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Finding Information
Company or Organization Websites
Look for About Us pages on organization sites and Investors links on publicly traded company websites for details about philanthropic programs.
Business Research Databases
http://www.cod.edu/library/resources/subjectdb/business.htm
- Business Source Elite
- articles from magazines, journals, and business new sources
- Hoover's
- comprehensive company, industry and market intelligence
- Standard and Poor's
- comprehensive profiles of publicly traded companies
Newspapers
http://www.cod.edu/library/resources/newspapers.htm
- Proquest Newspapers
- Includes Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, New York Times and other national papers
- Newspaper Source
- Articles from regional and international
Web
- 2010 Corporate Social Responsibility Index
- The CSRI is the combined average of the general public’s perceptions along the three key dimensions -Citizenship, Governance and Workplace. This combined score yields greater insight into the influence of stakeholder programs, policies and activities on reputation.
- Better Business Bureau Charity Reviews
- information, reviews, ratings and accreditation of charities and nonprofit organizations
- Charity Navigator
- unbiased, objective, numbers-based rating system of over 5.000 charities; information includes efficiency, accountability and more.
Statistics
- Statistical Sources for Speech Research
- Find local, national and international statistics, demographics and more
Evaluating Your Sources
- Authority/Credibility
- Who wrote this information and are they experts?
- Purpose
- Is this source informational or persuasive?
- Currency
- Is this source up-to-date?
- Accuracy
- Is this information correct?
Citing Sources
General Citation Information: http://www.cod.edu/library/research/citenet.htm
Additional Resources
Speech Research Fundamentals http://codlibrary.org/Research_Fundamentals
Speech Librarian: Jennifer Kelley
Office: SRC 3043A
Phone: (630) 942-2383
E-mail: kelleyj@cod.edu
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22 February 2011
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