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Books - to find broad information on a topic, or the history of a given topic, try the book collection. This information may not the most up to date, but should give you a good sense of the "big picture." To look up books on a given topic, go to the library catalog by clicking on the "Find Books and More" link on the Library's webpage or go to:

http://cmars.cwmars.org/search~S38/

Once you're in the library catalog depending on your topic, try broad keyword searches like:

e-commerce
ethic* and copyright*
web and (marketing or advertising)
web page design
amazon.com

Remember that we have access to many more books than are located at MWCC library. To see what books other libraries own on your topic, search "All Central MA Libraries" or pick a specific library to search, within our system. Also, if you do locate a book which contains good information on your topic, see if there are bibliographies in the book, which list other sources.

Here are some useful reference books which you might use in your work:

Dictionary of E-Business - Ref HF5548.32.B67 2000
Business Statistics of the United States, edited by Cornelia J. Strawser - Ref HC101.A13122 2004
Dictionary of Business Terms, by Wilbur Cross - Ref1001.C68 1999
Encyclopedia of Business, edited by Jane A. Malonis - Ref HF1001.E466 2000

Periodical Indexes/Databases - to find the most current information on a topic, try journal or newspaper articles. In order to locate them, you must use an index. Just like in the back of a book there is an index which tells you what page to look at in the book, there are indexes to journals and newspapers which tell you which issue and page to look at in the journal. These indexes used to be just available in print but are now available online as well. Some online indexes which you should use in your work would be:

Business & Company ASAP - especially good for industry information
Business Source Premier - great for general information
General BusinessFile ASAP - great for looking up information on individual companies
LexisNexis - newspaper articles plus journal coverage

The really exciting thing about these online databases is that about 50 percent of the time, the articles which are indexed online, are available online, full-text. These are all available through the link on the Library's webpage "Find An Article or by going to:

http://www.mwcc.mass.edu/HTML/Library/login.html

Find these online indexes in either the alphabetical or subject arranged database listings. Once in these databases, try specific keyword searches such as:

ethic* and copyright* and web*
credit card authorization
dot com and fail*

Hint: If you haven't decided on a topic yet, browsing through a subject specialized journal can give you ideas for your paper.

Websites - To supplement your investigation, but not to substitute for information you find in journals and books.

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This page was last updated 9/15/04