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How do I locate case studies in the Library?

You may use the following Library resources to locate full-text case studies. If you identify a case study that is unavailable in full text, you may request it through our free Interlibrary Loan service. For details, please see our Interlibrary Loan Guide.

O'Reilly for Higher Education:

The O'Reilly for Higher Education database contains an entire collection of case studies on Business, Career Development, Data, Design, Hardware, Security, as well as Math, Science and Engineering which you can access by clicking here.

SAGE Research Methods:

The SAGE Research Methods database contains a collection of social science case studies showing the challenges and successes of research written by the researchers themselves. Cases are peer-reviewed and have pedagogical tools, including learning objectives and discussion questions. Filter by source type and discipline, and search for keywords within texts. Click here to access the collection.

Also see: SAGE Research Methods: Cases 

EBSCOhost:

You may limit your search to case studies in the following EBSCOhost databases. Go to "Advanced Search" and select Case Study from the Document Type menu (NOT the Publication Type menu), as shown below.

Business Source Complete Advanced Search screen with Case Study selected under Document Type.

Next, enter your topic keywords into the search box at the top of the screen. You may also want to limit your results to Full Text documents and/or Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals. Finally, click Search. Your results should contain case studies related to your research topic.

 

ProQuest:

As shown below, you may limit your search to case studies in the ProQuest database. You may access ProQuest from the Popular Databases drop-down menu on the Library’s home page. On the Advanced Search screen, select Case Study under Document Type, as shown below.

ProQuest Advanced Search screen with Case Study selected under Document Type.

 

Gale Academic OneFile 

Gale Academic OneFile  is another resource for searching for case studies. Select 'Advanced Search' from the search page to view 'More Options.' Click on the drop down menu for 'by Document Type' and select 'Business Case Study' or 'Case Study' depending on your research need.

NavigatorSearch:

Finally, you may try searching for case studies using NavigatorSearch, the central search box on the Library's homepage. Click on the Advanced Search link to bring up more search options.

Since there is no specific limiter in NavigatorSearch for case studies, we will include it in our search terms. The example search below is for (marketing or advertising) AND “case study” AND china. It is important to note that we have included the exact phrase “case study” in the article's abstract (AB Abstract) because the abstract will likely identify it as such.




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