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Key Databases

When searching for journal articles, ABI Inform Complete and Business Source Ultimate databases are usually the best places to begin.

For Canadian articles, consider using Canadian Business & Current Affairs (CBCA) as it contains unique Canadian content that is not available in either Business Source Ultimate or ABI Inform Complete.

Below are a few UNB-subscribed databases for research in Organizational Studies. For additional databases, check the Article Databases page of the library website.

Key Resources

ABI/INFORM Complete (ProQuest)
Indexing, abstracts, and full-text of scholarly and trade journal articles in business, management, and trade. Also covers dissertations, SSRN working papers, market reports, industry reports, business cases, local and regional business information, and global and trade news. Includes full text of The Wall Street Journal and digital images of selected key business journals from the first issue to the present. ABI Help Guide
Permitted Use | Subscribed multi-user unlimited access
Business Source Complete (EBSCO)
Business Source Complete provides bibliographic and full text content, including indexing and abstracts for scholarly business journals back as far as 1886 and full text journal articles in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. The database full text content includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more.
Permitted Use | Subscribed multi-user unlimited access
Canadian Business and Current Affairs (CBCA) Complete (ProQuest)
Canadian Business and Current Affairs (CBCA) Complete is the nation's largest and most comprehensive bibliographic full-text reference and current events database. Available through the ProQuest Web interface, CBCA Complete combines full text and indexed content from all four CBCA database subsets (Business, Current Events, Education, and Reference). Subject coverage is comprehensive and information is available from the broadest range of Canadian sources anywhere.
Permitted Use | Subscribed multi-user unlimited access
Canadian Periodicals Index Quarterly (CPI.Q)
Indexes over 400 Canadian periodicals (English and French) with full-text and reports from 165 periodicals.
PsycINFO (American Psychological Association; APA - EBSCO)
PsycINFO is an abstracting and indexing database of more than 2000 journals (approximately 3.3 million records) devoted to peer-reviewed literature (journals, books and dissertations) in the behavioural sciences and mental health.
Permitted Use | Subscribed multi-user unlimited access | 1887-Current
SocINDEX with Full Text (EBSCO)
SocINDEX with Full Text is the world's most comprehensive and highest-quality sociology research database. Its extensive scope and content provide users with a wealth of extremely useful information encompassing the broad spectrum of sociological study. The database features more than 2.1 million records with subject headings from a 20,000+ term sociological thesaurus designed by subject experts and expert lexicographers. SocINDEX with Full Text contains full text for 890 journals dating back to 1908. This database also includes full text for more than 850 books and monographs, and full text for over 16,800 conference papers.
Permitted Use | Subscribed multi-user unlimited access | 1908-Current
EMarketer pro
eMarketer is the go-to authority on digital marketing, mobile, social media and ecommerce, offering insights essential to navigating the changing, competitive and complex digital environment. By weighing and analyzing information from different sources, eMarketer provides information to evaluate emerging trends, validate decisions, develop new ways to reach consumers and stay ahead of the competition.
EconLit (EBSCO)
Produced by the American Economic Association, EconLit is a bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts more than 700 international economic journals back to 1969. The database contains over one million records and is considered the foremost source for journal articles, books, dissertations. book reviews, and working papers in the field of Economics.
Subscribed multi-user unlimited access | 1969-Current
Quicklaw
LexisNexis Advance Quicklaw is a Canadian online legal information system that provides full text of Canadian and foreign case law, federal and provincial legislation and regulations, case reports, digests, tribunal decisions, and statutes, as well as secondary materials such as law journals and newsletters.
Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)
Academic Search Premier is a multidisciplinary resource that "provides journal coverage for most academic areas of studies."
Permitted Use | Subscribed multi-user unlimited access | Full text: 1990 - present.
Scopus
Scopus, a multidisciplinary online resource, will be invaluable to students and faculty in various fields of study within the sciences, health sciences and the social sciences. Scopus offers full-text linking, abstracting-and-indexing information including peer-reviewed titles from international publishers, Open Access journals, conference proceedings, trade publications, quality web sources.

