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Emerging Technologies in Business: Blockchain

This guide will highlight resources to help you learn about and keep current on emerging technologies in the business world.

Research

Keeping Current: Sources & Search Strategies for Blockchain

BlockchainUse these suggestions to perform your own searches for current content about Blockchain technology.

As a keyword search strategy in LibrarySearch or one of the other research databases, try: blockchain OR bitcoin OR cryptocurrency OR fintech OR "distributed ledger". As a next step, add additional terms using a Boolean "AND" operator like: blockchain AND "internet of things". As you find quality articles, look in the item's record for any subject headings that seem promising to expand your search.

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Use LibrarySearch to find books, articles, and more

Search Tips:

  • to focus your search, use the limits on the left side of the result page
  • try the Peer Review limit to focus your results on scholarly articles
  • learn more about LibrarySearch

Suggested Library Research Databases to Search for Blockchain

Try the following sources to search for articles or data on this topic:

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Selected Readings

The literature on these emerging technologies is vast and growing. To whet your appetite and explain some of the basics, here's a very brief selection of articles, chapters, and ebooks on Blockchain (updated periodically).

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