1. Searching in Business Source Complete
Business Source Complete provides:
Articles from scholarly business journals in management, economics, finance, accounting, and international business
Profiles of private and public companies
Industry reports
Executive and analyst interviews
Market research reports
SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) reports
News articles
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2. Access to Lehman Databases
To access Lehman databases, go to the library home page and click on Databases.
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3. Access to Lehman Databases
Click on Database A-Z List.
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4. Access to Lehman Databases
Then click on the first letter of your database, such as B for Business Source Complete…
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5. Access to Lehman Databases
…and click on the link to the database.
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6. Finding Articles on a Company
Search on Company Name
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7. Searching in Business Source Complete
Select CO Company Entity in the criterion search box and enter an important word from the title of your company in the main search box. Choose one of the selections in the drop-down menu.
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8. Searching in Business Source Complete
In this case, you get 150 results. You can order your results by different criteria, such as the date of the article, the name of the source or authors, or the relevance of the article to your search terms.
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9. Searching in Business Source Complete
Be creative. To find out about your company’s competition, add the word competition in a second search box and select TX All Text. You get 14 results, including a SWOT analysis and industry profile report.
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10. Searching in Business Source Complete
On the left, you can limit your search results to those with full text and/or references, from peer-reviewed journals or other types of publications, by publication date, or by subject.
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11. Searching in Business Source Complete
Further down, you can limit your results by specific publication, company, geographic area, or industry.
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12. More Search Strategies
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13. Searching in Business Source Complete
You can also search under your company name in All Text. This produces 420 results, versus 150 using Company Entity.
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14. Searching in Business Source Complete
For discussions of competition, use compet* as a search term. The asterisk retrieves results that have words beginning compet-: compete, competes, competition, competitor, and competitors.
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15. Searching in Business Source Complete
Be creative. To find out about your company’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, add the word swot in a second search box and select TX All Text. You get 19 results.
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16. Company Information Tab
For Company Profiles
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17. Searching in Business Source Complete
Another valuable resource is the Company Information tab. Click on it and enter your company’s name.
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18. Searching in Business Source Complete
The result is a profile that includes...
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19. Searching in Business Source Complete
…financial information,…
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20. Searching in Business Source Complete
…product information,...
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21. Searching in Business Source Complete
…key executives, industry classifications, and other information.
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22. Citation and Formatting Toolbar
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23. Searching in Business Source Complete
Be sure to take advantage of the tools that allow you to print, , save, cite, export, bookmark & annotate, permalink, or bookmark your document.
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24. Searching in Business Source Complete
Do you find citations difficult? Let this resource help you.
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25. Searching in Business Source Complete
Searching can be enormous fun.
If you use the tools we’ve talked about here, you’ll find many high-quality articles for your research.
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