LibGuides: BUS 4150 Contemporary Issues in Global Business: Getting Started

Introduction

This guide will help you manage the research and information needs of the BUS 4150 Contemporary Issues in Global Business class with a focus on secondary sources available at the Cal State LA library. It contains several parts.

The Global Business tabs will help you navigate the Cal State LA databases for global business environment research.
The Company Research, Industry & Market Analysis, and Industry Research Step-by-Step tabs have step-by-step instructions on using the relevant portions.
Finally, the APA Guide gives basic information about the APA format as well as Refworks, a tool for creating in-text and bibliographic references.

As always, if you have questions or need help, feel free to email Business and Economics Librarian Summer Peng at summer@calstatela.edu or visit during office hours.

Links to Business Literature Databases

Links to library databases for searching the literature (scholarly, popular and trade/industry) on business topics:

Business Source Premier
Like ABI/Inform, a core business database for literature reviews and finding scholarly articles.
Google Scholar
Use this to link to Google Scholar and include links to Cal State LA Library paid content
RefWorks
Refworks can be a time and aggravation saver. Use it to create reference pages and in text citations. If you are ever asked for a group code it is rwcsulosangeles.

Questions about business basics? Start here!

Business research and analysis can be difficult if you are new to certain areas. For example, if you work primarily in marketing but need to deal with a finance related issue you could spend an enormous amount of time just identifying relevant concepts and what they mean. Here are my favorite sites for 'ramping up' quickly and easily when I am new to an area or concept.

Portable MBA

The Portable MBA

Great E-book that can fill in the gaps or refresh your knowledge regarding most business concepts. Excellent chapter on business analysis and valuation of companies as well as good information regarding all functional areas (marketing, strategy, accounting, financce, cis etc.)