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MSc In Management Research Guide

Finding theses & dissertations, research methods, writing up your research findings, conducting & writing literature reviews, finding publishing opportunities, journal impact factors & rankings, statistical software packages.

What's in the Guide?

Tall stack of books for research in a library

This research guide was greated for Master of Science in Management students and provides links to research tools and resources that can help you:

  • Review & update your Library Research Skills
  • Conduct Literature Searches
  • Find sources using Citation Chaining techniques:
    • sources cited in reference lists (backward citation chaining)
    • cited reference searching (forward citation chaining)
  • Conduct and write literature reviews.
  • Learn about academic integrity and plagiarism.
  • Locate citation style guides and learn about citation management software products (e.g., EndNote Basic, Mendeley, Zotero)
  • Find books and other resources on research methods in Business, Management, and/or the Social Sciences.
  • Find theses and dissertations in all areas of Business, Management and related fields.
  • Write your thesis / Guides to LaTeX.
  • Find publishing opportunities in journals and calls for papers for conference presentations.
  • Find journal rankings and impact factors so you can identify top tier journals in your discipline.
  • Learn how to use popular statistical software, simulation, and modeling packages such as Matlab, R, SPSS, Stata, or SAS and event study software (Eventus).
  • Learn about managing your research data.
If you are looking for more sources to help you with your writing and communication skills, please see the Business English & Communication guide.

Other Business Research Guides

For subject-specific research help, please consult one or more of the following research guides. If you cannot find what you are looking for, do not hesitate to contact the Business Librarian for help.

Business Research Guide Finder

Subject-Specific Business Research Guides

Looking for business research help but not sure where to turn? Here are the Subject-specific Business Research Guides and other Guides most useful to Business & Economics researchers:

Library Research Tutorials

Business Research "Step-by-step" Demonstrations

Business Basics Tutorials - Small Business Accelerator Program (UBC)

Internally-created Database Guides & Demos

Externally-created Database Guides & Demos

ProQuest Databases:

Web of Science Databases:

Gale Cengage Databases:

JSTOR:

Intelligize (formerly Lexis Securities Mosaic):

Nexis Uni:

Scholars Portal Databases:

S&P Capital IQ:

ScienceDirect (Elsevier):

Undergraduate Course Guides

Looking for course-specific research help? Here are the course-specific research guides that I have created to assist students with research tasks associated with class assignments. They are listed by course code with separate listings for undergraduate and graduate courses. 

Graduate Course Guides

Looking for course-specific research help? Here are the course-specific research guides that I have created to assist students with research tasks associated with class assignments. They are listed by course code with separate listings for  undergraduate and graduate courses.

Subjects: Business