The document provides information and resources for business students conducting research, including how to choose a topic, find and evaluate sources, properly cite work, and where to access databases and materials. It also introduces the business librarian Laura Slavin and includes tips on searching the catalog, using interlibrary loans, and accessing specific databases like JSTOR and census data sources. Sample citations are given and instructions on how to number and format tables in papers.

1. Library ins and outs designed
specifically for
Business Students
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2. I am available
to help you
with research
and citing your
work.
Laura Slavin, MLS,
MBA
Librarian
Extraordinaire
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3. • Decide on a topic. What do you want to
write about? What is your thesis?
• Look up background information. This
will help you develop and refine your
thesis.
• Search for appropriate sources
• Evaluate the sources as you find them
• Manage, Cite and properly integrate
your sources as support for your thesis
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4. • Search the library
catalog
• Search databases
• Get an interlibrary
loan
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5. • Dig into your
research topic
• Geared toward
history course
work
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7. JSTOR
United States Census Bureau
Statistical Abstract of the United States
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8. JSTOR is perfect for
business research. It
contains older issues of
important journals.
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12.  Order books and
articles that LMU
Library does not have!
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13.  Create
precise
citations
 Avoid
Plagiarism
 Handbook
at library
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15. Clearly presented in parentheses:
The sample as a whole was relatively young (M =
19.22, SD = 3.45).
The average age of students was 19.22 years
(SD = 3.45).
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16. Are also most clearly displayed in parentheses
with no decimal places:
Nearly half (49%) of the sample was married.
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17. Are reported with degrees of freedom and sample
size in parentheses, the Pearson chi-square value
(rounded to two decimal places), and the
significance level:
The percentage of participants that were married
did not differ by gender, c2(1, N = 90) = 0.89, p =
.35.
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18. Are reported with the degrees of freedom (which
is N-2) in parentheses and the significance level:
The two variables were strongly correlated, r(55)
= .49, p < .01.
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21. Numbers. Number all tables with Arabic numerals
sequentially.
Titles. Like the title of the paper itself, each table must have a
clear and concise title.
Headings. Keep headings clear and brief. The heading should
not be much wider than the widest entry in the column. All
columns must have
Body. In reporting the data, consistency is key: Numerals
should be expressed to a consistent number of decimal places
that is determined by the precision of measurement.
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24. Business Subject
Guide
• Click the Subject Guide Link
• Click on the LibGuides Link
• Look for my name (Laura Slavin)
• Click on the Business Subject
Guide

25. http://libguides.lmunet
.edu/business

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