Google Scholar includes articles from many journals that can be found in Business Source Complete but text of the articles is not available. This link will have the Find It @ Ball State feature enabled. Although you will not see the familiar Red and White icon, you will see a hyperlink by that name. Also, it will only appear with some the records. The link allows you check to see if we have access to the article through our library's subscriptions and allow you to do an interlibrary loan if we do not have access.
LibKey Nomad is a free browser plug in that works like the red Findit button in our databases. This link is to a guide with the link to download the plug-in/ extension and provides some information it.
This website allows you to search accross free scholarly journals from around the world. Their mission is " to ensuring quality content is freely available online for everyone."
Credible Web Information Resources
Although there are many reliable sources for marketing information on the web, not many of them are free and some are also found in our subscription databases. Here a few links to credible resources which, at the time of this writing, are free.
Current ranking homepage. Click here for a direct link to the list. You can also download the report. Note that in order to download the report you must provide contact information which they will use to contact you in the future. They say you can opt out of communications at anytime and that they will not share your information.
This resource is published by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. It is a survey of how people in the U.S. use their time. This could be helpful in determining who you might market a product too.
This is a link the University Lirbraries guide to using ArcGIS. ArcGIS allows you to create maps using data sets from reliable sources such the Bureau of Labor Statics, Census.gov, etc. If you would like to download the software, see the Obtaining Softwar Tab.