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Using Off Campus Library Services Part B
© Off Campus Library Services
Assignment 3:
“Your group will select a company and discuss the following…”
Some databases that are good for company research include:◦ Business Source Complete >> More (blue toolbar)
>> Company profiles◦ ValueLine◦ LexisNexis◦ Reference USA
LexisNexis database is one of many IWU databases that provides excellent information on companies
Click on: Business (under Article Databases)
Use theBusinessLink
Click on:LexisNexis
Locate the Company Info box.
Enter the company name or the ticker symbol. Navigateto the Snapshot page.
Scroll down the page for links to a lot more information including valuablelinking with more info!
All the way at the bottom of the page, you haveother options for creating a company list, comparing companies. E.g. you might want to compare Amazon with one of its competitors, like Barnes & Noble.
Assignment 4:
“Locate this article and be ready to discuss it in class…”
IWU has a specialized “A-Z” tool that lists all the journals available at IWU
This tool tells you if a journal/magazine/newspaper is available—or not, and in what format
Some titles are available full-text electronically in IWU databases or in paper copy at Jackson Library
You need the article: Unleashing the power ofmarketing.Harvard Business Review, Oct 2010, p. 90.
On the OCLS home page, select:Journal Titles
Note: Have your 14 digitLibrary AccessNumber ready.
Enter the Journal Title in the Search Box
You will find out if IWU owns a Journaland where it is located.
HBR is available in several sources. Let’s select BusinessSource Complete database.
The selected database will come up
Select the year
Select theright issue
Scroll downto the 23rd
article.
As we have just shown, a great deal of information is available to you immediately online via the databases
OCLS is your link to databases and library research/resource materials
Questions? Use our online form…
OCLS OnlineRequest form
Link from theOCLS Home Page
…Or call us at 1.800.521.1848 Let us know how we can help youwith your research questionsand information needs!
Continue on to Part C.