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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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.

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

6. Scholarly / Academic Books (http://sites.stfx.ca/library)
Library website (Books and more)
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

7. 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

8. Trade and Industry News
Newspapers
Globe and Mail
current issues
Globe and Mail Archive ( )
Eureka (local newspapers, international) – can be good source for smaller local companies
Google

9. 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”

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

12. 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

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

14. 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.

15. 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
TMX
New York Stock Exchangehttps://nyse.nyx.com/ 
NASDAQhttp://

16. 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 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

17. Statistical Websites Statistics Canada
Includes links to Canadian statistics, provincial statistical sites,
international statistics
You can browse or search the sites
CANSIM and Equinox allow searching by keyword or combination of variables

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

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