Q. How do I find case studies?

There are a number of places and ways to search for case studies depending on your field of research. Some general tips are to:

• check the advanced search page for an option to limit your search by document type or methodology,
  • Example search: "human resources case studies"
• search case studies or case study in the subject, descriptor or title field,
• add ("case studies" OR "case study") to any search including the parenthesis and quotation marks.

Here are a few databases which contain case studies.

Multidisciplinary

• Academic Search Complete contains the Document Type case study and the subject term, case studies. 
• Academic OneFile contains the Document Type case study.
• Sage Research Methods contains a large collection of case studies and research tools.

Business

• Business Source Complete contains the Document Type case study and the subject term, case studies. 
• You can search for Harvard Business School Case Studies but they are only available for a fee through Harvard.
• The Case Centre is a comprehensive list of business case studies from business schools spanning the globe. The Case Centre is an independent, not-for-profit organisation dedicated to promoting the case method in business education and sharing our world-leading knowledge and expertise in case teaching, writing and learning.

Education

• In ERIC you can search for the descriptor (subject) Case Studies. 

Healthcare/Nursing

• CINAHL contains two ways to search for case studies. You can search for case studies as a subject heading or limit your results to case study on the advanced search page under publication type. 
• In PubMed you can add Case Reports (Article Type or Publication Type) to your search.
• Cochrane Collection Plus search for (case reports OR case studies).

Psychology

• PsycINFO and PsycARTICLES allow you to limit your search to clinical case studies. This option is on the advanced search page under methodology.
• DSM-5: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders provides access to current DSM-5 Clinical cases

Sociology

• SocINDEX contains the Document Type case study and a related subject term, qualitative research.
• PolicyMap is a US national data and GIS mapping tool and analytics platform is varied applications.

Citation

I would recommend looking at the Library Research Guide on Citing Sources. This page contains links to various citation styles including, the College of Management writing resources.

From CM Student Resources, select Graduate Student Resources then scroll down to Writing Resources. There are several resources for citations.