Pathfinder Business Research

... in the Drain-Jordan Library, West Virginia State University
Students are encouraged to exploit the resources of the Drain-Jordan Library. The library offers databases (collections of electronic articles); print and e (electronic) books; and print/microfilm journals. There are facts, opinions, and statistics to support and enhance any research project.
Let's Get Started!
The library's web site (library.wvstateu.edu) is an excellent starting point. The online book catalog and some databases are always available (24/7/365) on OR off-campus. To access some of the databases off-campus, simply input the library barcode located on the back of a WVSU ID. Of course all the library resources are available in the library whenever it is open. If you need assistance with the library's resources, please do not hesitate to ask a librarian for help.
    Assistance is available the following ways:
  1. In person at the reference desk
  2. Telephone-reference desk direct line is 304-766-3135 or call the main number of the library 304-766-3116
  3. Ask-A-Librarian email located on the library's web page
ELECTRONIC RESOURCES
  1. To search for e(electronic) books - click on the Library Ebooks link located in under the Book Catalog link. Click on the NetLibrary link (either on or off campus depending on your location). Searching "business" by full-text (small box to the left of the search box) will produce over 5,000 books - limiting your search by subject will generate a much smaller, although probably more pertinent, result.
  2. Located in the middle of the library's web page (library.wvstateu.edu), the MAG/JOURNAL INDEXES WITH FULL-TEXT ARTICLES link will pull up various databases. Remember databases are collections of electronic articles. Clicking on the EBSCO database collection will result in a list of sub-databases that include "Business Source Elite" and "regional Business News." After clicking on the sub databases to search (multiple databases can be searched simultaneously), begin the search by typing in 1,2, or 3 of the blank search boxes. Searches can be refined by limiting results to full-text (results are limited to entire or full-text articles) and scholarly (peer-reviewed) articles. Scholarly or peer-reviewed articles are written by experts and researchers in their chosen profession. Included in the "Business Source Elite" sub database is a list of company profiles. The "company profile" tab is located in the blue bar at the top of the first page of "Business Source Elite" sub-database.
  3. Let's return to the MAG/JOURNAL INDEXES WITH FULL-TEXT ARTICLES link on the library's web page. Click on the MAG/JOURNAL link again but click on the INFOTRAC link. Infotrac has on e database - "Academic OneFile" and an ebook collection - "Gale Virtual Reference Library." The ebook collection contains a multi-volume encyclopedia "Encyclopedia of Business and Finance."

    Other business resources include print books, journals and newspapers. Some business journal and newspapers are available in microfilm format.

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this Pathfinder located at http://library.wvstateu.edu/pathfind/pathbusiness.html
Mary Horn 9/2010

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