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Research methodology in Business administration Information search

Research methodology in Business administration Information search. Magnus Olsson, Umeå University Library magnus.olsson@ub.umu.se Phone: 786 91 81 Web page: http://www.ub.umu.se/tjanste/maol/. Research methodology in Business administration Expected learning outcomes.

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Research methodology in Business administration Information search

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  1. Research methodology in Business administrationInformation search Magnus Olsson, Umeå University Library magnus.olsson@ub.umu.se Phone: 786 91 81 Web page: http://www.ub.umu.se/tjanste/maol/

  2. Research methodology in Business administrationExpected learning outcomes • search, evaluate and use different types of information on a basic level

  3. Today you´re going to learn more about… • Evaluation of information sources • Scholarly articles and journals • Search strategy and search tools • Databases • Internet sources

  4. Evaluation of information sources – a few guidelines • Author and Publisher • Tendency • Purpose and audience • Recency • Edition • References

  5. Further reading… • http://www.virtualsalt.com/evalu8it.htm

  6. Scholarly articles often have this structure… • Introduction • Methods och materials • Results A • Discussion

  7. 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?

  8. Subject words • Keywords, Thesaurus, Descriptors, A-Z, Index • ”Tags”

  9. Databases (articles) • Business Source Premier • Emerald (mainly management) • Web of Science

  10. Access to databases, e-books and e-journals off-campus • http://www.ub.umu.se/eng_infosok/eng_hemifr.htm

  11. 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)

  12. 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)

  13. How do I write references? • http://libweb.anglia.ac.uk/referencing/harvard.htm?harvard_id_remove=8#8 (Harvard)

  14. Subject librarians • magnus.olsson@ub.umu.se • stefan.fleig@ub.umu.se More information at: www.ub.umu.se

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