Maria Deptula provides a library presentation to help students with their management term papers. She discusses researching topics using the Berkeley College library databases like Business Source Premier and ABI Inform, which contain articles, reports and company data. Students must find at least five relevant sources to analyze their management topic and how it applies to two or three companies. Deptula reviews searching techniques, evaluating sources and citing sources properly to avoid plagiarism. She is available for any research assistance and encourages students to contact her.

1. Library Help for your Assignment
Prof. D. Reonieri
August 3rd
, 2011
Presented by Maria Deptula

2. Library Liaison
 I provide Library Research
assistance for Students
taking BUS, MGT and IBS
classes
Information Science
Professional
 Library Science /MA/MLIS –
Yes we actually go to school
to become professional
librarian!
How to contact me:
I am the Paramus Campus
Library Director
You are welcome to:
Walk in. 
e-mail me:
mde@berkeleycollege.edu
Or call me:
#201-967-9667 ext. 1764

3.  To provide research guidanceresearch guidance for your
term paper.
 Pay attention
 Take notes
 Ask questions
 Quick quiz at the end of this presentation !
There is a lot toThere is a lot to
cover !cover !

4. From Your Syllabus
Final Paper– 25 % OF YOUR GRADE
 The paper is to focus on one aspect of
Management (refer to your text for possible
topics). The analysis should consider the one
aspect and how it practically applied in two or
three actual companies.
 **However, companies found in cases in the
book are not valid topic/company
combinations for this paper.

5.  You must use the Berkeley College
Library databases to find at least five (5)
relevant articles from business periodicals
and academic journals that focus on the
topic and give information on how that
management topic is actually being
applied in companies.

6. Topics to Cover from
Textbook
 Framework of Business (entrepreneurial spirit, strategic
alliances, the changing workforce)
 Business Ethics/Social Responsibility
 Economics
 Compensation
 Business Organization (i.e. franchising, women-owned/small-
owned, mergers/acquisitions)
 Entrepreneurships
 Management (strategic planning, leadership styles, organization
structures)
 Human Resources (employee motivation, labor relations)
 Marketing
 Accounting/Finance
 Financial Management

7. Choose Your Topic /think of keywords
you’ll need to search your topic.
Research your topic using the library
databases:

8. Google is great!
 Is quick, easy to use, gives you loads of results
and familiar BUT
 Scholarly and academic information is more
difficult to sift through to find.
 Not reliable, not academic.

12. Q: HAVE YOU USED DATABASES
FOR RESEARCH BEFORE?
A. YES
B. NO
C. NOT SURE

13.  An online database is a proprietary collection of
records or data stored on a computer that can be
accessed/searched by users via the Internet.
 The information in these databases can be original
content or it can come from sources such as
newspapers, magazines, academic journals,
encyclopedias, reference books, etc.
 Information in databases goes through an editorial
process that information found on the Internet does
not.

14. Recent News - Articles
Company data
Literary criticism
Business / Industry /Financial Data
Annual Reports
Full text encyclopedias
MUCH MORE

15. WE WILL COVER TODAY:
Business Source Premier
ABI Inform (from Proquest)
Lexis-Nexis Academic
What?

18. LEXIS_NEXIS
ACADEMIC

19. Before you commit to
a topic, perform a
quick search in at
least one of the
databases to make
sure you can find
useful material.

20.  What words should you use?
 Employee motivation
▪ Workplace or job motivation
▪ Worker or job satisfaction
▪ Employee retention or employee morale
▪ Employee engagement
 Remember use textbook or encyclopedia
for assistance!

26. If you are
overwhelmed with
the number of hits
you can narrow
your search to:
Title
Subject
Date of publication
If you don’t
have enough
articles – use
different
search terms
(synonyms)

28. Open by
“clicking "on
hyperlinked
title

29. Read the
abstract

31.  Browse Publications
 Search for company/recent news

32. Special tip!
i.e. Business
Week

33. Each database contains
different data.
It is recommended to check
more than one database so
you don’t miss out on any
useful material.

35. Check
these extra
terms

37.  Login to Blackboard
 Select the library tab
 Under electronic
resources select
databases A-Z or by
subject
 To find articles search:
Business Source Premier
or ABI Inform Global,
 In the Advanced
Search type your topic
and check the “full text
results” box

 View the results /
revise /limit your
search (by title, subject,
date)
 Open the document by
“clicking” on its title
 Read the abstract first
 Open full text articles
in pdf or HTML format
 Print/E-mail/Cite in
MLA format.

41. No way
to limit
search
No
citation
help

42. Plagiarism is the practice of claiming or
implying original authorship of
(or incorporating material from)
someone else's written or creative
work, in whole or in part, into one's
own without adequate
acknowledgement.
CITE YOUR SOURCES !!!

43.  MLA style or format is a set of editorial instructions
(rules) on how to prepare a manuscript that contains a
research paper, an article or a book.
 Quotations:
 Must be accurate
 Must reproduce the original exactly
 If you change a quotation make the alteration clear
to the reader
 The OWL at Purdue
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/
 Library web site How do I? Cite MLA format
http://www.screencast.com/users/mdeptula/folders/Jing/media/c2d5e654-92fa-42f2-9d40

44. For more help, you
can also check out
our MANAGEMENT
RESEARCH here
http://berkeleycollege.libguides.com/management
OR
Contact us via Life Chat

45. Any
questions?

46. QUIZ

47. What the name of the library
resource that enables you to
find full text articles
A. Ebrary
B. Library catalog
C. Database
D. All the above

48. Which database will help you find
articles/reports about your cases?
A. ABI Inform Global
B.Business Source Premier
C.Lexis-Nexis Academic
D. All the above

49. When you have too many
articles on your topic how
can you narrow your search ?
A. By title
B. By subject
C. By date of publication
D. All the above

50. How many articles you must
find for your paper?
A. At least 5
B. 2 or 3
C. As many as necessary
D. Don’t know

51. Maria Deptula
Business Liaison:
mde@berkeleycollege.edu
201-967-9667 ext. 1764