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GUIDE

Organization and Management Research Resources

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Circulating Books

To find circulating books on wide-ranging topics using your key words or ideas:

✓ Go to the Library’s homepage ().

✓ Click Books, E-books, Videos, & More to access the Kean Catalog.

✓ Scroll and type your key words in the search box underneath Find This:

✓ Click Search.

✓ Scroll down to view the search results list. Circulating titles are located in the Main Collection on the second and third floors of the Library.

✓ Make note of the call number and status for any titles of interest.

Reference Books

Listed below are reference titles provided for quick look-up by call number in the Library’s Reference Collection located on the first floor. The first column displays the reference call number. The second column displays the corresponding title.

Call Numbers Reference Titles

Ref HC 102 .D8 D&B Million Dollar Directory: America’s Leading Public & Private Companies

Ref HC 106.5 .A544 2000 U.S. Industry & Trade Outlook 2000

Ref HC 106.6 .S74 Standard and Poor’s Industry Surveys

Ref HD 30.15 .B463 1997 Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary of Management

Ref HD 2721 .I63 International Directory of Company Histories

Ref HF 1001 .E467 2001 Encyclopedia of Busine$$ and Finance

Ref HF 5415 .B4552 1997 Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary of Marketing

Ref HF 5802 .A38 2003 Advertising Age Encyclopedia of Advertising

Ref HF 5837 .E53 2000 Encyclopedia of Major Marketing Campaigns

Ref HG 151 .B49 1997 Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary of Finance

Ref HG 4961 .M68 Mergent’s Industry Review

Ref HG 4501 .M59 Mergent’s Handbook of Common Stocks

Periodicals

Provided below is a list of select journals available in electronic format through the Library’s databases. To check holdings information for these titles and numerous other journals, go to the Library’s Periodicals List available from the Library’s homepage () by clicking Periodicals List and then clicking Periodicals List again.

Advertising Age

American Business Review

Business Week

Economist

Financial Times

Forbes

Fortune

Harvard Business Review

Journal of Economic History

Journal of Economic Research

Journal of Finance

New York Times

Star Ledger

Wall Street Journal

Electronic Databases

To start using the Library’s electronic databases to search for articles on certain topics using your key words, go to the Library’s homepage (). Click Articles & More to access the Databases. The databases are organized in two different lists. In one list the databases are listed alphabetically, and in the other list the databases are listed by subject or format. Brief directions are provided on the next pages to help you navigate these electronic databases. [Note: When you are off-campus, you will be asked to enter your Kean Library Barcode after you click on a database name. Your barcode is located on the back of your Kean University photo ID card.]

ABI/INFORM Global To search ABI/INFORM Global (ProQuest) for articles using your key terms:

✓ Click the letter A on the Jump to menu.

✓ Click ABI/INFORM Global (ProQuest).

✓ Type your key terms in the box underneath Basic Search.

✓ Use the “and” operator to combine terms and retrieve items that contain all of the terms. Use the asterisk (*) as a truncation symbol to replace the ending of your key words and retrieve items with similar word roots. For example, type: social responsib* and manag*

✓ Limit your results to articles reviewed or judged by scholars in the field (in other words, scholarly or peer reviewed articles) by selecting Scholarly journals, including peer-reviewed.

✓ Click Search.

✓ Result: The first 10 retrieved article titles will be displayed. If the full-text article is available online for a specific item, you will see a Full Text link, a Text + Graphics link, a Full Text - PDF link, or a combination of theses links immediately below the item. Click one of these links to view the full-text article.

✓ E-mail the article you are viewing by clicking Email at the top of your screen.

✓ If full-text link options are not present and you are on-campus, click Find a copy, then click TOUR Full Text or Check for full text via Tour Resolver to check the availability of full-text for the article in other Kean University Library databases. If off-campus, search for the journal in the Periodicals List.

Factiva To search Factiva for business articles:

✓ Click the letter F on the Jump to menu.

✓ Click Factiva (Dow Jones & Reuters).

✓ Type your key terms in the Free Text search box.

✓ Use the “and” operator to combine terms and retrieve items that contain all of the terms. Use double quotes (“”) to retrieve items that contain specific phrases. Use the asterisk (*) as a truncation symbol to replace the ending of your key words and retrieve items with similar word roots. For example, type:

"small business*" and entrepreneur*

✓ Select the appropriate date range from the Date menu.

✓ Click Run Search.

✓ Result: The first 20 retrieved article titles will be displayed. Click the article title to view the full-text article.

✓ E-mail the article you are currently viewing by clicking the envelop icon located on the top left-hand side of your screen.

EBSCOhost To search the EBSCOhost Research Databases for articles using

Research Databases your key terms:

✓ Click the letter E on the Jump to menu.

✓ Click EBSCOhost Research Databases.

✓ Click EBSCOhost Web.

✓ Select Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, Corporate ResourceNet, Newspaper Source, and/or Regional Business News.

✓ Click Continue.

