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Introduction
Are you new to business information research? Not a problem. This Business Research Center will guide you to identify useful resources in the field of business information research. Clicking the tabs above will direct you to a particular page on various topics within the business research series. Each page focuses on relevant research resources such as books, magazine/journal articles within or outside the library system. Even more than that, you will find suggested databases or free web resources for your research. If you still have no idea how or where to start doing your research, visit AskUsNow to chat with our librarian on duty at the Reference Desk, call us at (865) 974-4351 or just drop by the Reference Assistant Desk on 2/F Hodges library.
Getting started - handy reference
Here is a list of handy references to look up business jargons or terminologies and policies templates.
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Check out sample business forms, job description templates, interactive worksheets, spreadsheets, and contracts.
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Survey Questions Template Library
Sign up for a free account to access the sample survey questions in different topics.
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Here is a list of 2900+ measure scales to use in a survey or experiment. You can search through 2900+ measures that have been developed and tested by previous researchers. Each full review of a scale has information about its source, its psychometric quality, who has used it, and the questions/statements that compose the scale. A small fee is required to download the individual survey.
If the scale is in older edition, Hodges Library has old volumes in print for you to make copies.
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New York Times & Wall Street Journal
In Factiva, click on "All Publications" next to "Source", then click on "Remove". The Source will change to "All Sources". Click on it and type in "Wall Street Journal" into the search box.
In LexisNexis, Use "Search the News" section, type "New York Times" into the search box under "by Source Title", and key in your search terms in "Search For".
If you find Factiva and LexisNexis inconvenient to browse, consider browsing the journal websites such as WSJ, NYT to identify your articles, and then use one of the above databases. Click on "Browse Issues" on the top and then look up the articles by date, section #, and page #.
If you are looking for a specific commercial advertisement or graphics in the Wall Street Journal or New York Times, your best bet would be databases by ProQuest or Barron's .
Note: The Hodges Library has NYT in e-version only.
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Coverage from 2008 to recent with a 3 month embargo. Digitized with full article images. The more recent issues are available in Factiva and Accounting, Tax & Banking Collection. The most recent issues are also available in print in the Miles Reading Room.
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A collection of thousands of full-text magazines and newspapers plus corporate and stock market data.
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Provides legal news, business, and cases and codes, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions. Also includes legal research sources and business information for US and international companies.
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A scholarly business database providing bibliographic and full-text content covering all disciplines of business. As part of the comprehensive coverage offered by this database, indexing and abstracts for the most important scholarly business journals, trade publications and top management journals dating back as far as 1886 are included.
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Full-text newspaper resource of thousands of major U.S. regional, national, and local newspapers, as well as leading titles from around the world. Search by title, headline, date, author, newspaper section, or other fields.
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Coverage is 2008 to recent with a 1 month embargo. Digitized with full article images. The more recent issues are available in Nexis Uni or Factiva.
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Full-text of the daily newspaper based in New York City. It is regarded as a national newspaper of record. Digitized with full article images. Coverage from 1851 to 2019. Additional year of content added annually.
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Wall Street Journal, current issues
Unlimited access to WSJ.com, WSJ mobile apps, and personalized content. First time users need to create an account using their UT email address.
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Wall Street Journal, 2008-recent
Coverage from 2008 to recent with a 3-month embargo. Digitized with full article images.
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Wall Street Journal, 1889-2010
Full-text of this historic business-focused daily newspaper based in New York City. Regarded as a newspaper of record for business and financial news. Digitized with full article images. Coverage from 1889 to 2010. Additional year of content added annually.
Harvard Business Case Studies and Articles
(Harvard Business School Cases)
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Due to copyright restrictions, Harvard Business school case studies are unavailable through the library or its course reserve service. As per the Harvard Business School Baker Library's Inter-library loan policy, HBS cases: Baker Library is prohibited from copying cases.
You can order a print or electronic case for a fee by going to their website. If you need a case for a class, ask your professor to register with the Harvard Business Publishing Educator's website so that you can get cases at a discounted price.
The Harvard Business Review does not include the Business School cases, however it does publish one case study abstract per issue. The Harvard Business Review is available online via Business Source Complete database. Select "Case Study" under Document Type in combination with company names or terms of interest for old cases.
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Starting from August 2013, some changes are made to Harvard Business Review (HBR) article access via databases. Please see the attached list (down below) with 500 articles that HBR limits their access in EBSCO Business Source Complete database. These articles are "read only", meaning no download to print or save on a disk. Some viewers may find it inconvenience. An alternative is to get the in-print version at the UTK Libraries.
The UTK Library System has a print subscription and a microfilm subscription to Harvard Business Review. The Call number is HF5001.H3
As per EBSCO, these 500 articles are the ones that HBR has chosen. It is a static list and it will not change yearly. However, HBR owns the content and can certainly make a change again if they choose to. These articles are clearly marked "read only" in the database in order to differentiate them from the rest of HBR articles.
Also check out Harvard Business Review's feedback about using these article as course materials on FT.com (October 17, 2013) - "These articles remain available for researchers and research use – we simply limited the means by which they can be assigned and distributed as course materials."
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Screen Shots on finding old Harvard Business Case Studies
HBR cases prior to year 2009 are still accessible via Business Source Complete database.
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These articles are in Business Source Complete database. They are read-only as per Harvard Business Publishing's restrictions.
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Examples of Citing Business Databases in APA style - by Michigan State U
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Harvard System of Referencing Citation (formerly known as AGPS style)
Parenthetical referencing, also known as Harvard referencing. The structure of a citation under the author-date method is the author's surname, year of publication, and page number or range, in parentheses.
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How to do citations in APA, MLA
Here is a research guide on different citation styles by Boston University Libraries