Business Research Guide

Are you off campus and need to find articles and more? Here is a How To for off campus users.

From Shepherd WorldCat Discovery interface, you can find books, ebooks, course reserve materials, articles and other materials. If we don't own it, you can request the item through interlibrary loan.

Different types of periodicals are suited for different purposes. Knowing what kind of periodicals you need can help you search more effectively!

Google Scholar probably has more scholarly articles than other types of information, but keep in mind that not all of your results will be from peer-reviewed journals. (If you're not sure what peer-reviewed journals are, check out our guide on publication types.

Here are some tips on how to read scholarly articles strategically. We think this guide will be helpful for undergraduate and graduate students!

A How To for basic searching in EBSCOHost databases like Business Search Complete

JSTOR provides access to more than 12 million journal articles, books, images, and primary sources in 75 disciplines.

The Search Strategy Builder is a tool designed to teach you how to create a search string using Boolean logic. While it is not a database and is not designed to input a search, you should be able to cut and paste the results into the standard database search boxes.

This Research Guide will assist you in locating U.S. government documents and West Virginia state documents.