This document provides an overview of research databases for international business students. It explains that research databases allow efficient searching across scholarly publications and that the library pays for access to important databases. It highlights the library's e-source database for finding and accessing research databases and various subject and e-journal databases. Finally, it discusses off-campus access to fee-based databases through the library website using one's student account login.

1. International Business
2012|2013
Research Databases
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2. 2. Finding Information
Choosing sources: Research Databases
Research Databases allow you to search through many online
scholarly publications with one search and therefore save you time.
While there are databases that are freely available online, others
charge money. Zuyd Library pays subscription fees so that
students can use some important databases.
Make sure you get familiar with research databases
as they will be an important part of your assignment research.
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3. 2. Finding Information
Choosing sources: Research Databases
How can I find research databases?
Use the Zuyd Library E-source database.
http://bibliotheek.zuyd.nl
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4. Search
Browse
The E-source database on the Library website
provides a list of the most appropriate databases.
http://bibliotheek.zuyd.nl
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5. E-journal
database
Subject database
Subject database
E-journal
database
E-journal
database
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6. 2. Finding Information
Choosing sources: Subject databases
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7. 2. Finding Information
Choosing sources: Marketline Advantage
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12. Besides browsing you can search Marketline Advantage by entering keywords.
You can search all research items or select a certain subject (e.g. countries).
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14. The report appears full text on screen.
You can download each chapter and extract it to Word or PDF.
You can even extract the entire report to PDF format.
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16. You can download graphs, tables and figures in the report separately and extract them to various formats,
so you can use them in your own presentations or assignments.
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18. 2. Finding Information
Search tools: OECD iLibrary (Subject databases)
Organisation for
Economic
Co-operation and
Development
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19. You can access content via 3 main methods
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20. The Advanced Search option will search full text content.
If desired, define the search further using other options on the page:
date range, content language, content type(s), country or sort order.
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21. By default search results are sorted by relevance and by date.
These 5 documents are also available in PDF.
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24. OECD Factbook provides a global overview of today’s major economic, social and environmental
indicators, enabling direct comparisons between OECD Members and major additional countries.
In addition, every table and graph contain further data in Excel™.
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25. The OECD Factbooks Table of content is shown on screen. You can expand
or collapse each chapter and open it on screen or download it as PDF.
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27. 2. Finding Information
Choosing sources: E-journals
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28. The Zuyd Library website e-source database gives access to the e-journal
databases.
Attention: you can’t search for articles and full text content in the e-source
database. If you want to search for full text content and journal articles, it is
necessary to use the search options of the individual e-journal databases.
http://bibliotheek.zuyd.nl
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29. 17 e-journals on marketing are found.
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30. Example of an e-journal, shown in the e-journal database ScienceDirect.
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32. 2. Finding Information
Choosing sources: ScienceDirect (e-journal database)
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33. You can browse ScienceDirect by title (alphabetically) or by subject.
As in nearly every major research database there is an advanced search
option to ´fine tune´ your search.
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34. You can search for articles from the full-text collection using this search form.
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35. The Search Results page lists documents that meet your search criteria,
in order by relevance.
Too few results – edit this search
Too many results – refine with the left-hand menu
You can view or download the PDF.
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36. In a PDF, you see the document exactly as it appears in the print publication.
In most research databases you can find suggestions how to cite the retrieved article.
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38. 2. Finding Information
Choosing sources: Emerald (e-journal databases)
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39. Emerald
is a leading publisher
of journals on management.
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40. The advanced search screen in Emerald.
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43. Browsing in Emerald. Browse just journals.
Notice the option All content | Just my subscriptions (for full text articles only).
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45. 2. Finding Information
Choosing sources: E-journal Databases
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52. 2. Finding Information
Search tools: Home access
How do I access journals off-campus?
You can use fee-based databases at home via the Zuyd Library website
e-source database.
When you access a research database, this log in screen will appear
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53. Research Guide International Business
All IB library sources at a glance
www.netvibes.com/internationalbusiness
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