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Research method and academic writing D How do I find scientific articles? Magnus Olsson, Ume university libarary magnus.olsson@ub.umu.se Tel: 786 91 81 Web page: http://www.ub.umu.se/tjanste/maol/http://www.ub.umu.se/tjanste/maol/

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Agenda Evaluation of information sources Search strategies and search tools in databases Business Source Premier Some quality internet sources for business Workshop

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Evaluation of information sources a few guidelines Author and Publisher Tendency Purpose and audience Recency Edition References

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How do I get hold of this specific scholarly article? Buchanan, D. Dawson, P. (2007) Discourse and Audience: Organizational Change as Multi-Story Process, Journal of Management Studies 44(5) 669 686.

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During Research method and academic writing you should find and use two scholarly (scientific) articles not included on the reading list. How do I find scholarly articles? For example in of our databases: Business Source Premier

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Search strategies in databases What words should I use when searching? How do I expand my search? How do I limit my search? How do I search using keywords?

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Keywords Thesaurus, Descriptors, subject words, A-Z, Index etc. Tags

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Business source premier Business Source Premier is a full text business database, covering management, economics, finance, accounting, international business. Peer-review Thesaurus

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Fulltext Thesaurus Peer- review

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http://www.ub.umu.se/eng_infosok/eng_hemifr.htm Off-Campus Access to Umea University Library's databases, e-books and e-journals

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Other information sources Encyclopedias and dictionaries Encyclopedia Britanica, New Palgrave dictionary of economics Books Album

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Quality Internet sources, some examples: http://www.europages.com/ (directory of companies/products)http://www.europages.com/ http://www.euromonitor.com/ (business intelligence on industries, countries and consumers)http://www.euromonitor.com/ http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/index_en.htm (EU DG Enterprise and Industry's website), statistics, newshttp://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/index_en.htm http://www.scb.se/default____2154.aspx (swedish business statistics)http://www.scb.se/default____2154.aspx http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/eurostat/ho me/ (EU and candidate countries)http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/eurostat/ho me/

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For internet sources in your reference list include the following information Name of author, organization, corporation or authority Year when information was updated (if available) Name of web page or document Title of web site Complete URL (http://.), and Date when you retrieved the information Example: IMF (2010), Statement by an IMF Mission to Nicaragua, http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2010/pr1084.htmhttp://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2010/pr1084.htm (2010- 03-12)

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How do I write references? http://libweb.anglia.ac.uk/referencing/harvard.htm?harvard_id_r emove=8#8 (Harvard)http://libweb.anglia.ac.uk/referencing/harvard.htm?harvard_id_r emove=8#8

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Subject librarians magnus.olsson@ub.umu.se stefan.fleig@ub.umu.se