Business Management Research Guide

Introduction to Research/Research Help

• Research 101: An interactive, online tutorial covering research basics
• Ask a Reference Librarian
• Other Research Aids
• Citing Your Sources
• Library Tutorials
• Searching Tips
• Evaluating Sources 
• Research Instructional Checklist

Reference Resources

Electronic Reference Resources

• Encyclopedia of Management
• Business Plans Handbook
• Oxford Reference Online
• Encyclopedia of Human Geography

Periodicals/Databases/Indexes (finding articles and citations)

Selected Databases/Indexes

• Academic Search Premier: Most areas of academic study including business and management
• BizToolkit: Online business information center available through a partnership with the James J. Hill Reference Library
• Business Source Premier: Most areas of business dating back to 1922
• DOAJ: Full-text, scholarly, open-access journals.  Check the collection subject areas: Business and Economics
• IBIS World: Research on over 700 industries, including statistics, analysis and forecasts
• Hoovers: Comprehensive business information resource - updated daily - for information about public & private companies, people, & markets
• LexisNexis: Full-text news, accounting literature, company information, and business resources
• ProQuest: Academic, trade, and newspaper articles for business, industry, and management
• Additional Business/Management Databases

BearHunt: Use this tool to search multiple periodical databases and CLICnet at one time.

Journal Finder/Article Linker: Use this tool to search for journal titles by the title or ISSN or browse for journals by title or subject area.

Finding Books

Catalogs

• CLICnet: The shared catalog of Cooperating Libraries in Consortium
• OCLC First Search 

eBook Collections

• NetLibrary 

Dewey Decimal System

• Dewey Browser: OCLC's prototype, provides a visual interface for the Dewey Decimal System.  Use this tool to find a Dewey number for a topic and then browse our library's shelves or catalog.

Supplementary Web Resources

• Google Scholar