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Title: Research methodology in Business administration Information search


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Research methodology in Business
administrationInformation search
  • Magnus Olsson, Umeå University Library
  • magnus.olsson_at_ub.umu.se
  • Phone 786 91 81
  • Web page http//www.ub.umu.se/tjanste/maol/

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Research methodology in Business
administrationExpected learning outcomes
  • search, evaluate and use different types of
    information on a basic level

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Today youre going to learn more about
  • Information search
  • Search strategy and search tools
  • Databases

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Information sources
  • Dictionaries and term dictionaries
  • Ref qb, Ref qf, Ref q
  • Books
  • Album, Libris
  • Articles and reports
  • Databases
  • Journals
  • Printed and electronic

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Search strategy
  • What words should I use when searching
  • What database/s should I use
  • How do I expand my search
  • How do I limit my search
  • How do I search using free text

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Subject words
  • Keywords, Thesaurus, Descriptors, A-Z, Index
  • Tags

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Trunctuation
  • Market will give you markets, marketing etc.

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Boolean operators
  • Limit or expand your search with and, or, not

Leadership and busines Leadership or
business Leadershop not business
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Databases (articles)
  • Business Source Premier
  • Science Direct
  • Emerald
  • Web of Science

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Subject librarians
  • magnus.olsson_at_ub.umu.se
  • stefan.fleig_at_ub.umu.se
  • More information at
  • www.ub.umu.se
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