- Business Source Complete : Journal, trade publication and magazine articles covering all aspects of business
- Factiva : National and international newspapers, including the Wall Street Journal
- MarketLine Advantage: Company, industry and country reports
- Evaluate Books and Articles - this decision tree helps you evaluate scholarly and non-scholarly books and articles
- Evaluate Web Sites - use these criteria to evaluate web sites
The easiest way to find a specific topic with lots of information available is to start by looking at news articles. You can find these in the Factiva database.
Here's a short video that will show you tips for selecting your topic. (Low Sound. Please turn up your speakers.):
Here's a short video that will show you tips for selecting your topic. (Low Sound. Please turn up your speakers.):
- City of Austin: Good source of demographic information about Austin
- Mintel : Market research reports on consumer goods and services in the US, UK, and Europe
- ReferenceUSA : Basic directory information on US businesses and consumers. Allows you to make specialized lists of businesses
- Social Explorer : Interactive maps of historical census data
- Email yourself citations from the online database if possible
- Avoiding Plagiarism: short tutorial on what plagiarism is and how to avoid it
- Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL):APA & MLA formatting and style guides
- Citing Sources - A quick and graphic guide
- APA Guide to References When Information is Missing
- Undergraduate Writing Center: drop in or make an appointment to visit with a trained writing consultant
- Search for PowerPoint presentations and white papers by adding filetype:ppt or filetype:pdf to your keywords
- Limit to education and organization sites by adding site:edu or site:org to your keywords
