Tutorials for Business & Economics Research   Tags: tutorials  

• Finding a Court Case using LexisNexis Academic(3 min)
• Finding newspaper articles using Lexis Nexis(4:49 min)
• Find broadcast media transcripts (2:07 min)
• Find international newspapers/news (2:50 min)

• EBSCO Tutorials -  on a variety of topics 
• Web of Science - recorded training session on a variety of topics
• Basic Searching in JSTOR  and Advanced Searching in JSTOR
• Proquest tutorials

How to get what you need (Flash):

• Find full text of a journal article (2:56)
• Get a book the library does not own (3:04)
• Get a journal article the library doesn't own (2:52)
• Filling out Inter-Library Loan (ILL) requests (4:14)

Searching our library catalog (Flash):

• find a book by keyword (1:29)
• find a book by title (1:15)
• find a book by author (1:28)
• limit your search by format (1:43)
• renew your items (1:36)

Learn about Citation Styles, including APA (3:47, Flash)

Finding SWOTs from Three Library Databases

This video shows you how to find SWOT analyses in the Business Source Complete, Business & Company Resource Center, and Euromonitor Passport GMID databases.

Finding the Country Reports within Business Source Complete

Shows how to find the EIU Country Commerce, Political Risk Yearbook, Datamonitor, and CountryWatch reports in Business Source Complete.

Identifying competitors using Hoovers

This four minute video demonstrates how to find competitors by industry and location using the Hoovers database.

Benchmarking Private Company & Start-Up Financials

This video demonstrates finding estimated annual sales for private companies using Hoovers, and benchmarking the financials of  private companies and start-ups using RMA, BizMiner, & the Economic Census.

Market Research Reports using Library Databases

Three UNCG databases provide market research reports: Mintel, Euromonitor, and IBIS. This video shows you how to find those reports, and illustrates the high value of these library subscriptions.

U.S. Market Data using Library Databases

This video shows you how to find demographic, consumer spending, and psychographic data using the SimplyMap and DemographicsNow databases.

Stock Analysis using Library Databases

This video shows you how to find stock analysis reports in the Morningstar, Mergent, Business & Company Resource Center databases.

Identifying NAICS Codes

This five-minute video introduces NAICS (North American Industrial Classification System) codes and demonstrates how to identify an industry's code using the Census web site. SIC codes are covered, too.

Economic Data: U.S. & International

This video demonstrates five recommended sources for U.S. and international economic data: Historical Statistics of the United States, FRED, World DataBank, OECD iLibrary, and Euromonitor.

Datamonitor Industry Reports in Business Source Complete

This video demonstrates how to find the international industry reports from Datamonitor via the Ebsco Business Source Complete Database.

Searching Business Source Complete (4 minutes; Flash)

Hoover's Support Center with videos

• Searching for mutual funds (2 minutes)
• Searching for stocks (2 minutes)