This Research Guide provides suggested library resources such as books, e-books, and databases with articles and images pertaining to business administration. Reliable, freely available Websites and other resources are also listed.
Databases are for students, faculty, and staff of Tennessee State University to use to find journal articles, and other information relative to their research interest. Some content may be replicated on different data bases; however, each database will often have resources unique to it. If you find citations without the full-text, sometimes "web-bridge" will direct you to another database.
To access databases and eJournals off campus you must use your user name and password. For assistance with problem logins, contact Colette Bradley (cbradley@tnstate.edu) or at 615-963-5489.
"Detailed company and industry profiles including SWOT reports, market share reports, and financial reports." Plus company histories, industry essays, scholarly journals, and business news.
"All companies, foreign and domestic are required to file registration statements, periodic reports, and other forms through EDGAR." This site provides access to company filings.
Current and relevant content from over 500 industry journals. Well-rounded historical and current state of affairs coverage. Some specialized coverage - including cultural aspects of travel, leisure activities, economic aspects of tourism, and more.
Provides Internet-based access to the most detailed, accurate and comprehensive global company database available, with the latest in features and functions.
Includes market research, industry trends analysis, statistical tables, technologies analysis, company executives, job seekers resources and more.
Provides full-text business publications on regional level - useful for franchise restaurants, retail industry, business planning, or political participation.
BLASE is designed to assist researchers in locating sources relevant to the many issues surrounding these critically important subject areas, both of which have now attained global prominence. Organized into sixteen tabs, each covering a distinct type of material, the database builds upon HeinOnline’s historical strengths in legal periodical literature, case law, and U. S. federal and state materials by providing a unique topical arrangement for the documents within each tab while also adding many important new resources not previously available in HeinOnline.
A comprehensive business resource for the undergraduate researcher seeking company news, the public library patron making personal investment decisions, or the high school student looking to major in business administration, Business Collection provides full-text coverage of all business disciplines including accounting, economics, finance, marketing, management and strategy, as well as business theory and practice. Users will understand the activities of companies and industries worldwide through nearly 4,000 leading business and trade publications, updated daily. Complementing these titles is a selection of international, U.S., and regional news publications, all available on the state-of-the-art InfoTrac platform.
Market Research and American Business, 1935-1965 provides a unique insight into the American consumer boom of the mid-20th century through access to the complete market research reports of Ernest Dichter, the era’s foremost consumer analyst, market
It includes international, peer-reviewed journals, including high-impact research titles published on behalf of over 500 scholarly and professional societies.
Electronic access to more than 1,000 peer-reviewed journals (over 1 million articles)
Complimentary access back to 1999 and includes collections in Communication, Psychology, Sociology, Social Work and Social Policy, Urban Studies, Criminal Justice, Education, Nursing, Public Health, Management and Organization as well agriculture.
This database is fully funded, or partially funded, by an HBCU Title III grant from the U.S. Department of Education, P031B220034, 2023-2027.
Taylor and Francis Online contains journal packages for Education, Biology, Agriculture, Environmental Science, Business, Health Sciences, and Social Sciences.
The Wall Street Journal publishes business and economic-focused news from around the globe, including market data, commodities, currencies, and more. Users need to create a WSJ account during their first visit.
This database is fully funded, or partially funded, by an HBCU Title III grant from the U.S. Department of Education, P031B220034, 2023-2027.
A multidisciplinary collection of online resources which include agriculture, business, nursing, health, social sciences and technology. Provides access to 1500 journals, thousands of ebooks, and hundreds of reference works, laboratory protocols and databases.
This database fully funded, or partially funded, by an HBCU Title III grant from the U.S. Department of Education, P031B170028, 2018-2022.
How to Do Effective Library Research
Choose or Identify a Topic
An idea for a topic should always be discussed with your instructor. A topic can be viewed much like the scientific method in which a new perspective is developed or knowledge is added. This is generally considered to include 1) definition of a problem to be investigated, 2) collection of initial data, 3) use of data to form a theory or hypothesis explaining the problem 4) further collection of data to verify or modify the hypothesis through observation or experiment, 5) testing the data, and 6) interpreting the results to determine how it relates to the initial problem.
Citing Sources of Information
The library owns several style manuals to help you properly cite sources of information. The instructor should recommend a format for your research paper which will include any of the following:
Looking for a book or article that we don't have? You may be able to acquire it through "Interlibrary Loan." Located under "Quick Links."
Interlibrary loan allows us to borrow resource materials on your behalf from almost any library in the nation. Although some libraries charge a fee for this service, we will make every effort to borrow only from those that do not charge for this service.
Save your work!
In the world of computers Murphy's Law is always in effect!
"If something can go wrong, it will."
Don't wait until you are finished - save it to a flash drive as you progress through your project.
Unexpected interruptions (like power failures) do occur.