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Researching your dissertation topic: Using a specialist (database)
Sam Oakley
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• Analysing your topic to find good search terms• Accessing online resources using Athens• Using iFind Research to search for journal
articles• Using EBSCO Business Source Complete to
search for journal articles
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Problems with accessing online journals?
• Help sheet on BB• Email [email protected]• Visit the Information
Desk
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Google: do you trust what you find?
• Who wrote it? • What are their qualifications? • Is there a bias?• When? How current is it?
(“academic and/or professional literatures”)
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Google tips
• Check the URL:– .ac.uk / .edu = academic institutions– .gov.uk / .gov = government office– .org.uk / .org = non-profit organization
• Use the “site:” command to restrict a search e.g. “site:ac.uk”
• “Filetype:pdf” can be handy for articles
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Google Scholar
• Google’s version of an academic database• Quick & easy• Is it scholarly?• You may hit a pay wall: – Link to iGetIt@Swansea University (sheet on BB)– Use iFind Research / iFind Discover
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What else?
• Proquest Business Collection• Mintel • FAME
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Proquest Business Collection
• Search for journal articles & report = similar to EBSCO Business Source Complete
• Includes some specific themes:– Asian business & reference– Entrepreneurship– Accounting & Tax– Banking
• “Scholarly” / “Peer reviewed” filter
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Market Research
• Mintel Oxygen = market research reports for the following industries: – E-commerce– Food– Drink– Leisure– Technology
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Mintel Global market navigator
• Stats / figures• Compare markets in
different countriese.g. Broadband in
Western Europe• Socio-economic
data e.g. Population, GDP
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More Industry / Market Information
• EBSCO Business Source Complete has – “Industry Profiles” (by Country)– Market research reports
= Do a search & filter by “Source Type”• Proquest Business Collection also has market
research: use “Data & Reports” link
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FAME: Financial Analysis Made Easy• Financial data (no
written analysis)• UK & Irish Companies• Includes SMEs &
private companies• Peer report
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More Company Information
• EBSCO Business Source Complete has “Company Reports” for large multinational companies – On the toolbar: More -> Company Profiles
• Proquest Business Collection also has Company info– Use “Data & Reports” link
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What next?
• Referencing (zzzzz)• Referencing made easy using
EndNote Web (Yay!)• Troubleshoot your literature review
Help at any time: [email protected]
