Research method and academic writing D How do I find scientific articles? Magnus Olsson, Umeå...
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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/
Research method and academic writing D How do I find scientific articles? Magnus Olsson, Umeå university libarary [email protected] Tel: 786 91 81
Research method and academic writing D How do I find scientific
articles? Magnus Olsson, Ume university libarary
[email protected] Tel: 786 91 81 Web page:
http://www.ub.umu.se/tjanste/maol/http://www.ub.umu.se/tjanste/maol/
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Agenda Evaluation of information sources Search strategies and
search tools in databases Business Source Premier Some quality
internet sources for business Workshop
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Evaluation of information sources a few guidelines Author and
Publisher Tendency Purpose and audience Recency Edition
References
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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.
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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
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Search strategies in databases 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?
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Keywords Thesaurus, Descriptors, subject words, A-Z, Index etc.
Tags
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Business source premier Business Source Premier is a full text
business database, covering management, economics, finance,
accounting, international business. Peer-review Thesaurus
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Fulltext Thesaurus Peer- review
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http://www.ub.umu.se/eng_infosok/eng_hemifr.htm Off-Campus
Access to Umea University Library's databases, e-books and
e-journals
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Other information sources Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Encyclopedia Britanica, New Palgrave dictionary of economics Books
Album
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Quality Internet sources, some examples:
http://www.europages.com/ (directory of
companies/products)http://www.europages.com/
http://www.euromonitor.com/ (business intelligence on industries,
countries and consumers)http://www.euromonitor.com/
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/index_en.htm (EU DG Enterprise and
Industry's website), statistics,
newshttp://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/index_en.htm
http://www.scb.se/default____2154.aspx (swedish business
statistics)http://www.scb.se/default____2154.aspx
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/eurostat/ho me/
(EU and candidate
countries)http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/eurostat/ho
me/
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For internet sources in your reference list include the
following information 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.htmhttp://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2010/pr1084.htm
(2010- 03-12)
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How do I write references?
http://libweb.anglia.ac.uk/referencing/harvard.htm?harvard_id_r
emove=8#8
(Harvard)http://libweb.anglia.ac.uk/referencing/harvard.htm?harvard_id_r
emove=8#8