152.704 – Business and Sustainability

Useful resources for your assignment from Massey Library and beyond

1. Using the Library catalogue................................................................................2

2. Reference Resources..........................................................................................2

3. Article Databases................................................................................................33.1. Web of Science............................................................................................33.2. Business Source Premier.............................................................................43.3. Scopus.........................................................................................................53.4. General OneFile...........................................................................................63.5. Index New Zealand......................................................................................6

4. Thesis Literature.................................................................................................7

5. Google Scholar....................................................................................................7

6. New Zealand Government web portal.................................................................8

7. Need more help?.................................................................................................9

We have put together this guide to assist you with gathering information for your assignments. If you need further help please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us, our contact details are at the end of this document.

Business LibrariansMassey University Library

1. Using the Library catalogueWhen searching, whether in the catalogue or in databases, remember that sustainable, sustainability, and environment are words commonly used in business in contexts that may have nothing to do with green issues.

Library Catalogue: Encore

Access the Library Catalogue from http://library.massey.ac.nz. The Library Catalogue’s Encore interface is very good for keyword searches and for guiding you to other useful search terms.

2. Reference ResourcesEncyclopedias are a good source of overview articles on a topic. The Business and Management subject guide on the Library web site lists relevant ones, several of which are online. The International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies is an online encyclopedia that has excellent overview articles on sustainability and business. To find it, look under Encyclopedias and Dictionaries on the Guide.

This publisher has other useful electronic reference sources that we subscribe to. Click onMore from SAGE Reference Online in the top left-hand corner.

Tags come from library subject headings. We can see that we can narrow our search with sustainable development, or environmental, climatic change, business ethics. We can also use the tags to get ideas for other search terms

Browsing works well for this topic. Look under Social Issues in the Reader’s Guide

SAGE Reference Online can also be accessed directly. Click on Search Article Databases from the Library Homepage, and look under S in the Alphabetical List of Databases.

3. Article DatabasesTo find journal articles on your topic click on the Article Databases heading at the bottom of the Library home page http://library.massey.ac.nz

3.1. Web of Science

This scholarly, multi-disciplinary database is a key starting point for any postgraduate research. Use phrase searching (with double quotation marks “ “) for more focused results.

Results list for search on sustainable business

Results are listed in reverse date order, but you can re-sort by relevance to get a more useful list of articles.

To see if Massey holds the article – click on the MasseyLink icon.Note: A search for articles on “corporate sustainability” also yields good results.

3.2. Business Source Premier

This is a comprehensive database for business topics, with articles ranging from the scholarly to those from newspapers and trade publications. The initial search results, using our two phrases, can be re-sorted by relevance (date is the default setting) and further limited to just scholarly journals.

Try a search for articles on “corporate sustainability” AND (leadership OR strategy) using the Abstract field and using the Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals limit.

You may like to view the Library’s 4-minute tutorial on Searching Business Source Premier.

3.3. Scopus

This database covers scholarly literature from journals and more across a wide range of subject areas.

Use the same phrase searches as for Web of Science and Business Source Premier.From the Refine Results box – click on “more” in the Subject Area category.You can now narrow your results specifically to business, economics or social sciences articles, for example.

To see if the article is available – click on the MasseyLink icon.

3.4. General OneFile

Another multidisciplinary database with good general coverage of business topics from a wide range of publications. Try finding any of our three topic phrases in the abstract field.

Results are displayed in reverse date order and can be viewed in categories (e.g. magazines, academic journals).

3.5. Index New Zealand

For local information try one of the New Zealand databases, such as Index New Zealand.Note that you will need to enter your keywords and then select “as a phrase” if you wish to do a phrase search.

To see if Massey holds the articles you are interested in, go to the Classic Catalogue Journal search page and type (or paste in) the name of the journal.

4. Thesis LiteratureFrom the Library web site go to the Library for Postgraduates page and then click on the heading Finding Theses (bottom left).

The Library has access to online theses from around the world, which may prove useful information sources, with the added bonus of listing references for further reading.

5. Google Scholar

Start at the Library’s web site (http://library.massey.ac.nz) and select Article Databases. Choose Google Scholar from the Ten Most Used databases list (see top right hand corner of screen).

Why use this and not Google?Google Scholar is invaluable because it specifically searches working/discussion papers, government and organisation reports, published articles etc.

Search tips

Always access Google Scholar via the Massey Library home page (as described above) to ensure you can access the articles we have rights to

Quotation marks can be used around words to force a phrase search

Truncation searching is automatic

You do not need to use AND between search terms

OR between search terms must be in capital letters

Brackets can be used around synonyms (similar words)

6. New Zealand Government web portalThe New Zealand Government web portal www.newzealand.govt.nz restricts search results to government departments, agencies, SOEs, universities etc, so it can be useful it you are looking for official sources. It also uses a clustering search engine to group search results by agency or topic.

Search tip: use quotation marks to search by an exact phrase

Results are ranked by relevance, click on

to restrict your search to articles from within the last few years

Click on to see if the full text is available. If full text is not available through MasseyLink click on the search the library catalogue option

7. Need more help?Feel free to contact the Business Librarians at Turitea – Katherine Chisholm and Alison Wallbutton. Our contact details are:

By email: Buslib@massey.ac.nz

By phone: 0800 MASSEY (0800 627-739) and ask for the Library

In person: You are welcome to visit one of our libraries – Turitea or Hokowhitu in Palmerston North, Albany in Auckland or Wellington

There is also help available on the Library web sitehttp://library.massey.ac.nz/massey/library/find-information/find-information_home.cfm

Search results are returned in groups. You can explore results by agency or topic