How to Cite Business Sources

Citing your work got you crazy? We have your guides to citing databases, annual reports, articles, books and more here....

Our LibGuides to Citations - includes APA, MLA, Chicago/Turabian, you name it....

A great guide to business citations from Harvard University.

Let Boston University's Guide to Doing Business Citations help out (with examples)

Or this guide about citing business sources in APA

RefWorks allows you to save and format citations according to any citation format. I think it's generally wonderful but it can be hard to use, so you can use these tutorials.

Be aware that the final works cited is about 90% accurate, but be sure to check your work against the official APA/MLA/etc... guide.

While you can enter or import data into Refworks yourself (see the tutorial above), some databases allow you to export directly into RefWorks (see below):

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Books on Interpersonal Communication

This is a good subject heading: interpersonal communication. Contains books on people skills, negotiations, arguing, and group interaction.

Good for marketers, advertisers, or just being a businessperson.

Why MySpace Failed

Here's a good BusinessWeek article about why MySpace lost to Facebook. Lotsa of interesting rules that apply to social sites: perception that the wrong crowd had taken over, lack of crowd sourcing applications, and nervous advertisers.

Verified: Internet Articles Badly Written

This is a fascinating article about an AOL writer and his daily routine. Which involved writing unbelievable amounts of print over subjects unfamiliar to the writer.

It is, I suspect, largely how most internet content gets created. As information, it is worthless - it exists only to generate clicks and therefore ad content.

This is the stuff you are reading if you haven't put in the five minutes to learning the library website.

Might I suggest you also read the classic Lippman book Liberty and the News. The problem of low-paid non-expert writers working under deadline is a reason to learn to think for yourself.

Study Skills Books

A link to our books, e-books, videos (some streaming online) on study skills.

Conversation Analysis

Interpersonal skills are everything so read these books about conversation analysis.

You will learn how to draw people out, use humor in conversation, pick up hidden messages, and listen to people. And they will remember you.

Scholarly VS NonScholarly

What is the difference between scholarly and nonscholarly articles? Watch this video to find out.

The librarian also explains how to use scholarly articles more effectively.