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Your Information Is Only as Good as your Source

Your Information Is Only as Good as your Source. Background Information. Use Sources such as these to get background information on your topic: Encyclopedia Encyclopedia of Business Ethics Encyclopedia of Small Business Marketing Encyclopedia

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Your Information Is Only as Good as your Source

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  1. Your Information Is Only as Good as your Source

  2. Background Information Use Sources such as these to get background information on your topic: Encyclopedia Encyclopedia of Business Ethics Encyclopedia of Small Business Marketing Encyclopedia (Never Discount the usefulness of Britannica) Dictionary Concise Dictionary of Business Management Dictionary of Business and Economics

  3. Identifying Scholarly Journals vs. Popular & Trade Magazines Adapted by Margaret G. Burke from Darylyne Provost’s USM site, September 26, 2005

  4. How to think like a Database And Or We use OR to expand our search. “Computers” OR “Laptops” “Computers” OR “Laptops” OR “Mac” OR “PC” AND is used when you want to control your search! “Game Theory” AND “Political Psychology”” Important Note: Quotation marks makes something a phrase rather then random words. Sample: Hypothesis : Game Theory can be used with political psychology to predict behavior. I would construct my database search like this “Game Theory” And “Political Psychology” And Behavior

  5. Wildcards * The asterisks. In the world of Databases the asterisk is used to represent multiple characters. Econom* would search for economy, economics, economical, ect. ? The Question mark. In the world of Databases the Question mark is used to replace a single characters. Wom?n would search woman, women, womin

  6. Top Databases in Their Fields • Medline(Medical) • ERIC (Education) • JSTOR (Scholarly Multiple fields) • PsycInfo (Psychology) • Science Direct • Military and Government Collection • Literature Criticism Online

  7. Governmental Sites • U.S. Census • www.census.gov • http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab • U.S. Government Print Office • www.gpoaccess.gov • Government Accountability Office (Auditors of Congress and Governmental programs dating back to 1935) • www.gao.gov • U.S. bureau of Labor Statistics • www.bls.gov • U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (Source of US economic statistics including national income and product accounts (NIPAs) • www.bea.gov Side Note: Most of what the U.S. Government compiles for the national level NY State does for the State level and more limitedly NY City does for the City. See: NY Statistical Yearbook, Statistical Abstract (very good books dealing with state and national statistics.

  8. Always remember when doing any research that … Your Information is only as good as your source. William T. Caniano Assistant Professor Business Reference Librarian 463-5963 William.caniano@hofstra.edu

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