Databases
Use the subscription databases available from the library's Web site to find the sources for your Analytical Report.
General
Use these multi-subject databases for any topic:
Access World News
A product of NewsBank, Access World News contains the full-text of nearly 1700, mostly English-language, news sources from around the world, with coverage for most beginning in the 90s or 00s. All titles may be searched at once or specific regions, countries, or states may be searched separately by clicking on the map.
General OneFile
A very large full-text database with over 50 million articles covering a myriad of subjects, General OneFile indexes both newspapers and journals. Coverage is from 1980 to present. A few journals, especially older dates, give only selective full-text.
WilsonSelectPlus
This completely full-text database includes articles from a wide range of subject fields including science, humanities, education and business. Coverage is from 1994 to the present.
Business Specific
ABI/INFORM
One of the first electronic databases, ABI/INFORM has been a premier source of business and corporate information for more than 30 years. The database contains content from thousands of journals that help researchers track business conditions, trends, management techniques, corporate strategies, and industry-specific topics worldwide. Coverage for this database begins in 1971.
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe
The Business section in Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe contains Company Profiles and Industry Snapshots from Hoover as well as articles from such business sources as Business Week and Fortune.
Mergent Online
Mergent Online is the online equivalent of the print Moody’s/Mergent manuals. Use this database to find information on a company including history, officers, bond ratings, and detailed financial information. Companies can even be compared to similar companies based upon a wide range of financial information.
*Click here to access a guide on using Mergent Online.
Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage
Net Advantage gives easy access to comprehensive data on companies, executives, industries, stocks, bonds and mutual funds--and solid investment advice from top analysts. The information contained in this database is provided by Standard & Poor’s the world’s most trusted provider of business, financial and investment information.
*Click here to access a guide on using Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage.
Wilson Business
A comprehensive indexing source for business literature, Wilson Business contains citations and very little full text. Use the Find It button to determine availability of articles.
For information on accessing databases from off-campus, click here.
Journal Locations
Current Periodicals - Second Floor
Bound Periodicals (1995 - present) - Second Floor
Bound Periodicals (before 1995) - Lower Level
Microforms (microfilm and microfiche) - Second Floor
Remember that the staff at the Information Desk on the Second Floor can help locate journals and use the microforms.
If FLITE does not own the article in any format, use InterLibrary Loan.
Citing Sources
Whenever you are quoting or using information from a source, you must credit or cite that source. Failure to do so is plagiarism which can lead to expulsion from the University. APA and MLA are two formats for citation. The following links provide information on how to use either APA or MLA.
RefWorks
RefWorks is an online research management tool that allows users to create personal bibliographic databases and use them for a variety of research activities. References are quickly and easily imported from text files or online databases and records can be formatted in hundreds of output styles from APA, MLA, Chicago etc.
Citation Style Guide: APA (PDF)
An online version of an APA Quick Reference handout which provides the citation style for several basic types of sources, requires Adoboe Acrobat Reader.
APA List of References
More examples of how cite different types of sources using the APA format.
Citation Style Guide: MLA (PDF)
An online version of FLITE's MLA Quick Reference handout, requires Adoboe Acrobat Reader.
MLA Format
More examples of how cite different types of sources using the MLA format.
If you have any questions about using the library for research, Email Paul Kammerdiner.
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Last update: February 8, 2008