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Lingnan University LibraryMar 2014
Ivy Kan – Information Service LibrarianEmail: ivykan@ln.edu.hk / Tel: 2616-8570
http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/il_handouts1
HOW TO SEARCH FOR INFORMATION ON THE GLOBAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
use the online resources to find country information (country profiles, political risk, etc.) ,industry Information & news for you group project
locate various indicators/indices for country comparisons
identify resources to assist in citing sources correctly
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BY THE END OF THIS WORKSHOP, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO:
COUNTRY PROFILES
CIA World Factbook BBC Country ProfilesGlobalEDGE Country Insights GlobalEDGE: Global Resources Directory Business Source Premier (BSP)
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CIA WORLD FACTBOOK
Access: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
Provides national-level information on countries, territories, and dependencies.
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BBC COUNTRY PROFILES
Access: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/country_profiles/
Created by the International Business Center at Michigan State University. It is a knowledge web-portal that connects international business professionals worldwide to a wealth of information, insights, and learning resources on global business activities.Highlights:Country Insights: A good source for country information in GlobalEDGE. Includes information on: Risk Assessment, Trade statistics, Rankings & Indices , etc. Global Resource Directory: A directory of online resources on global business.
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GLOBALEDGE
Access: http://globaledge.msu.edu/
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GLOBALEDGE: COUNTRY INSIGHTS
Access: http://globaledge.msu.edu/Global-Insights
Provides Statistics, history, politics and demographics for over 200 countries around the world.
A directory of resources allows you to find international business and trade related resources.
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GLOBALEDGE: GLOBAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY
Access: http://globaledge.msu.edu/global-resources
Click here or type the following link to access the Quiz (BUS108: Part A)http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/quiz
IN-CLASS QUIZ
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BUSINESS SOURCE PREMIER (BSP)
Provides countries reports, industry reports, market reports in addition to full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text from more than 1,100 peer-reviewed journals.Highlights:Country Reports
Country Reports By title, Subject & Description Country name (e.g. Indonesia) e.g. Indonesia Country Profile, Political Risk Yearbook: Indonesia
Country Report, Indonesia Country Monitor, etc.Company ProfilesIndustry Profiles
Industry Profiles Alphabetical Industry name (e.g. mobile phone)
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BUSINESS SOURCE PREMIER (BSP)
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Access: Databases Key Databases Business Source Premier (EBSCOhost)http://proxy1.library.ln.edu.hk:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.asp?profile=bsi&defaultdb=buh
IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook Printed version: [REF] HF1414 .W67 CD-ROM version: [REF] HF1414 .W67 Online versionDoing Business: Benchmarking Business Regulations by World Bank
http://www.doingbusiness.org
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COUNTRY COMPETITIVENESS
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World Competitiveness Yearbook
Access: http://proxy1.library.ln.edu.hk:2048/login?url=https://www.worldcompetitiveness.com/online
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Doing Business: Benchmarking Business Regulations by World Bank
Access: http://www.doingbusiness.org
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HKTDC: Provides HK Industry profiles, country profiles and more.
Factiva : Provides searchable access to full-text information from over 35,000 online resources as well as tens of thousands of company reports and financial data. (No. of concurrent users = 5)
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INDUSTRY INFORMATION AND NEWS
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HKTDC
Access: http://www.tdctrade.com/
• Industry Profiles: Under HKTDC Research Product Industries • Country Information: Under HKTDC Research Developed Markets & Emerging
Markets
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FACTIVA
Provides searchable access to full-text information from over 35,000 online resources as well as tens of thousands of company reports and financial data. (No. of concurrent users = 5)
Access: Databases Key Databases Factiva
Select Companies /Markets
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Guess what…It’s Quiz Time again!
Click here or type the following link to access the Quiz (BUS108: Part B)
http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/quiz
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BUS108 GLOBAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT GUIDE
Access:Research Guides @ LU Business BUS108 Global Business Environment http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/bus108
In academic writing, whenever we use someone else’s works, ideas, theory, quotes, methods, data, etc.
we must cite the original source.If not, PLAGIARISM(學術剽竊 )The penalty, ZERO mark for the assignment
Citation styles are the rules that govern on how we format these citations.
There are many different citation styles set up by different academic bodies or publishers. The most commonly used ones include the APA style, MLA style and the Chicago style.
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CITING SOURCES
A BookBoone, L. E. & Kurtz, D. L. (2006). Contemporary business. Australia : Thomson/South-Western.
A Journal ArticleCutler, D.M., Poterba, J.M. and Summers, L.H. (1990). Speculative dynamics and the role of feedback traders. American Economic Review, 80(2), 63-68.
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CITATION EXAMPLES (APA)
Bibliography & Plagiarism http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/bibliography_plagiarism/citing_quoting
RefWorks:
http://proxy1.library.ln.edu.hk:2048/login?url=https://www.refworks.com/refworks2/?r=authentication::init&groupcode=RWLingnanUL
Managing Bibliography in Microsoft Word: ReferencesInsert Citation Add New Source Manage
Sources http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/bibliography_plagiarism/citation_msword
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CITATION TOOLS
Integrated Helpdesk at Information Commons (1/F, Library)
Email: refstaff@ln.edu.hk / Tel: 2616-8571
Chat Reference Service 2pm-5pm, Mon-Fri
Ask A Librarian (Electronic Reference): https://www.library.ln.edu.hk/research/ask-librarian
Research Consultation Service: https://www.library.ln.edu.hk/research-consultation-service
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Questions?
Thank You !