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BA 650 Strategic Management in the Global Environment (Ratiu)

Scholarly Sources and Search Tips

Just because and article is published does not mean it is quality. Many spaces on the web are spaces where questionable information can and is published, waiting for "information consumers."  

  1. What is it? - Do you know what type of source you even located? Online newspaper, magazine, trade journal, blog, company website. Always ask what did I find? 

  2. Author(s) - Does the author have the “right” to write about this topic.

  3. Owner/Sponsor - If there was no author, read the ABOUT US section of the website. What is the mission, vision, purpose of the article/site/information? If you can’t figure our author OR Owner - do NOT use the information.

  4. Currency - In business currency it key. Use information that is as current as possible to help understand where an industry, business, company, market, may be going/headed. 

  5. Quality - how is the information reviewed? Is there an editor, peer-review process, some check on quality? Do they cite their sources (note - lookup cited sources for quality check). 

  6. Purpose - What is the intention of the site? To inform, persuade, to sell, or some other purpose?  Does the site have an inordinate number of ads, cookies, etc. - why do you think this is? 

WOOPS- Examples of sources that do not meet the mark. 

Open up one and see if you can see where these might not “meet the mark.”

Do NOT use sources of this nature: sites like this are not credible, authoritative, unlike content from premium library subscription databases!

https://sgmanetflix.weebly.com/contributing-authors.html 

https://studymoose.com/

Fernfortuniversity.com  

Pestleanalysis.com

 

Tips Examples
Use keywords, not long search phrases

Instead of searching for "How is legislation impacting the production of electric vehicles?

break down your search into the main keywords:

legislation, impact, production, Electric vehicles

Use quotation marks (" ") to keep phrases together

Use AND to combine different keywords

 legislation AND "electric vehicles"
Use OR to combine similar/associated keywords (EV OR "electric vehicles")
Look for ways to limit your search in the database You can often limit by type of article (scholarly and peer-reviewed), year of publication, subject 

 

Global Business News

The library has electronic access to business news and journals. Make sure to always log-in to the library for full access.

Visit the library's News & Newspapers Research Guide

Databases providing Business News sources: