EBSCOhost is a publisher (i.e., vendor) of various databases.  Here are some of the EBSCOhost databases that TCU subscribes to that you may be interested in: Fuente Academica, Communication & Mass Media Complete, EconLit, Academic Search Complete, MasterFile Premier, Newspaper Source, PsycInfo, Regional Business News, SocIndex, Vocational & Career Collection, and Business Source Complete.

Here are the step-by-step instructions for setting up a journal alert  If the directions ask you to set up an EBSCOhost account, you can set-up your own sub-account underneath TCU’s account with your own personally created user name/password.

Instructions to set up an RSS feed

Note: Business Source Complete contains the Harvard Business Review.

Another note: Most of our databases allow for Alert/Feed options, look for a ‘help’ icon within the database to find instructions.  Post a comment if you have another database that you want me to post these directions for!

SWAT- killing flies.

Totally not related.  Once again, I’m just trying to get your attention.  If you need to find a SWOT analysis on a company, use the TCU database, Business Source Complete. 

Here’s the quickest way to find a SWOT analysis in that database:  Type the ticker symbol of your company in the first search box and select “TK Ticker Symbol” from the drop down box.  In the next box, type: swot  (double click on image to see an example)

SWOT search example