Business Source Complete p rovides :

1. Searching in Business Source Complete • Business Source Completeprovides: • Articles from scholarly business journals in management, economics, finance, accounting, and international business • Profiles of private and public companies • Industry reports • Executive and analyst interviews • Market research reports • SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) reports • News articles Leonard Lief Library http://www.lehman.edu/library/

2. Searching in Business Source Complete • On the Library home page, http://www.lehman.edu/library • Click on Find Articles and then Database A-Z List. Leonard Lief Library http://www.lehman.edu/library/

3. Searching in Business Source Complete • In the Database A-Z List, click on B. Leonard Lief Library http://www.lehman.edu/library/

4. Searching in Business Source Complete • At the end of the B’s, click on Business Source Complete. Leonard Lief Library http://www.lehman.edu/library/

5. Finding Articles on a Company Search on Company Name Leonard Lief Library http://www.lehman.edu/library/

6. Searching in Business Source Complete • Select CO Company Entity in the criterion search box and enter an important word from the title of your company in the main search box. Choose one of the selections in the drop-down menu. Leonard Lief Library http://www.lehman.edu/library/

7. Searching in Business Source Complete • In this case, you get 150 results. You can order your results by different criteria, such as the date of the article, the name of the source or authors, or the relevance of the article to your search terms. Leonard Lief Library http://www.lehman.edu/library/

8. Searching in Business Source Complete • Be creative. To find out about your company’s competition, add the word competition in a second search box and select TX All Text. You get 14 results, including a SWOT analysis and industry profile report. Leonard Lief Library http://www.lehman.edu/library/

9. Searching in Business Source Complete • On the left, you can limit your search results to those with full text and/or references, from peer-reviewed journals or other types of publications, by publication date, or by subject. Leonard Lief Library http://www.lehman.edu/library/

10. Searching in Business Source Complete • Further down, you can limit your results by specific publication, company, geographic area, or industry. Leonard Lief Library http://www.lehman.edu/library/

11. More Search Strategies Leonard Lief Library http://www.lehman.edu/library/

12. Searching in Business Source Complete • You can also search under your company name in All Text. This produces 420 results, versus 150 using Company Entity. Leonard Lief Library http://www.lehman.edu/library/

13. Searching in Business Source Complete • For discussions of competition, use compet* as a search term. The asterisk retrieves results that have words beginning compet-:compete, competes, competition, competitor, and competitors. Leonard Lief Library http://www.lehman.edu/library/

14. Searching in Business Source Complete • Be creative. To find out about your company’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, add the word swotin a second search box and select TX All Text. You get 19 results. Leonard Lief Library http://www.lehman.edu/library/

15. Company Information Tab For Company Profiles Leonard Lief Library http://www.lehman.edu/library/

16. Searching in Business Source Complete • Another valuable resource is the Company Information tab. Click on it and enter your company’s name. Leonard Lief Library http://www.lehman.edu/library/

17. Searching in Business Source Complete • The result is a profile that includes... Leonard Lief Library http://www.lehman.edu/library/

18. Searching in Business Source Complete • …financial information,… Leonard Lief Library http://www.lehman.edu/library/

19. Searching in Business Source Complete • …product information,... Leonard Lief Library http://www.lehman.edu/library/

20. Searching in Business Source Complete • …key executives, industry classifications, and other information. Leonard Lief Library http://www.lehman.edu/library/

21. Citation and Formatting Toolbar Leonard Lief Library http://www.lehman.edu/library/

22. Searching in Business Source Complete • Be sure to take advantage of the tools that allow you to print, email, save, cite, export, bookmark & annotate, permalink, or bookmark your document. Leonard Lief Library http://www.lehman.edu/library/

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24. Searching in Business Source Complete • Searching can be enormous fun. • If you use the tools we’ve talked about here, you’ll find many high-quality articles for your research. Leonard Lief Library http://www.lehman.edu/library/