Library Guides: WRIT 310: Writing in Professional Contexts: Information Resources

Subject Guide

Contact:

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(662) 915-7933

Subjects: Advertising, Business Administration, Economics, Government, Government Information, Journalism, Marketing & Demographics

OWL at Purdue
APA Style and Grammar Guide
How to Recognize Plagiarism
Examples of how to properly paraphrase and cite a source by Indiana University Bloomington, School of Education.

Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive scholarly business database, providing the leading collection of bibliographic and full text content for the most important scholarly business journals back as far as 1886.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Full text coverage of general news, business, legal, government and other topics.
Regional Business News This link opens in a new window
Incorporates 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.
Wall Street Journal This link opens in a new window
Online version of the Wall Street Journal available through ProQuest.

Other Relevant Databases

Communication and Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new window
Provides the most robust, quality research solution in areas related to communication and mass media.
Congressional Publications This link opens in a new window
Indexes Congressional publications including Congressional research and hearings from 1789 to the present, linking to full text when available.
PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
The premier and most expansive database for searching psychological literature. Includes over 4 million records. Provided via the American Psychological Association.
Statista This link opens in a new window
Statista is one of the leading statistics companies on the internet. With a team of over 200 statisticians, database experts, analysts, and editors, Statista provides users with an innovative and intuitive tool for researching quantitative data, statistics and related information.

Glassdoor
A free jobs and career community that offers the world an inside look at jobs and companies
Indeed
Indeed has thousands of company reviews, it is also a job aggregator so you will find job listings from other sites.
LinkedIn
Prospective employees can use the company search feature to search for information on companies.
Vault
Provides information to prospective employees about jobs and internships, top employers, job search advice, salary listings, and more.
UM Career Center
Provides access to Vault Career Library, Going Global, and Candid Career. All are great tools to use in your search for that dream job.
Internships.com
Provides a wide variety of interactive tools and services to enable every student, employer and educator to better understand and optimize internship opportunities, enabling businesses to identify the best job candidates and for students to develop the real-world skills they will need upon graduation.

Directories

Industry specific associations