Transcript Research method and academic writing D How do I find

Research method and academic
writing D
How do I find scientific articles?
Magnus Olsson, Umeå university libarary
[email protected]
Tel: 786 91 81
Web page: http://www.ub.umu.se/tjanste/maol/
Agenda
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Evaluation of information sources
Search strategies and search tools in databases
Business Source Premier
Some quality internet sources for business
Workshop
Evaluation of information sources – a
few guidelines
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Author and Publisher
Tendency
Purpose and audience
Recency
Edition
References
How do I get hold of this specific
scholarly article?
• Buchanan, D. – Dawson, P. (2007) Discourse and Audience:
Organizational Change as Multi-Story Process, Journal of
Management Studies 44(5) 669 – 686.
During Research method and academic writing
you should find and use two scholarly (scientific)
articles not included on the reading list.
How do I find scholarly articles?
For example in of our databases: Business Source
Premier
Search strategies in databases
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What words should I use when searching?
How do I expand my search?
How do I limit my search?
How do I search using keywords?
Keywords
• Thesaurus, Descriptors, subject words, A-Z, Index etc.
• ”Tags”
Business source premier
• Business Source Premier is a full text business database,
covering management, economics, finance, accounting,
international business.
• Peer-review
• Thesaurus
Thesaurus
Peerreview
Fulltext
Off-Campus Access to Umea University Library's
databases, e-books and e-journals
• http://www.ub.umu.se/eng_infosok/eng_hemifr.htm
Other information sources
• Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Encyclopedia Britanica, New Palgrave dictionary of
economics
• Books
Album
Quality Internet sources, some
examples:
• http://www.europages.com/ (directory of companies/products)
• http://www.euromonitor.com/ (business intelligence on
industries, countries and consumers)
• http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/index_en.htm (EU DG Enterprise
and Industry's website), statistics, news
• http://www.scb.se/default____2154.aspx (swedish business
statistics)
• http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/eurostat/ho
me/ (EU and candidate countries)
For internet sources in your reference
list include the following information
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Name of author, organization, corporation or authority
Year when information was updated (if available)
Name of web page or document
Title of web site
Complete URL (http://….), and
Date when you retrieved the information
Example: IMF (2010), Statement by an IMF Mission to
Nicaragua,
http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2010/pr1084.htm (201003-12)
How do I write references?
• http://libweb.anglia.ac.uk/referencing/harvard.htm?harvard_id_r
emove=8#8 (Harvard)
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