MGMT 491 International Business

Davida Scharf, Van Houten Library

scharf@NJIT.edu

Spring 2011 – Country Project

http://web.njit.edu/~scharf/MGMT491-S11.ppt

Beyond

Academic research today usually requires using the library website AND the open web

LibraryWeb

Agenda

• Free Web engines and sources

– Government and International organizations

– Commercial & news (free content)

– Other Libraries

• NJIT Library search engines

– Online Catalog (Books)

– Library Databases (articles

and special reports)

• Cite your sources

Web Search Engines

Author unknown. Source: Marsha Miller, Indiana State University.

Using Web Search Engines

But do you know…?

Subject directories Meta Search Engines

Internet Public Library International Newspapers http://www.ipl.org/div/news/

Metasearch Engines

Search the databases of several search engines at a time

Best for an overview of your topic on the Web, seeing which search engines will produce the best results, and for simple searches.

Downside, they aren't thorough. Most metasearch engines omit Google.

Who cares, besides me?

Info sponsored by reliable organizations with an interest:

1. Countries’ own govt’s, newspapers, etc.

2. US Govt (Dept of Commerce, CIA, Congress)

3. International Organizations (World Bank, UN, OECD)

4. News organizations

5. Corporations doing business internationally

Remember to consider the purpose/bias of the source of

the information

Evaluate your sources – Apply the CRAAP test

Currency: The timeliness of the information.

Relevance: The importance of the information for your needs.

Authority: The source of the information.

Accuracy: The reliability, truthfulness, and correctness of the

informational content.

Purpose: The reason the information exists.

More on Evaluating your sources

Watch this video:

‘Evaluating Sources’ by kagrifith: http://liontv.blip.tv/file/1720191 (9 minutes)

Use the criteria from the NJIT library website

http://library.njit.edu/researchhelpdesk/howto/evaluate.php

Ghana.gov.gh

Business / Doing Business

1. - local

Local Government and Statistical Agencies

• May be a language barrier

• See census for a list of international statistical agencies: http://www.census.gov/main/www/stat_int.html

Canadian example:

Statistics Canada

Industry Canada

Environment Canada

Foreign Affairs & International Trade

1. - local

U.S. Government Search Engine and Directory: FedStats www.fedstats.gov

2. – US Gov

FedStats will guide you to relevant government agencies

U.S. Dept of Agriculture

Overall macroeconomic study

Bureau of Labor Statistics

2. – US Gov

Portals to the World (LoC) http://international.loc.gov/intldl/intldlhome.html

2. – US Gov

Guide to Electronic Resources

Library of Congress Country Studies (LoC) http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/

Sample country study (LoC)

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

2. – US Gov

OECD www.oecd.org

3. – Intl orgs

OECD Country Page: Canada

International Monetary Fund (IMF)http://www.imf.org/external/

3. – Intl orgs

IMF Financial Data

United Nations – Association of Governmentshttp://data.un.org/

3. – Intl orgs

UNData: Canada

World Bank – Data and Research http://econ.worldbank.org/

3. – Intl orgs

World Bank “Doing Business In” project http://www.doingbusiness.org

Asian Development Bank (ADB) http://www.adb.org/Countries/

ADB Country Key Indicators

Economist Country Briefings http://www.economist.com/countries/

4. – News orgs

Country Credit Ratings – Institutional Investorhttp://www.iimagazine.com/Rankings/RankingsRankCCSeGlobal08.aspx

4. – News orgs

Deutsche Bank Researchhttp://www.dbresearch.com/servlet/reweb2.ReWEB?rwsite=CIB_INTERNET_EN-PROD

5. – Corps

Remote access for catalog and ILL

Search for books

Request materials from other libraries

Databases (access at library)

Library website http://library.njit.edu

Get Help

Library Website: http://library.njit.edu

Books: Access online catalog on website

Books: Typing your country into library catalog is not the best search strategy e.g. Canada

However books can be a useful resource for history or a specific aspect (e.g. NAFTA)

Select books of interest – data also online

Global Competitiveness ReportWorld Economic Forum

World Development IndicatorsWorld Bank

NJIT Databases http://library.njit.edu/databases/

Best Choices for this class:

Business Source Complete or Premier

Lexis-Nexis

Business Source Premier (or Complete): Country and Industry Reports, News and Trade Journals

Business Source Premier (BSP): Country Reports

Sort by Date for most recent

Boolean Search Strategies

Video explanation at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tm-sDKCnO4

BSP: Country Specific Industry Profiles

Lexis Nexis: Country Reports + full text newspapers, magazines and reports

Lexis Nexis: Browse to select international sources

Cite your sources

• When you research a topic you may use information from articles, books, or the Web to support your ideas. However, you must credit the original authors of these sources by citing them. To cite means that you state where you found the information so that others can find the exact item again.

• Readers (including Professors!) should be able to locate the source you used without undue burden

• There are several systems or conventions for this.

Sample Citations

NJIT’s - Cite Your Sources - Page

NJIT’s Citation Page

NJIT’s Tutorials: Research Refreshers

Get a guest login on-site to

use the Rutgers DANA

Library

Here are my suggestions for useful business sources at NJIT and Rutgershttp://library.njit.edu/docs/

scharfguidetobusinessresearch.pdf

Harvard Library Country Guides -http://www.library.hbs.edu/guides/#country

ALSO:Other

researchers and librariansoften provide useful guides

to sources

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Maya GervitsDirector of the Architecture Librarymaya.gervits@njit.edu (973) 642-4390- Rutgers University PhD, Art and architecture history - State Institute of Art History, Moscow, Russia MA, Art and architecture history - Russian Academy of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Russia

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Davida ScharfDirector of Reference & Instructiondavida.scharf@njit.edu (973) 642-4397AOL: davidascharf Yahoo:davida_scharfGoogleTalk: davida.scharfBA, Art & Architectural History, Columbia U.

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