1. SFU Library: Research & Resources
FIC PME 501
Minglu Wang
Research Commons / Reference Librarian

2. Before we start …
What do you already know about doing research at SFU Library?
What do you want to know about doing research at SFU Library?

3. Library: Resources, Services, and Space
Services and resources for FIC students
Your FIC card is your library card
Checking out books and equipment
Using library’s electronic resources
Reserving a group study space
Using computers, printers, and scanners
Attending workshops and using resources of Student Learning Commons
Library: Resources, Services, and Space

4. Google or Library Library databases Google search
Focused and sophisticated searching
Full text access
Google search
strengths and weaknesses
Connect to Google Scholar through SFU library website

5. Mark Bodnar & Moninder Lalli, SFU Library

6. Mark Bodnar & Moninder Lalli, SFU Library

7. Library Research Guides
Librarians developed discipline specific research guides that contain more information on how to find material, research strategies, and how to cite.
Business
Engineering
Library Research Guides

8. Finding Library Books

9. Using Library Databases

10. Peer Reviewed Articles
Audience: academics
Mostly text, might have some tables & charts
Subject-specific language
Includes abstracts & citations
Key criterion: peer-reviewed

11. Finding Articles
Business Source Complete: scholarly articles, industry publications, and more in business
CBCA Fulltext Business: Canadian business database, with scholarly articles, trade publications, and more
Additional Business databases.
IEEE/IET Electronic Library: scholarly articles, standards, and more in engineering and technology
Applied Science and Technology Index (ASTI): scholarly articles and trade & industry publications in applied science, including engineering

12. News and Magazine Sources
Factiva: Newspapers, industry publications, company reports and more, from 200 countries.
LexisNexis Newspapers, journals, reports, cases, and patents from the early s to the present in the areas of Business, Law, and News. Includes some directories and market reports.
Canadian Newsstream: newspapers across Canada
News and Magazine Sources

13. Finding Trade Publications
Search the recommended article databases, many of which also have trade and industry publications
Filter to “trade publications”
Search trade associations’ websites
SFU Library guide: Finding business and trade associations
Finding Trade Publications

14. Finding Statistics SFU Library guides for more help:
Statista: statistics on topics relevant to business, policy, media, and more
Statistics Canada: national statistics information
BC Stats: statistics related to business & consumers, population, employment trends, and more in BC.
Open government sites make reports, data, statistics, and other information freely available online
SFU Library guides for more help:
Secondary market research
Government Sources for Business Research
Finding Statistics

15. Search Tips Use AND to narrow or focus your search
Example: women AND sports
Use OR to expand your search
Example: environment OR green
Use quotation marks to find specific phrase
Example: “extreme sports”
Use an asterisk (*) to find related words
Example: Canad* will search for Canada, Canadian …

16. Evaluating Information
Who are the publishers and why do they publish the information/articles?
True or false
Primary or secondary research
3Rs
Reliability
Recency
Relevance 
Check out a guide on evaluating information developed by Mark Bodnar, SFU Library

17. Citing Citation style guides: APA, IEEE and more
Guidelines for citing statistics, data, maps, government documents, etc.
Citation management software

18. Where to get more help

19. Reflection
What have you learned about research in the SFU Library?