StFX Business Administration Student Research Toolkit Research Sources March 21, 2013 Rita Campbell

Where to look -- it depends on the information and/or data you need Scholarly / Academic articles Books Trade / industry information News Corporate / Financial information Demographics Statistical websites Consumer opinions / behaviour

Scholarly / Academic Library website (http://sites.stfx.ca/library/) Business Administration Subject Guide - Find Articles tab Business Source Complete ABI / Inform Sage (good for management topics, behaviour) You can also try subject specific databases such as PsychInfo

Scholarly / Academic Google Scholar (http://scholar.google.com) To link to articles at StFX 1. Use Settings 2. Library Links 3. Save Not all articles in Google Scholar are peer reviewed/academic. Evaluate using CRAP method.

Scholarly / Academic Google Scholar (http://scholar.google.com) RefWorks Settings Bibliography manager – RefWorks Save

Scholarly / Academic Books (http://sites.stfx.ca/library) Library website (Books and more)http://sites.stfx.ca/library/ Searching title, author, subjects, sometimes table of contents. Not searching within the book. Use book “subjects” to identify possible keywords Ebooks You can search the full text of the book Ebook collections with business books in the Business Admin Subject Guide – Find books Evaluate the quality– CRAP method works with books too

Trade and Industry Industry & Country reports Business Source Complete Industry reports Country reports Use the Refine Results by Source Types to find reports on an Industry Or a report on a Country

Trade and Industry News Newspapers Globe and Mail current issues http://www.theglobeandmail.com/ Globe and Mail Archive (1844-2010) http://sites.stfx.ca/library/electronic_resources Eureka (local newspapers, international) – can be good source for smaller local companies Google

Eureka.cc (newspapers) Eureka.cc newspapers from all over the world Small town Canadian newspapers – weeklies, dailies – as well as larger newspapers DATE: Articles from 1980 Use the Date option to search further back May find information on smaller businesses not covered in the larger sources Sources: Choose Atlantic to search Atlantic Canadian newspapers Find Eureka.cc On Library homepage Under “Electronic Resources”

Eureka.cc You can find information about smaller industries & local companies. You can view complete newspapers – including the ads.

Corporate / Financial information Demographics Statistical websites Where to look -- it depends on the information and/or data you need (part 2) Scholarly / Academic articles Books Trade / industry information News Corporate / Financial information Demographics Statistical websites Consumer opinions / behaviour

Trade and Industry (non Library) Government websites Business Administration Subject Guide - Statistics & Demographics tab (http://stfx.libguides.com/BusinessStats ) Industry Canada Business Industry by Sector Online trade statistics (foreign/domestic) Association websites Business Administration Subject Guide – Industries & Associations tab http://stfx.libguides.com/associations Google

Trade Data Online Trade Data Online You can generate customized reports on Canada's and U.S. trade in goods with over 200 countries. Search by Product or Industry Find new import or export markets; Determine competition for your products; Identify domestic opportunities for import replacement; Analyse the Canadian domestic market for industries in the manufacturing sector. Discover a country's trade balance. Find out what products countries are importing, exporting or re-exporting throughout the world.

Corporate / Financial data Thomson Reuters Eikon (Financial information, stocks, country reports, industry reports - not yet publically available – ask Rita Campbell for help) Company websites Business Source Complete ABI/Inform (good for Canadian companies & news) Stock Market sites Trefis http://www.trefis.com/ TMX http://www.tmx.com/en/index.html New York Stock Exchangehttps://nyse.nyx.com/  NASDAQhttp://www.nasdaq.com 

Demographics NS Community Counts Nova Scotia communities Demographics:  Chiefly in advertising and market research: statistical data relating to a human population and particular groups within it; the composition or characteristics of such a population or group, esp. a television or other audience, the market for a product, etc. "demographics, n." OED Online. Oxford University Press, March 2014. Web. 20 March 2014. NS Community Counts Nova Scotia communities social, economic, environmental and cultural data from many sources 2011 Canada Census Canada wide or by community population, age, sex, dwellings, families, marital status and language Community Profiles (2006) Canada wide or by community Population, age, sex, dwellings , families, marital status, language, mobility, education, labour force, income

Statistical Websites Statistics Canada Includes links to Canadian statistics, provincial statistical sites, international statistics You can browse or search the sites CANSIM II @CHASS and Equinox allow searching by keyword or combination of variables http://stfx.libguides.com/BusinessStats

Consumer opinions / consumer behaviour Public opinion polls, consumer surveys http://stfx.libguides.com/BusinessStats Pew International Neilson Consumer Trends Report Canada Library databases Business Source Compete ABI/Inform Sage PsychInfo Sociological Abstracts

Remember – There is help Ask for help at the Reference desk in the library. Reference On library website, instant message for quick help.