Comparative and Cross-Cultural Management

IBUS 731

Research and Library Databases

Edwards Campus

Dissertation Research Bloghttp://dissertationresearch.blogspot.com

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Using databases to find articles

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http://www.lib.ku.eduDon’t forget this URL!

KU Libraries Homepage

If the library doesn’t have a copy of the article you want.

Good source for more information

Did I start my research on the Japanese Banking System way off track by looking at the history of railroads on the economics of Japan? Will this article help me in writing my term paper?

Don’t know. This is the way research goes. Keep the article. This is only one lead into the much broader link of what led up to the current state of Japanese banks.

Database #2

Ciao : Columbia International Affairs OnlineColumbia International Affairs Online is a comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. It accesses a wide range of scholarship that includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs.

A 3rd Database

ProQuest research library is a comprehensive database available through the ProQuest online system. It indexes and abstracts general interest magazines and scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines and newspapers in the social sciences, humanities and sciences. The database includes more than 3820 titles -- over 2550 in full text -- from 1971 forward.

Databases give you the ability to:

Search: Keyword strategy

Limit to Scholarly Articles (Peer Reviewed)

Sort by relevance or date

Cite your article

Find other articles that have cited the article you selected

Google Scholar Database

Changed my search terms The date of my search was 11-3-14

Wall Street Journal Database

Website for a view of the country and its people:

CIA World Factbook https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

Website for a view of a country’s business:

WorldBank http://elibrary.worldbank.org

Books

New books are available on the Internet: eBooks

E-Journals

Don’t forget the DissertationResearchBlog.blogspot.com blog

Don’t forget the Libraries Homepage

Don’t forget the Databases & More Handout

Don’t forget the Subject Guide produced by John Stratton

Don’t forget the Databases and Articles (ABI/Inform, CIAO, Proquest Research Library, Google Scholar)

Don’t forget the Websites(CIA World Factbook, World Bank)

Don’t for get the Books and eJournals

Mix in a Google search: Bank of Japan

Questions?

http://www.lib.ku.edu