English 303: Writing in Professional Fields

A. C. Buehler Library, Elmhurst College

Selected Resources

 

Electronic Periodicals Professional Business Articles Finding books
Internet Resources Accessing Library Resources From Off Campus MLA Style Documentation

 

Where to Start?

One of the best places to start your search is at the company's corporate website. Type the company name into Google or an equivalent search engine. There is often a lot of information under links on the page such as "investor services," "about us," or "corporate info." Some examples:

     

Reference Book Resources

  • International directory of company histories (Reference), Call Number: R 338.74 I61

  • Hoover's masterList of U.S. companies (Reference), Call Number: R 338 H789M

  • Company profiles for students (Reference), Call Number: R 338.7 C737

 

Electronic Periodicals

Finding Business Articles

 

Other Databases (these contain limited business resources)

 

        To access these resources from off-campus, click on this link on the library's main page (enter your ID and password when prompted):

        Note: there is no printing capability for off-campus users. You must email articles to your email account in order to print them.

       

    Can't find anything? Try searching databases groupings, or all at once with this link:

    Type your keywords in the search box(es), check "All Resources" and click "Go."

     

    So you found an article in one of our databases, but it's not full-text. Now what?

    Don't fret. Look for these buttons: , or , or this line of text: (Find this resource with SFX) next to the article citation on the search screen. Clicking on this will take you to a list of our full-text sources that carry the journal. If we don't have the journal in our databases, you'll be given an option to check the catalog to see if we have the print version, or you'll be able to order it via Interlibrary Loan.

     

Business Internet Resources

 

Other Internet Resources

 

webpage created 10/31/2000 by A.J. Baker, updated 9/27/2005 by J. Hill, reference librarian