Business Resources: Management
General | Small Business | Human Resources | Databases
General
Reference Books
The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management (Ref HD30.15 .B455 2005)
Encyclopedia of Management (ebook)
Internet Resources
@Brint - @Brint is a widely encompassing access point for anyone seeking a broad range of online resources from leading business publications and academic sources. Some of the topics included in this site are MIS research, reengineering, intellectual property, e-commerce, and information policy.
Business Ethics - This resource contains articles, publications, case studies corporate codes of ethics, and professional organization and associations as well as resources and centers information. There are also links provided for additional information on bioethics, plagiarism, and research ethics.
Business Filings Databases -- Updated - Information is provided on corporate and business filings on their websites, which are all available to the public. Document search and retrieval is very easy to initiate. Links are arranged by state and include different types of filings, searching capabilities, registration requirements, and charges (if applicable).
Free Management Library - This resource is designed to "help provide highly accessible and practical resources to managers," with the overall goal of providing basic, how-to management information. Information is organized into 68 general categories of information, and then further broken down into various subject subdivisions. Here, links are provided to documents, articles, library sites, and online discussion groups relevant to the topic.
Indiana Business Magazine - The Indiana Business Magazine provides daily highlights of Indiana Business happenings gleaned from other sources. This award-winning publication offers some of the best writers in Indiana who seek out the local perspective.
Indiana Economic Digest - The Indiana Business Research Center and the Hoosier State Press Association have partnered with the Realtors of Indiana in order to bring this publication to the Web. A story index, business links, and editorials are included that bring state-wide news to the forefront.
Knowledge@Wharton - Prepared at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business, this resource allows viewers to access articles based on both research conducted at Wharton and a variety of other sources. In addition, there are interviews with industry leaders, book reviews, and links to other websites.
Small Business
Reference Books
Business Plans Handbook: A Compilation of Actual Business Plans Developed by Small Businesses Throughout North America (Ref HD62.7 .B865 2006) [also ebook]
Financial Studies of the Small Business (Ref HD2346.U5 F55 1996-2005)
Going Solo: The Best Resources for Entrepreneurs and Freelancers (Ref Z7164.C81 G585 1999)
How to Find Money Online: An Internet-Based Capital Guide for Entrepreneurs (Ref HG3754.5.U6 J63 2001)
Mancuso's Small Business Resource Guide (Ref HD62.7 .M367 1996)
The Small Business Marketing Handbook (Ref HF5823 .M213 1998)
Internet Resources
BizOffice - BizOffice offers a wide range of "small and home-based business resources". Articles are included from Home Business Magazine among others. More than 500 brief business forms and letters are included, as well as shareware programs, newsletters, and entrepreneurial sites.
Inc.com - This Internet destination is devoted to providing comprehensive, superior-quality management resources and useful sources for entrepreneurs and small businesses. Information, products, services, and online tools drawn from a wide variety of sources are provided for virtually every business and management task.
Human Resources
Reference Books
The Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary of Human Resources Management (Ref HD30.15 .B533 1997)
The Human Resources Glossary: The Complete Desk Reference for HR Executives, Managers, and Practitioners (Ref HF5549 .A23 T73 2004)
Databases
ABI/INFORM Dateline - Local and regional coverage of company, industry and business news; excellent source of information about private and small public companies not typically found in the national business press.ABI/INFORM Global - Search 1000 premier worldwide business periodicals for information on business topics: advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, management; also company and industry information.
ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry - Contains more than 700 trade publications covering every major industry, including finance, insurance, transportation, construction, and health.
Business & Company Resource Center - Company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, industry information, chronologies, and full-text periodicals make up this multi-purpose resource center.
Business Insights Interactive - Provides an objective source of data analysis and market insight and is a source for a variety of business information needs focusing on consumer goods, energy, financial services, healthcare, technology, eCommerce, and human resources.
Business Source Premier - Provides full text for almost 3000 scholarly business journals, including full text for nearly 900 peer-reviewed business publications; coverage includes virtually all subject areas related to business.
CCH Capital Changes - Part of the CCH Internet Tax Research Network
Econlit - Bibliographic coverage of a wide range of economics-related literature; of interest to researchers, product managers, advertisers, and public policy professionals.
Factiva - Business information from nearly 8,000 newswires, newspapers, magazines, and journals plus company and industry profiles; features browsable full-text interface of several top business magazines ad newspapers.
MarketLine (formerly Datamonitor) - Reports draw on extensive primary and secondary research. Company Profiles include company overviews, business descriptions, company history, executive listings, product listings, locations, news and commentary. Industry Profiles provide key industrial and consumer sectors across the world's leading economies. Country Profiles give you quick access to country data points, trends and analysis.
Plunkett Research Online - Provides overview, outlook, statistics, market research and trends for several industry sectors; industry-related associations, organizations, and government agencies; profiles of major companies doing business in each industry.
PsycINFO - PsycINFO contains articles by practitioners, researchers, and students working in all areas of psychology, the behavioral sciences, and other related disciplines. This database includes psychological research and its applications and is of prime relevance to many industries and research establishments worldwide. The sources include over 1,400 professional journals, chapters, books, reports, theses and dissertations, published internationally.
RDS Business Reference Suite (BizSuite) - Three databases make up the Suite: Business & Industry, Business & Management Practices, and TableBase; the Business Suite includes periodical articles on marketing and management topics, trade and business news, plus company facts and figures.
STAT-USA/Internet - The site for the U.S. business, economic and trade community, providing authoritative information from the Federal government (U.S. Department of Commerce).
