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Welcome to the library's Research Guide for Professor Mark Teoh's "Business Analytics and Communications" course. Please use the resources and links provided to complete your research. If you have any questions, please ask!

Research Assistance

Library staff members are always willing and eager to help you with your assignments. Please contact us by email, phone, or text message, and we will respond to your questions as soon as possible.

General Email: library@delval.edu
Call or Text: 215-709-8851

Elise Georgulis is the Distance Learning & Graduate Studies Librarian.
Feel free to contact her directly if you'd like.

Elise's Email: elise.georgulis@delval.edu
Elise's Phone: 215-489-2386

Off-Campus Database Access

If you're doing research from home, click on the name of a database and then enter the same username and password you use for your DelVal email. If you have any problems or questions with this step, please call the Help Desk at 215-489-4357.

Book/DVD Circulation

Most books may be checked out for three weeks. If no one is waiting for the titles, you may then renew them for another three weeks. There is no limit to the number of books you may check out. DVDs are available for three-day loans. Did you know that the library has more than 1,500 popular movies and TV series? You may check out a maximum of three DVDs at a time

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Weekly Assignment #4, Part B

Part B

1. How many stores specialize in sporting goods (retail) in Pennsylvania?

2. How many sporting goods (retail) stores are within a 5, 10, 15, and 20 mile radius of 700 E Butler Ave, Doylestown, PA 18901?

3. Create a bar chart that shows how many sporting goods (retail) stores within a 5, 10, 15, and 20 mile radius of 700 E Butler Ave, Doylestown, PA 18901.

Mergent Intellect This link opens in a new window
Database of private and public business data, industry news from Key Business Ratios and First Research reports, and job search tool.

Locating Articles

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PsycArticles This link opens in a new window
Provides access to full-text journal articles in subject areas such as applied psychology, health, theory, research, social/personality, and more.
ProQuest One Business This link opens in a new window
Millions of full-text items across scholarly and popular periodicals, newspapers, market research reports, dissertations, books, videos and more.

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Formatting your Bibliography

APA Style Citation Examples

APA Style Citation Examples
Document filled with examples of APA citations.

Open the below PDF to view many different citation examples.

Extra Resources

Basics of APA Style Tutorial
Source: American Psychological Association
APA Sample Paper
Source: American Psychological Association
May have elements your professor does not require, such as abstract and keywords.

Setting up RefWorks

RefWorks

RefWorks is a new way to collect, manage, and organize research. You can read, annotate, organize, and cite your research as well as collaborate by sharing collections.

From simple bibliographies to papers formatted with in-text citations or footnotes, RefWorks handles it all. To learn more about RefWorks, use our RefWorks research guide.

To create a RefWorks account:

Go to the link below and click Create account
Fill in your information, making sure to use your DelVal email address.
Go to your inbox and click the email link to complete the activation process.

Already have an account? Just go to the link below and click "Log In"

RefWorks
Citation generation service covering hundreds of styles including Chicago Scientific (Author-Date), Journal of Animal Science, and Council of Scientific Editors (Name-Year).