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Doctoral Research Toolkit: Business Source Ultimate

Tools and information to support your success as a doctoral student.

Business Source Ultimate

Business Source Ultimate contains close to 1300 journal titles and additional full-text, non-journal content including financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses, faculty seminars (videos) and business plans.

Topics covered include: personnel management, human capital, industrial management, business enterprises, leadership, workforce planning, organizational behavior, marketing strategy, business logistics, corporate culture, financial performance, investments, executives, corporate governance, graduate work, factor analysis, business schools and entrepreneurship.

Recommended Titles

The following journal titles were recommended for you to access by CSU faculty and the Program Director. Contact the librarians to learn how to easily access individual journals and find articles within each.

Academy of Management Journal; American Demographics; American International College Journal of Business; Annamalai International Journal of Business Studies and Research; Business Ethics Quarterly; Business Horizons; California Management Review; Community, Work and Family **; Construction Management and Economics **; Decision Sciences *; Dispute Resolution Journal; Entrepreneur; Fast Company; Financial Management; Fortune; Franklin Business & Law Journal; European Law Journal*; Global Business and Management Research; Global Journal of International Business Research; Harvard Business Review; Human Resource Management *; Industrial Relations Journal*: Information Systems Management **; International Journal of Organizational Innovation: Journal of Advertising (Routledge): Journal of Advertising Research: Journal of Business: Journal of Business Ethics: Journal of Applied Corporate Finance*: Journal of Consumer Affairs: Journal of Consumer Behavior*: Journal of Consumer Research*: Journal of Economics & Management Strategy*: Journal of Information Science and Technology: Journal of Information Technology (Routledge): Journal of Management: Journal of Marketing: Journal of Marketing Research:  Journal of Marketing Theory & Practice: Journal of Organizational Behavior*: Journal of Political Economy*: Journal of Retailing: Management: Management Review: Management Revue: Marketing News: Marketing Research: McKinsey Quarterly: MIS Quarterly Executive: MIT Sloan management Review: MIT's Technology Review: Pakistan Journal of Commerce and Social Sciences: Personnel Journal: Personnel Today: Professional Safety: Project Management Journal*: Psychology & Marketing*: Public Opinion Quarterly*: Quarterly Journal of Economics*: Research and Practice in Human Resource Management: Research Technology Management : SAM Advanced Management Journal: Service Industries Journal**

* 12 month publisher embargo

** 18 month publisher embargo

Business Source Ultimate

Using Business Source Ultimate

Click on the Company Information tab (on the top navigation bar) to explore information on specific companies. Limit content by a number of areas, including: Company Type, Year Founded, Product, Country, Revenue, Location, and Facility Square Footage.  

Cick on the Thesaurus tab (on the top navigation bar) to quickly find synonyms for the business concepts you are researching. Synonyms are especially important when conducting your literature review. 

Cick on the More tab (on the top navigation bar) for a number of quick links that may be of use:

  • Author Profiles (including current employment, address, simple bibliography)
  • Cited References (including references to books, authors and other works that are cited in published business works)
  • Company Profiles

Special Features

On the advanced search page experiment with the following search field limits to refine and focus your search:

  • Product Name
  • NAICS/Industry Code
  • Document Type
  • Articles on Several Companies
  • Articles on Several Industries
  • Company/Entity
  • Ticker Symbol

Multimedia

  • To Access Images under the More tab, choose Image Quick View Collection
  • Under the topic of “business” you will find a collection of images, including: black and white photos, color photos, graphs, maps, charts, diagrams, illustrations.

View Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series videos by following these steps:

  • Click on the More tab (on the top navigation bar) .
  • Select Images/Business Videos.
  • On the search page uncheck Image Quick View Collection.
  • Make sure the Business Vidoes box is checked.
  • Search for "Harvard Business School".
  • Explore video results on topics such as leadership, branding, competition, corporate strategy, performance management, ethics

Videos contain a link to the video stream as well as a PDF transcript that may be downloaded. 

NOTE: You cannot use the advanced search feature once you limit to videos.

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Research Appointments

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The CSU librarians can support you during the research process with personalized reference services. We are happy to help you with the following tasks:

  • Accessing and using the CSU Library databases in order to create a peer-reviewed literature review with library resources
  • Using free personalized database folders within multiple database platforms to organize your research
  • Brainstorming keywords and recommending search limiters to use
  • Locating the dissertations and theses that may support and inform your research process