternate terms for the list of words that describe your topic

Try searching the databases below once you have some ideas:

Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
Business Source Complete is a full text business database, covering management, economics, finance, accounting, international business. There are newspapers, magazines, scholarly articles, and SWOT analysis available here.
ABI/INFORM Complete This link opens in a new window
Search a complete database comprising full-text business periodicals and news sources from ABI/INFORM Global, Dateline, and Trade & Industry. Access publications like The Wall Street Journal, Eastern Edition, EIU ViewsWire, Going Global Career Guides, and Market Research Reports. The titles available here cover business and economic conditions, corporate strategies, management techniques, as well as competitive and product information.