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MGMT 491 International Business
Davida Scharf, Van Houten Library
scharf@NJIT.edu
Spring 2011 – Country Project
http://web.njit.edu/~scharf/MGMT491-S11.ppt
Beyond
Agenda
• Free Web engines and sources
– Government and International organizations
– Commercial & news (free content)
– Other Libraries
• NJIT Library search engines
– Online Catalog (Books)
– Library Databases (articles
and special reports)
• Cite your sources
Metasearch Engines
Search the databases of several search engines at a time
Best for an overview of your topic on the Web, seeing which search engines will produce the best results, and for simple searches.
Downside, they aren't thorough. Most metasearch engines omit Google.
Who cares, besides me?
Info sponsored by reliable organizations with an interest:
1. Countries’ own govt’s, newspapers, etc.
2. US Govt (Dept of Commerce, CIA, Congress)
3. International Organizations (World Bank, UN, OECD)
4. News organizations
5. Corporations doing business internationally
Remember to consider the purpose/bias of the source of
the information
Evaluate your sources – Apply the CRAAP test
Currency: The timeliness of the information.
Relevance: The importance of the information for your needs.
Authority: The source of the information.
Accuracy: The reliability, truthfulness, and correctness of the
informational content.
Purpose: The reason the information exists.
More on Evaluating your sources
Watch this video:
‘Evaluating Sources’ by kagrifith: http://liontv.blip.tv/file/1720191 (9 minutes)
Use the criteria from the NJIT library website
http://library.njit.edu/researchhelpdesk/howto/evaluate.php
Local Government and Statistical Agencies
• May be a language barrier
• See census for a list of international statistical agencies: http://www.census.gov/main/www/stat_int.html
Canadian example:
Statistics Canada
Industry Canada
Environment Canada
Foreign Affairs & International Trade
1. - local
FedStats will guide you to relevant government agencies
U.S. Dept of Agriculture
Overall macroeconomic study
Bureau of Labor Statistics
2. – US Gov
Country Credit Ratings – Institutional Investorhttp://www.iimagazine.com/Rankings/RankingsRankCCSeGlobal08.aspx
4. – News orgs
Deutsche Bank Researchhttp://www.dbresearch.com/servlet/reweb2.ReWEB?rwsite=CIB_INTERNET_EN-PROD
5. – Corps
Remote access for catalog and ILL
Search for books
Request materials from other libraries
Databases (access at library)
Library website http://library.njit.edu
Get Help
Select books of interest – data also online
Global Competitiveness ReportWorld Economic Forum
World Development IndicatorsWorld Bank
NJIT Databases http://library.njit.edu/databases/
Best Choices for this class:
Business Source Complete or Premier
Lexis-Nexis
Cite your sources
• When you research a topic you may use information from articles, books, or the Web to support your ideas. However, you must credit the original authors of these sources by citing them. To cite means that you state where you found the information so that others can find the exact item again.
• Readers (including Professors!) should be able to locate the source you used without undue burden
• There are several systems or conventions for this.
Get a guest login on-site to
use the Rutgers DANA
Library
Here are my suggestions for useful business sources at NJIT and Rutgershttp://library.njit.edu/docs/
scharfguidetobusinessresearch.pdf
Harvard Library Country Guides -http://www.library.hbs.edu/guides/#country
ALSO:Other
researchers and librariansoften provide useful guides
to sources
NJIT Departments
Maya GervitsDirector of the Architecture Librarymaya.gervits@njit.edu (973) 642-4390- Rutgers University PhD, Art and architecture history - State Institute of Art History, Moscow, Russia MA, Art and architecture history - Russian Academy of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Russia
-Architecture-Art & Design
Davida ScharfDirector of Reference & Instructiondavida.scharf@njit.edu (973) 642-4397AOL: davidascharf Yahoo:davida_scharfGoogleTalk: davida.scharfBA, Art & Architectural History, Columbia U.
-Computer Science -History -Humanities and Social Sciences -Information Systems-Information Technology-Management
Haymwantee SinghReference Librariansinghh@adm.njit.edu (973) 596-8498IM haymwanteesingh-SUNY Albany MS, Industrial engineering – Alfred University – -BA, Mathematics –
-E-Learning-Electrical Engineering-Computer Engineering -Engineering Technology -Industrial Engineering-Manufacturing Engineering-Mathematics -Mechanical Engineering
Bruce Slutsky Reference Librarianslutsky@adm.njit.edu (973) 642-4950AOL/YID-IM bruceSNJIT- Pratt MS, Organic chemistry – BS, Chemistry – City College of New York
-Biomedical Engineering -Biology-Chemical Engineering -Chemistry & Environmental Sci. -Civil Engineering-Environmental Engineering & Sci.-Hazardous -Materials Science-Pharmaceutical Engineering-Physics
Heather Huey Information Literacy Librarianhuey@njit.edu (973) 596-8499AOL/YID-IM HeatherNJITMSN: HeatherNJIT@hotmail.comGoogleTalk: heatherhueyMLIS - BA - Northwestern College
-Information Literacy-Research Roadmaps
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