Pacific Business: Key resources

Search strategy

• Analyse your research question. Identify the important concepts within the topic.
• Choose keywords that describe the concepts and/or terms.
• Determine whether there are synonyms and related terms that should be included in your search.
• Search using various combinations of the keywords/concepts, synonyms and related terms

Subject headings

These are standard terms for particular topics or subject matter you can use to search the Catalogue.
To locate items tagged with a subject heading:

1. Try a keyword search and look at the Details of a relevant item. To view other items with similar subject matter, click on any terms listed as Subjects.
2. If you know a specific subject heading for a topic, use an Advanced Search for the exact phrase in the subject field.

Subject headings relevant to Pacific business research:

• Oceania economic conditions; Oceania commerce; Pacific small business; Pacific entrepreneurship; Pacific Islanders Commerce New Zealand
• Oceania Social Life and Customs; Pacific Area; Pacific Islanders New Zealand Social Life and Customs
• Polynesia; Melanesia; Micronesia
• Samoa; Tonga; Cook Islands; New Caledonia; Papua New Guinea

Tips:

• Use Islands of the Pacific rather than Pacific Islands. Also try searching for Islands of the Pacific commerce.
• Use Oceania for an overview of the region, or try Oceania economic conditions.

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