Using Journal Databases
Locating Sources
Interlibrary Loan
Contacting the Library for Help
Marketing Guide

Kathryn Boone
Government Information Specialist
kboone@odu.edu
683-4182

Library Resources & Services
MKTG 414
Ethics and Social Issues in Administration
Spring 2008

Use Databases to find journal articles:

Start from the library homepage www.lib.odu.edu => Databases => Choose from the subject list or from the alphabetical list.

When you select a database from off-campus, you'll be prompted to enter your student ID number.

Use your 8-digit University ID Number (UIN).

After entering your ID number, you'll see a security screen for your specific browser. 

Click "yes" or Continue to proceed to your chosen database.

For fulltext articles, choose from:

ABI/Inform -- The Advanced Search can be used for keyword searching or to find specific articles or works by specific authors. Use the Suggested Topics for ideas or to help refine your search. When you are looking at an individual document from your results list, you will have the option to "Find more documents like this".

Business & Company Resource Center -- Contains company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information. Use the Subject guide search under Articles to help generate topic ideas.

Factiva -- Mostly news sources and trade journals. Generally, just use the "free text" search and search for your terms in the "Headline and Lead Paragraph" option. You can also use Intelligent Indexing to limit your search by "Industry" (ex. the health care industry) and "Region" (ex. United States and/or Europe). A great source for company information - use the "company quick search."

Lexis-Nexis Academic -- Similar to Factiva in terms of general news content. Also contains company information and law reviews.

To find books on your topic:

Library Catalog: use the keyword search to find books on your topic. Take advantage of the searching tips right underneath the search interface. NOTE: you cannot find journal articles in the library catalog.

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Obtaining sources from a list of citations:

First step: Determine what kind of source the citation refers to.

Journal Article: look for volume and issue numbers; sometimes you will see a date more specific than the year, such as Winter or November.

Manuel A Tipgos, Thomas J Keefe. "A Comprehensive Structure of Corporate Governance in Post-Enron Corporate America" The CPA Journal. v74 n12 p46 December 2004.

Book: look for a place (usually city) of publication followed by a publisher name.

Prashad, Vijay. 2003. Fat cats & running dogs : the Enron stage of capitalism. Monroe, ME : Common Courage Press.

Chapter or essay within a book: look for the word "in" followed by a second title.

John A. Byme. 2003. After Enron: the ideal corporation. In John E Richardson (ed.), Business Ethics. Guilford : McGraw-Hill/Dushkin.

Government Document: look for a government agency name.

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Accountability issues : lessons learned from Enron's fall. Hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session, February 6, 2002.

Conference papers or proceedings: look for words such as conference, congress, paper, or proceedings.

Enron: A New Paradigm of Moral Hazard: 6th Biennial international conference - The global economy: financial, legal and technological asymmetries, Chicago, IL, August 2002. edited by Hayford, M.; Malliaris, A. G.; Malliaris, M. E. APF Press : 2003

NOTE: For incomplete citations or journal abbreviations you are unable to decipher, please ask for help at the reference desk on the first floor of the library.

Second step: Look it up in the library catalog to see if it is available at the ODU Libraries.

For journal articles, look up the journal title using the Journals, magazines, newspapers search of the library catalog

For books, look up the book title using the Title search of the library catalog

For book chapters, look up the title of the book it appears in (usually the second title) using the Title search of the library catalog

For government documents, look up the title of the document using the Title search of the library catalog

For conference papers or proceedings, try looking up the title of the paper or proceedings, or the title of the conference, using the Title search of the library catalog

NOTE: Conference papers/proceedings and government documents may be a bit tricky - please ask for help at the reference desk on the first floor of the library if you don't find it!

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Obtain materials not owned by the library:

Once you've checked the library catalog and determined that the library does not own the document you need, you can request the document through the Interlibrary Loan department's online ILLiad system (683-4170).

First step: Set up your ILLiad account

Second Step: Login to ILLiad and fill out the proper request forms

Allow at least one week for your requests to be filled - this time will vary depending on Interlibrary Loan workload and the availability of the item requested.

The library subsidizes the first $8.00 of journal fees for undergraduate students. In most cases there will be no charge.

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Contact the library for the help you need:

The library calendar, which includes information about holiday closings and changes in hours can be found here.

For library hours click here.

To keep up on library news, check out our publications here.

Contact the Reference Desk for questions about library services and resources: 683-4178.

Email your question: Ask a Librarian service.

Request a research consultation.

Contact the Circulation Desk for questions about borrowing, Virginia Tidewater Consortium library cards, faculty carrels, and group study rooms: 683-4154.

Contact the Interlibrary Loan department for assistance with your ILLiad account: 683-4170.

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