PPT-Business Research Sources

The presentation will cover the availability of  business databases  and explain how to find company and industry information using eg LexisWestlaw Business Source Complete Factiva and the Economist Intelligence Unit. Why use Primary Sources 1 Primary sources provide firsthand evidence of historical events which makes them seem more real This in turn will peak student interest 2 Primary sources force students to use critical thinking skills to interpret material Constance Adamson. Business Liaison Librarian. adamsonc@queensu.ca. September 2010. Business Information. Who uses it?. Who produces it?. What’s not available – secret/proprietary. Sources of Company Info. A system of thinking about the types of evidence is as follows:. Rational Appeals. Anecdote. Analogy. Consequences. Effects. Contrasts. Categories. Comparisons. Examples. Quotes. Hard Evidence. Facts . NIS . Aktobe. , 2013. Criteria of credibility (RAVEN). Expertise. (does the source have specialised knowledge and does the situation demand it?). Neutrality. (is the source predisposed to support a particular point of view for reasons other than vested interest. under a. MICROSCOPE. TEACHING ‘MICRO-LEVEL’ INFORMATION USE . IN FIRST-YEAR COLLEGE WRITING. LOEX | NASHVILLE | 2013. Aaron . McCollough. | Kelly Davenport | University of Michigan. You . are here. . Don. ’. t Listen to the Village Idiot. Definition:. 1.capable of being believed; believable: a credible statement. . 2.worthy of belief or confidence; trustworthy: a credible witness.. Credibility is important!. Finding a Specific Topic: Narrowing Your Focus. The first task you face is to find a research problem worth investigating.. You DON’T want your topic to be too broad because you only have a limited amount of time to research and write your paper.. MRS. BRIGGS. WHY DO I NEED TO CITE MY SOURCES?. Two common examples of plagiarism: paraphrasing someone’s work without citing the source and giving incorrect information about your sources. People who read your paper may want to know your sources so that they can read those sources as well. Not telling them is like describing an incredible book you read to a friend but not giving the title or author.. UNIV 200 Spring 2015. Instructor: Meredith Spencer. Primary vs. Secondary. Primary Sources. O. riginal materials on which other research is based. Have . not been filtered through interpretation or evaluation. . Why do MR?. Who does MR?. When do you do MR?. How do you do MR?. Market Research Principles. What is Market Research. ? . FAR definition:. “collecting and analyzing information about capabilities within the market to satisfy agency needs”. Series and Parallel Combinations. Objective of Lecture. Explain how voltage sources in series may be combined.. Explain how current sources in parallel may be combined.. Explain under what conditions voltage sources in parallel and current sources in parallel are allowed.. To be able to recommend and justify the most appropriate source of finance to fund the growth of different businesses. . . To understand how to finance a business from Internal & external sources. Incorporating Sources into Research WritingStudents are frequently asked to write research papers on a variety of topics and one of the typical requirements is that the student includes credibleoutsid Detail of a miniature of a hermit at work on a manuscript, from the Estoire del Saint Graal, France . (Saint-Omer or Tournai?), c. 1315 – 1325, Royal MS 14 E III, f. 6v. USING SOURCES. While it can be useful to know the difference between types of sources, just like it can be useful to know the difference between different building materials, they mainly useful because of what you can do with them. .