Research Guides: Business Administration: Research Help

Welcome to the Business Administration Research Guide!

This guide is to help you get a jumpstart on Business Administration Research by giving an overview of what Business Administration Resources are available in the library, along with some quick tips on how to find and use them.

Databases

Sherratt Library provides access to a number of databases on a wide range of subjects. Below is a list of databases with content related to Business Administration:

ABI/INFORM Collection This link opens in a new window
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Thousands of full-text journals, dissertations, working papers, key business and economics periodicals such as the Economist, country-and industry-focused reports, and downloadable data. International coverage gives researchers a broad picture of companies and business trends around the world.
Academic Video Online (AVON) This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive video database covering more than 79,000 titles on anthropology, business, counseling, film health, history, music, and more curated for the educational experience of all types of library patrons.
Business Market Research Collection This link opens in a new window
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Conduct company, industry, economic and geopolitical market research with information from these sources: Hoover's Company Profiles - covering 40,000 global public and non-public companies including financials, competitors, officers, and more; OxResearch - succinct articles covering regional economic and political developments of significance; US and Worldwide Industry & Market Reports from Barnes Reports - covering global industries in depth; and Snapshots - market research overviews on 40+ industries and 40 countries.
Hospitality & Tourism Complete This link opens in a new window
More than 1.1 million records, with coverage dating back to 1931, with full text for over 525 publications, including periodicals, company & country reports, and books.
Periodicals include Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Education, Hosteur, Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, Current Issues in Tourism, International Journal of Tourism Research, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, Leisure Sciences, Nation's Restaurant News, Restaurant Business and many more.
Public Affairs Index This link opens in a new window
A bibliographic database, Public Affairs Index, covers all aspects of national and global contemporary public policy issues ranging from public health, the environment, housing, human and civil rights, to international commerce and conflict.
This database draws from a diverse array of scholarly journals, conference papers, trade publications and government documents to provide up-to-date information on a broad range of topics of concern to the world today.

Other Online Resources

O'Reilly Online Learning
- To access, enter your SUU issued email address, which will provide temporary access for 3 days, (if you don't clear your cookies or change browsers). If you choose to register you may have longer access, otherwise just sign up for temporary access again. Search, browse, read full text information technology and business ebooks online.

Journals and Periodicals

Although many of the journals we have in Sherratt Library are available in electronic form, there are times when a print copy is the way to go.

Follow this link to see the top journals in Business. Click on Subcategories and pick a field like Business, Economics & Management or Human Resources & Organizations to see a list of the top journals in that field. Once you find a title you are interested in, please search that title by following the link Find a Journal on the library’s homepage. This will indicate whether we have the journal in print or in databases, which databases, and the dates covered.

Books and Ebooks

Here at Sherratt Library, we use the Library of Congress classification system (call numbers) to organize most of our items, including print books and e-books. Below is a general list of call numbers that relate to Business Administration (they can help you find items faster).

There is not one good call number for Business Administration. You will end up looking in a number of places. Please ask a librarian for help. An example is below.

HF1131 - MBA

Both print books and ebooks can be found by searching the library catalog, here. You can go directly to an ebook databases to search for materials. Those resources are listed below.

EBSCO eBook Comprehensive Academic Collection This link opens in a new window
Many of these ebook titles appropriate for research at the college level are also searchable through the SUU Library Catalog, but due to the rotating nature of this collection, your most effective searching is done directly at the database.
EBSCO eBooks This link opens in a new window
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Full text access to over 160,000 eBooks from over 60 publishers including Springer, Taylor & Francis and Wiley Interscience covering a broad range of subject areas and topics. Users can search, cite, browse and read the full text of the eBooks online.
ProQuest Ebook Central This link opens in a new window
ProQuest Ebook Central is your ultimate Ebook Platform providing breadth and depth of authoritative content which offers scholarly ebooks from leading publishers paired with a sophisticated platform.

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Manage and Cite your Resources

For information on research and citation management, go to the Specialized Resources tab at the top of this page, and scroll down to the Manage and Cite your Resources box.