Business Communication & International Trade

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Reading Lists

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Got an assignment? Have you looked at the reading list to see lecturer recommendations?

Key Starters for Essays, Projects and Dissertations

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Identify different sources of information and link to ebooks and other top sources

1) Use the EBSCO Discovery Service to search for journal articles on a topic:

  • Think about your keywords, where you want to search and how you will filter your results
  • The Peer-Reviewed Articles option returns the most academic content

VIDEO: Using Discovery for Business searches
Or watch this advanced features of Discovery video
If you are not using VPN: extra help with EBSCO login screens

2) If you are getting too many results that are not business-related, try this alternative resource:

fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery

Academic peer-reviewed journal articles, professional publications and more across all business topics. 

Advanced options in Business Source Complete video

 

fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery

Good for media, language and communication topics

 

 

Referencing

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Guidance and support for referencing in APA 7, including advice about reference generators

Your Subject Team

 Anne Worden

Faculty Librarian

email Anne.Worden@port.ac.uk

 Sharon Bittner

Assistant Faculty Librarian

email sharon.bittner@port.ac.uk