Library orientations are conducted at the beginning of each semester and are an essential introduction to the range of materials and services available through the Library. The librarian is available to visit classes and to assist individual students during office hours and by appointment. Make an appointment by talking directly to Nicole or by e-mailing her at the address above.
Academic Search Elite | EBSCO
Contains full text for more than 2,100 journals, including more than 1,700 peer-reviewed titles. This multi-disciplinary database covers virtually every area of academic study. Full text information in this database dates as far back as 1985. (EBSCO database)
Business & Company Resource Center | Gale
Provides access to a wide variety of global business information including competitive intelligence, career and investment opportunities, business rankings, company histories, and more.
Business Source Premier | EBSCO
This business research database provides full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles. This database provides full text back to 1886, and searchable cited references back to 1998. Includes full text coverage in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. It includes Harvard Business Review.
eBrary Academic Complete
A comprehensive database of more than 41,800 e-books and other authoritative materials in 16 key subject areas. Go to the Search tab to locate electronic books in the collection.
LexisNexis Academic(on-campus access only) Provides access to full-text news, business, and legal publications of 6,000 sources. Use the Company Dossier module to retrieve detailed company information and financial performance measures or identify and compare companies matching specific criteria.
RDS Business Suite | Gale
A collection of the following three business information databases:
(1) Business & Industry - focuses on facts, figures, events, and market information about companies industries, products and markets;
(2) Business & Management Practices - focuses on practical approaches to management processes;
(3) TableBase - comprised of tabular information of a strategic nature providing information such as: market share, market size, capacity, production, imports, exports, sales, product and brand rankings, forecasts, health statistics and demographics.
Regional Business News | EBSCO
This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of more than 80 regional business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. STAT-USA | U.S. Department of Commerce (on-campus access only)
A single point of access to authoritative business, trade, and economic information from across the Federal Government. STAT-USA Includes the following two databases:
State of the Nation -- Obtain over 50,000 current and historical U.S. statistical releases, state and regional analysis reports, forecasts, and financial data
GLOBUS & NTDB -- Obtain over 200,000 current and historical trade-related releases, international market research, country analysis, and trade and procurement leads
Survey of Buying Power(in-library use only)
Published annually by Sales & Marketing Management magazine, Survey of Buying Power is a dynamic research tool containing extensive consumer demographic information, purchasing data, statistics, rankings and projections for every county and media market within the United States. These include effective buying income (EBI, a measure of disposable income) and the buying power index (BPI, a measure of spending power based on EBI and additional factors).
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For those who need a particular title for research, the Lincoln University Library is able to borrow items for students, faculty and staff through the InterLibrary Loan Program. For assistance with InterLibrary Loan (ILL), please contact the library staff.
CALIFORNIA AND WORLD LIBRARY CATALOGS
To determine which libraries may have the exact title you need, the holdings of many other libraries can be checked through California Libraries Catalog or WorldCat .
APA STYLE
APA Style is the preferred style for all written academic work at Lincoln University. For assistance, refer to the Publication of the American Psychological Association or visit The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) .
MBA THESIS WRITING MANUAL
If you are currently writing an MBA Thesis, or are considering enrolling in BA399 for your culminating project, download Lincoln University's MBA Thesis Writing Manual (41-page PDF) to assist you throughout the process. Reading this manual from cover to cover should be your first step in preparing. You will also find bound copies of this manual in the library, on the Thesis Writing Resources Shelf.
HELP
The staff is always available to assist students in locating and using library materials and resources. The librarian is able to meet with students doing research and the faculty during office hours and by appointment. You may also call or email the library with reference questions.
RESERVE
Instructors may request that books be placed on two-hour reserve so that all students have access to them.
BORROWING
The loan period for most circulating books is three weeks. Books may be renewed unless another borrower has placed the item on hold. The loan period for DVDs and select books is seven days. Fines are charged for overdue items (.10 cents per day) and lost items (cost of replacement).
