LibGuides: BUAD 246: Recruitment and Selection: Getting Started

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Welcome!

This is the course guide for BUAD 246: Recruitment and Selection. Use of the tabs along the top of this page to get you started on each part of this project.

The resources below will help you choose a company. Also listed below is OCtopus and the business databases that would apply to all parts of this project.

Choosing an Organization

There are lots of ways to choose an organization. Think about ones that you are interested in, have interacted with or would just like to learn more about.

If looking for something local, check out the Kelowna Business Directory.

For a larger focus take a look at:

Canadian Businesses (ReferenceUSA)
Limited to two concurrent users, 1 onsite and 1 off-campus., 50 downloads per search on-campus, 25 downloads per search off-campus.

Library Databases

Business Source Complete
Indexing, abstracting and full-text from business sources including journals, news, trade publications and market research reports.
ABI/Inform Collection
Includes citations and abstracts for more than 4,000 scholarly journals, magazines, trade publications and newspapers. This database will time-out after 30 minutes of inactivity. To avoid losing your research, please save your results within that time period. Browsing/marking results does not constitute activity.

In some cases, certain publishers do not grant certain rights specific to their content. Check content for any restrictions.
License definitions & additional information

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INTERLIBRARY LOAN by paper or electronic means, a single copy of an individual document within the guidelines of traditional interlibrary loan practices and applicable copyright laws provided that the loan is not done in a manner or magnitude that would replace the recipient library's own subscription to either the Products or the purchase of the underlying Work (e.g., newspaper, magazine, or book).
Canadian Business & Current Affairs Database (CBCA)
A comprehensive Canadian database covering current events, policy, business, social issues, science, the arts, and Canadian academic information. Provides full text, back to 1985. Approx. 2/3 titles included are published in Canada, making a good starting point for Canadian research.

Search Tips!
Check "Scholarly Journals" to eliminate popular magazines and newspapers from your search
Wildcards: Use * (asterisk) for truncation and ? (question mark) to replace a single character.
Click "Access OC" to locate articles that do not indicate full text availability.
Canadian Major Dailies
1985-Present
Consists of articles from the major Canadian newspapers including the National Post, the Globe & Mail, Montreal Gazette, and the Vancouver Sun. Usually a 2-7 day delay in newspaper article updates.

This database will time-out after 30 minutes of inactivity. To avoid losing your research, please save your results within that time period. Browsing/marking results does not constitute activity.