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Annual reviews
Annual Reviews publishes "authoritative, analytic reviews in 29 focused disciplines within the Biomedical, Physical, and Social Sciences."
Statista : the portal for statistics
Statista is a multidisciplinary database that aggregates information covering 80,000 topics. Access to data from over 18,000 sources covering 1.5 million statistics. All statistics can be directly downloaded in PNG, PDF, Excel, and PowerPoint formats. Data prepared according to academic citation standards, with a citation tool (APA, Chicago, Harvard, MLA, and Bluebook) and links to the original source for further research. Statista also covers industry reports, studies, forecasts, dossiers, digital market outlook , aesthetically pleasing infographics, and more.
Subscribed multi-user unlimited access
D&B Hoovers (formerly Hoover's Online)
D&B Hoovers provides company information through a global database of over 120 million company records and business analytics (including financials, contacts, news, reports, triggers, and industry information). It's a great place to begin when researching an unfamilar company. Alongside company information D&B Hoovers can help to build a list of companies to match a customized set of criteria.
Mergent Intellect
Mergent Intellect offers subscribed access to detailed business data for over 200 million public and private U.S., Canadian and international companies. Alongside detailed company research, the "Advanced Search" feature of the Intellect interface provides the opportunity to find executive contact information, build contact/mailing lists and much more.
FP Advisor (formerly Infomart)
FP Advisor is a collection of 12 databases from the Financial Post (FP) that provide access to detailed information about the top publicly traded companies in Canada. The collection includes: Company Snapshots, Company Surveys, Corporate Analyzer, Investor Reports, Historical Reports, Industry Reports, Predecessor & Defunct, Mergers & Acquisitions, Dividends, New Issues, Fixed Income, and a Directory of Directors.
Subscribed 4-user access
Mergent market atlas

Mergent Market Atlas provides copies of annual reports and profiles for public U.S. and non-U.S.-based companies. Profiles include History, Business, Property, Subsidiaries, Officers, Directors, long-term debt, Capital stock, Annual income statements, and Annual balance sheets. It also provides copies of annual reports, links for EDGAR filings, corporate profiles, Mar and recent news for U.S. public companies.
Passport 100 (Euromonitor)
An online market research tool that monitors industry trends and gives strategic analysis and a market size and market share database for all products across all key countries. Passport is Euromonitor International's global market analysis software platform, which analyses the industry in countries around the world.
Passport 100 User Guide PDF
Subscribed multi-user unlimited access | UNB subscribes to Passport 100: Geographic coverage of Industry data for 100 countries
BCC Research Academic Library
"BCC Research produces comprehensive market research reports to assist with market sizing, forecasting and industry intelligence. They cover topic areas such as biotech, engineering, pharmaceuticals, information technology, energy and resources, nanotechnology and photonics."
Frost & Sullivan online
Frost & Sullivan provides in-depth full-text market research and strategy reports in various emerging high-technology sectors.
Mergent Archives
Mergent Archives provides access to a vast, indexed collection of historic corporate and industry-related documents covering over 100 countries and industries. Digitized content includes: Mergent (Moody’s) manuals (1909 -), Ford Equity Research Reports for over 4500 U.S. and Canadian companies, 85 years of annual reports beginning as early as 1925, and access to the entire collection of Mergent’s semi-annual industry reports (2003 -).
Financial times (FT.com)
Users must register upon reaching the resource if they wish to access UNB's purchased premium online subscription to FT.com. The FT.com resource provides our academic community with the current Financial Times newspaper, the latest international business, finance, economic and political news, analysis, data, tools, plus RSS feeds.
Registered access control | 2005-Current
First Research - Industry Profiles (Mergent Intellect)
First Research offers knowledge tools (Industry Profiles and State & Provincial Profiles) that are essential for enhancing presentations and learning about key issues within 1000+ U.S. and Canadian industries. Canadian Industries: Select the International/Global Content tab on the Blue Navigation ribbon.
Films on demand : digital educational video.
UNB Libraries subscribes to the Master Academic Collection, along with access to FMG Archival Films & Newsreels Collection and the Entertainment Collection. Includes 42,000+ full-length videos and over 323,000 video segments licensed for use in Canada, covering a broad range of subjects including business, social sciences, education, health and medicine, humanities, sciences, and guidance, and including archival films and newsreels.
Subscribed multi-user unlimited access
Kanopy (moderated access)

On June 1, 2019, UNB Libraries’ transitioned to a mediated access model for Kanopy online streaming, shifting from automatic purchase of titles (receiving four plays or more) to mediated purchases requiring a prior patron request.

Kanopy is an on-demand streaming video service for educational institutions that provides access to more than 26,000 films each year. Kanopy works directly with filmmakers and film distribution companies to offer award-winning collections including titles from PBS, BBC, Criterion Collection, Media Education Foundation and more.

View a complete list of Kanopy films currently available to you.