✓ Type your key terms in the search box labeled Find:

✓ Use the “and” operator to combine terms and retrieve items that contain all of the terms. Use the asterisk (*) as a truncation symbol to replace the ending of your key words and retrieve items with similar word roots. For instance, type: organization* culture* and manag* and corporat*

✓ Limit your results to articles reviewed or judged by scholars in the field (in other words, scholarly or peer reviewed articles) by selecting Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals under the Limit your results heading.

✓ Click Search.

✓ Result: The first 10 retrieved article titles will be displayed. If the full-text article is available online for a specific item, you will see one or more of the following links immediately below the item: HTML Full Text, PDF Full Text, or Linked Full Text. Click one of these links to view the full-text article.

✓ E-mail the article you are currently viewing by clicking E-mail located at the top of your screen.

✓ If full-text link options are not present and you are on-campus, click the TOUR button to check the availability of full-text for the article in other Kean University Library databases. If off-campus, search for the journal in the Periodicals List.

OmniFile Full Text Mega To search OmniFile Full Text Mega (WilsonWeb) for articles using your key terms:

✓ Click the letter O on the Jump to menu.

✓ Click OmniFile Full Text Mega (WilsonWeb).

✓ Select Business (BUS) or Social Science (SS) instead of All from the Subject Area drop-down menu.

✓ Type your key terms in the first, second, and/or third boxes adjacent to Find.

✓ Use the “and” operator to combine terms and retrieve items that contain all of the terms. Use double quotes (“”) to retrieve items that contain specific phrases. Use the asterisk (*) as a truncation symbol to replace the ending of your key words and retrieve items with similar word roots. For example, type:

First search box: change Second search box: leader* or manag*

✓ Limit your retrieved results to articles reviewed or judged by scholars in the field (in other words, scholarly or peer reviewed articles) by selecting Peer Reviewed.

✓ Click Start.

✓ Result: The first 10 retrieved article titles will be displayed. If the full-text article is available online for a specific item, you will see a blue Full Text HTML link, a red Full Text PDF link, or both immediately below the item. Click one of these links to view the full-text article.

✓ E-mail the article you are currently viewing by clicking the blue Email button located on the top left-hand side of the Full Text HTML screen.

✓ If full-text link options are not present and you are on-campus, click the icon with the blue arrow to check the availability of full-text for the article in other Kean University Library databases. If off-campus, search for the journal in the Periodicals List.

ScienceDirect To search ScienceDirect for scholarly articles using your key terms:

✓ Click the letter S on the Jump to menu.

✓ Click ScienceDirect (Elsevier).

✓ Click the Search button to access the Basic Search Template.

✓ Type your key terms in the first and second boxes underneath Term(s):.

✓ Use the “and” operator to combine terms and retrieve items that contain all of the terms. Use the asterisk (*) as a truncation symbol to replace the ending of your key words and retrieve items with similar word roots. For example, type,

First Search Box: entrepreneur* Second Search Box: small business*

✓ Click Search.

✓ Result: The first 200 article titles will be displayed. If the full-text article is available online for a specific item, you will see a Full Text + Links link, a PDF link, or both immediately below the item. Click one of these links to view the full-text article.

✓ E-mail the full-text article you are viewing by clicking Abstract or Full Text + Links, then click E-mail Article located in the green box on the right-hand side of your screen.

✓ Lastly, find full-text articles cited in the article by scrolling to the references section at the end of the article and clicking on Full Text + Links, PDF, or Full Text via CrossRef when provided.

LexisNexis Academic To search LexisNexis Academic for business news using your key terms:

✓ Click the letter L on the Jump to menu.

✓ Click LexisNexis Academic.

✓ Click Business News.

✓ Select Business & Finance from the Step Two: Select a news source

drop-down menu.

✓ Type your key terms in the Guided News Search boxes in Step Three.

For example, in the first search box type: human resource manage*

In the second search box type: global or multinational

✓ Select the appropriate date range from the Step Four: Narrow to a specific date range menu.

✓ Click Search.

✓ Result: The first 25 retrieved article titles will be displayed. Click the title to access the full-text article.

✓ E-mail the article you are currently viewing by clicking Email located on the top right-hand side of your screen.

Mergent Online To search Mergent Online for company information:

✓ Click the letter M on the Jump to menu.

✓ Click Mergent Online.

✓ Click enter mergent online and proceed.

MarketLine To search MarketLine Business Information Centre for information about countries and worldwide industries and companies:

✓ Click the letter M on the Jump to menu.

✓ Click MarketLine Business Information Centre.

✓ Click Browse Industries and proceed.

Reference USA To search Reference USA for company information and sales leads:

✓ Click the letter R on the Jump to menu.

✓ Click Reference USA and proceed.

CountryWatch To search CountryWatch for information (including cultural, economic, and political information) about the countries of the world:

✓ Click the letter C on the Jump to menu.

✓ Click CountryWatch.

✓ Select a country from the drop-down menu located under the heading Shortcut to Country Review on the right-hand side of your screen and proceed.

Internet Resources

American Community Survey



American Factfinder



FedStats



Kids Count



State of New Jersey



Statistical Abstract of the United States



U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics



U.S. Census Bureau



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Created by Ms. Linda Cifelli, Ms. Caroline Geck, and Ms. Chrisler Pitts. February 7, 2007

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