Business Source Complete - INTO AE 065 - Fall 2023 - LibGuides at Suffolk University

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The Sawyer Library subscribes to multiple article databases from the vendor, EBSCO. These databases will share similar features, so users who become familiar with one, will automatically be familiar with the others as well.

Transferable Skills: Other Databases with a Similar Interface

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database from EBSCO, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals.
Communication Source This link opens in a new window
Offers abstracts and indexing as well as full-text content from publications worldwide pertaining to Communication, Linguistics, Rhetoric and Discourse, Speech-Language Pathology, Media Studies and related fields.
PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
Produced by the American Psychological Association (APA). The largest resource devoted to peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health. It contains records and summaries dating as far back as the 1600s and includes journal coverage from the 1800s to present.

'Business Source Complete' Sample Search

A search for the term drones returns over 12,000 results, - too many to sift through!

Using two search boxes, one concept per box, a search for drones AND delivery narrows the results to about 1,000.

'Business Source Complete' - Limit & Sort Results

What are the best ways to evaluate over a thousand search results?

LIMIT Results by the type of publication:

Publications such as magazines and newspapers are written for the average audience. They are considered to be reliable sources.
Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) / Academic Journals are written for scholars. These articles constitute the highest level of scholarship.
Trade publications are written by industry professionals, and the intended audience are other professionals in the same industry.

Change the order in which the results are displayed:

Most (but not all) databases display the results in order of relevance. This may be changed to see the most recent articles first.

'Business Source Complete' - CITE button

Use the CITE button to capture the citation for your list of references. The most frequently used citation styles are APA and MLA.

Click on an appropriate Subject Term to run a new search for articles which share that subject heading.

Subject Terms

Use the linked Subject Terms to find additional articles on the same topic. In the boxes below, the subject term drone aircraft delivery was used find an additional 352 articles, which all share that subject.