Moderated multi-user unlimited access per leased title
SportDiscus (EBSCO)
SportDiscus is an international database that covers all aspects of "sport, fitness, recreation and related fields."
Subscribed 8-user access | Journals: 1975-Current ; Theses and disserations: 1949-Current
CABI digital library (formerly CAB direct)

Combines CAB abstracts and CAB abstracts archive into a single database indexing literature in the fields of plant science; animal science; pathogen, pest, parasite, and weed management; natural resources and ecology; forestry, forest products, and agroforestry; soil science; rural development, tourism, and economics; food science and food products; biotechnology; and agricultural engineering. The database is grouped into the following categories: animal sciences, plant sciences, ecology & environmental sciences, agricultural economics & rural studies, human sciences, and leisure, recreation, and tourism.
OECD iLibrary - Books, Papers and Statistics
OECD iLibrary is the online library of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) featuring its books, papers and statistics and is the gateway to OECD's analysis and data. OECD Books and Papers covers all OECD’s published (ISBN/ISSN) monographs, journals, statistical annuals and periodicals available online in 17 subject themes. The main texts are accessed as PDFs, whilst related tables are in XLS, PDF or HTML.OECD Statistics provides online access to all OECD’s published data, irrespective of format. It includes the dynamic interactive databases, as well as the statistical annuals and periodicals in PDF format, and their related tables in XLS, PDF and HTML.OECD iLibrary Content items (April 2020):• 15 620 ebook titles• 81 600 chapters• 242 220 tables and graphs• 2 305 articles• 6 360 multilingual summaries• 6 620 working papers• 7 billion data points across 44 databases.
IEA Statistical Databases are not included in this package.
PressReader

Thousands of newspapers, magazines, and other news sources from 100 countries in 60 different languages. News sources are searchable and current with up to a 60-day backfile at most -- access varies per news source.
July 2019 NOTE: Please visit PressReader directly to select the newspaper or magazine you wish to read. Title level access is not yet available through the catalogue or the eResources search.
Due to publisher restrictions online access to the Globe & Mail newspaper is only available while on-campus.
Google scholar
Google Scholar searches a subset of the Web that Google has classified as "scholarly literature". They do not publish a list of chosen sites, and they do not state how often sites are checked. Some important sources are not covered at all. Thus, Google Scholar alone should not be relied on for comprehensive research.

Streaming Video - Organizational Studies

Career Development - Kanopy
300+ videos from our Kanopy Collection
Business & Economics Video Collection - Films on Demand
This collection includes 800+ videos covering various Management topics such as Human Resources, Leadership and Organizational Behaviour.

Document Delivery

If a journal article is not available at UNB, it can usually be obtained through our document delivery service. See the document delivery page for the electronic request form. Article delivery in print or electronic form takes between 2-7 days.

Find Books

UNB WorldCat is our catalogue for searching UNB Libraries' collections. It is useful when you don't have a particular title in mind and are instead searching by topic or keyword(s) to see what is available. Note that UNB WorldCat also includes links to selected article records by default. After an initial search you can limit results to books, if desired.

When searching our catalogue for print/electronic resources, try the following subject headings:

Organizational behavior (U.S. spelling)
Personnel management (instead of Human Resource Management)
Human Capital (instead of Human Resources)
Organizational change
Organizational effectiveness
Psychology, Industrial
Corporate Culture
Office politics
Leadership

When browsing the library stacks, look for titles in the following Call Number ranges:

HD 28 – HD 70	Management, Industrial management
HD 56 – HD 57.5	Industrial productivity
HD 58.7 – 58.95	Organizational behavior, change and effectiveness, corporate culture
HD 4801 – HD 8943	Labor, work, working class
HF 5546 – HD 5548.6	Office management
HF 5548.7 – HF 5548.85	Industrial psychology
HD 5549 - HF 5549.5	Personnel management, Employment management

Government Documents

Our Government Documents, Data, and Maps Department website also provides access to a variety of materials. This web site includes a list of Internet sites of federal, provincial and international governments which provide information sources and publications for downloading, to supplement the collection found in UNB WorldCat.

UNB Libraries is a depository library for the federal Depository Services Program (including Statistics Canada publications), the European Union, the Asian Development Bank and the United Nations. Contact the Government Documents Information desk for help.

Document Delivery

Books and other materials not available at UNB may be available for loan from another institution through our document delivery service. See the document delivery page for electronic request forms and more details. Delivery in print or electronic form usually takes between 3-7 days.

Reference Tools

When researching a new topic it is often necessary to read an overview, explanations of unfamiliar terms, or brief factual information.

UNB subscribes to a substantial collection of print and electronic reference tools (dictionaries, encyclopaedias, handbooks, guides, and standards) in the field of Organizational Studies.

To find additional reference materials, check our Reference Materials database.

