Need Published Articles about Your Company?
Leanne Wells
Introduction
Alongside the company databases we’ve just explored, UNB Libraries offer faculty and students access to thousands of published full-text articles from business journals, trade publications, magazines, and current news sources. These articles are used to locate additional information on a variety of issues including new products, competitors, stock prices, market share, environmental issues, corporate social responsibility, etc.
Business and management students access published articles from the following three business article databases on a regular basis. The articles within each of these databases contain a variety of proprietary full-text articles which will help you strengthen your presentations and reports.
- Business Source Ultimate (BSU)
- ABI/INFORM Complete (ABI)
- Canadian Business & Current Affairs Complete (CBCA)
Each database offers students the opportunity to craft their own search strategy and search through thousands of publications at the same time. As you search, gather, and read different sources from the article databases, please keep in mind that no single database can provide the depth and breadth of business information required; this is why our libraries subscribe to three different business article databases.
Searching all three databases increases your ability to locate the best evidence available about your company. Keep in mind that if your company is privately held, it may be difficult to find very much information. Searching the business article databases can provide you with useful information disclosed by the company in press releases or news articles.
Links to the “big three” business article databases (BSU, ABI and CBCA) are available on the library’s Business & Management subject guide (shown below).
Business Source Ultimate is an EBSCO database; ABI Inform Complete and Canadian Business & Current Affairs are both ProQuest databases.
Database vendors (EBSCO and ProQuest) use their own controlled vocabulary (a set of words or phrases) to categorize content within their databases. Tapping into the controlled vocabulary within these databases by using their thesaurus or subject headings can really help to retrieve more precise search results.
Another strategy that students use when searching is to skim their results for different terminologies and then include them in a second round of searching.
Lastly, keep a record of the complete American Psychological Association (APA) citation (author, date, title, periodical name, volume number, and pages) for any articles you intend to use in your presentation or report. Keeping a record of your citations will make the task of preparing a list of references much easier when you are ready to submit your report.
QUICK TIP
Though databases have different interfaces, each operates according to similar principles. Always check the Help & Search Tip screens within each database to discover tips for searching, v