Research Guides: Business Administration Resource Guide: Getting Started

Introduction

This research guide provides suggested library resources such as books, e-books, websites, and databases with articles and images pertaining to business administration.

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Business Databases

You may find these databases helpful in your specific business related research.

New York Times
Current (1980+) New York Times searchable by title and page number.
Newspaper Source
Provides selected full text for 25 national (U.S.) and international newspapers. The database also contains full text television & radio news transcripts, and selected full text for more than 200 regional (U.S.) newspapers.
Regional Business News
Coverage of more than 80 regional business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.
Small Business Reference Center
Comprehensive resource for small business owners and those interested in starting a business, offering full-text periodicals and reports, sample business plans, U.S. tax forms, videos and reference books.
Wall Street Journal
Full text business newspaper articles from 1984 – Current, part of the ProQuest database.

Search for eBooks

The library has many ebooks available.

Credo Reference
Credo Reference is a full-text online reference service. The collection includes over three million entries from hundreds of well-regarded titles from some of world’s best reference publishers.
Ebook Central
Use Ebook Central to quickly and easily find relevant ebooks and chapters; read online; search within the ebook; and highlight, take notes and bookmark pages in your online copy, stored on your bookshelf for you.
EBSCO eBooks
With EBSCO’s extensive collection of eBook titles on EBSCOhost, users can search within a wide range of relevant eBooks using the powerful EBSCOhost search experience. With thousands of titles available across all major subject areas, users can access the full text of eBooks from their computer, or can download titles to popular portable devices.

Find Books

Library Catalog
The library catalog is a keyword-searchable database that provides location and call number information for all books, periodicals, DVDs, CDs, archives, etc. available in the Georgetown College Library.

EBSCO eBooks
With EBSCO’s extensive collection of eBook titles on EBSCOhost, users can search within a wide range of relevant eBooks using the powerful EBSCOhost search experience. With thousands of titles available across all major subject areas, users can access the full text of eBooks from their computer, or can download titles to popular portable devices.

Interlibrary Loan
When the Library does not have an item you're looking for you may be able to acquire it through Inter-library Loan. This service allows the library to borrow a book or get articles from another library and let any member of the Georgetown Academic Community use it.

WorldCat
WorldCat is the world's largest network of library content and services.