Key Resources

SAGE Handbook of Human Resource Management
"The new edition of this SAGE Handbook builds on the success of the first by providing a fully updated and expanded overview of the field of human resource management. With brand new chapters on key emerging topics such as talent management, engagement , e-HRM and big data, the Handbook focuses on the fundamentals of applied human resource management, while contextualizing practice within wider theoretical considerations. The second edition of this Handbook remains an indispensable resource for advanced students and researchers in the field."
PART 01: Context of Human Resource Management
PART 02: Fundamentals of Human Resource Management
PART 03: Contemporary Issues
Wiley Encyclopedia of Management
This title is part of the Wiley/Blackwell Reference Online e-book collection available through the Wiley Online Library.
Permitted Use | Purchased multi-user unlimited access
Key concepts in human resource management

Key Concepts in Human Resource Management is an essential guide to the theories and issues that define the field.
The Blackwell Handbook of Principles of Organizational Behaviour
This title is part of the Wiley/Blackwell Reference Online e-book collection available through the Wiley Online Library.
Permitted Use | Purchased multi-user unlimited access
The Blackwell Handbook of Personnel Selection
This title is part of the Wiley/Blackwell Reference Online e-book collection available through the Wiley Online Library.
Permitted Use | Purchased multi-user unlimited access
Routledge Companion to International Human Resource Management

International human resource management (IHRM) is a key area of research in the sphere of international business and management. Described as a field in its infancy in the 1980s, IHRM has quickly advanced through adolescence and into maturity. Today, it is a vibrant and diverse discipline which boasts a large and active body of researchers across the globe. This volume examines cutting-edge themes, with the input of contributions from both established and emerging scholars. The Routledge Companion to International Human Resource Management gives a state-of-the-art overview of the key themes, topics and debates in the discipline, with valuable insights into directions for future research. Drawing on a large and respected international contributor base and with its focus on mature and emerging markets, this book is an essential resource for researchers, students and IHRM professionals alike.
The Blackwell Companion to Organizations
This title is part of the Wiley/Blackwell Reference Online e-book collection available through the Wiley Online Library.
Permitted Use | Purchased multi-user unlimited access
International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies [HIL-REF HD31 .I564 2008 ]

Clegg (U. of Technology, Australia) and Bailey (George Washington U., US) define organization studies as "the examination of how individuals construct organizational structures, processes, and practices, and how these, in turn, shape social relations and create institutions that ultimately influence people." As such they have structured their four-volume encyclopedia such that it accounts for both the field's foundations in such disciplines as behavioral psychology and political science as well as more recent contributions from ergonomics, industrial sociology, industrial economics, the theory of bureaucracy, operations research, systems theory, feminism, poststructuralism, and elsewhere. They have also sought to provide more room for international perspectives than is perhaps common. Approximately 500 alphabetical, cross-referenced entries are included and can be broadly characterized as addressing approaches to management theory; approaches to organization theory; culture and symbolism; human resource management; innovation and creativity; international approaches; issues in organizational structures; issues in organization practices; knowledge and learning; leadership theory; organizational behavior; organizational cognition, change, and communication; organizational economics; organizational power, politics, and conflict; organizational relations; philosophy of organizations; research practice and methodology; social issues; teams; and technologies, although there is overlap between these broad topics. Entries typically include bibliographic guides to further reading. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.
SAGE Handbook of Organizational Behavior, The [HIL-REF HD58.7 .S24 2008 ]

This milestone Handbook brings together an impressive collection of international contributions on micro and macro research in organizational behavior. The SAGE Handbook of Organizational Behavior, Volume One provides students and scholars with an insightful and wide-reaching survey of the current state of the field and is an indispensible road map to the subject area. Volume Two focuses on macro-organizational behaviour, revealing ways in which the person and group affect the organization. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.
Key concepts in organization theory [HIL-REF HM786 .L84 2013]

This title provides the nuts and bolts of understanding organization theory that serve not just the needs of an organization studies course, but throughout a business and management degree and beyond.
Handbook of Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management
This title is part of the Wiley/Blackwell Reference Online e-book collection available through the Wiley Online Library.
Permitted Use | Purchased multi-user unlimited access
The Blackwell Handbook of Mediation: Bridging Theory, Research, and Practice
This title is part of the Wiley/Blackwell Reference Online e-book collection available through the Wiley Online Library.
Permitted Use | Purchased multi-user unlimited access

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Encyclopedia of leadership [HIL-REF HD57.7 .E53 2004 vols. 1-4]

Goethals (Williams College), Georgia J. Sorenson (U. Maryland) and Jas. MacGregor Burns (also Williams) have edited a wide-ranging reference of some 400 articles (1,000 to 6,000 words each) by 330 contributors. Topics are diverse: Castro, Rockefeller (JD), Kroc, The Beatles, gangs, E. Timor, Lombardi, D-Day.... Biographies account for a third of the 1.2 million words. Topics include case studies, gender issues, and theories that relate to business, management, politics, history, psychology. The set contains 150 illustrations and 300 sidebars from public records, memoirs, newspapers. Four appendices (95 p.) provide: a general bibliography; a directory of educational programs; presidential speeches on foreign policy and war (including the younger Bush's 2002 State of the Union speech); and extracts from sacred texts. While no "see also" references appear in the entries the set contains 125 pages of index (in v.4 only). Sage has, again, been the first to hit the market with a major reference in a rapidly growing field of the social sciences. Virtually every academic and large public library will need the Encyclopedia of Leadership. No mention of plans for an electronic edition. Annotation #169;2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.
The encyclopedia of leadership: a practical guide to popular leadership theories and techniques [HIL-REF HD57.7 .H525 2001]

