Welcome to the BAcc Hons 2024 Library Guide. In this guide, we aim to bring together all information related to conducting your research in a single place.
Databases contains articles with information that will guide you to the answers you seek. Instead of searching with questions on databases, you have to search for information using KEYWORDS.
When extracting KEYWORDS from your assignment or essay, you need to look at the key concepts that encapsulate your assignment.
Example:
Is it true that economic growth makes the rich richer and the poor poorer?
KEYWORDS:
Note: The concepts that you are looking for are not always expressed in the
language of the assignment or question, but often through other related terms.
See the Guide for step-by-step instructions.
Use the "Search strategy builder" to help you create a search string, using Boolean logic. You can cut and paste the results into most databases’ search boxes.
Plagiarism:
Plagiarism is the act of taking others' work and presenting it as your own. It can be deliberate or unintentional. To avoid plagiarism, it is important to reference the sources that you are using for your assignments. Read more on Plagiarism.
Referencing:
Use the Stellenbosch Harvard Style to ensure you are referencing correctly.
A few referencing tips:
AND – returns results with both keywords. AND usually limits the search results
OR – returns results with one or the other keyword.It broadens your results by connecting two or more synonyms.
NOT – returns results excluding specific keywords
Use the Boolean Machine for visualizing the effects of Boolean operators .
More tips:
Quotation Marks “ ” – keep keywords together, for exact phrase searching
Brackets ( ) – keep concepts together, used for synonyms
Example:
("green energy" OR "sustainable energy" OR "renewable energy") AND (logistics OR "supply chain")
Databases:
ProQuest One Business
Emerald
Google Scholar
Science Direct
Scopus
Sabinet African Journals
Gartner - reports
Fitch Connect - reports
MarektLine Advantage - reports
SAGE Research Methods Online - research assistance
IRESS - Financial & company data
IRESS Expert - Financial & Company data
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