Research methodology in Business administration Information search Magnus Olsson, Umeå University Library Phone: Web page:

Research methodology in Business administration Expected learning outcomes search, evaluate and use different types of information on a basic level

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

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

Further reading…

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

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?

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

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

Access to databases, e-books and e-journals off-campus

Internet sources (directory of companies/products) (business intelligence on industries, countries and consumers) (EU DG Enterprise and Industry's website), statistics, newshttp://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/index_en.htm (swedish business statistics) me/ (EU and candidate countries) me/

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 ( and Date when you retrieved the information Example: IMF (2010), Statement by an IMF Mission to Nicaragua, ( )

How do I write references? emove=8#8 (Harvard) emove=8#8

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