The Encyclopedia of Leadership is a comprehensive reference guide to over 200 of the most important business leadership principles, theories, tools, and techniques. Each entry features a brief, one-page summary of an influential theory or tools - often illustrated graphically - followed by a worksheet or exercise. Thoroughly cross-referenced, it allows busy leaders to find what they need, review it, and even implement it - often in as little as 15 minutes. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.
Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society [HIL-REF HF5387 .E53 2008 ]

General editor Kolb (finance and applied ethics, Loyola U. Chicago) and his associates present some 900 entries in this encyclopedia bringing together the related fields of business ethics and business and society. Broadly speaking, the encyclopedia encompasses the following themes and dimensions of business: accounting; applied ethics; corporate management and the environment; corporate powers, organization and governance; corporations in the social sphere; customers and consumers; economics and business; employee issues; environmental thought, theory, regulation, and legislation; ethical thought and theory; finance; gender, age, ethnicity, diversity, and sexual orientation; information systems; international social and ethical issues; justice; legislation and regulation; management; marketing; organizations; political theory, thought, and policy; problematic practices; and rights. The essays range in length from 11,000 words for such broad topics as justice, freedom, stakeholder theory, and regulation to 500-word entries introducing important personages or explaining the function of various organizations. An appendix provides information on business ethics periodicals and is followed by a general index. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.
International encyclopedia of the social & behavioral sciences (2nd Ed.)
Fully revised and updated, the second edition of the International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, first published in 2001, offers a source of social and behavioral sciences reference material that is broader and deeper than any other. Available in both print and online editions, it comprises over 3,900 articles, commissioned by 71 Section Editors, and includes 90,000 bibliographic references as well as comprehensive name and subject indexes.

UNB has online access to the 2001 edition as well as owning print volumes of the earlier edition.
Oxford handbook of conflict management in organizations [HIL-REF HD42 .O936 2014 ]

This handbook gives a comprehensive overview of conflict resolution. Leading scholars in the field examine a range of innovative alternative dispute resolution (ADR) practices, drawing on international research and scholarship and covering both case studies of major exemplars and developments in countries in different parts of the global economy.
Encyclopedia of Industrial and Organizational Psychology
see also [HIL-REF HF5548.8 .E498 2007 vols 1-2]

Presents a thorough overview of the cross-disciplinary field of industrial and organizational psychology for students, researchers, and professionals in the areas of psychology, business, management, and human resources. Covers cutting-edge topics such as terrorism at work and cyber-loafing as well as timeless topics such as employee selection techniques, performance management, leadership, diversity, career development, compensation and work rewards, and much more.
Handbook of Research Methods in Industrial and Organizational Psychology
This title is part of the Wiley/Blackwell Reference Online e-book collection available through the Wiley Online Library.
Permitted Use | Purchased multi-user unlimited access
APA Handbook of Industrial and Organizational Psychology [HIL-REF HF5548.8 .A684 2011]

The APA Handbook of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, a three volume set, offers an in-depth examination of the types of behavioral and structural issues that I/O psychologists study every day, from both a theoretical and applied perspective. It explores a natural progression, from how problems are diagnosed to how research is conducted to generate answers to those problems to how interventions are implemented and, finally, to how they are evaluated.
Oxford handbook of positive organizational scholarship [HIL-REF HD58.82 .O95 2012 ]

An ideal resource for organizational scholars, students, practitioners, and human resource managers, this handbook covers the full spectrum of organizational theories and outcomes that define, explain, and predict the occurrence, causes, and consequences of positivity.
Encyclopedia of career development [HIL-REF HF5381 .E5165 2006]

Examines career-related issues from psychological, sociological, educational, counseling, organizational behavior, and human resource management perspectives in over 400 articles.
HR vendors guide: the essential vendor directory and reference for HR management [HIL-REF HF5549.2 .C3 H74 ]
Directory of business information resources [HIL-REF HF54.52 .U5 D567 2015 ]

