Research Support
Research for assignments
Librarians Available for Research Help!
David Lam Librarians are available to provide research help in-person and via email/chat! Please visit here for more information on how to get research help!
Research Guides:
Many of your class assignments will require you to find high quality information on an industry, company, consumer group, location or business topic.
- Find books, articles, library databases and websites on topic-based online research guides.
- Find guides to researching assignments for selected courses (e.g., COMM 296, etc.) on course guides.
David Lam Management Research Library
Evaluate and cite information sources
Reputable business information comes from a variety of sources. You may need to find information from library databases and/or freely available internet sources. It's important for you to evaluate your sources to ensure that you are using reputable and appropriate information. Consider:
- Author/organization credentials
- Accuracy
- Currency
- Bias
- Purpose
Evaluating Information Sources guide UBC Library How to Cite guide
Top research topics
Companies, industries or markets
Case competitions prep
Startups and entrepreneurship
International business
Finance and investment