MGMT 491 International Business Davida Scharf, Van Houten Library Spring 2011 – Country Project BeyondBeyond

Academic research today usually requires using the library website AND the open web Library Web

Agenda Free Web engines and sources – Government and International organizations – Commercial & news (free content) – Other Libraries NJIT Library search engines – Online Catalog (Books) – Library Databases (articles and special reports) Cite your sources

Web Search Engines

Author unknown. Source: Marsha Miller, Indiana State University.

Using Web Search Engines But do you know…? Subject directories Meta Search Engines

Internet Public Library International Newspapers

Metasearch Engines Search the databases of several search engines at a time Best for an overview of your topic on the Web, seeing which search engines will produce the best results, and for simple searches. Downside, they aren't thorough. Most metasearch engines omit Google.

Who cares, besides me? Info sponsored by reliable organizations with an interest: 1. Countries’ own govt’s, newspapers, etc. 2. US Govt (Dept of Commerce, CIA, Congress) 3. International Organizations (World Bank, UN, OECD) 4. News organizations 5. Corporations doing business internationally Remember to consider the purpose/bias of the source of the information

Evaluate your sources – Apply the CRAAP test Currency: The timeliness of the information. Relevance: The importance of the information for your needs. Authority: The source of the information. Accuracy: The reliability, truthfulness, and correctness of the informational content. Purpose: The reason the information exists.

More on Evaluating your sources Watch this video: ‘Evaluating Sources’ by kagrifith: (9 minutes) Use the criteria from the NJIT library website

Ghana.gov.gh Business / Doing Business 1. - local

Local Government and Statistical Agencies May be a language barrier See census for a list of international statistical agencies: Canadian example: Statistics Canada Industry Canada Environment Canada Foreign Affairs & International Trade 1. - local

U.S. Government Search Engine and Directory: FedStats 2. – US Gov

FedStats will guide you to relevant government agencies U.S. Dept of Agriculture Overall macroeconomic study Bureau of Labor Statistics 2. – US Gov

Portals to the World (LoC) – US Gov

Guide to Electronic Resources

Library of Congress Country Studies (LoC)

Sample country study (LoC)

CIA World Factbook – US Gov

OECD – Intl orgs

OECD Country Page: Canada

International Monetary Fund (IMF) – Intl orgs

IMF Financial Data

United Nations – Association of Governments – Intl orgs

UNData: Canada

World Bank – Data and Research – Intl orgs

World Bank “Doing Business In” project

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

ADB Country Key Indicators

Economist Country Briefings – News orgs

Country Credit Ratings – Institutional Investor ankCCSeGlobal08.aspx ankCCSeGlobal08.aspx 4. – News orgs

Deutsche Bank Research EB?rwsite=CIB_INTERNET_EN-PROD EB?rwsite=CIB_INTERNET_EN-PROD 5. – Corps

Remote access for catalog and ILL Search for books Request materials from other libraries Databases (access at library) Library website Get Help

Library Website: Books: Access online catalog on website

Books: Typing your country into library catalog is not the best search strategy e.g. Canada

However books can be a useful resource for history or a specific aspect (e.g. NAFTA)

Select books of interest – data also online Global Competitiveness Report World Economic Forum World Development Indicators World Bank

NJIT Databases Best Choices for this class:  Business Source Complete or Premier  Lexis-Nexis

Business Source Premier (or Complete): Country and Industry Reports, News and Trade Journals

Business Source Premier (BSP): Country Reports Sort by Date for most recent

Boolean Search Strategies Video explanation at:

BSP: Country Specific Industry Profiles

Lexis Nexis: Country Reports + full text newspapers, magazines and reports

Lexis Nexis: Browse to select international sources

Cite your sources When you research a topic you may use information from articles, books, or the Web to support your ideas. However, you must credit the original authors of these sources by citing them. To cite means that you state where you found the information so that others can find the exact item again. Readers (including Professors!) should be able to locate the source you used without undue burden There are several systems or conventions for this.

Sample Citations

NJIT’s - Cite Your Sources - Page

NJIT’s Citation Page

NJIT’s Tutorials: Research Refreshers

Get a guest login on-site to use the Rutgers DANA Library Here are my suggestions for useful business sources at NJIT and Rutgers essresearch.pdf

Harvard Library Country Guides ALSO: Other researchers and librarians often provide useful guides to sources

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