The Directory of Business Information Resources offers a complete picture of the information resources needed to participate effectively in a chosen industry.
LabourSource
WestlawNext Canada's LabourSource provides access to arbitration, labour board, and court decisions in Canada; labour and employment legislation from all jurisdictions in Canada; and the latest commentary from Canada's labour law experts, including Donald Brown and David Beatty's Canadian Labour Arbitration, George Adams' Canadian Labour Law, and Warren Winkler and Elaine Willis' Willis & Winkler on Leading Labour Cases.
Please note that UNB does not subscribe to all components of LabourSource; UNB subscribes to the Classic Edition package.
The Handbook of Communication and Corporate Social Responsibility
This title is part of the Wiley/Blackwell Reference Online e-book collection available through the Wiley Online Library.
Permitted Use | Purchased multi-user unlimited access
The Blackwell Handbook of Global Management
This title is part of the Wiley/Blackwell Reference Online e-book collection available through the Wiley Online Library.
Permitted Use | Purchased multi-user unlimited access
The Blackwell Handbook of Cross‐Cultural Management
This title is part of the Wiley/Blackwell Reference Online e-book collection available through the Wiley Online Library.
Permitted Use | Purchased multi-user unlimited access
The Blackwell Companion to Social Inequalities
This title is part of the Wiley/Blackwell Reference Online e-book collection available through the Wiley Online Library.
Permitted Use | Purchased multi-user unlimited access
Oxford Reference
Multi-part database of the online versions of Oxford University Press texts. Each topical division contains the searchable version of the latest edition of published dictionaries and encyclopedias. Additionally, information about Oxford University Press is provided. Online texts will be updated after new editions of the print monographs are published.Covers the humanities and social sciences.
Collection limited to subscribed 5-user access
Wiley/Blackwell Reference Online
Wiley/Blackwell Reference Online "is a vast new online library giving instant access to the most authoritative and up-to-date scholarship across the humanities and social sciences. With more than 350 reference volumes to be published in Blackwell Reference Online by the end of 2008, it is the largest academic reference collection available online and includes the critically-acclaimed Blackwell Companions and Handbooks, major reference works such as the Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management and the Companion to Syntax, and a whole host of other valuable reference materials such as dictionaries, encyclopedias and concise companions."
Cabells (Journalytics & Predatory Reports | CANCELLED: Access ends October 23, 2025)

UNB has access to Journalytics and Predatory Reports offered by Cabells International.

Journalytics covers more than 3,000 qualified academic journals spanning UNB's 4 accessible business related disciplines (Accounting, Economics & Finance, Management, and Marketing) to help researchers select the best match to publish their manuscripts. Each entry displays contact information, manuscript and submission guidelines, and actionable metrics to help researchers make informed decisions.

Predatory Reports is described as a listing of “deceptive” scholarly journals. Journal titles are added on an ongoing basis. The listing first became available in 2017 as a response to a growing number of predatory publishers. It offers journal information, evaluation metrics, and contains details of practices which threaten to undermine quality research.

Subscribed multi-user unlimited access (CANCELLED: Access ends October 23, 2025)

Citing Your Sources

Accurate, properly formatted references and bibliographies are hallmarks of good academic research, as they acknowledge the source of any ideas you mention in your writing, document your research, and provide the information your readers need to track down your sources.

The standard citation style for Business is American Psychological Association (APA) style, but your instructor may require or recommend that you use another. Always check your course syllabus or ask your instructor to be sure you are using the correct citation style.

The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th Edition) provides guidance on writing research papers and acknowledging sources. The below examples, based on APA style, are intended to provide help on how to format in-text references/citations in a reference list for the kinds of resources frequently used by Business students and faculty.

In addition to these examples, citation management tools like Zotero can help you with your research, as they can serve as a repository for your references and are able to auto generate* in-text citations and a Reference list.

*Just a word of caution when using auto generation: double check the citations and references for accuracy, as they are generated by vendor software not humans!

Every Business assignment (e.g., report/paper) must include references that have TWO parts:

In-Text Reference (Citation): The purpose of in-text references/citations is to identify the sources of your information and to distinguish your ideas from those of others. In the body of your paper, provide the surname of the author(s) and the year of publication to credit a specific passage/idea used. You can provide the reference information in your own text or within parentheses. The standard format is: (Author, Year of Publication, Page Number*). *Page number is required for direct quotes, but optional when paraphrasing.
1. Example for narrative in-text citation: In Dill’s 2021 article, it is cited that certain industries like health, retail and food services have experienced especially high rates of turnover.
2. Example for parenthetical in-text citation: Certain industries like health, retail and food services have experienced especially high rates of turnover (Dill, 2021).
Reference List: The purpose of the list is to guide your reader to the sources you have used in your paper. At the end of your paper, on a separate page, provide the full details of all sources in a reference list, entitled “References” (without quotation marks and centered). Your reference list should display each entry in alphabetical order by the surname of the first author. Each reference entry should be double-spaced with the second line indented. Double-spacing is also required between all entries. APA Style has a useful Guide to Creating An APA Style Reference List.

