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Doctoral Research Toolkit: ABI/INFORM Collection

Tools and information to support your success as doctoral student.

ABI/INFORM Collection

ABI/INFORM Collection features thousands of full-text journals, dissertations, working papers, key business and economics periodicals such as The Economist and Sloan Management Review, country-and industry-focused reports, and major news sources like the Wall Street Journal. Its international coverage gives researchers a complete picture of companies and business trends around the world.

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

Using ABI/INFORM Collection

Click on the Thesaurus tab at the top of the Advanced Search screen to quickly find synonyms for the business concepts you are researching. Synonyms are especially important when conducting your literature review.

Special Features

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

  • Product Name
  • NAICS Code
  • Document Type
  • Articles on Several Companies
  • Articles on Several Industries
  • Company/organization
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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