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Use this guide to help support student research in Professor Dunn's Business Communication course!

Welcome!

Hello and Welcome!

  • Use this LibGuide to help you with your research! If you have any questions use my information or the Ask a Librarian feature located on the right!
  • In the center column, you'll find the library databases and websites.
  • On the left, you'll find a quick search function to the catalog, citations guides, and, some formatting help, as well as boolean operators information.

For mobile views, read the header for each box. The layout gets condensed into one column!

Catalog Search

CRAAPP Test

Boolean Operators

Need a reminder on boolean operators? Take a look at this video for some reminders on how to use AND, OR, NOT in your search!

Brainstorming and Mind Mapping

Before diving into the databases, take some time to brainstorm or mind-map! It's helpful to get some keywords flowing! Avoid long stings or full sentences here as well; you'll thank yourself later!

Databases

Use these databases to help search for your research!

Academic Search Elite (EBSCOhost)

It covers all subjects and many types of resources, including both scholarly and non-scholarly articles. A good place to start.

Business Source Elite - (EBSCOhost)

Articles from over 1,000 business periodicals.

Regional Business News - (EBSCOhost)

Articles from more than 80 regional business publications covering all parts of the United States.

Credo Reference

This is a good place to look up specific terminology relating to business and finance. For example, the Dictionary of Finance and Investment Terms contains terms like Activist Investor, proxy fight, takeover, and more.

NexisUni

Full-text database, perfect for news, legal research, and information on companies and countries.

   

Searching for Reliable Websources

Limit yourself to US Government (.gov), College and University (.edu) or organization (.org) websites using Google Advanced Search.

  • add "site:gov" to a search to find government websites, e.g.: loc.gov.
  • add "site:edu" to a search to find educational websites

Websites

General News Sites

Financials

  • EDGAR: Search for company filings directly on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) site.
  • Annual Reports.com: Up-to-date listings of annual reports are available online in one convenient location.

Industry Information 

  • NAICS Association - provided information on NAICS and SIC numbers. Note: Lexis-Nexis will provide the appropriate NAICS and SIC numbers for the companies searched.
  • DUNS Number - This is a unique identifier number for a business

Ethics and Social Responsibility

  • Ethisphere: A list of the world's most ethical companies.
  • Business & Human Rights Resources Centre: "Tracking the positive and negative impacts of 5,100 companies worldwide."
  • CSR Reports: "CSR Reports feature and link to recently published, non-financial Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability reports." The companies featured are CSR members.

Stock Prices

Company Culture 

Ask A Librarian

Library Contact Information

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Bucks Library

Email the reference desk at:  library.reference@bucks.edu