How culture, in all of its aspects, is a major determinant of organizational practices and performance..

1. Comparative and Cross-Cultural
Management
IBUS 731
Research and Library Databases
Edwards Campus

2. Dissertation Research Blog
http://dissertationresearch.blogspot.com
2

3. Using databases
to find
articles
3

4. http://www.lib.ku.edu
Don’t
forget this
URL!
KU
Libraries
Homepage

13. If the library doesn’t have a
copy of the article you want.

16. Good source for
more information

17. Did I start my research on the Japanese Banking
System way off track by looking at the history of
railroads on the economics of Japan? Will this article
help me in writing my term paper?
Don’t know. This is the way research goes. Keep the
article. This is only one lead into the much broader
link of what led up to the current state of Japanese
banks.

18. Database #2
Ciao : Columbia International Affairs Online
Columbia International Affairs Online is a comprehensive
source for theory and research in international affairs. It
accesses a wide range of scholarship that includes working
papers from university research institutes, occasional papers
series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects,
proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy
briefs.

24. A 3rd Database
ProQuest research library is a comprehensive database
available through the ProQuest online system. It indexes
and abstracts general interest magazines and scholarly
journals, trade publications, magazines and newspapers
in the social sciences, humanities and sciences. The
database includes more than 3820 titles -- over 2550 in
full text -- from 1971 forward.

34. Databases give you the ability to:
Search: Keyword strategy
Limit to Scholarly Articles (Peer Reviewed)
Sort by relevance or date
Cite your article
Find other articles that have cited the article you selected

35. Google Scholar
Database

41. Changed my search terms The date of my search was 11-3-14

42. Wall Street Journal Database

50. Website for a view of the country
and its people:
CIA World Factbook
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

55. Website for a view of a country’s business:
WorldBank http://elibrary.worldbank.org

59. Books

62. New books are
available on
the Internet:
eBooks

65. E-Journals

70. Don’t forget the DissertationResearchBlog.blogspot.com blog
Don’t forget the Libraries Homepage
Don’t forget the Databases & More Handout
Don’t forget the Subject Guide produced by John Stratton
Don’t forget the Databases and Articles
(ABI/Inform, CIAO, Proquest Research Library, Google Scholar)
Don’t forget the Websites
(CIA World Factbook, World Bank)
Don’t for get the Books and eJournals

71. Mix in a Google search: Bank of Japan

75. Questions?

76. http://www.lib.ku.edu