Tip sheet is available online at library home page > Distance Education Services > Research Tip Sheets.
Online Library Resources
In-depth assistance is available at How to Do Library Research on the Distance Ed Library Services page (see the Handouts and Demonstrations).- go to the Library
Catalog to search for books/videos/DVDs, etc.
- enter your term and select the index you want to search (author, title, subject, keyword)
- your search may bring up journal titles with online links; click the "ENMU Portales online access" link to go to our Full-text Online Journals (see Full-text Online Journals, below, for instructions)
- to find journal articles, use a periodical database
- the library database links do not always work from within Blackboard, so it's best to go directly to the library home page or the Periodical Databases page and select one of the databases listed below (click the letter that begins the database name at the first alphabetical list in the upper right)
- if you are off campus, type your ENMU ID# at the remote authentication screen
- APA Style and Formatting Guide
- What is a peer-reviewed journal?
Databases for Business Research
- Business Source Complete--scholarly, full text
- Business and Company Resource Center--select Articles Search, full text
- General Business File ASAP--full text
- Academic Search Premier--scholarly, full text
- Academic OneFile--scholarly, full text
- Computers and Applied Sciences Complete--scholarly, full text
- RMA e-Statement Studies (Finance 315)
- Value Line
- Westlaw Campus--full text, news, business and legal
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and Regional Business News newspapers are also available full-text online
Full-text Online Journals
If you are unable to locate full-text material in the database you are searching, try using our Full-Text Online Journals, at the second alphabetical list in the upper right of the Periodical Databases page:- click the 0-9 link and type journal title in the Search box; if journal is available, click a link and then "Search Within this Publication" (type article title in search box or perform an open search)
- or, click a year/volume/issue link that corresponds to your citation and search the issue's table of contents for your article title
- or, go directly to our Full-text Online Journals for Business to see the specific journal titles we have available:
Business and Economics
Engineering and Applied Sciences (scroll down to Information Technology)
Law, Politics and Government
If you are still unable to locate your material, you may place a request for it (see Requesting Material, below).
Business Web Resources
Company InfoEDGAR (SEC Filings; 10-K report is most extensive)
NAICS Codes (also converts SICs to NAICS)
SIC Codes
Yahoo! Finance
Country Studies
CIA World Fact Book
Country Reports
Library of Congress Country Studies
US Department of State Background Notes
General Business Resources
BRINT--Business, Information Technology, & Finance Risk Management Research Portal
CEO Express
Drucker Institute and Archives
EconPapers
Federal Reserve Board Working Papers
Harvard Business School Working Papers Collection
Knowledge Wharton
MIT Sloan Business School Working Papers
Nielson
Yale School of Management Working Papers
See the Internet Resources page for general and reference works, and eBooks.
Requesting Material
Register with the ILLiad Interlibrary Loan (ILL) system and create your personal ILLiad account. Go to the Interlibrary Loan link and click the ILLiad Log In/Register link on the left-hand sidebar. Click the "First Time Users" button and register with the system. Enter your ENMU email address, create an ILLiad username of your own choosing, and enter your ENMU ID number as your ILLiad password. Return to the same ILLiad Logon/Registration link and logon to your ILLiad account to use the system.- if you are taking classes on the main campus, check Golden Library holdings first, before submitting a request. If your item is not available online or in the library, you may place an ILL request.
- if you are a distance education student and do not come to the main campus for your classes, you may request anything not available full-text online via ILL, including items from Golden Library's catalog.