See the below Reference List examples for frequently-used UNB Libraries’ business databases. Note that due to formatting constraints, they do not display double-spacing or indentation. The Examples are also available in PDF format.

Reference List Examples

Business Source Reference List Examples
ABI/INFORM Complete (ABI)	Dill, K. (2021, Oct 15). America's workers are leaving jobs in record numbers; U.S. workers handed in nearly 20 million resignations this spring and summer. Wall Street Journal (Online).
BCC Research	BCC Publishing Staff. (2021, November). Smart grid: Global markets to 2026 (ENG032A). https://www.bccresearch.com/
Bloomberg	Bloomberg. (n.d.). Stock price graph for Bank of Montreal 1/01/2020 to 12/31/21 [Data set]. Retrieved January 14, 2022, from https://www.bloomberg.com /
Bloomberg Businessweek	Rai, S., Ghosh, S., Kalesh, B., & Luo, J. (2021, November 8). India’s fintech boom. Bloomberg Businessweek, (4719), 25–26.
Business Plans Handbook (Gale)	Gale. (2021). Electronic waste collection and recycling business. In D. Craft (Ed.), Business plans handbook (Vol. 51, pp. 69-81). Gale Directory Library. https://www.gale.com/databases/gale-directory-library
Business Source Ultimate	[Journal Article] Joshi, A., Hambrick, D. C., & Kang, J. (2021). The generativity mindsets of chief executive officers: A new perspective on succession outcomes. Academy of Management Review, 46(2), 385–405. https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.2018.0426 [MarketLine company profile] MarketLine. (2021, August 19). Tesla, Inc. [Company profile]. Business Source Ultimate. https://www.ebsco.com/products/research-databases/business-source-ultimate [Political Risk Yearbook country report] PRS Group. (2021, July). Brazil country report. Political Risk Yearbook. Business Source Ultimate. https://www.ebsco.com/products/research-databases/business-source-ultimate
Canadian Business & Current Affairs Complete (CBCA)	Team Canada unveils winning wardrobe: Lululemon worked with athletes to create uniforms that marry fashion and function. (2021, Oct 27). Toronto Star, B10. [Note that for news articles with no attributed author, move the title to the first position in the reference list. In text, use the article title in "quotation marks" in lieu of the author's name. For long titles, just use the first few words.]
Company Webpage - Company Reports & Filings (Public Webpage)	Roblox Corp. (2021, August 16). Quarterly Report. https://ir.roblox.com/overview/default.aspx
D&B Hoovers	[Company Profile] Dun & Bradstreet. (n.d.). Beyond Meat, Inc. [Company profile]. Retrieved November 9, 2021, from https://web.lib.unb.ca/eresources/index.php?id=3262 [Note: Because the above report is regularly updated, a retrieval date is included in the citation.] [Industry Profile] Freedonia Focus Reports. (2021, June). Beverages: United States [Industry profile]. Dun & Bradstreet.
EconLit	Baudot, L., Huang, Z., & Wallace, D. (2021). Stakeholder Perceptions of Risk in Mandatory Corporate Responsibility Disclosure. Journal of Business Ethics, 172(1), 151–174. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-020-04476-7
EDGAR – U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (Public Website)	Tesla, Inc. (2021, February 8). Tesla, Inc.: Form 10-K 2020. EDGAR. https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1318605/000156459021004599/tsla-10k_20201231.htm
eMarketer	Many eMarketer reports are covered by analysts. Analysts should be used as authors. von Abrams, K. (2021, October 21). The global media intelligence report 2021: A reference guide to consumers’ media use in 43 countries. eMarketer. https://www.emarketer.com/
First Research	See Mergent Intellect
Forrester Research	Forrester reports are covered by analysts. Analysts should be used as authors. Liu, J., Collins, E., McElveen, S., & Turley, C. (2021, October 26). Know your social media audience in 2021 — And if they want to interact with you. Forrester. https://www.forrester.com/
Freedonia Focus Reports	See D&B Hoovers
Frost & Sullivan	Frost & Sullivan. (2021, November 3). Global healthcare personal protective equipment growth opportunities (K638). https://ww2.frost.com
FP Advisor (formerly Infomart)	FP Advisor. (n.d.). Corporate snapshots: Royal Bank of Canada. Retrieved January 19, 2022 from https://fpadvisor.financialpost.com/corporate-snapshots/search [Note: Because the above report is regularly updated, a retrieval date is included in the citation.]
Harvard Case Study	Puri, S. (2022). Should you compromise your founding principles for faster growth? (Harvard Business Review Case Study No. R2201X-PDF-ENG). https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/R2201X-PDF-ENG?Ntt=
