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Business : Independent Study

Basics on doing research at Dartmouth. Searching for scholarly books and articles, and managing sources and citations
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Search the Web

Make the most of your web searches. 

If you're on the Dartmouth network, Google Scholar will link back to Library-subscribed journals and publications.

Use the Advanced Search features in Google.   

  • Limit to PDF files to find reports: filetype:pdf 
  • Limit to Excel files for data: filetype:xls
  • Limit your results to a domain like .edu, .org, or .gov: site:.gov

Article Databases

  • Scholarly
  • Newspapers
  • Trade Journals
  • Search Strategies

Should I search more than one database?  Depending upon what you're looking for, YES.  Although there's overlap, all publications aren't in every database, e.g. Harvard Business Review is in Business Source & Sloan Managment Review is in ABI/Inform.  If you don't want to miss something, search more than one.

  • ABI/INFORM Collection This link opens in a new window
    Indexes business and management journals worldwide; covers corporate strategies, marketing, product development, industry conditions, management techniques, business trends, management practice and theory, corporate strategy and tactics, and more. Includes the full text of articles from many publishers and links to full text options for other articles. 1923 to present.
  • Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
    Indexes business journals worldwide; covers marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance, economics and more. Also includes financial data, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, and SWOT analyses. Includes the full text of articles from many publishers and links to full text options for other articles. 1886 to present.
  • EconLit This link opens in a new window
    Indexes 30+ years of economics literature from around the world. Compiled by the American Economic Association, EconLit is a comprehensive index of journal articles, books, book reviews, collective volume articles, working papers and dissertations.
  • ScienceDirect Journals This link opens in a new window
    Journal articles and book chapters from more than 2,500 peer-reviewed journals and more than 11,000 books, including business, management, accounting, decision sciences, economics, econometrics and finance.
  • Scopus This link opens in a new window
    Abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature, with bibliometrics tools to track, analyze and visualize research. It contains over 22,000 titles from more than 5,000 publishers around the world, covering the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and Arts & Humanities. Scopus has 55 million records dating back to 1823, 84% of these contain references dating from 1996.
  • Web of Science This link opens in a new window
    Citation database with multidisciplinary coverage of journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Indexes the journal literature and tracks article citation histories.
  • Factiva This link opens in a new window
    Indexes and provides full text to 33,000 news and business information sources from 200 countries in 28 languages, includes regional and industry publications, newspapers, newswires, Web and blog content.
  • Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
    Provides access to full text resources on topics including current and general news; business and financial information; newspapers; company directories; government and politics; medical and health topics; accounting, auditing, and tax; federal and state laws; legal cases; regulations; and patents.
  • FT.com | Register
  • NYT.com | Register/Renew
  • Regional Business News (EBSCOHost)
  • WSJ.com | Register
  • Washington Post
  • ABI/INFORM Collection This link opens in a new window
    Indexes business and management journals worldwide; covers corporate strategies, marketing, product development, industry conditions, management techniques, business trends, management practice and theory, corporate strategy and tactics, and more. Includes the full text of articles from many publishers and links to full text options for other articles. 1923 to present.
  • Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
    Indexes business journals worldwide; covers marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance, economics and more. Also includes financial data, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, and SWOT analyses. Includes the full text of articles from many publishers and links to full text options for other articles. 1886 to present.
  • Factiva This link opens in a new window
    Indexes and provides full text to 33,000 news and business information sources from 200 countries in 28 languages, includes regional and industry publications, newspapers, newswires, Web and blog content.

Start with a question:

"How does board diversity affect the bottom line in banking?"

Break your question into concepts, using synonyms or similar ideas together.

Concept A

 

Concept B

 

Concept C

Board

AND

diversity

AND

profit

OR

OR

OR

Board of Directors

inclusion

performance

OR 

OR

OR

Corporate Directors

gender

benefits

 

Use your terms in the database search:

(HINT: Use the * to truncate your search terms. Perform* will return performance, performing, performed etc.. 5221* returns all NAICS codes that start with those digits.)

Sample search criteria from Business Source UltimateSample search from Business Source Ultimate

Manage Sources & Citations with Zotero

Zotero is a great free reference manager that collects all your references in a single, searchable application (your library). You can add PDFs, images, websites, and really anything else. It can attach pdf files to the parent record for an item and saves all the links and information you need.

  • Keep track of references, links, and pdfs as you research a topic
  • Insert references and bibliographies into your research papers in seconds
  • Annotate pdfs with searchable notes
  • Works on Mac / Windows / Linux / iOS / Android (Pilot)
  • Compatible with Microsoft Word / OpenOffice / Google Docs

Everyone with a @dartmouth.edu email account has access to free, unlimited Zotero storage. Follow our guide to set up or troubleshoot your account. 

  • Dartmouth Libraries' Zotero Guide
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Citations & Style

  • Sources and Citations at Dartmouth College
    A guide to properly citing resources.
  • Cover ArtThe Chicago Manual of Style, 17th Edition by The University The University of Chicago Press Editorial Staff
    ISBN: 9780226287058
    Publication Date: 2017
  • Cover ArtPublication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.)
    Call Number: Baker-Berry Reference BF76.7 .P83 2020
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  • Last Updated: Mar 18, 2025 3:31 PM
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