DOCUMENTATION RESEARCH FOR THE ICN MASTER THESIS

DOCUMENTATION RESEARCH
FOR THE
ICN MASTER THESIS
ICN Documentation Department – 2016
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Documentation research methodology
Your online library : ICN Learning Hub / Online resources
About plagiarism / Cite your sources / Save your references
Recommended readings
Library assistance : Workshops on demand
1] DOCUMENTATION RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
The ICN Documentation Department offers tools, tutorials and guides to research methodology inside the
elearning module « Master Thesis – Unit 1 « What is a Master Thesis? »
This course is divided in 4 parts :
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Prepare your research
Research information
Evaluate information
Cite sources
ACCESS : HTTP://ELEARNING.MYICN.FR/ -> MY COURSES
2] YOUR ONLINE LIBRARY : ICN LEARNING HUB / ONLINE RESOURCES
Documentation resources, access 24/7 on campus and remote
From your « MyICN » intranet, access the ICN Learning Hub and discover a selection of databases, academic
articles and information websites with free and reserved access resources (with ICN I.T login) : EBSCO portal, ABI
Inform, Cairn.info, HAL, SSRN…
How to access online resources?
MyICN -> My Resources -> Learning Hub ICN ->« Online Resources » page
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FOCUS ON USEFUL ONLINE RESOURCES FOR YOUR MASTER THESIS
Resources presented here offer either full-text access (FT) or the
bibliographic reference only (BR)
Find academic articles
Cairn.info- Journals (FT) : French acadmeic resources in humanities, social sciences and economics
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Reserved access (with ICN Login) : click here
Information sheet : click here
ICN Video : “Cairn.info research example”
EBSCO Host portal (FT & BR): academic resources in management and economics
French: « Vente et Gestion » & English : « Business Source Complete » & « Econlit »
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Reserved access (with ICN Login) : click here
Information sheet (UL ; 2013) : click here
ABI Inform (FT & BR): Academic articles database in management & economics, mainly in English
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Reserved access (with ICN Login) : click here
Information sheet (ICN ; 2014) : click here
ICN Video : « ABI Inform research example »
Hyper Article en Ligne (HAL) (FT & BR): Multidisciplinary open archives portal in French by the CNRS
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Free access : click here
Information sheet (J.P. Lardy-Urfist ; 2010) : click here
Google scholar (FT & BR): search engine for academic documents
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Free access : click here
Information sheet (ICN ; 2013) : click here
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Online ICN Master Theses
The ICN Documentation Department offers a collection of online ICN Theses for the ICN « Master Grande Ecole »
program, selected by theses directors.
Thus, if you need help with your subject, or if you wish to discover good practices in terms of content and
writing, visit this collection!
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Access : http://www.learninghub.icn-groupe.fr (« ICN Publication » page -> ICN Theses)
Find book references
Refer to the reading recommandations from your program, your thesis director or other professors.
See the final bibliography of articles, books and reports you read.
Research in library catalogs, databases and search engines ::
University of Lorrain libraries catalog :
Click here
Find documents in the paper collections of all the
university libraries *
Sudoc – ABES : click here
Catalog gathering the collections from university
libraries all around France.
ICN Learning Hub Catalog : click here
Worldcat : cliquez ici
Find ebooks from the ICN ebooks collections, and
books from the ICN Library in Metz
Catalog of collections and services from more
than 10 000 libraries in the world.
Other local libraries :
Libraries from the AGEM Network (SUPELEC…)
and ARTEM alliance ;
ICN Video Tutorial :
« How to locate a book with its references ? »
click here
Public libraries and media libraries
*From 2016, the Inter Libraries Services Loan by the University of Lorrain is open to students -> Transfer a book
from one university library to another closer to you. Ask a librarian in your University library.
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Find information in economics, strategic and financial data…
Marketline: Company Profiles, Country reports, Industry reports, Country Statistics Database
 Reserved access (with ICN Login) : click here
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Information sheet (UL ; 2013) : click here
Factiva Companies /Market - Dow Jones: Company Snapshot, Industry Snapshot, Stock Prices,
Interactive Chart…
 Reserved access (with ICN Login) : click here
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Information sheet (ICN ; 2013) : click here
Diane: Diane contains detailed information on all the French companies that communicate their annual
accounts to the French commercial court.
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Reserved access (with ICN Login) :click here
3] ABOUT PLAGIARISM / CITE YOUR SOURCES / STORE YOUR REFERENCES
About plagiarism
ICN Business School policy on plagiarism can be found in the « Partical Guide on the Master Thesis for
students and directors » on MyICN
Mandatory deposit of your documents on the anti-plagiarism software -> MyICN / Compilatio
Cite your sources: references in the text and in your bibliography
There are many citation sources -> ICN professors ask you to use the American Psychological Association Norm
(APA):
See the « Sources citation according to the APA norm – Short guide » - SDI, 2015 : click here.
Store your references
Zotero is a free web browser plug-in. It allows for a personalized management of your bibliographic
references and the edition of your bibliography : http://www.zotero.org/
Online tutorials : FR click here / ENG click here
Guide Zotero 4.0 (BU Lorraine) : click here
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4] RECOMMENDED READINGS
« Master thesis: Student guide» / M.Koromyslov, J.Koehl, G.Duffing with contributions by D. Caumont, T.
Jacquot. This guide and other useful documents can be consulted on MyICN.
Borges, A., Karryotis, C. (2012). Réussir le mémoire des écoles de commerce. Paris, France : Gualino : Lextenso
éd..(Les Zoom’s). ISBN : 978-2-297-03033-5.
Localisation BUG Nancy : cote 808.4 BOR et BIM Metz : cote 378 BOR
Gavard-Perret, M.-L., Gotteland, D., Haon, C., Jolibert, A., Aubert, B., Avenier, M.-J., Duymedjian, R. (2012)
Méthodologie de la recherche en sciences de gestion: réussir son mémoire ou sa thèse. Montreuil, France :
Pearson. ISBN : 978-2-7440-7604-6.
Localisation : BUG Nancy : cote 95/175 et BIM Metz : cote 658 GAV
Saunders, M. N. K., Lewis, P., Thornhill, A. (2012) Research methods for business students. England, Royaume-Uni
: Pearson. ISBN : 978-0-273-75075-8.
Localisation : ebook ICN : cliquez ici / BUG Nancy : cote 658.007 SAU et BIM Metz : cote 658 SAU
Saunders, M., Lewis, P. (2012) Doing research in business and management: an essential guide to planning your
project. Harlow, Royaume-Uni: Pearson. ISBN : 978-1-2920-1740-2.
Localisation : ebook ICN : cliquez ici / BUG Nancy : cote 95/193
5] LIBRARY ASSISTANCE
Questions on online documentation resources ? Need personalized help in your research? Don’t know how to
use a database?
Feel free to ask for an appointment with a librarian:
Nancy ICN Campus - BU de Gestion de Nancy (Management sciences University Library)
Stéphanie BOULANGER : [email protected] | Tèl : +33(0)3-72-74-09-68
Metz ICN Campus – ICN Library Metz
Virginie RICHARD : [email protected]| Tèl : +33(0)3-87-56-37-11
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