COOL LIBRARY RESOURCES:

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Library ins and outs designed specifically for

Business Students

WHO AM I?

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Laura Slavin, MLS, MBA

Librarian Extraordinaire

I am available to

help you with

research and citing your work.

THE RESEARCH PROCESS

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• Decide on a topic. What do you want to write about? What is your thesis?

• Look up background information. This will help you develop and refine your thesis.

• Search for appropriate sources• Evaluate the sources as you find

them• Manage, Cite and properly integrate

your sources as support for your thesis

Library Home Pagehttp://library.lmunet.edu

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• Search the library catalog

• Search databases

• Get an interlibrary loan

Business Specific Database Page

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• Dig into your research topic

• Geared toward history course work

Library Proxy Login

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This gets you access to ALL databases available at LMU

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Statistics Databases

JSTORUnited States Census BureauStatistical Abstract of the United States

JSTOR

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JSTOR is perfect for

business research. It contains older issues of

important journals.   

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Advanced Search

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Narrowing your search

WorldCat

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ILLiad

Order books and articles that LMU Library does not have!

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Create precise citations

Avoid Plagiarism

Handbook at library

APA Citations

Statistics in APA Style

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Mean and Standard Deviation

Clearly presented in parentheses:

The sample as a whole was relatively young (M = 19.22, SD = 3.45).

The average age of students was 19.22 years (SD = 3.45).

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Precentages

Are also most clearly displayed in parentheses with no decimal places:

Nearly half (49%) of the sample was married.

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Chi-Square

Are reported with degrees of freedom and sample size in parentheses, the Pearson chi-square value (rounded to two decimal places), and the significance level:

The percentage of participants that were married did not differ by gender, c2(1, N = 90) = 0.89, p = .35.

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Correlations

Are reported with the degrees of freedom (which is N-2) in parentheses and the significance level:

The two variables were strongly correlated, r(55) = .49, p < .01.

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TablesBest for some statistics

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Numbers. Number all tables with Arabic numerals sequentially.

Titles. Like the title of the paper itself, each table must have a clear and concise title.

Headings. Keep headings clear and brief. The heading should not be much wider than the widest entry in the column. All columns must have

Body. In reporting the data, consistency is key: Numerals should be expressed to a consistent number of decimal places that is determined by the precision of measurement.

Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) Table

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Regression

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Business Subject Guide

• Click the Subject Guide Link

• Click on the LibGuides Link

• Look for my name (Laura

Slavin)

• Click on the Business

Subject Guide

Yes, this is me.

Class Subject GuideFind links to helpful Sources

http://libguides.lmunet.edu/business

Questions?

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