BA 469: Strategic Management with David Gobeli

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Company Information

LexisNexis Academic

Full text articles from international and US national, state and local news sources, as well as specialized business and industry informaiton.

  1. Choose Business in the red toolbar
  2. Type in the company name or ticker symbol to search for a Company Dossier
Business Source Premier Click on Company Profiles on the right hand panel.

Company Histories free from Funding Universe

Note the suggestions for "Further Reading" at the bottom of each company history. 

Company Profiles free from Conde Nast 

Google Finance  

 

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Journal, Magazine, and Newspaper Articles

Business Source Premier Full text articles from business journals, magazines, newspapers.

LexisNexis Academic Full text articles from international and US national, state and local news sources, as well as specialized business and industry informaiton.

Wall Street Journal Searches full-text of articles from 1986 until the present.  Does not include advertisements or daily stock prices. 

Harvard Business Review For articles form the Harvard Business Review follow this link.  To search within this publication choose "Search within this publication" which is located in the cream/yellow colored bar on the top half of the page.

Competitors

LexisNexis Academic

  1. Choose Business in the red toolbar
  2. Type in the company name or ticker symbol to search for a Company Dossier
  3. Midway down the page you'll see the red text "Key Competitors.

Business Source Premier Click on Company Profiles in the right hand navigation bar to view Datamonitor Company Profiles

Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage Choose "Companies" from the top menu bar (includes only companies in the S&P 500). 

Google Finance lists related companies. 

 

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Finding Books in the Library Catalog

OSU Catalog
The OSU catalog lists all the books held in the Valley Library or storage.

Summit
The Summit catalog lists books at other regional libraries that can be retrieved for you and delivered within 3-5 business days.

WorldCat
WorldCat lists books that are available at other libraries in the United States, and sometimes in other countries. If you find a book you want, fill out an interlibrary loan request and the book will delivered to the library (and you'll be sent an email alerting you to its arrival). This service usually takes 2-3 weeks.

 

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University Information

Finding information on universities can be tricky, even though it's publicly available.  Use the following suggestions  (but if they don't work for you, don't hesitate to contact your librarian, Laurie Bridges, for her assistance).

  1. Visit the university homepage.
  2. If they homepage has a search box, type in "Institutional Research".  If the university has an Institutional Research office, they will provide a wealth of information.
  1. Visit the university homepage.
  2. Try to locate a Visitors link.
  3. On the Visitors page look for links labeled facts, information, or frequently asked questions.
  1. When all else fails find a phone number for the university Admissions office.  Admissions personnel are well-versed on all aspects of the university and should be able to direct you to the appropriate department or website.
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