Overall aim

Step away from over-reliance on Google to research for your essays! The aim of this workshop is to introduce you to literature searching skills and direct you towards key business-based resources, including live demonstrations and opportunity for practice.

King's username and password required.

Course availability

Aimed at King's Business School students, but open to all. Places are on a first-come, first-served basis.

Key areas

• Understanding where to begin
• Identifying research needs, e.g., news coverage, company reports, financial trends: and corresponding key Business e-resources e.g. Business Source Complete, Statista, Factiva
• Building effective search strategies through effective use of techniques like phrase searching and Boolean Operators (OR/AND)
• Accessing full text articles

Delivery

This session will be delivered online using Microsoft Teams.

Link to the Teams meeting

You will be emailed an invitation containing the link to the specific Teams meeting one day prior to the workshop. If you register after this time you will be sent an invitation up to two hours before the workshop begins. 

Attendance

• This session has a maximum limit of 30 participants, and a minimum requirement of 2 participants to run (it may be cancelled in the event of insufficient numbers)
• If after registering for the workshop you find you are unable to attend, please cancel your place using the link you were sent. This will allow other students to sign up for this workshop.
• This session will not be recorded.
• Please only book a space if you are planning to attend the session