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Business Liaison & Government Documents Librarian

Alison Cook

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CSU Libraries
4225 University Ave.
Columbus, GA 31907

706-507-8684

What I Can Do For You

For students, I can:

Recommend the best business databases to search for your research topic
Answer your questions via email, phone or in-person
Meet with you individually or in groups to hash out your topic or discuss business research strategies
Tell you about library services

For faculty, I can:

Track down tricky citations
Introduce your students to research tools and strategies via a workshop
Create a webpage tailored to your class assignment
Discuss ways to best incorporate research skills and library materials into your class assignments
Meet with your students individually or in groups
Purchase books and other material needed for your research
Tell you about new library services
Communicate the department's concerns and information needs on to others in the Libraries

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This guide provides links to some of our key business resources as well as a selection of business news and blog feeds. Please explore the tabs at the top of this guide and don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.

Contact the Business Liaison:

Alison Cook

706-507-8684

cook_alison@columbusstate.edu

Business Definitions and Key Concepts

Business Dictionary
Investment World
Investopedia
Glossary of Financial and Business Terms | The New York Times
Library of Congress | Business and Economic Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
Brings you to additional resources.

Top Databases Used

Mergent Online
Provides access to data on over 15,000 active and inactive U.S. public and 20,000 international companies. Searchable by corporate information, executives, financials, ratios, industry codes and pricing. Builder Reports available in Word, Excel, HTML or PDF. Country profiles provide industry, economic, and demographic indicators.

Mergent Intellect
A highly flexible web-based application that features a deep collection of worldwide business information that enables companies to generate insightful business intelligence. Coupling Mergent's expertise in developing products for the reference marketplace with D&B's private company database, Mergent Intellect offers new and existing clients a unique opportunity to access private and public U.S and international business data, industry news, facts and figures, executive contact information, the ability to access industry profiles and much more.
Business Source Ultimate
An unprecedented wealth of peer-reviewed, full- text journals and other resources that provide historical information and current trends in business that spark discussion on future developments and changes in the business world.

LexisNexis Academic
Contains thousands of publications, virtually all include full text. Many types of publications are included: newspapers (in English, other languages, and translations of international papers), legal news, general interest magazines, medical journals, trade publications, company financial information, transcripts, wire service reports, government publications (such as the federal case law, U.S. Code, Code of Federal Regulations, Congressional Testimony, etc.), law reviews, and reference works (such as the Forbes Annual Directory, the Official Guide/American Marketplace and the US Global Trade Outlook).
ABI/Inform Complete
A comprehensive business database containing thousands of journals. The combination of products forms a business database package that offers full-text titles covering business and economic conditions, corporate strategies, management techniques, as well as competitive and product information. Its international coverage gives researchers a complete picture of companies and business trends around the world.

Other Business Related Databases

Browsing Databases by Subject
Click on the link and it will bring you to all of GALILEO databases by subject. Click on the Business and Economics link and it will give you a drop down menu of more specific areas of business.
More Business Databases by GALILEO
Clicking on this link will bring you to the general business databases available through CSU Libraries.

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eBook Academic Collection
The eBook Academic Collection from EBSCO contains a selection of multidisciplinary eBook titles representing a broad range of academic subject matter. Over 119,000 titles are included in this package, and titles are added to the package each month at no additional cost. All titles are available with unlimited user access.

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Political Science
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harassment
human resources
identity theft

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mandatory drug testing
marketing ethics
marketing on the World Wide Web
mentoring
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paperless society
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recession
retirement planning
RFID identity theft
risk management
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taxation
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telemarketing
tourism
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Suggested Subject Headings

When using an EBSCO database to search subject terms, change the "Select a Field" option to indicate "SU Subject Terms." Place quotation marks around your subject terms as indicated above.

Business:

business enterprises
business models
business planning

Management:

business process management
industrial management
innovation management
personnel management
risk management in business

Marketing:

branding (marketing)
brand image
business communication
marketing management
marketing research
marketing research and public opinion polling
marketing strategy
social media in business

Leadership:

business ethics
servant leadership
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