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Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
Index, abstracts, and full text covering scholarly business publications and company analyses.
Business Source Complete is a scholarly business database providing bibliographic and full text content. Business Source Complete provides full text journals in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. Additional full text, non-journal content includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more. Business Source Complete contains indexing and abstracts for the most important scholarly business journals back to 1886, searchable cited references for many journals, and detailed author profiles for the most-cited authors in the database.
Mergent Online This link opens in a new window
Business and financial information for investment research.
Mergent Online provides business information, including financial reports, company news and securities data. Mergent Online contains company data and annual reports for both U.S. and international companies. U.S. company data includes SEC (EDGAR) filings.

Mergent Online is the successor to FISonline, which was created when Mergent acquired the Financial Information Services division of Moody's® Investors Service.
Hoovers This link opens in a new window
The Hoover's database provides information on more than 12 million public and private companies, including companies that have gone out of business, in more than 600 worldwide industries.
The Hoover's database provides information on more than 12 million public and private companies, including companies that have gone out of business, in more than 600 worldwide industries. Information available includes in-depth industry analysis, summary financials, top competitors and officers, SEC filings, and news. Using the Hoovers information customized reports can be created.
Entrepreneurial Studies Source This link opens in a new window
Provides resources for topics such as business planning, communications, innovations, management, marketing, organizational behavior and product development.
Value Line Investment Survey - Plus Edition This link opens in a new window
The Value Line Investment Survey is a comprehensive source of information and advice on approximately 1,700 stocks in 98 industries, the stock market, and the economy.
The Value Line Investment Survey is an unbiased collection of data and performance analysis of approximately 8,000 stocks, 15,000 mutual funds, 80,000 options and other securities. It has three parts: 1)
The Ratings & Reports section contains one-page reports about approximately 1,700 companies and approximately 98 industries, 2) The Summary & Index contains an index of all stocks in the Investment Survey as well as many up-to-date statistics to keep investors informed about the latest company results, and 3) The Selection & Opinion section contains Value Line's latest economic and stock market forecasts, one-page write-ups about interesting and attractive stocks, model portfolios, and financial and stock market statistics.
Human Resources Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Human Resources Abstracts includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to human resources, including human resource management, employee assistance, organizational behavior, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline.
Human Resources Abstracts includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to human resources, including human resource management, employee assistance, organizational behavior, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. Records are selected from many of the top titles within the discipline, including Journal of Human Resources, Human Resource Management, and Human Resource Development International.

For Background Research

MarketResearch.com Academic This link opens in a new window
In-depth research of the burgeoning over-the-counter diagnotic testing market; hard data: size of the market, names of the major players, growth forecasts, regulatory issues, and who has the biggest market share
Vocational and Career Collection This link opens in a new window
Index, abstracts, and full text for 350 trade and industry related periodicals.
Vocational and Career Collection is designed to meet vocational and technical research needs. The collection provides indexing and abstracts for over 600 journals, and full text for 350 of these trade and industry related periodicals. Full text information in this database dates as far back as 1985.

For Business News & Reference Materials

Regional Business News This link opens in a new window
A full text newswire database that incorporates business wires from all over the world.
Regional Business News is a collection of 75 full text business journals, newspapers and newswires that incorporates news information from all over the world. Information provided by these sources covers business, political, economic and other diverse, international news events.
Small Business Reference Center This link opens in a new window
Small Business Reference Center offers exclusive full text for many top consumer small business reference books, as well as tools to address many small business topics.
Small Business Reference Center offers exclusive full text for many top consumer small business reference books, as well as tools to address many small business topics. It includes business videos, a help and advice section and details on how to create business plans. Also included are state-specific resources, start-up business plans, and industry information.
Claritas 360 This link opens in a new window
This service contains market profile reports, lifestyle analysis reports, demographics reports, and PRIZM reports
Claritas Segmentation & Market Solutions is an intuitive web application that allows you to quickly and seamlessly measure consumer demand and evaluate your locations and markets. This easy - to - use application will allow you to better understand consumers who are more likely to buy your product or service, and the markets where they live, so you can create more efficient marketing strategies and customized messages to more effectively reach them.

All Information Technology Management Databases

Business Management Databases

Reference Books

Business Intelligence, Analytics, and Data Science by Ramesh Sharda; Dursun Delen; Efraim Turban
Call #: RESERVE 658.47 S531B
Publication Date: 2017-01-13
Business Data Communications and Networking by Jerry FitzGerald; Alan Dennis
Call #: MAIN: 004.6 F553B
Publication Date: 2017-11-01

Reference Books

The Ethics of Information Technology and Business by Richard T. De George
Call #: MAIN: 174.4 D317E
Publication Date: 2002-12-30
Modern Systems Analysis and Design by Jeffrey A. Hoffer; Joey F. George; Joseph S. Valacich; Jeffrey Slater
Call #: MAIN 003 V135M
Publication Date: 2016-01-07

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Websites

TechRepublic - Resource Library
An online IT resource library that delivers original content created by IT professionals, peer-to-peer a community of IT leaders, and a vast library of professional resources
CIO - Resource Library
Provides insights on career development for IT managers, including certifications, hiring practices, and skills development, along with a strong foundation in digital transformation of businesses and industry
Society of Information Management
Professional organization that brings together the intellectual capital of IT leaders nationwide and offers resources such as networking collaboration, webinars, publications and educational programs
Association for Information Systems
Serves the advancement of knowledge and the promotion of excellence in the practice and study of information systems
Strategic Management Society (SMS)
The SMS operates exclusively for charitable, scientific, and educational purposes to promote and encourage superior research and practice in the field of strategic management.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Access to information for increasing capital flows, producing economic growth and jobs, and significantly reducing the cost of doing business.
Business Insider
An American financial and business news organization managing real-time data to inform readers on stocks, trends and business news throughout target markets
MARKETPLACE
Marketplace is a nonprofit news organization on a mission to raise the economic intelligence of the country by helping people engage with the economic forces that touch their daily lives.

Format Style

APA

Purdue OWL | APA
These OWL resources will help you learn how to use the American Psychological Association (APA) citation and format style. This section contains resources on in-text citation and the References page, as well as APA sample papers, slide presentations, and the APA classroom poster.
APA Quick Guide
Guide created by Centennial Library covering APA topics and how to cite your sources properly.

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association 7th Ed. by American Psychological Association
Call #: MAIN 808.06615 P976
ISBN: 9781433832154
Publication Date: 2019-10-01

Research Tips: IT MANAGEMENT

Tip #1

Use OneSearch and Google Scholar to begin your research and to identify current background information, news, and videos, then visit the Business Administration Databases for related links to primary sources such as scholarly journals.

Tip #2

Likewise, take time to navigate the Hoovers database for specific information technology-based research & visit the Association for Information Systems and the Bloomberg Businessweek for the most up to date trends and policies in Information Technology Management.

Tip #3

Sign up and begin using a Citation Manager to manage your citations to create a quick bibliography and even quick in-text citations using the ProQuest RefWorks and Zotero add-ons for Google Docs and Microsoft Word.

Tip #4

Sign up for a Research Appointment with your STEM/Business Faculty Librarian for extra support in navigating databases and the research process.

Writing In: IT MANAGEMENT

Business Writing in the Digital Age by Natalie Canavor
Call #: MAIN 651.74 C213B
Publication Date: 2011-10-20
Those who write well are better able to win opportunities, establish their reputation, persuade others to their viewpoint and build relationships.