LibGuides: Business & Management: SSCF

Starting Points

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Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window Academic Search Complete offers an enormous collection of full-text journals, providing users access to critical information from many sources unique to this database. In addition, it includes peer-reviewed full text for STEM research, as well as for the social sciences and humanities. Scholarly content covers a broad range of important areas of academic study, including anthropology, engineering, law, sciences and more.
Business Databases (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window An excellent starting point for topics related to business, leadership, finance & economics. Searches Business Source Complete, Entrepreneurial Studies Source, OmniFile Full Text Select and Regional Business News.
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window Science, Technology, Health, Psychology, Management: full-text from 1995 to present - the GREEN box means full-text is available.
SAE Mobilus This link opens in a new window The new interface for SAE Digital Library, allows for annotations for the full-text. Covers the Technical Papers since 1998. (We own all SAE papers from 1966-1999 on microfiche.)
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Especially valuable for literature surveys/reviews. Records include "cited by" information and link to any available full-text.

Engineering Village (Compendex) This link opens in a new window Engineering Index, abstracts 1970 to present. This is comprehensive listing of engineering information: over 18.8 million records from 76 countries across 190 engineering disciplines. It is indexed specifically for engineers using the Engineering Index Thesaurus, making search results consistently accurate and relevant to engineering research. (No full-text: make sure to follow the link at the bottom of the abstract to look at all the LTU journal titles to try to find full-text.)
SCOPUS This link opens in a new window An excellent citation database indexing over 15,000 scholarly journals on all topics. Includes abstracts and article reference lists. Find out who is citing whom. Use the "WorldCat" link to determine if electronic full-text is available.

IEEE Digital Library This link opens in a new window Journals, Proceedings, & Standards http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/home.jsp http://www.ieee.org/ieeexplore
Springer Science+Business Media Journals This link opens in a new window Includes 1,600 full-text journals on Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Sciences, Business and Economics, Computer Sciences, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Social Sciences, Medicine, and the Natural Sciences (Physics/Chemistry/Math). Note: to limit to LTU holdings, uncheck the box that says "include Preview-only content."

Create citations & reference lists. Keep organized!

Visit the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University or the APA blog for updates & tips on APA 7th edition.

Citation Machine Free (has ads); MLA, APA, Turabian, Chicago & many other citation styles. Choose the style, choose the type of resource you are citing. Type/paste the item title for autofill or manually enter the required information and Citation Machine will create your citation. Copy and paste the citation to your word processing document.
Zotero Use ZoteroBib to create a quick bibliography or reference list.

RefWorks This link opens in a new window Bibliographic Management Tool. Allows you to store and manage your citations. Easily create reference lists from your citations.

Create a citation in TechCat and most databases:

Look for the "cite/export" tool
Select the appropriate citation style
Copy and paste it into your Word document - you may have to create a hanging indent or adjust spacing, etc.
Check the citation for accuracy

APA Coronavirus Response No longer free access to the manual, but a number of other resources remain free to access.
APA Style Website
APA Blog Excellent source on details of APA style
APA 7th Quick Reference Guide
APA 7th Student Title Page Guide
APA 7th Instructional Aids