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is an extremely wide variety of material on the Internet, ranging in its
accuracy, reliability, and value. Unlike most traditional information
media (books, magazines, organizational documents), no one has to
approve the content before it is made public. It's your job as a
searcher, then, to evaluate what you locate, in order to determine
whether it suits your needs.
Hoe
to write
a research paper
There are a number of good sources to help you write your term or
research paper. An excellent sources is provided by http://webster.commnet.edu/mla/index.shtml
Capitol
Community College of Hartford,
Ct. which offers, "A Guide for Writing Research Papers Based on
MLA" (Modern Language Association.) Free
Article Archives is
a vast archive of published articles in business areas that you can
search for free. Some of the other good related links are listed
below.
- http://www.standardpoor.com
The most encyclopedic source of narrative and financial industry
analysis is Standard and Poor’s Corp. (S&P). It offers a wide
variety of publications that could be useful to anyone engaged in
business research.
- http://www.wsj.com
The Wall Street Journal is one of the most frequently consulted
financial dailies in the United States. It provides much more than
just securities quotations; nevertheless, the detailed financial
tables are one main reason for its popularity. The data are provided
by a variety of sources.
- http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu
Despite its academic roots, Harvard Business Review has
matured into an excellent market magazine. It is very useful for
perusing erudite topics and issues of recent interest in the
business environment. Its layout, language, and format are done in a
user-friendly and pleasing manner.
- http://www.hwwilson.com
Dedicated to business periodicals. Look up almost any subject matter
in business and if it’s been written about you should find the
citations and an annotation of the article.
- http://www.gpoaccess.gov/index.html
GPO Access is the standard summery of statistics on the social,
political, and economic organization of the United States. It is
designed to serve as a convenient volume for statistical
publications and sources.
- http://www.salesandmarketing.com
Sales & Marketing Management is a well-formatted publication
with good articles about marketing and management, good editing and
useful "how-to" inserts and all business students should
be familiar with its contents.
- http://www.amanet.org
The editors of American Management Association tout themselves as
"America’s number one publication on successful business
management". They do this each month by offering interviews,
practical case studies, and in-depth articles about surviving and
prospering in the business world.
- http://www.economist.com
A business news publication edited for senior management and policy
makers in finance, industry, and government in the United State and
throughout the world. Economist is an excellent analytical source
that should be familiar to all business researchers.
- http://www.searchenginewatch.com/links/article.php/2156221
Search Engine Watch provides a guide to the major search engines of
the web. "Why are these considered to be "major"
search engines? Because they are either well-known or
well-used."
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