This guide offers resources and tools to help you succeed in your research assignments for SOBA 205: Professional Communications classes.
According to a recent study* of high-profile companies, employers expect recent college graduates to:
*from "How College Graduates Solve Information Problems Once They Join the Workplace" by Ashley Heard (2012)
Databases
These particular databases (and OneSearch) will provide research for your major assignments in SOBA 205. Particularly, you will find information on the primary topics from your textbook:
A starting point for research and learning that offers unlimited access to hundreds of full text reference books on every subject. Includes encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and books of quotations.
Statistics and studies gathered by market researchers, trade organizations, scientific publications, and government sources on over 600 industries.
A searchable, full-text database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources.
A search interface to multiple databases on the EBSCO platform. (Academic Search Premier, MLA, PsycInfo, and more)
News, business and legal sources from LexisNexis. newspapers, magazines, and some journals. Coverage includes general news topics; foreign language news; company, industry, and market news; legal news; general health topics; accounting/tax info; government topics.
Help with APA Citations
A research management, writing and collaboration tool designed to help researchers gather, organize, store and share all types of information and to generate citations and bibliographies. Group code: RWStetsonU.
Note to legacy RefWorks Users: As of June 30, 2023, legacy RefWorks is deactivated.