Information seeking in Business and Economics

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Information seeking is a process that goes hand in hand with the research process. A good starting point is to make an information seeking plan to help you be more systematic with information searches. Read more in Library Tutorial.

In business and economics, research is published in

  • scholarly articles
  • books
  • conference papers.
     

Databases

Main databases

Peer-reviewed articles are valued in all fields. They are published in academic journals. In many databases, you can limit your search results to peer-reviewed articles. This helps you choose scholarly and reliable sources. To find academic journal articles, use databases e.g.

  • Databases for business and economics research

Other databases

  • Multidisciplinary databases
  • You can also use JYKDOK  to search all databases in one go
    • Best used to get an overview of a topic or quickly find one or two articles. For more systematic searches, use the databases above.
    • Possible to limit search results to peer-reviewed articles.
  • And
    • Remote access: Staff can use university VPN to get access to full text articles when available. Students can use the LibKey Nomad -browser extension.
    • Keep in mind that you cannot limit search results to peer-reviewed articles.
    • You can check if an article is peer-reviewed by finding the article in JYKDOK does it say peer-reviewed?

To access a database via JYKDOK, write the name of the database in the JYKDOK search box.

To browse databases:  > choose Research Area: Business and Economics > choose eg. Articles

Databases usually offer useful search options and filters like scholarly/peer-reviewed articles filter. A database may have a thesaurus or subject terms dictionary of its own that can help with search terms.
 

Conference papers

Conference papers are usually included in the same databases that you use to search articles. Some databases allow you to limit search results to conference papers.
 

Books

To find books, go to JYKDOK. Additionally, it can be helpful to search e-book databases separately even though the e-books are included in JYKDOK search results. E-book databases allow you to extend the search to the full-text of the book.

  • E.g.  

: Books not in JYKDOK collection may be found in Finna, which is the union catalogue of Finnish libraries, museums and archives. Order books from other libraries using our
 

Research methodology


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Business profiles

    • Large database of company information.
    • Company profiles are available also in Business Source Elite database.
       

Dictionaries, encyclopedias and subject terms

  • > thesaurus (top of page)
  • > thesaurus (top of page)
     

Citing and managing references

Guides and contact information