Please note: Some of the modules refer to the Consultant's Report and others to the "Background Briefing Project". They refer to the same project. Prof. Skaff and Prof. Ulrich use different names for the project.
Your first task is to watch this tutorial and follow the directions to properly use citation features features built into EBSCO to help you manage your citations. It is essential that you do this tutorial first before the other modules.. Please ignore the section about setting up your account - this is now done automatically.
Module 2 - Finding Basic Sources about Your Country
This module will help you find key background sources about your country. In particular, you will learn about the World Factbook, Country Reviews reports, and an Encyclopedia called Countries and their Cultures.
Module 3 - Finding Business Information in Reports & Articles
This module will help you learn how to find large business reports about your country, from more general to highly specialized reports. It will also introduce you to methods for finding articles about business topics in your country.
Module 4 - Finding Information on Subjective Cultural Norms
In this module, you will learn about three main ways/sources that you can use to find research material related to business culture in your country, as well as broader cultural norms and issues.
Module 5 - Researching the Need for Your Business or Organization
This module demonstrates how to search some of the major international organizations websites for key resources and data to help you determine the need for your organization or business.
Module 6 - Finding Legal Sources and Regulations for Your Business or NGO
This module demonstrates how to search our two main news databases, ProQuest Global Newstream and Westlaw. It also demonstrates two specialized African news and scholarly sources.
Module 8 - Using our Comprehensive Databases Effectively
This final module demonstrates how our comprehensive databases can be useful for tracking down information on most every element of your country research.
