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Business Writing: Find articles on careers
To find journal articles on your career, try looking in a database appropriate to your subject area. You can find recommended databases for your subject on the WSU Libraries Subject List of Databases page. The Vocational and Career Collection is a database of mostly trade journals, so you could try that database to find articles by people working in a particular profession. If you aren't sure where to start, try searching Academic Search Complete for your career and the following search phrase: ("vocational guidance" or occupations or "career development"). Copy and paste the entire phrase, including the parentheses. For example, if you want articles about careers in pharmaceutical sales, use the following search: pharmaceutical sales and ("vocational guidance" or occupations or "career development").
Article Databases
For additional databases, refer to the library's Alphabetical List of All Databases.
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Communication & Mass Media CompleteIndex, abstracts, and full text for journals in communication and mass media.
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Business Source CompleteProvides abstracts for articles from over 3,200 business-related publications, including academic, professional and trade journals. Good source for articles on public relations and marketing.
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Arts and Humanities Citation IndexA multidisciplinary database covering the journal literature of the arts and humanities. Once you've connected, check the box at the bottom of the page to search the Social Science Citation Index at the same time.
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MLA International BibliographyComprehensive index of critical, scholarly material in literature, criticism, drama, language, linguistics, humanities, and folklore. Worldwide coverage includes articles chosen from over 3,500 journals, monographs, dissertations, bibliographies, and proceedings. Also known as the Modern Language Association International Bibliography. Links to full-text when available.
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Google ScholarIf you're off campus, log in. Don't buy anything Google tries to sell you. You can usually get any articles or books for free from our library.
Getting materials we don't have in our library
Note: When you use the Find It! button and it can’t find a full-text version, it doesn’t mean that we don’t have the actual hard copy of the journal in our library. Check the box that lists Dunbar’s holdings. Then look up your journal title and check the dates to see if it’s here. You can’t check out an entire volume, but you can make copies of the articles.
Interlibrary Loan (ILL): delivery time depends upon availability.
- Use your W# and password to login.
- For an article, click "Request an Article" and fill in all information, being especially careful to list all inclusive page numbers.
- Once you’ve logged in, from any database Find It! page, you can click "Request via Interlibrary Loan" and it will automatically populate the important fields for you. You should still check page numbers to be sure it lists all the page numbers you need.
OhioLINK: usually takes 3-5 working days
- From your search screen (including screens with no results), click OhioLINK Central. This will now run the search in the OhioLINK catalog.
- From the OhioLINK record, click Request Item. You will be prompted for your identification information and a pick-up location.
Where can I get this?
| Document | Process |
| An article that is not available full-text in the database I’m using. | Click the “Find It!” button to see if it’s available in a different database. If so, click the link. If not, see the record for print holdings. |
| An article that is not available full-text in a database but is available in a print journal in Dunbar Library. | Visit the Journals area on the second floor of the library and make a copy. |
| An article that is not available full-text in a database but is available in a print journal located at the SW Depository. | Request the article using Interlibrary Loan. |
| An article that is not available full-text in a database and is not available in the library. | Request the article using Interlibrary Loan. |
| A book that is not available in our catalog but is available in the OhioLINK catalog. | Request the book from OhioLINK. |
| A book that is not available in our catalog or the OhioLINK catalog. | Check WorldCat and request the book from Interlibrary Loan. |
News Sources
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FactivaFull-text newspapers, newswires, company reports, historical market data, and other business sources.
Useful Links
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Request a Research AppointmentGet one-on-one assistance from a library staff member.
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My Library AccountView and renew materials checked out to you.
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OhioLINKSearch library holdings and request materials from all over the state.
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Interlibrary LoanRequest materials not available in our library.
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Citing Your Sources - MLAThe top link in the center box will take you to the Purdue Owl. It is useful for helping you with citation style or formatting an annotated bibliography.
