CONTENTS
Articles
Books
InterLibrary Loan
Web Resources
Citation Help
Additional Research Help
ARTICLES
The databases below are especially helpful for accessing articles and citations in your discipline.
If you are off-campus, use the link for off-campus access to our databases provided at the end of each description on the Find Articles page.
ABI Inform - our largest business database, with nearly 3000 full-text titles
Academic Search Premier - large interdisciplinary database, with much fulltext content
Business Source Elite - full-text articles for nearly 1100 publications
JSTOR - large collection of scholarly full-text economic and business information
LexisNexis Academic - click the "Business" tab for in-depth corporate level information; click "News" for business news
OmniFile Full Text Mega - multi-disciplinary database, with much full-text content
Regional Business News - full-text coverage of regional business publications
Social Sciences Full Text - standard resource, with full text content of over 200 journals
Wilson Business Full Text - full-text articles for nearly 500 publications
Or see all Ryan Library databases here.
Also try Google Scholar to search for scholarly articles.
BOOKS
The databases NetLibrary Collection, Cambridge Histories Online and Oxford Reference Online have full-text books online.
Below is a representative list of subject encylopedias held at Ryan Library's reference area.
Encyclopedia of Business
Encyclopedia of Busine$$ and Finance
Encyclopedia of Small Business
Encyclopedia of Leadership
The Advertising Age Encyclopedia of Advertising
Encyclopedia of Public Relations
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History
Check Phineas, Ryan Library 's online catalog, for hardcopy books.
INTERLIBRARY LOAN
Use InterLibrary Loan (LINK+ and ILLiad) to access books and articles not held at Ryan Library.
WEB RESOURCES
Business
Accounting and auditing resources: Sites for the investor, academic, and practitioner
Annual Reports - The most complete and up-to-date listing of Annual Reports online.
Bloomberg - News and media company to business and financial professionals.
San Diego Business Journal - web version of the popular weekly
Standard and Poor's - Provider of investment research and data.
WWW Virtual Library for Business & Economics.
Wall Street Journal - Daily business newspaper
Wall Street Journal Markets Data Center - great source for historical data
Directories
Librarians' Internet Index
InfoMine
BUBL Link
Search Engines
Google Advanced - provides more options for your search strategy
Google Scholar - Search for scholarly articles.
Google Book Search - Search for books on your topic.
Zuula - A meta-search engine that searches more than one search engine at a time.
CITATION HELP
EndNote Web is a tool for managing and citing references in papers and creating bibliographies. EndNote has numerous citation styles including APA, MLA, Chicago (Turabian). EndNote is available to current members of the PLNU community.
ADDITIONAL RESEARCH HELP
Dr. Frank Quinn, Director of Ryan Library and
Liaison to the Fermanian School of Business
Ryan Library
Room 208B
619-849-2338
FrankQuinn@pointloma.edu
Phyllis E. Fox, Instructional Services Librarian for Graduate Studies
Ryan Library, Technical Services
619-849-2409
PhyllisFox@pointloma.edu
Contact the Reference Desk at:
reflib@pointloma.edu
Ask A Librarian IM/Chat
619-849-2337
Also contact PLNU's Fermanian School of Business.
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Disclaimer: Because off-Campus links are beyond our control, PLNU is not responsible for their availability or content.
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