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Additional resource guides:

Market Research Resources @ UCSD
Economics Resources Guide
Finding Data Guide This guide has links to the broadest range of data resources you have access to.
Career Choice & Change
Learning Excel Guide Although this guide originally was for undergraduates, it contains links to materials of interest to a range of readers who range from beginner through advanced level with Excel.
Project Management Resources Guide
Searching Patents
Business Ethics & CSR

Frequently Used Resources

Vault
This resource offers company profiles, rankings, and industry and profession profiles. Find career advice using the career guides, résumé templates, and sample cover letters. Search for jobs and interships, and find graduate programs
Factiva
Factiva.com provides access to over 16,000 global sources including: * 1,000+ Global and local newspapers * 3,000+ Journals and magazines * 30,000+ Company Reports. Factiva.com delivers content in 27 languages, from Arabic to Vietnamese.
Scroll down on the landing page to the Newsstand: US section for the latest content of Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Barron's & more.
Nexis Uni
Nexis Uni contains thousands of full-text sources including newspapers, wires, transcripts, newsletters, magazines, trade journals; also industry news, company information, law reviews, court decisions, statutes. Coverage dates vary. International and U.S. sources. (Previously called Lexis Nexis Academic).

WSJ.com
The Wall Street Journal now available from their website for all UCSD students and employees with single sign-on authentication.

Wall Street Journal (ProQuest)
This ProQuest site includes coverage of WSJ Eastern Edition, 1984-present; WSJ Online, 2010-present; and WSJ: The Magazine, 2011-present. This PQ version has a powerful and precise search engine for finding specific items or topics.
Los Angeles Times (1881 - present)
Custom combined full-runs search of three ProQuest versions of Los Angeles Times.
New York Times (1851 - current)
Custom combined full-runs search of three ProQuest versions of New York Times.

Financial Times (Newsbank)
Popular source of global business news, commentary and analysis on business, finance, and related topics for executives, students and researchers. Stay up-to-date on the world's economic changes. We have several options for you: Most Popular is FT.com access via FT.com (latest coverage, one-time sign up); Financial Times via Newsbank, (1982-current minus latest 30 days; power searching features, text only) or Financial Times via Gale Business Insights (1999-current - 30 days; power search, downloadable audio format for each article; also offers a link to browse by daily issue). For deep historical content use Financial Times Historical Archive (1888-2020).
The Economist
Offers authoritative insight and opinion on international news, politics, business, finance, science and technology.

US Major Dailies
U.S. Major Dailies provides access to current content and significant archives dating back to the 1980s for five of the nation’s most respected national and regional newspapers, including The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and The Wall Street Journal, in full-text format.
Business Source Complete
Dates of coverage vary, some journals back to early 20th century. Abstracts and full text in virtually all subject areas related to Business, Management and Finance. Journal and magazine articles; also books, industry reports, company profiles, SWOT analysis, much more

Chronicle of Higher Education
CHE is the trade journal for all aspects of higher ed, and a rich site for people working in or considering a job in this field. The main site publishes a weekly update for news, and their daily newsletters, like Academe Today, are great for keeping current (register using your @ucsd email). Their Jobs site is the leading notice board for U.S.-based faculty positions, administrative and other non-instructional jobs. The Data/Almanac section contains details on pay, employment and individual institutional demographics that helps job seekers with relocation and salary negotiation. There are two sections with career advancement and skills development content – career resources and free guides & reports.

Research Help

Adele Barsh

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Business & Entrepreneurship Librarian

UC San Diego Library

University of California, San Diego

9500 Gilman Dr. 0175R

La Jolla, CA 92093-0175

Subjects: Business

E-books

Selected subjects for easy browsing:

TIPS: Don't see your favorite topic listed above? You can search your own topics and titles by using UC Library Search. For best results, sign in to UC Library Search using SSO and your @ucsd.edu email address. To limit to the most recent ebooks, choose the radio button that says "UC San Diego Library Catalog" for your search, then filter the results to online only. Changing the results order from "relevance" to "date: newest first" will show the most recent additions to the ebook collection.

Featured items from among these searches:

Vault Guide to Behavioral Interviews: a step-by-step guide to preparing for and acing behavioral interview questions
Call Number: Vault e-book
ISBN: 9781438198590
Publication Date: 2020
This publication contains essential tips for preparing for and acing behavioral interview questions. These questions (which often begin with the phrase 'Tell me about a time when...') are now used by organizations in nearly every industry. This means that, no matter your desired role or company, you'll need to know how to deliver excellent answers to these questions in order to get hired.
The Handbook of Communication Skills, 4th ed. by Owen Hargie (Editor)
ISBN: 9781315436135
Publication Date: 2019
The Handbook of Communication Skills is recognized as one of the core texts in the field of communication, offering a state-of-the-art overview of this rapidly evolving field of study. It covers topics such as non-verbal behavior, listening, negotiation and persuasion, and situates communication in a range of different contexts, from interacting in groups to the counselling interview.
Disrupt Yourself: master relentless change and speed up your learning curve by Whitney Johnson
Call Number: HBR Press e-book
ISBN: 9781633698789
Publication Date: 2020
Disrupt Yourself helps high-growth individuals--and those trying to attain this status--learn the tools and frameworks necessary to make changes that matter. We are living in an era of accelerating disruption, and no one is immune. Johnson makes the compelling case that managing the S-curve waves of learning and mastery is a requisite skill for the future. If you want to be successful in unexpected ways and achieve your wildest goals, follow your own disruptive path. Dare to innovate. Do something astonishing. Disrupt yourself.
English for Academic CVs, Resumes, and Online Profiles by Adrian Wallwork
Call Number: Springer ebook
ISBN: 3030110893
Publication Date: 2019
Are you a graduate, postgraduate or PhD student? Building a CV or profile can be difficult for anyone, but especially for those whose first language is not English. This book is essential for those looking to promote themselves in the academic community. It is structured as a series of FAQs, and its contents are based on interviews with recruiters and an analysis of hundreds of CVs from around 40 different countries.

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