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MGMT 491 International Business. B e y o n d. Davida Scharf, Van Houten Library scharf@NJIT.edu Spring 2011 – Country Project http://web.njit.edu/~scharf/MGMT491-S11.ppt. Academic research today usually requires using the library website AND the open web. Library. Web. Agenda.
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MGMT 491 International Business Beyond Davida Scharf, Van Houten Library scharf@NJIT.edu Spring 2011 – Country Project http://web.njit.edu/~scharf/MGMT491-S11.ppt
Academic research today usually requires using the library website AND the open web Library Web
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
Author unknown. Source: Marsha Miller, Indiana State University.
Using Web Search Engines But do you know…? Subject directories Meta Search Engines
Internet Public Library International Newspapers http://www.ipl.org/div/news/
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: • Countries’ own govt’s, newspapers, etc. • US Govt (Dept of Commerce, CIA, Congress) • International Organizations (World Bank, UN, OECD) • News organizations • 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
Ghana.gov.gh 1. - local Business / Doing Business
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
U.S. Government Search Engine and Directory: FedStats www.fedstats.gov 2. – US Gov
FedStats will guide you to relevant government agencies 2. – US Gov U.S. Dept of Agriculture Overall macroeconomic study Bureau of Labor Statistics
Portals to the World (LoC) http://international.loc.gov/intldl/intldlhome.html 2. – US Gov
Library of Congress Country Studies (LoC) http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/
CIA World Factbook https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/ 2. – US Gov
OECD www.oecd.org 3. – Intl orgs
International Monetary Fund (IMF)http://www.imf.org/external/ 3. – Intl orgs
United Nations – Association of Governmentshttp://data.un.org/ 3. – Intl orgs
World Bank – Data and Research http://econ.worldbank.org/ 3. – Intl orgs
World Bank “Doing Business In” project http://www.doingbusiness.org
Economist Country Briefings http://www.economist.com/countries/ 4. – News orgs
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 Library website http://library.njit.edu Databases (access at library) Search for books Get Help Request materials from other libraries
Library Website: http://library.njit.edu Books: Access online catalog on website
Books: Typing your country into library catalog is not the best search strategy e.g. Canada
However books can be a useful resource for history or a specific aspect (e.g. NAFTA)
Select books of interest – data also online Global Competitiveness Report World Economic Forum World Development Indicators World Bank
NJIT Databases http://library.njit.edu/databases/ • Best Choices for this class: • Business Source Complete or Premier • Lexis-Nexis
Business Source Premier (or Complete): Country and Industry Reports, News and Trade Journals
Business Source Premier (BSP): Country Reports Sort by Date for most recent
Boolean Search Strategies Video explanation at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tm-sDKCnO4
Lexis Nexis: Country Reports + full text newspapers, magazines and reports
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.