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Finding Business Cases: Business Databases

This guide provides tips and strategies for locating business case studies, which are real or fabricated situations that companies and industries find themselves in.

Using Business Databases

Searching
You can perform a keyword search at the top of the page. Enter keywords relevant to your search topic, such as “collaborative consumption.” You can add more keywords by clicking on the “Advance” button and entering multiple search terms; for example, “collaborative consumption” and “Uber".

Screenshot of Sage business cases search bar.

Browsing
Alternatively, you can browse for available business cases by:

  • Subject: There are many areas to choose from, and are further narrowed down into sub-areas. Once you have a list of results, you can filter by publication date, length of article and keyword.

  • Content partner: This allows you to search publications from different business schools and publishers.

  • Academic level: You can choose cases between basic, intermediate and complex levels.

Screenshot of options to browse in Sage Business Cases.

First, select “Case Studies” from the top menu bar:

Screenshot of Gale Business Insights page with menu bar, red box around Case Studies option.

A list of cases will appear on the next page. On the left pane, use the “Search Within Results” box to narrow your results.

Screenshot of Search Within Results box and limiters.

 

You can limit your search to case studies by entering the subject term “case studies” in addition to your search terms, using the drop-down menu as seen below:

Screenshot of advanced search, case studies is highlighted in the Subject Term search field.

If you prefer, you can enter your keyword(s), then scroll down to the Publication Type section, and select “Case Study.”

Publication type options with Case Study box checked.

This database allows you to limit your search to case studies only. You can include the keyword “case study” as part of your search.

Screenshot of search fields, Case Studies is entered in the Subject Heading field.

You can also scroll down to the “Document type” box, and select “Case Study” to limit your results.

Screenshot of Document type options, Case study option box is checked.

 

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