English 303: Writing in Professional Fields

A. C. Buehler Library, Elmhurst College

Selected Resources

 

Newspaper Articles and more... Professional Business Articles I-Share Online Catalog
Internet Resources Researching a competitor/company MLA Style Documentation

 

Reference Book Resources

  • Business Rankings Annual (2004): call number (reference) R338.74 B979

    • Find the top competitors in a business sector.

  • U.S. Industry and Trade Outlook (2000): call number (reference) R338.4 U58it

    • Detailed entries about future outlooks for various industries and trades.

  • U.S. Market Trends and Forecasts (1999): call number (reference) R658.834 U58mt

    Informative/growth forecasts charts on various market segments.

  • Market Guide (2003): call number (reference) R658.8 E23

    Specific demographic and statistical information about geographic locations (income, age percentages, et cetera).

  • Lifestyle Market Analyst (2006): call number (reference) 658.834 L723

    Ranking of "lifestyle behaviors" broken down by geographic areas, lifestyle profiles, and consumer segements.

  • SRDS Consumer, Radio and Newspaper Adverising Sources (2000-2001, various volumes): call number (reference) 659.S77

    Find a newspaper, radio station or consumer magazine to advertise your product in. Broken down by geographical area and specific consumer interest.

 

Newspaper articles, press releases, transcripts and more

  • Wall Street Journal

  • New York Times

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

    • To find business articles in Lexis-Nexis, go to the database and select "Business" from the column of choices on the left-hand side of the screen. You will be taken to the Business section, where you can either select from "Business news" for specific articles from newspapers, magazines, journals, wires & transcripts, or "Industry & Market," for articles covering entire sectors of the economy.

     

Finding Professional Business Articles

 

Other Article Databases (these contain limited business resources)

  • Academic Search Premiere

  • Wilson Select Plus

       

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

    Type your keywords in the search box(es), check "Business and Economics" or "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.

 

Researching a Specific Competitor/Company?

One of the best places to start research is at a 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:

 

Internet Resources

 

Other Internet Resources

 

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Using the Library Catalog (I-Share)

The I-Share Online Catalog is the library's book catalog.One of the quickest ways to search is to browse by subject. Enter a subject term (such as Nursing) in the search box, and in the "Search by" box, choose "Browse subject." You'll get a long alphabetical list of nursing subjects, and you can use the arrow key to toggle back and forth between pages in the list.

If you can't find books writtten specifically about your subject, then try entering in keywords and do an "Any Word Anywhere" search. Use quotation marks to restrict your search to a specific phrase.

  • If you can't find what you're looking for at our library, click on "I-Share Catalog " at the top of the page, to see if you can find items at 65 other Illinois libraries. You can order books from other libraries through the online catalog by clicking on the "Renew Books/My Account" link at the top of the page and entering your ID# (your Jaypass barcode number).

  • If you find books that you need to order, do so as soon as possible! They take a while to come in (7-10 days).

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webpage created 10/31/2000 by A.J. Baker, updated 04/13/06 by J. Hill, reference librarian