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Research methodology in Business administrationInformation searchMagnus Olsson, Umeå University Library
Phone: 786 91 81
Web page: http://www.ub.umu.se/tjanste/maol/
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Research methodology in Business administrationExpected learning outcomes
• search, evaluate and use different types of information on a basic level
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Today you´re going to learn more about…• Evaluation of information sources• Scholarly articles and journals• Search strategy and search tools• Databases• Internet sources
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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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Scholarly articles often have this structure…• Introduction• Methods och materials• Results
A• Discussion
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Search strategy
• What words should I use when searching?• What database/s should I use?• How do I expand my search?• How do I limit my search?• How do I search using subject words?
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Subject words
• Keywords, Thesaurus, Descriptors, A-Z, Index• ”Tags”
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Databases (articles)
• Business Source Premier• Emerald (mainly management)• Web of Science
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Access to databases, e-books and e-journals off-campus
• http://www.ub.umu.se/eng_infosok/eng_hemifr.htm
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Internet sources
• http://www.europages.com/ (directory of companies/products)• http://www.euromonitor.com/ (business intelligence on
industries, countries and consumers)• http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/index_en.htm (EU DG Enterprise
and Industry's website), statistics, news• http://www.scb.se/default____2154.aspx (swedish business
statistics)• http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/eurostat/
home/ (EU and candidate countries)
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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.htm (2010-03-
12)
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How do I write references?
• http://libweb.anglia.ac.uk/referencing/harvard.htm?harvard_id_remove=8#8 (Harvard)