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Hello! Welcome to the General Business research guide at the UT Tyler library.

This guide is designed to inform you about resources for your studies in all aspects of general business.

Please be aware that some links in this guide will link out to other UT Tyler guides, databases, and other Internet sources in new browser tabs.

Department information

College of Business and Technology (CBT)

P: 903-566-7360

E: CBTinfo@uttyler.edu

CBT is divided into three departments. Click the links below to visit each department's website.

Department of Accounting, Finance, & Business Law

Department of Human Resource Development & Technology

Department of Management & Marketing

UT Tyler student organizations

If you are interested in business and business-related fields, here is an alphabetical list of UT Tyler student organizations you may consider.

Joining would be a great chance to meet other students on campus and get involved in your field of study.

What is business?

Generally, business often includes in various ways the production, supply, and demand of goods and services for consumption. Examples of businesses might be banking institutions, retail stores, manufacturing plants, real estate companies, restaurants, universities, and more. Basically, any enterprise that conducts regular transactions and exchanges where goods, services, and funds are involved may be classified as a business.

Some businesses are privately owned or publically traded. Activities in these businesses are motivated by increasing profits for the owners and/or stakeholders. Others businesess are non-profit, driven instead by meeting certain social goals or supporting agendas that are less concerned with generating personal or company wealth and more focused on a larger objective.

The administrative and management side of business deals with organizing, overseeing, and directing a company towards meeting its needs and objectives. Business administrators and managers must be able to produce success by effectively working with their employees, stakeholders, vendors, customers, and other interested parties.

Business administrators and managers act as leaders of a company and/or departments within a company. They must manage and allocate available limited resources in the most effective manner possible. They must anticipate and plan for local, national, and international economic change. They must be knowledgable in organizational, informational, systemic workflows.

You can read more about occupations related to business in the Handbook for Business and Financial Occupations published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

If you are new to the study of business, visit the Books section of this guide for a list of good introductory texts we have available through the library.

Business SwoopSearch

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If you'd like to set up an appointment with me to talk about your assignments, send me an e-mail. Let me know what the assignment is about, what research you've done thus far, and any other related information.

I will be glad to help you with using the databases, looking for books, brainstorming ideas, citing sources, and related tasks. However, I can't help you write your paper, do your statistics, or complete any of your homework assignments.

For writing help, you can contact the Writing Center. For statistics tutoring, you can contact the Department of Mathematics.

Remember, any of the Reference staff at our library can assist you with the basics of research help, but if you need assistance with business specifically, please feel free to let me know!