Fall 2012 Business Certificate Program Dates Announced

The Sterne Library will be offering the Business Research Certificate Program again during the fall 2012 semester. Due to the high demand during the spring semester, each session will be offered 2 times each week to accommodate students’ varying schedules.  The class will meet in Room 163 of the Sterne Library from 10:00 a.m. until [...]


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Details about the Spring 2012 Business Certificate Reception

I want to remind you all that the reception will be held on Thursday, April 12th, from 3:30 p.m. until 4:15 p.m. in the Henley Room on the 2nd floor of the library (note the location change). Light refreshments will be served.  Business casual dress. If you plan to attend, please RSVP to me at [...]


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Week 7 Certificate Recap

Only one more week to go.  It seems like the semester has flown by.  Last week we had a great class (other than the computer problems in the 10 a.m. session) talking about business planning and entrepreneurship.  Remember that everything we’ve talked about so far this semester is critical in business planning.  Week 7 provided [...]


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Week Six Certificate Material – Academic Integrity

This week in the Business Research Certificate Program we will talk about academic integrity.  We’ll spend some time discussing plagiarism and looking at examples of some common types of plagiarism.  The Sterne Library has an online plagiarism tutorial that you should check out for more information. We will also look at an academic integrity scenario [...]


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Did You Miss a Business Research Session?

If you missed one of the Business Research Certificate sessions this semester, I will be holding make-up sessions on April 2nd in Room 163 of the Sterne Library.  The make-up times and topics are: 10 a.m. – Week 2 (Basic Company Research) 12 p.m. – Week 3 (Industry Research) 2 p.m. – Week 5 (International [...]


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Week Five Certificate Recap and Class Materials

During Week 5 of the Business Research Certificate class we covered international research.  This included not only foreign based companies but also international statistics, demographics and country specific research.  This session should be particularly helpful for anyone taking or planing to take an international business, marketing or finance class. Class materials are posted here: Week [...]


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Date change for 10 a.m. Certificate Class THIS Thursday

The 10:00 a.m. session of the Business Research Certificate Program this Thursday, March 8th, will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, March 9th in Room 163 of the Sterne Library.  The 3:30 p.m class will still meet as scheduled on Thursday, March 8th.  You may attend either session.


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Want to add the Business Certificate to your resume? Here’s how.

If you’ve completed (or are planning to complete) the Business Research Certificate Program you’ll certainly want to add it to your resume.  I’ve had a number of students ask for suggestions about how to show it on a resume so I came up with this suggestion: Business Research Certificate Program, UAB, 2012 – Intensive 8-week [...]


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Week Four Certificate Materials

During the 4th week of the Business Research Certificate Program we’ll be covering news, trade and industry publications.  They play a key role in all types of business research, and understanding how to search them is important. The materials we’ll be using this week are linked below. Week 4 PowerPoint Week 4 outline and in-class [...]


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Week Three Certificate Materials

During week three of the certificate we will cover industry research.  You’ll find that there can be a lot of overlap between researching companies and researching industries.  The hands-on portion this week will cover the following resources: Business Source Premier S & P NetAdvantage ABI/INFORM Complete Each of these resources offers great industry and market [...]


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