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Welcome to the Business Decision Analysis guide!
This guide includes information on locating and using information to inform business decisions. Use the navigation on the left to go to the different pages.
Find News Articles
The Library subscribes to several excellent business news databases, usually with free access to the full text of each article. If you can't find the full text, you can request it.
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ABI/Inform This link opens in a new window
Contains articles on business, advertising, marketing, economics and finance.
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Business Source Premier This link opens in a new window
Contains articles about business, marketing, management, accounting, finance and economic, as well as company and industry reports, and country and market research profiles. This link opens in a new window
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NewsStream (ProQuest) This link opens in a new windowSearch the most recent global news content, as well as archives which stretch back into the 1980s featuring newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites in active full- text format
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New York Times This link opens in a new window
Full access to NYTimes.com and NYTimes mobile apps, including breaking news articles, blogs, videos and interactive features.To register, go to the New York Times passes page and log in with your Cal Maritime email (@csum.edu). Renew once per year by returning to the passes page and logging in. Access will end on December 31, 2025, but articles will be available through our databases.
Finding opinion articles
Look for opinion stories to identify the "pro" and "con" arguments. Opinion stories may be labeled:
- "Editorial"
- "Op-Ed"
- "Commentary"
- "Column"
Business-Related Publications
Use these links to search within key publications for business research.
Newspapers
Magazines
Journal Finder
Pro Tip: Use the Journals by Title tool in OneSearch to find which databases feature a specific magazine or newspaper, like Harvard Business Review or New York Times, and then search for articles within those publications.
Strategies for Identifying Bias
- Who wrote it?
- Are they an expert?
- Do they work for the company in question?
- Who was it written for?
- For a general audience?
- For an audience of scholars or experts?
- For shareholders or company managers?
- When was it written?
- How recently?
- How long between the time of the decision gone wrong, and the time of the writing?
- Why was it written?
- What is the author's motive?
- To inform, sell, entertain?