Screen-shot based tutorial for introduction to business. Tips and tricks to searching LexisNexis and EBSCOhost Academic Search Elite and Business Source.

1. LexisNexis Legal and Business Database of articles, laws, and company dossiers

2. 1.) Select the business tab How to find a company dossier 2.) Type in the name of the business 3.) Click search

3. How to find a company dossier Click on the company

4. How to find a company dossier View this snapshot report or get more information from the report section

5. Find articles about a company 1.) Select the general tab 4.) Click Search 2.) Enter the company name 3.) Select these limits

6. Find articles about a company Enter a search term to narrow your search Limit your results list by source Click on a title for the article

7. FULL TEXT VIEW OF AN ARTICLE Print, Email, Save, Citation Export Drop down arrow next to a word or phrase provides links to expand search

8. EBSCOhost Database of scholarly peer-reviewed journal articles

9. Once you click on the EBSCOhost link, (and enter your username/password if accessing from an off campus computer) select these two collections, and click continue

10. Enter your search keywords (the words that best describe your research topic) Select FULL TEXT and SCHOLARLY (PEER REVIEWED) JOURNALS Then click search!

11. Your results page will contain of a list of titles like this one. The title is a link to more information about the resource. Use these terms to guide your searching. *warning: they will take you to new results NOT related to your first search The abstract provides a concise overview of the entire article

12. Once you view the expanded view of an article you can… Get the full-text article in HTML (hypertext markup language, limited formatting) or PDF (portable document file, full formatting) Titles of icons from left to right: Print, email, save, get the citation, save it to a file in EBSCO, create a note