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Welcome. This session will update you on : Business and company databases E- journals and business articles. Getting access to resources. you have 24 hour access to the Library’s electronic resources you can log in at home, work, the Library, Business Faculty labs, UTS computer labs
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Welcome • This session will update you on: • Business and company databases • E- journals and business articles
Getting access to resources • you have 24 hour access to the Library’s electronic resources • you can log in at home, work, the Library, Business Faculty labs, UTS computer labs • how? You need to activate your UTS webmail username and passwordhttps://email.itd.uts.edu.au/email/
Company information • Company 360 – annual reports • Business Source Premier – academic articles • Google scholar – with UTS holdings • Factiva and Newsbank – newspaper articles
Business Databases – company information • Datamonitor • Passport GMID • Euromonitor • MintGlobal • Factiva
Factiva Use the Companies/Markets tab
Passport gmid • Passport GMIDKey business intelligence on countries, markets and companies. Includes demographic, economic + country data, retail sales data, consumer market size + product information. • Time Span1999 +
Getting Academic articles • Go to: • Use Business Source Complete • Google Scholar
What are refereed journals? • refereed journals have an editorial board to approve publication, a reference list and up to date contact details • they are also known as peer reviewed articles • state of the art research
Business Source Complete • Use Business Source Complete for academic articles and commentary about industries
Using • many databases do not hold the full text of an article • use the link to find it on another UTS subscription database • it will take you to the article if UTS has a subscription
Database search techniques • use the connecting words and/or • the truncation symbol * enables a word to be searched by its stem, eg. manag* searches for manage, manager, management, etc. • the wildcard symbol ? ensures different spellings are searched, eg. Globali?ationsearches for globalisation (AUS) or globalization (USA)
Using Google Scholar • Type this URL into your browser http://scholar.google.com.au.ezproxy.lib.uts.edu.au/ • UTS holdings will be available • Refworks and Endnote can be added to the preferences
Why use Google Scholar? • full text @uts has been added to the records • references can be imported to both Endnote and Refworks by changing Scholar preferences • Scholar includes “cited” references i.e other articles which have used the research
Adding Endnote and Refworks • Change Scholar preferences to link to Refworks and Endnote
Refworks and Endnote • Go to the Library website – type in Endnote and follow the download instructions • Also download Harvard (UTS) • For Refworks – use the Library catalogue and type in Refworks • Make a new account and use the “Output style manager” to choose Harvard (UTS)