If you are doing company research, in many of our databases you can search by ticker symbol. To find a company's ticker symbol, you can google it or look it up in a database like Morningstar or Value Line Investment Survey.
Likewise, if you are doing industry research, in many of our databases you can search by industry codes such as a NAICS code.
Finally, just like searching for books, you should utilize keywords and boolean operators to search for articles.
These databases are a great place to start as they cover a wide range of business-related topics. They provide access to articles and some non-journal content (company profiles, industry profiles, market research reports, SWOT analyses, country reports, etc.).