Quick Start Guide
Business Source Complete
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About Business Source Complete
How to access Business Source Complete
How to search Business Source Complete
1. Select multiple EBSCO databases
2. Search for full text
3. Begin searching
4. Refine your results
How to view an item in Business Source Complete
Printing/emailing/saving/citing results in Business Source Complete
Additional features of Business Source Complete
How to get help using Business Source Complete
About Business Source Complete
Business Source Complete is an EBSCO database which provides bibliographic and full-text content for all business disciplines. Full text material includes:
- over 1,800 peer-reviewed journals
- over 2,200 market research reports
- over 17,500 company profiles
- over 18,000 industry reports
- over 1,600 country economic reports
- over 1,700 trade journals and business magazines
- over 900 books and monographs
- over 3,000 SWOT analyses
- over 40,000 author profiles
- over 50 seminars (videos)
- over 6,000 interviews (executive and analyst)
- over 1,300 working papers
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How to access Business Source Complete
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Select Business and Management, Sport or Tourism and Hospitality from the subject menu on the left of the screen, depending on your subject of interest
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Go to the “Databases” tab and select Business Source Complete (it will be easier to navigate back to the Online Library pages if you right-click and open the link in a new window or tab)
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If you have not already logged in, you will be prompted to enter your username and password (if you do not have a username and password, please see the
Help section for more information about how to get log in details)
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If your login details are correct, you will then be taken to the home page for Business Source Complete (see image below)
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How to search Business Source Complete
1. Select multiple EBSCO databases
The EBSCOhost interface allows users to search multiple EBSCO databases simultaneously. This will increase your chances of finding a broad range of useful material for your studies. If you currently use Business Source Complete, you may also find the following EBSCO databases useful:
- Computer Source
- Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
- Regional Business News
- SPORTDiscus with Full Text
To search multiple EBSCO databases, click “Choose Databases” above the basic search box on the main Business Source Complete interface. Select which databases you wish to search and click "OK".
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2. Search for full text
Not all material in Business Source Complete is available in full text. Some of the items in your search results will be bibliographic (containing information such as author name(s), title and publication details). To ensure that you retrieve items which you are able to read in the full text, make sure you click the box entitled “Full Text” (see image below).
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3. Begin searching
To begin searching, enter one or more keywords for your topic in the basic search box. Below the basic search box, you will find various search options which allow you to tailor your search by publication name, publication type, date etc.
After you have entered your search in the search box, click ‘Search’, and all items matching the search criteria will be displayed in a Results List.
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4. Refine your results
Once you have entered a search, you can refine your results by:
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source type (academic journals, trade publications, magazines, newspapers, market research reports etc.)
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subject thesaurus term (terms related to your search)
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subject
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industry
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publication name
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company
- geography
These search limiters enable you to tailor your search to your individual topic. Select which search limiters you are interested in and click the "Update" button to update your search results.
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How to view an item in Business Source Complete
You will see a PDF Full Text or an HTML Full Text icon in your results list for all items that are available to read in full text:
Records which do not feature either of these icons are bibliographic records where the full text is not available.
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Printing/emailing/saving/citing results in Business Source Complete
If you only wish to print/email/save/cite one item, click on the item’s title then click on the desired option in the “Tools” section on the right of the screen. Once you have clicked on the relevant option, follow the instructions on screen.
An easier way to manage your results is to collect items that are relevant to your research in your folder by clicking on the "Add to folder" icon for each item. When you are ready, you can select multiple items to print/email/save/cite etc. at the same time.
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Additional features of Business Source Complete
You can also use Business Source Complete to find author and company profiles, country reports and industry profiles. For instructions on how to use these additional features, see the full Business Source Complete User Guide.
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How to get help using Business Source Complete
If you need additional help using Business Source Complete, there is a help link at the top of every page which links to a detailed help section provided by EBSCO. Alternatively, you can contact the Online Library Librarian at library@wales.ac.uk or by using the Ask-A-Librarian link at the top of the EBSCOhost screen.
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