This guide is designed to help you get started with your Business research.  Find books, journal articles, and additional resources such as marketing information and company financial data available to you at SFU Library.  

Contact info

Mark Bodnar
Business Librarian
SFU Burnaby & Surrey Campuses
mbodnar@sfu.ca
778-782-3044

Moninder Lalli
Business Librarian
SFU Vancouver Campus
moninder_lalli@sfu.ca
778-782-4264 [voicemail]

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Research guides by topic/format

View additional resources  for specialized Business research guides by format/ topic, including how to find: annual reports, case studies, financial data, market research, and much more!

Help with course assignments

  For help with course assignments and business research, start with these course-specific guides, as well as our topic/format research guides.

200 level  

• Business 200 & 201: Assignment Tips (updated Sept. 2019)
• BUS 216: Essentials of Business Writing (updated February 2017)
• BUS 217W: Critical Thinking in Business (updated June 2020)
  • Powerpoint 
  • How to spot fake news: Identifying propaganda, satire, and false information
  • Baffled by dense academic writing? Start here!
• BUS 272: Behaviour in Organizations (updated January 2020)
  • Beyond "good enough" (Powerpoint)
  • Only 4 Steps! Researching in Academic Business Journals (video)
  • Resources to help you read academic journal articles efficiently

300 level

• BUS 320: Financial Accounting: Assets (updated September 2020)
  • Ratio Analysis
  • Company Information
• BUS 341: Fundamentals of Marketing 
  • General guide to secondary market research resources
  • Handout - Spring 2020
  • Introduction to Vividata (Guide) 
• BUS 343: Introduction to Marketing (updated Fall 2020)
  • General guide to secondary market research resources
  • Video: Secondary Research for Business Decisions: Foundations for Estimates
  • Company information research guide
  • Industry surveys research guide
  • Resources to help with:
    • Business presentations
    • Business writing
• BUS 345: Primary Market Research (Fall 2020)
  • General guide to secondary market research resources
  • Video: Secondary Research for Business Decisions: Foundations for Estimates
  • Blog post: A feast of resources for those researching alternative protein markets! 
• BUS 346: Global Business Environment (D200 section) (Fall 2020)
• BUS 347: Consumer Behaviour (updated Fall 2020)
  • Video: Spying on a Conversation: LIterature Review Assignments in Business
  • Baffled by dense academic writing? Start here
• BUS 360W: Business Communication (updated September 2020)
  • Intro to 360W - International Students
• BUS 381: Intro. to Human Resource Management (updated Summer 2020)
  • Video: Spying on a Conversation: LIterature Review Assignments in Business
  • Video: Only 4 Steps: Research in Academic Business Journals (via YouTube)
  • Baffled by dense academic writing? Start here
• BUS 393: Commercial Law: Use the Commercial Law guide 

400 level

• BUS 410: Financial Institutions (May 2020)
• BUS 417: Security Analysis (January 2020)
• BUS 421: Accounting Theory (updated November 2017)
• BUS 431: Business with East Asian Countries (updated September 2020)
• BUS 432: International Human Resource Management (updated November 2017)
• BUS 447: Global Marketing Management (updated January 2020)
  • General resources: International Market Research web guide.
  • PowerPoint 
• BUS 478: Strategy - D100 & D700 (August 2020)

500 level

• BUS 510: Financial Accounting / Managerial Accounting (formerly BUS 550/551) (updated Aug 2019)
• BUS 561: Business Communication (updated Aug 2019)

600 level

• BUS 615 Marketing (Oct 2019)

700-800 level

• BUS 722: Special Topics in Business Administration (Surrey)
• BUS 741: Business and BC's Indigenous Communities (blog posts - Aug/2019)
• BUS 754: Marketing Tech-based Products and Services (Vancouver)
  • Biotechnology industry resources
  • Market Research
  • International Marketing Research
  • Industry Surveys
• BUS 791: Opportunity Identification & Assessment (Vancouver)
  • Handout
  • Frost & Sullivan Deliverables
• BUS 825 Financial Statement Analysis (Vancouver)
  • Handout (Summer 2019)
  • Ratio Analysis

Fraser International College

• FIC PME 501 (updated May 2018)

Master's programs

• Library Guide for Graduate Business Programs (updated July 2020)
  • EMBA Orientation (Vancouver)
  • MBA Orientation (Vancouver) ; MBA Orientation (Surrey)
  • MSc. Finance Orientation (Vancouver)
• Library Guide for Executive MBA in Indigenous Business Leadership (updated July 2020)
• Belzberg Library Information for Graduate Business Programs 

PhD program

• PhD Orientation (link to Prezi) September 2017

Other

• SFU Advancement (Fall 2017)
  • Handout
     
• Radius - Slingshot
  • Presentation (Spring 2019)
     
• Student Marketing Association Workshop (Spring 2018)
  • Handout
      
• Venture Connection Workshop (Fall 2018)
  • Handout
     
• SFU Industry Engagement (Fall 2018)
  • Handout