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Research and reference help at Ross

 

The Research Librarians at Ross Kresge Library Services are available to help you with research needs for your courses, projects, club activities, case competitions, recruiting and more.  We help Ross students and students from all across the UM campus requiring business research knowledge and skills, business models and planning templates, and industry and company data resources - email us or use the online chat during regular business hours to get started with your questions!

 

Ross School of Business provides access over 100 business-focused databases in addition to the database and print resources available through the University of Michigan Library.  You can also browse and access these databases from the A to Z Database Listing on the Kresge Library Services website. Here are some other links you'll want to bookmark on the site:

 

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Considering research resources

SIFT is an evaluation strategy developed by digital literacy expert Michael Caulfield (Washington State University Vancouver) to help you judge whether or online content can be trusted for credible and reliable information. The SIFT strategy is quick, simple, and can be applied to various kinds of online content: social media posts, memes, statistics, videos, images, news articles, scholarly articles, etc.​​​​​​​

  • STOP. Think critically. Avoid being too emotionally charged or looking for information that confirms your own biases. Have an open mind to consider new or controversial topics, and seek to understand.
  • INVESTIGATE. Find out who the author is, why they wrote it, where was it published.
  • FIND BETTER COVERAGE. Read laterally. Once you get to the source of a claim, read what other people say about the source and the claim.
  • TRACE CLAIMS. Trace claims, quotes, and media to the original source.