IBISWorld - Industry Reports	IBISWord Industry reports are covered by analysts. Analysts should be used as authors. McGrath, S. (2021, May). Fruit and nut farming in Canada (IBISWorld Canada Industry Report 11135CA). IBISWorld. https://www.ibisworld.com
Market share reporter (Gale)	Gale. Leading Children's Apparel Store Operators, 2019. (2021) In V. L. Burton, III & R. S. Lazich (Eds.), Market Share Reporter (31st ed.). Gale.
MarketLine company profile	See Business Source Ultimate
Meltwater - Canadian newspapers & beyond (formerly Infomart)	Bishop, J. (2021, November 4). Atlantic coast becomes one of the 'most reliable places' to find great white sharks. New Brunswick Telegraph Journal (Print Edition), A3.
Mergent Archives	Mergent Inc. (2019, October). Biotechnology Asia-Pacific: a company and industry analysis. Mergent. https://www.mergentarchives.com
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Mergent Online	Mergent Inc. (n.d.). Costco Wholesale Corp [Company financials data set]. Retrieved November 8, 2021 from https://www.mergentonline.com [Note: Because the above report is regularly updated, a retrieval date is included in the citation.]
OECD iLibrary -- Note OECD iLibrary contains books, papers, and statistics	OECD reports are covered by analysts. Analysts should be used as authors. Lane, M., & Saint-Martin, A. (2021, Jan 25). The impact of Artificial Intelligence on the labour market. OECD Publishing. OECD iLibrary. https://doi.org/10.1787/1815199X
Passport	Passport reports are covered by analysts. Analysts should be used as authors. Solomon, D. (2021, Oct 25). Global economic outlook: Q4 2021. Euromonitor International. Passport GMID. https://www.portal.euromonitor.com/
PitchBook	In PitchBook, you may use search filters to create different kinds of lists. To cite these lists, use square brackets to describe how you compiled your list. PitchBook Data. (n.d.). [List of completed buyouts in Canada between Jan 1 202 and June 1 2021]. Retrieved November 12, 2021 from https://pitchbook.com PitchBook Data. (n.d.) Saeplast [Company profile]. Retrieved November 12, 2021 from https://pitchbook.com [Note: Because the above report is regularly updated, a retrieval date is included in the citation.]
Political Risk Yearbook Country Report	See Business Source Ultimate
PressReader - Worldwide Newspapers	Waldie, P. (2021, Nov 12). Ugandan activist finds her voice and spot in the picture. Globe and Mail (Print edition), A4.
SEDAR - Canadian Securities Administrators (public website)	Thomson Reuters Corporation. (2021, November 4). 52-109F2 - Certification of interim filings - CEO (E). SEDAR. https://sedar.com
Statista	Statista is a statistics portal that brings together data/information from 18,000 different sources. If Statista notes a source, then the source should be used as the author. Marketplace Pulse. (2020, June). Most popular categories among handmade Etsy sellers worldwide as of June 2020, by share of sellers [Graph]. Statista. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1019956/global-leading-categories-handmade-etsy-sellers/
Statistics Canada	Statistics Canada. (2021). Table 21-10-0011-01 Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment rental and leasing, sales by type of client [Data table]. https://doi.org/10.25318/2110001101-eng
Vividata	Vividata. (2021, Spring). Finance\Online banking - personally used past 3 months [Base: Age 14+] [Data set]. https://vividata.ca

Citing Indigenous Knowledge

Indigenous scholars have long pointed out the ways the rules of academic citation styles can be exclusionary. Following the existing rules, it can be difficult to grant Indigenous knowledges, particularly oral teachings, the respect they deserve. In 2021, Lorisia MacLeod of the James Smith Cree Nation published templates for citing Indigenous Elders and Knowledge Keepers in various styles. MacLeod's complete article is available here.

Here is her template for APA format:

Last name, First initial. Nation/Community. Treaty Territory if applicable. Where they live if applicable. Topic/subject of communication if applicable. personal communication. Month Date, Year.

For example:

Cardinal, D. Goodfish Lake Cree Nation. Treaty 6. Lives in Edmonton. Oral teaching. personal communication. April 4, 2004.

Key Resources

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. 7th edition.
HIL-REFDSK & HWK-REF BF 76.7 .P83 2020
Writing Answers - UNB Writing Centre
Purdue OWL: APA Formatting and Style Guide
Printable APA style citation guide (7th edition)
A comprehensive PDF file maintained by Taylor & Francis Publishers UK
UNB Libraries' Guide to Citation and Plagiarism
APA 7 Citation and Referencing for Business (Business Library, University of Calgary)
NorQuest College on citing Indigenous sources

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