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Bus 125 - 5 things you should know

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Ellen Peterson

This document outlines 5 key things students should know by the time they graduate regarding library research. It discusses understanding assignments, developing topics and thesis statements, finding background information using reference works, focusing topics and finding current reliable sources, and properly collecting, evaluating, and citing information from sources using APA format. It also provides an overview of resources for business research, how to search scholarly sources and read journal articles, evaluate sources, and use productivity tools to aid the research process.

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5 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW BY THE TIME YOU GRADUATE Ellen, your librarian BUS 125 LIBRARY RESEARCH INSTRUCTION, 1/31/17
1. Understand your assignment. 2. Develop your topic and write a good thesis statement. 3. Find background information using reference works. 4. Focus your topic and find current information from reliable sources. 5. Collect, read, evaluate and write what you have learned. 6. Use information ethically and with integrity (cite your sources using APA format): Give credit where credit is due Properly cite the information you have found so others will be able to follow your research trail). 1. UNDERSTAND THE RESEARCH PROCESS!
core business databases statistics and data sites local, national, and international organizations 2. KNOW ABOUT SCHOLARLY SOURCES AND HOW TO READ A SCHOLARLY JOURNAL ARTICLE!
Google search operators Google Scholar 3. SEARCH GOOGLE LIKE A ROCK STAR!
Good, free business information on the open web is hard to find. Know the difference between real news and fake news (civic online reasoning): Great article from NPR on how to self- check the news and get the facts. 4. GOOD SOURCE EVALUATION BECOMES INSTINCTUAL!
wireless bypass and other campus IT productivity tools research mobile apps, plug-ins, and desktop clients citation export services and generators (EBSCO exports, EasyBib, etc.) 5. USE YOUR PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS!
HERE READY TO LEARN ALL THIS STUFF? YOUR CLASS RESEARCH GUIDE IS:

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Bus 125 - 5 things you should know

  • 1. 5 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW BY THE TIME YOU GRADUATE Ellen, your librarian BUS 125 LIBRARY RESEARCH INSTRUCTION, 1/31/17
  • 2. 1. Understand your assignment. 2. Develop your topic and write a good thesis statement. 3. Find background information using reference works. 4. Focus your topic and find current information from reliable sources. 5. Collect, read, evaluate and write what you have learned. 6. Use information ethically and with integrity (cite your sources using APA format): Give credit where credit is due Properly cite the information you have found so others will be able to follow your research trail). 1. UNDERSTAND THE RESEARCH PROCESS!
  • 3. core business databases statistics and data sites local, national, and international organizations 2. KNOW ABOUT SCHOLARLY SOURCES AND HOW TO READ A SCHOLARLY JOURNAL ARTICLE!
  • 4. Google search operators Google Scholar 3. SEARCH GOOGLE LIKE A ROCK STAR!
  • 5. Good, free business information on the open web is hard to find. Know the difference between real news and fake news (civic online reasoning): Great article from NPR on how to self- check the news and get the facts. 4. GOOD SOURCE EVALUATION BECOMES INSTINCTUAL!
  • 6. wireless bypass and other campus IT productivity tools research mobile apps, plug-ins, and desktop clients citation export services and generators (EBSCO exports, EasyBib, etc.) 5. USE YOUR PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS!
  • 7. HERE READY TO LEARN ALL THIS STUFF? YOUR CLASS RESEARCH GUIDE IS: