Finding Journal Articles
Checking the Complete List of Journals Available at Albright
Finding Reference Sources
Finding Popular Books and AV Materials
Finding Quality Internet Sites
REMOTE USERS NOTE: Students, faculty and staff accessing these databases from home or off site must log into the remote list of databases. You will need a current college ID card for obtaining access. Anyone with problems accessing these databases should call 610-921-7211 or email libraryref@alb.edu for assistance.
The most popular databases with management information are listed in alphabetical order. You can read find more information on each database and review the online help options for each database by going to our Complete List of Library Databases. Once you find the sources you need, you can see if we own that particular magazine, journal or newspaper by checking a full listing of the serial items that the college can access in print (in the Library) or by reading online.
- ABI/Inform Global, available via ProQuest, premier business journal & newspaper database, much in full text online.
- Business and Company Resource Center, available via Gale Business Resources, combination of journal articles and reference book information, with much full text online.
- Business and Industry, available on FirstSearch. with business and industry facts, figures, and key events.
- Business Management, available on FirstSearch, accesses practical aspects and approaches in business management.
- Business Periodicals Online, available via WilsonWeb, leading English language business periodical database, with some full text online.
- Mergent Online, available via Mergent Online, select "Enter Mergent Online" to gain access to financial information on over 10,000 US public companies, many International companies and US and International annual reports.
- Lexis Nexis Business, available via Lexis Nexis Universe, select the Business section to view business and industry news, financial information and business directories with most full text online.
- Lexis Nexis News, available via Lexis Nexis Universe, select the News section to view newspaper, wire service and media transcript articles with most full text online.
Check our list of online and print journals to determine which titles you can access in the library and online. If you cannot find the article you need, request it via interlibrary loan.
Reference sources provide solid background information on a topic or provide a quick and easy access to sources with factual information. You will want to consult them when you either want to get a good background on a topic (e.g., an encyclopedia entry) or to find a quick fact or definition (e.g., dictionary or almanac). The reference sources listed here may be in print or online format. Online database sources with a double asterisk, must be logged into as a remote user -- see instructions below.
REMOTE USERS NOTE: Students, faculty and staff accessing anys starred databases from home or off site must log into the remote list of databases. You will need a current college ID card for obtaining access. Anyone with problems accessing these databases should call 610-921-7211 or email libraryref@alb.edu for assistance.
- The Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary of Business Ethics [Ref 174.403 B632 1998]
- The Blackwell encyclopedic dictionary of human resource management [Ref 658.303 B632, 1998]
- Business Plan Handbook [Ref 658.4012 B979 -- library has vols 1,5,6,7]
- Dictionary of Business [Ref 650.03 C699d3 2001]
- Encyclopedia of Business [Ref 650.103 E562 2000]
- The human resources glossary : the complete desk reference for HR executives, managers and practitioners [Ref 658.3 T759h2, 1998]
- Mergent Online, available at Mergent**, strong financial data on companies
- The New Non-profit Almanac and Desk Reference [Ref 361.37 N532 2002]
- Regional Encyclopedia of Business and Management [Ref 650.103 R336 2000]
Small Business Sourcebook [Ref 658.022 S635 Ed.14 -- 2 vols]
To find books and AV materials at Albright, check our Online Public Access Catalog (a.k.a. OPAC)
Need some help in using the OPAC? Try scanning our online OPAC instruction guide. If you cannot locate what you need in the OPAC, try these other catalogs to find materials in other libraries, which can be interlibrary loaned.
Some popular AV materials used in management classes are:
- Fred Pryor seminars present team building skills for managers and supervisors [videorecording] / Pryor Resources [Video 658.302 T253, 3 vols]
- Handling the problem employee [videorecording] /Institute for Applied Management and Law [Video 658.315 H236]
- How to handle conflict and confrontation [videorecording] / National Press Publications [Kit 303.6 P596h]
- How to supervise people [videorecording] / National Seminars Group [Video 658.302 H847S]
- W. Edwards Deming [videorecording] : prophet unheard / Films for the Humanities [Video 658.562 W111]
There are many Internet gateways and high quality resources that provide high quality management information. Some of the ones we recommend are:
Annual Reports Online, in addition to Hoover's, provide connections to many annual reports
BPlans.com, sample business plans available and a wizard to create one
@Brint, broad range of business information, free registration required to use
Business Ethics, links to articles, publications, codes of ethics, & associations
Industry Research Desk, access many freely available industry research tools
Researching Companies Online, business research tutorial for finding company and industry research information
US Census Bureau, source of much demographic information
US Small Business Administration, includes forms, publications, statistics, reports. etc.
WWW Virtual Library: Business and Economic, good business portal
YAHOO Business Library, quality and non-quality sites are listed for a variety of subjects, e.g., employment, labor, and ethics
