English 303: Writing in Professional Fields

A. C. Buehler Library, Elmhurst College

Selected Resources

Electronic Periodicals

• Wall Street Journal

(To access this resource from off campus, go to Electronic Journals and Newspapers and choose Academic Universe from the list. You may also want to look at Accessing Library Resources From Off Campus.)

• Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe ~Has a Business news section. Good source of company, organization and institutional information and news. Has very current information, such as transcripts and recently published news articles.

  (To access this resource from off campus, go to Articles and Databases and choose Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe from the list. You may also want to look at Accessing Library Resources From Off Campus.)

• Regional Business News

 

Finding Business Articles

• Business Source Elite ~~ Selected full text of magazines and journals in business.
  

(To access this resource from off campus, go to Articles and Databases and choose Business Source Elite from the list. You may also want to look at Accessing Library Resources From Off Campus.)

• ABI/Inform ~some full text business-related resources available.

  (To access this resource from off campus, go to Articles and Databases and choose ABI/Inform from the list. You may also want to look at Accessing Library Resources From Off Campus.)

  Other Databases (these contain limited business resources)

• Academic Search Elite
• Wilson Select Plus

  What if I need to order an article from another library?

To order an article the Elmhurst College library does not own, fill in this form: Request an article.

 

Finding Books

Use Illinet Online to find books and materials held in the Elmhurst College library. You can also search search the collections of 65 other Illinois academic libraries

On the search screen, you can browse by subject. Pick "Browse Subject" from the scroll down list.

Some examples of Subject Headings:

• Professional Ethics
• Business Writing
• Commercial Correspondence
• Business Communication
• Memorandums
• Organizations-United States-directories
• Press Releases
• Public Relations
• Organizations, nonprofit

 

You can also combine terms using the "Guided Keyword" search. Try different combinations and terms to locate relevant print materials for your research.

Ordering books from other libraries ~ Illinet Online allows you to request books held by 56 academic libraries in Illinois.

What if Illinet Online doesn't have the book I need? Request the book through interlibrary loan.

Business Internet Resources

• CNN/Money~ business ariticles, searchable
• Yahoo! Finance~ business articles, company information
• Hoovers.com~ company information

Other Internet Resources

• Five Criteria for Evaluating Web Pages
• Looking for Articles in Journals and Magazines: Scholarly or Popular?
• MLA Citation Resources