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
778.782.5043

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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 April 2019)
  • 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 March 2019)
  • 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 2019)
  • Handout - Fall 2019
  • Ratio Analysis
  • Company Information
• BUS 341: Fundamentals of Marketing 
  • General guide to secondary market research resources
  • Handout - Fall 2018
  • Introduction to Vividata (Guide) 
• BUS 343: Introduction to Marketing (updated September 2019)
  • General guide to secondary market research resources
  • Company information research guide
  • Industry surveys research guide
  • Handout - Fall 2019
  • Resources to help with:
    • Business presentations
    • Business writing
• BUS 345: Primary Market Research (Fall 2019)
  • General guide to secondary market research resources
  • Blog post: Ingredients for successful taste tests: Supporting your primary market research
• BUS 347: Consumer Behaviour (updated August 2019)
  • Attitude Change Assignment: Powerpoint
  • Literature Review Assignment: Powerpoint
• BUS 360W: Business Communication (updated September 2019)
  • Intro to 360W - International Students
• BUS 381: Intro. to Human Resource Management (updated September 2017)
  • PowerPoint (Fall 2017)
• BUS 393: Commercial Law: Use the Commercial Law guide 

400 level

• BUS 410: Financial Institutions
• BUS 417 & BUS 418 (January 2019)
• BUS 421: Accounting Theory (updated November 2017)
• BUS 431: Business with East Asian Countries (updated September 2019)
• BUS 432: International Human Resource Management (updated November 2017)
• BUS 444: Business-to-Business Marketing (updated September 2017)
  • Handout (Summer 2017)
• BUS 446: Marketing Strategy (updated September 2017)
  • Handout (Summer 2017)
• BUS 447: Global Marketing Management
  • Rwanda & Africa resources
  • General resources: International Market Research web guide.
  • PowerPoint 

500 level

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

700-800 level

• BUS 720: Special Topics: Foreign Market Entry (Surrey)
• BUS 722: Special Topics in Business Administration (Surrey)
• BUS 741: Business and BC's Indigenous Communities (blog post - 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)
• 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 Sept 2019)
  • EMBA Orientation (Vancouver)
  • MBA Orientation (Vancouver) ; MBA Orientation (Surrey)
  • MSc. Finance Orientation (Vancouver)
• Library Guide for Executive MBA in Indigenous Business and Leadership (updated Sept 2019)
• 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