Research Guides: MGMT 345: Strategic Management (Ozer): Course Guide

Company Research Databases at Milne Library

Business Insights: Essentials
A comprehensive business resource which provides access to periodical and newspaper articles, information about domestic and international companies, investment reports, brands, industry and company rankings, corporate histories. Coverage includes public and private companies. A good source for company histories and chronologies.
Business Source Complete
Provides full-text for scholarly business and management journals as well as financial data, case studies, industry reports, market reports, and brief company profiles.
Nexis Uni (LexisNexis)
Offers full-text current business and legal information as well as a large number of national and international newspapers. Coverage varies, but generally is from 1980 to the present.
NetAdvantage (Standard & Poor's)
Includes Industry Surveys, Stock Reports, Mutual Fund Reports, Bond Reports, Corporation Records, The Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives, and The Outlook.

Relevant Internet Site for Company Research

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
http://www.sec.gov/

Provides annual and other financial reports. Submissions from companies required to file forms with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Citing Sources

Citing Business Sources in MLA

http://maag.guides.ysu.edu/businesscitations/mla

Citing Sources (Citation Style): MLA

http://libguides.oneonta.edu/citing

Plagiarism: What it is and how to recognize and avoid it

http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/plagiarism.shtml

michelle.hendley@oneonta.edu

Revised October 31, 2016

Selected Examples of MLA citations for business Resources

The following examples are based on the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 7^th Edition (REF PE 1478.M57 2009) and the Maag Library’s “Citing Business Sources: MLA Business” (http://maag.guides.ysu.edu/businesscitations/mla). Please see the Maag Library site for more in-depth details.

Business Insights: Essentials

“Toyota Motor Corporation.” International Directory of Company Histories. Ed. Tina Grant.

Vol. 100. Detroit: St. James Press, 2009. Business Insights: Essentials. Web. 22 Feb.

2016.

“Toyota Motor Corp.” Notable Corporate Chronologies. Detroit: Gale, 2016. Business Insights:

Essentials. Web. 22 Feb. 2016.

“Toyota Motor Corp.” Global Markets Direct SWOT Reports. Oct. 2015. Business Insights:

Essentials. Web. 26 Feb. 2016.

Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage

Corridore, Jim. Industry Surveys: Airlines. S&P Capital IQ, Dec. 2015. Standard & Poor’s

NetAdvantage. Web. 22 Feb. 2016.

“Apple Inc.” S&P Capital IQ, 22 Feb. 2016. Standard & Poor’s NetAdvantage. Web. 22 Feb.

2016.

LexisNexis Academic

“Target Corporation Company Dossier.” LexisNexis Company Dossiers. LexisNexis,

n.d. LexisNexis Academic Web. 22 Feb. 2016.

“The Walt Disney Co.” Hoover’s Company Records – In-depth Records. 17 Feb. 2016.

LexisNexis Academic. Web. 22 Feb. 2016.

Business Source Complete

Cendrowski, Scott, et al. "The 2016 Fortune Crystal Ball." Fortune 172.7 Dec. 2015: 11-18.

Business Source Complete. Web. 22 Feb. 2016.

Hoehle, Hartmut, and Viswanath Venkatesh. "Mobile Application Usability: Conceptualization

And Instrument Development." MIS Quarterly 39.2 (2015): 435-A12. Business Source Complete. Web. 22 Feb. 2016.

"The Walt Disney Company." MarketLine Company Profiles. London: MarketLine, 6 Nov.

2015. Business Source Complete. Web. 22 Feb. 2016.

Revised October 31, 2016