BUS 798

Course Specific Resources

Information Sources

The Polk library has a number of resources for business students. This guide will point out some of them as well as demonstrate how to find

"quality sources."

What is a quality information source? Pay attention to the following 5 factors:

Criteria for Evaluating Information-- Short Video (log in with your NetID)

What does Peer Review Mean? Pay attention to the 5 characteristics:

Scholarly vs. Popular Publications-- Short Video (log in with your NetID)

Library Resources for Business Students--

By accessing the 'subject tab' on the library homepage, you can access a page that lists all business specific resources. Below are a sampling

of items that might be most relevant for this class:

ABI/INFORM Complete

ABI/INFORM Complete includes full text journals and newspapers from the business press as well as key trade publications, dissertations, conference proceedings, and market reports.

Business Source Premier

Business Source Premier provides full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles.

Communication & Mass Media Complete

Communication & Mass Media Complete provides the most robust, quality research solution in areas related to communication and mass media, including full text for over 450 journals.

PsycARTICLES

A definitive source of peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology containing more than 153,000 articles from 80 journals.