teaching
with writing
research strategies in business
In a business report (a typical final project), business students
are asked to draw from primary and secondary sources such as
market reviews, surveys, technical studies, and computer data.
Students completing business reports or plans are expected to
become experts in a client's field in order to inform that client,
which can complicate the research process. After analyzing copious
amounts of information, groups of students work to synthesize
and assemble data in a logical and cogent manner and, subsequently,
to present their thinking and data in written and oral reports.
- Quickstudy: Library Research Guide: a
series of online tutorials designed to help students become
familiar with research at the University.
- Business-specific Research Guide: a menu
of resources, books, and writing guides particular to business
writers, with emphasis on specific areas such as accounting,
advertising, international business, and taxation. Follow the
area-specific pages to other sources such as the University
of Minnesota Libraries' Banking Web Site.
- LUMINA'S Business Reference Page: a menu
of links to company information and corporate reports, dissertations,
security analysts' reports, and research pertaining to statistics.
- CourseLib:
a service provided by University of Minnesota librarians that
enables instructors to build and post customized, course-specific
research pages.
- Writing in
Business and Management: a
site that includes general and course-specific advice for business
students.
- Linked resources for investment, marketing,
accounting: an online research resource.
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