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  • Email-a-Vairo Librarian:  vairolibrary@psu.edu

  • Phone-a-Vairo Librarian: 610.892.1380

  • Text-a-Vairo Librarian:  610.314.7890

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Getting Started with Business Source Premier

Business Source Premiere is a great place to start for any type of business research. BSP includes both peer reviewed and trade journals, newspapers, reports, and more to help you get a quick picture of a company or industry. Some tips to help you search are below!

Use the following steps to find materials in business source 

  • Connect to the Business Source Premier database (see link above)
  • Type Search Criteria, such as a company or industry name
  • Update the Refine Results area to meet your needs
    • Update Publication Date
    • Check appropriate Source Types
    • Show More on Subject: Thesaurus Terms
    • Limit by Company when doing a company search
    • Use NAICS/ Industry for understanding or narrowing to a particular industry