Bishop Mueller Library : Business and Management: Picking a Topic

Background Research

These databases can help you browse a broad topic to narrow it into a research topic. If you need ebooks, Ebsco eBook Academic Collection is a helpful starting point. Films on Demand provides academic films on a variety of topics.

Ebsco eBook Academic Collection
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Films on Demand
Films on Demand is a very large collection of high-quality educational streaming video. It covers a wide range of subjects, from literature to science to psychology.
Gale eBooks
Gale eBooks contains Business Plans Handbooks.This 24-volume series offers researchers access to more than 500 business plan examples from a wide range of industries. Designed to help entrepreneurs with the business plan writing process each volume contains fictional plans, a business plan template, a listing of organizations, agencies, and consultants; along with a glossary and bibliography. It also contains Immigration and Migration in Context.

What is a Good Topic?

Mind Maps

To explore a topic and choose a specific research question or focused topic, you can create a mindmap. Here are some mindmap tools that you can use to explore your topic.

Research Question Generator

Research Question Generator from University of Michigan
This generator will ask a few questions and help you come up with a research question.