LibGuides: BUS 5026 Global Business Environment: Getting Started

Introduction

This guide will help you manage the research and information needs of the BUS 5026 Global Business Environment 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 tab have step-by-step instructions on using the relevant portions.
Finally, APA Guide gives basic information about 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.