InfoGuides: Resources for Business and Economics Graduate Students: Additional Services & Resources

Resources for Professional Development & Entertainment

LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda Online Training) This link opens in a new window
Provides Mason faculty, students and staff with free, unlimited online access to tutorials and courses in hundreds of subject areas, including office productivity; audio, video, and web software; as well as business and job skills. New courses are added every week. Log in with your Mason NetID username and password. LinkedIn Learning is available 24/7 from your computer, tablet or mobile device, and is supported jointly by Mason's ITS Learning Support Services and the University Libraries.

SAGE Research Methods Videos includes hours of tutorials, interviews, video case studies, and mini-documentaries covering the entire research process. Find videos made with expert researchers from leading research institutions, your favorite SAGE authors, great teachers, and more.

Academic Video Online This link opens in a new window
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Provides access to over 70,000 video titles from numerous unique content partners including Sony Pictures Classics, Film Platform, Filmakers Library, Milestone Films, Microtraining Associates, PBS, and many more. Subject coverage is broad. Interactive transcripts and closed captions are available. Tutorial for the Academic Video Online database.
Rosetta Stone This link opens in a new window
Provides learning support for 30 different languages, including 50 hours of foundational instructions; core lessons to build on reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills; and grammar and vocabulary activities. Note: Users will need to create a free login account before being able to access Rosetta Stone. Instructions on how to connect to the mobile app can be found here. For more information see the Rosetta Stone Libguide.

Recommended news sources are linked below.

The Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post are also searchable in the Factiva database.

You can also go to the Factiva Home page and read today’s (and two weeks’ worth) of both of those, plus several other national papers.

NYTimes.com This link opens in a new window
Unlimited access to NYTimes.com and NYT Mobile apps, including Spanish and Chinese editions, which cover a variety of topics through breaking news articles, blogs, videos and interactive features. Includes archives from 1851 to the present (articles from 1923 to 1980 are limited to five per day per user; unlimited access to the archives is available through ProQuest Historical Newspapers). Note: Create or renew your account here: http://mutex.gmu.edu/login?URL=https://ezmyaccount.nytimes.com/grouppass/redir, using their GMU credentials to gain access. All users need to renew your accounts every year. Upon login setup, download any NYT app from the App Store and use same login credentials for unlimited access. Login to NYTimes.com directly from any location.
Tutorial for the NYTimes.com database.
American City Business Journals This link opens in a new window
George Mason University students, faculty and staff have full access to all 46 of the Business Journal markets to include all Digital content across 18 different Industries, access to the Weekly Edition, Book of Lists, the Search Archives and much more! Note: Gain access now and Create Your Free Account: https://www.bizjournals.com/register/washington?r=%2Fwashington%2F, using their GMU credentials to gain access.
Economist Online This link opens in a new window
Resource offers insight and opinion on international news, politics, business, finance, science and technology. It offers a variety of web-only content, including blogs, debates and audio/film programs. Provides full access to the print edition and a searchable online archive that dates back to 1997. Note: For access to The Economist newsletters, please register here using your Mason email address.
FT.com This link opens in a new window
Provides UK and international business, finance, economic, and political news, comment, and analysis from the Financial Times newspaper group. Note: For access to the Financial Times' personalized features, please register here using your Mason email address.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Provides access to a wide range of news (includes New York Times, Washington Post, LA Times), business (company news, industry forecasts), government (legislative news, tax information), legal (news, case law) and reference information. Formerly LexisNexis Academic. Tutorial for the Nexis Uni database.
Regional Business News This link opens in a new window
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Incorporates full-text coverage of more than 80 regional business journals, newspapers and newswires covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. Complements Business Source Complete. Tutorial for the Regional Business News database.
Wall Street Journal (WSJ) This link opens in a new window
Mason Libraries provides full complimentary access to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ.com) to current students, faculty, and staff. Creating an account is required. This link will take you to our WSJ LibGuide. Please read the instructions on how to create an account before proceeding.
Tutorial for the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) database.

Harvard Business Review
Publishes research and case studies on issues in corporate strategies, management, finance, regulatory policy, technology, international trends, and related subjects.
MIS Quarterly Executive
Covers practice-based research in the information systems field. Most recent year not available.
Sloan Management Review
Articles on key issues that affect national and international senior management professionals, focusing on entrepreneurial technologies and business intelligence systems.

Bloomberg BusinessWeek
Provides comprehensive coverage of news and developments affecting the business world. Includes information on computers, finance, labor, industry, marketing, science and technology.

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Swank Digital Campus This link opens in a new window
Provides access to course-assigned films and documentaries from major motion picture studios. Requires local installation of Widevine Media Optimizer; best accessed via Google Chrome.
Tutorial for the Swank Digital Campus database.
Docuseek2 Complete Collection This link opens in a new window
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Streaming platform for documentaries and social issues films. Contains titles from a variety of film distributors, including Bullfrog Films, Collective Eye Films, Icarus Films, and Terra Nova Films. Covers subjects such as anthropology, cultural and ethnic studies, business and economics, environmental studies, gender studies, history, media studies, political science, and science and technology.
Tutorial for the Docuseek2 Complete Collection database.
Kanopy This link opens in a new window
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Due to the high cost of this database, requests for videos are for faculty only when they are using the films as class requirements. It covers documentaries, indies, foreign films, classics, independent films, and feature films. We strongly recommend you use the Library’s catalog and the Media Page to find videos before submitting a request. We have excellent streaming video content in other databases. If you are a Faculty and submit a request, you will get a response within 5 business days. If you have any questions please contact the Music, Film, and Media Librarian, Cindy Badilla-Meléndez.
Academic Video Online This link opens in a new window
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Provides access to over 70,000 video titles from numerous unique content partners including Sony Pictures Classics, Film Platform, Filmakers Library, Milestone Films, Microtraining Associates, PBS, and many more. Subject coverage is broad. Interactive transcripts and closed captions are available. Tutorial for the Academic Video Online database.
Films on Demand: World Cinema Video Collection This link opens in a new window
Offers feature films from renowned directors across the globe, including films from the silent era, international directors, American and European masterworks from the mid-20th century, and award-winning contemporary films featured by Global Lens.
New World Cinema: Independent Features and Shorts,1990-Present This link opens in a new window
Delivers full-length feature films from leading independent distributors such as Kino Lorber, First Run Features, Film Movement, MK2, and the Global Films Initiative, along with some fifty award-winning shorts. Tutorial of the New World Cinema Independent Features and Shorts, 1990-2000 database.
Music Online: Popular Music Library This link opens in a new window
Wide range of popular music from around the world. Includes tracks from major genres in pop music, including alternative, Christian, country, electronic, hip-hop, metal, new age, punk, R&B, reggae, rock, and soundtracks. View a tutorial on this database here.

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SP@RC Lab

Visit The Scholarly Productions @ the Research Commons Lab to learn more-

The mission of the Scholarly Productions @ the Research Commons Lab is to provide point of need assistance for scholars in disseminating their research, regardless of format. Our goal is to create self-sufficient scholars who are able to apply best practices in design and research presentation to their work.

For general help with a research poster or project, schedule an appointment with a staff member below. For help with a specific software, please email us at sparc@gmu.edu so we can schedule you accordingly.

SP@RC offers free research poster printing through a partnership with OSCAR, the printer has occasional technical difficulties that could result in a delay, please schedule your appointment with ample time ahead of your conference or class.