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MBA 5610 Special Topics in Business Administration: Find Articles

Scholarly / Peer-Reviewed vs. Popular/Trade

While Wikipedia can sometimes be a good starting point, it is not considered "scholarly."  If you are you having trouble distinguishing between the peer-reviewed/scholarly journals from the trade publication or popular magazines, Below is a link to a document that will help explain the differences.  

REVIEW VERSUS RESEARCH

It is also important to be able to distinguish between review articles and research articles. A review article’s primary purpose is not to present new research, but to summarize, analyze, discuss, and provide an overview of previously published work on a topic. A research article is designed to present new research, methods, and/or findings. Research articles often employ the IMRAD (Introduction, Methods, Research, and Discussion) format. Below are a few articles of interest on this topic.

Finding Full-Text Articles

Here is a tutorial on how to find full-text articles.

Useful Databases

Check out these databases if you are looking for scholarly articles.

Below are some databases that will be more relevant/useful for discovering articles and information on "business and technology" topics.  Be sure to "scroll" down through the box to see additional choices.

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