LibGuides: Integrated Innovation Institute: 49-747: Innovation Mindset in Practice: START

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Business & Industry Research
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Demographics & Data
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Citing Sources
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Journals and Newspapers

New York Times Digital Access via Academic Pass This link opens in a new window This access to the New York Times requires creating an account and logging in with your CMU email address.  Students: Access lasts until December 31st of your graduation year. Faculty: Access lasts for 4 years at which time you must re-authenticate. Limitations: Unlimited access to NYT articles 1851-present except for 1923-1980 where the limit is 5 articles per day. Does not include e-reader editions, crosswords or other games, or other premier content. Includes app access, though not all devices support NYT apps.
Wall Street Journal (Dow Jones) This link opens in a new window Articles in major US business newspaper through the WSJ platform. Content includes 4 years of rolling backfiles. CMU affiliates must create an initial account using your CMU Andrew email address. Then you can also download the WSJ app and login there for access too. Historical issues through ProQuest (1851-2006) are here, and Wall Street Journal Online articles are here. Fully searchable full page images from 2008 - current (with a 3-month embargo) are here. Other editions are also available. Type wall street journal in the Publication Browse to see options.

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eBooks: Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Theory, Practice and Context
Publication Date: 2020
The Innovation Ultimatum: How Six Strategic Technologies Will Reshape Every Business in the 2020s
Publication Date: 2020
Advanced Imagineering: Designing Innovation as Collective Creation
Publication Date: 2019
The Art of Innovation: Lessons in Creativity from IDEO, America's Leading Design Firm
Publication Date: 2016

eBooks: Research & Writing

Every Day I Write the Book: Notes on Style
Publication Date: 2020
The Productive Graduate Student Writer
Publication Date: 2019
Design As Research: Positions, Arguments, Perspectives
Publication Date: 2016
The Craft of Research
Publication Date: 2016

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