Elizabeth Sanford

Research and Instruction Librarian

Subject Specialties: Christian Studies, Business, English, and Modern Languages

M.S., Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, anticipated May 2025

M.A.T., Secondary Education, Furman University

B.A., History, Sweet Briar College

Having an embedded librarian in your course is highly customizable way to integrate research support into your course. An embedded librarian can be as involved as the instructor would like, but often includes some of the following elements:

• Adding the librarian to your Canvas course, allowing him or her to add library resources or respond to student questions when appropriate.
  • Example: You have assigned a research project for the final. One of the related assignments is for the students to submit their research question to a Canvas discussion. The embedded librarian can then respond to students' posts with database and search strategy suggestions. 

• Instruction tailored to your students' needs and interests
  • Example: By meeting with you and reading your students' research questions, the embedded librarian knows that many students are going to need to access economic census data. He or she visits class and demonstrates how to use the economic census website. 
  • Example: Students meet the embedded librarian in class and establish a relationship with him or her. They then feel comfortable making an appointment when they get stuck at any point during the research process. 

• Support in strengthening your research assignments
  • Example: You share your students' final papers (with names removed) with the embedded librarian. He or she notices that students are struggling to integrate secondary sources into their papers. The embedded librarian suggests that next year you require that students submit an annotated bibliography earlier in the semester. He or she creates a workshop for students to talk through different ways that prior research can support their projects.

Are you interested in integrating artificial intelligence into your teaching or research? Your librarian can...

• Work with you to create assignments that give students the opportunity to leverage the power of AI, while still strengthening their human intelligence 
• Show you how to use AI tools for your own research (and offer warning about what to be wary of)
• Help you fine tune the AI policy that you implement in your courses
• Answer (or find the answer to) questions that you have about AI and copyright and AI and academic integrity

• Librarians and teaching faculty make a powerful team when it comes to instructional design. Your librarian is available to help you workshop your curriculum to include more opportunities for inquiry.
• Are you looking for a way to go beyond traditional undergraduate assignments? Speak to your librarian about how you can implement digital humanities methods in your classroom. 

• "One-shot" sessions are the most common form of information literacy instruction and usually include a general overview of fundamental library skills like navigating the website, using the catalog, and navigating databases. 
  • This type of basic instruction is most appropriate for lower-level courses.
  • A well-executed one-shot requires librarian-instructor collaboration to ensure that the material covered is specific to the course. Otherwise, one-shots become repetitive to students who likely experience them in multiple courses. 
• To make the most of our time together, one-shots are best scheduled after students have had the chance to navigate library resources on their own. This way, they come to class with an idea of what barriers they may encounter. 
  • It is helpful to have students already know their topic and have attempted to find 1-3 scholarly articles to support their project. 
  • If students need help with getting to that point, we have several video resources that can assigned. 

Select your database from Databases A-Z > Advanced Search > Publication Type > Case Study

Business Ethics

• Arthur Andersen Case Studies in Business Ethics
• Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative - Anderson School of Management 
• Ethics Unwrapped - McCombs School of Business, The University of Texas at Austin 
• Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University: Ethics Cases
• Ted Rogers Leadership Centre, Ryerson University: Case Study Collection

Statistical Analysis

• Case Studies in Business, Industry and Government Statistics: CSBIGS 

Sustainability 

• Portland State University: Social Innovation & Social Entrepreneurship
• Sustainable Development Goals case series-Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
• World Business Council for Sustainable Development Case Studies

Employee Owned Companies 

• Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations

Marketing

• Marketing Sherpa (limit content type by "Case Studies" on the left)

General Business

• Case Centre (free case collection)
• Financial Times - Business School Case
• IBIMA Business Review
• INSEAD Publishing: Cases 
• Journal of Business Cases and Applications
• Matching Supply with Demand (book) - Companion Cases 
• MIT Sloan - Case Studies
• Stanford Graduate School of Business - free cases
• University of British Columbia: Open Case Studies 
• Yale School of Management - Free Cases 

A Definition of "Grey Literature":

"information produced on all levels of government, academics, business and industry in electronic and print formats not controlled by commercial publishing, where publishing is not the primary activity of the producing body"
-ICGL Luxembourg definition, 1997. Expanded in New York, 2004 http://www.greylit.org/about 

Examples of Grey Literature Types

Some examples of grey literature include:

• Government publications
• White papers produced by private consultancies
• Academic dissertations and theses
• Research reports published by not-for-profits, think tanks, or trade organizations
• Unpublished clinical trials
• Blogs

Please see Document Types in Grey Literature for a full list of grey literature document types, managed by GreyNet

The content of this block is from http://www.greylitguides.com/introduction/. 

Grey literature on any one topic is notoriously hard to locate because it comes from such a wide variety of sources. 

This page aggregates a number of guides to searching for grey literature: Searching for Grey Literature.

If you are looking for grey literature on a specific topic, contact your librarian and they will be able to provide support and offer suggestions. 

Additionally, see the Government Information tab.

Data.gov Here you will find data, tools, and resources to conduct research, develop web and mobile applications, design data visualizations, and more. (308,027 datasets available)

Economic Census Data Tables, files, and complete datasets from the US Economic Census. 

NAICS - North American Industry Classification System Provides classification number for business sectors.

SEC Filings and Forms (Edgar) The SEC requires all public companies (except foreign companies and companies with less than $10 million in assets and 500 shareholders) to file registration statements, periodic reports, and other forms electronically through EDGAR.

South Carolina Department of Commerce Helpful information about S.C. business.

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Numbers Search database for SIC numbers.

AnnualReports.com  A list of publicly traded companies and their annual and 10K reports. Search by Company Name, Ticker Symbol, Exchange, Industry, or Sector.

Big Charts from MarketWatch offers Free access to charts, reports, indicators and quotes for stocks, mutual funds and major market indices. 

Bplans.com Free advice and information on developing business plans including sample plans.

Corporate Information The source for global corporate information on the leading companies in over 55 countries. A wide spectrum of reports that analyze, probe, review and profile.

Entrepreneur Great source for advice on how to start, run, and expand a new business.  The Video section contains hundreds of videos features advice from experts and success stories.  Tools and Services includes startup kits, salary calculators, business plans, market tools, and more.

eSignal.com Chart stock movement from 3 month to 5 year period

Fuld & Company Lots of information and links on “competitor intelligence. Once there look for Intelligence Index and CI Tools. This will lead the searcher to a starting array of good business resources. 

Markets Data Center – From the Wall Street Journal, this free market research page covers stocks, international markets, ETFs, Mutual Funds, Bonds, Commodities and Futures, Currencies, Calendars & Economy, and Earnings.

Morningstar.com Providers of news and analyses on markets, stocks, and mutual funds, for the individual investor. Registration required.