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If you have any difficulty locating what you need, you can contact a reference librarian by telephone at 885-1772, via email, or by coming into the library during reference service hours.
The library subscribes to many Web-based databases for use by OIT students, staff, and faculty. Access to these databases is limited to users connected to the Web from an OIT computer. If you are using a non-OIT Internet Service Provider (such as AOL, CDSNET, CVC, etc.) you will need to use your OIT email username and password to access the databases from off-campus. Check the library's Interlibrary Loan (ILL) webpage for information on getting loans of books or copies of articles from other libraries. Finding Books - catalogs See Tips for using catalog databases
Books can often provide a good overview of or introduction to a topic. They also can provide valuable historical information or thoughtful criticism and discussion.
Use Hedgehog to locate books and journals in the OIT Library. Hedgehog is a Web database containing records for items in the library's collection. OIT purchases books and colorjournals on health sciences from many publishers. The library also receives federal and state government documents relating to aspects of health sciences, particularly those from the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
Use Summit to locate books at other academic libraries in the Northwest. Orbis lets you request books online, when they are available, and have them delivered by courier to the OIT Library, usually within two working days. Use World Cat to locate books, government documents, CDs, videos, and other items at libraries across North America and elsewhere in the world. A  symbol appearing next to a reference retrieved by a search indicates that the OIT Library owns the item. If the book is not at OIT, students, staff, and faculty can make an online ILL (interlibrary loan) request. Books are usually sent to the OIT Library via U.S. mail so may take a week or more to arrive.
Finding Articles See Tips for searching electronic databases
Journal articles are the primary means of formal communication among management professionals. Indexes are Web databases containing references to specific journal articles. These databases are produced by several different companies and have different search software, so remember to check the help screens to find out how to do the most effective search. The following indexes contain significant numbers of references on management-related subjects.
Academic Universe Provides full-text access to a wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information. For articles in magazines and journals, select "Business" from the main menu. For company profiles and financial data, choose "Company Financial Information" and select from the Report Type drop-down menu. From Lexis-Nexis.
Business Dateline Provides full text access to articles on regional business activities and trends as well as major stories on local firms, their products and executives. Covers 1985 to present. Updated weekly. From ProQuest Information and Learning.
Business Source Elite Provides full text for nearly 1,040 journals covering business, management, economics, finance, banking, accounting, and much more. From EbscoHost.
Business & Management Practices Focuses on articles on the practical aspects and approaches of business management. Offers coverage of more than 300 core management journals and trade publications, and also includes specific management-related articles from over 300 additional sources. Full-text available for approximately 60% of the cited articles. A symbol appearing next to a record indicates that the OIT Library owns that item.Covers 1969 - present. From the American Economoic Association. EconLit Contains references and abstracts to articles from over 400 economic journals and some books and dissertations. A symbol appearing next to a record indicates that the OIT Library owns that item.Covers 1969 - present. From the American Economoic Association.
WilsonBusiness Covers international business magazines, including those specializing in accounting, finance, management, and small business, with many articles available in full-text. Covers 1986 to present. Updated monthly. From H.W. Wilson. Finding facts See also Tips for using reference sources Tips for using reference sources The library reference area has books with addresses, definitions, data tables and other factual information.
Some reference databases with business information include: Academic Universe Academic Universe
The "Business" section includes company financial information, including SEC filings, industry outlook reports, and trade show directory information.
Buckmaster's Fortune 500 (Annual Stockholder Reports
Annual reports for Fortune 500 companies.
Standard and Poors
Industry surveys, stock guides and reports, financial and other information on public and private companies.
FIS Online (AKA: Moody's)
Provides company profiles, balance sheets, business ratios, and annual reports.
Some reference books you may find useful include:
MANUFACTURING WORLDWIDE : INDUSTRY ANALYSES, STATISTICS, PRODUCTS, AND
LEADING COMPANIES AND COUNTRIES / ARSEN J. DARNAY, EDITOR.
HD9720.4 .M36 1999.
INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY OF MANAGEMENT : A PRACTICAL GUIDE / HANO JOHANNSEN, G. TERRY PAGE.
HD19 .J58 1975b.
CABELL'S DIRECTORY OF PUBLISHING OPPORTUNITIES IN MANAGEMENT AND MARKETING.
HD28 .C33 1997-98.
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MANAGEMENT / EDITED BY MARILYN M. HELMS ; FOREWORD BY DAVID A. WHETTEN.
HD30.15 .E49 2000.
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION, WHERE TO FIND IT / MARILYN TAYLOR THOMPSON.
HD31 .T53.
THE MCGRAW-HILL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF QUALITY TERMS & CONCEPTS / JAMES W. CORTADA, JOHN A. WOODS.
HD62.15 .C668 1995.
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SMALL BUSINESS / KEVIN HILLSTROM, LAURIE COLLIER HILLSTROM.
HD62.7 .H553 1998.
DICTIONARY OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT / JERRY M. ROSENBERG.
HF1001 .R79 1993.
THE 100 BEST COMPANIES TO WORK FOR IN AMERICA / ROBERT LEVERING, MILTON MOSKOWITZ.
HF5549.2.U5 L38 1993.
THE ALMANAC OF AMERICAN EMPLOYERS.
HF5549.5.C67 A5. THOMAS REGISTER OF MANUFACTURERS
T12.T62.2004 About THOMAS REGISTER OF MANUFACTURERS: This huge green annual multi-volume set covers the universe of manufacturing products and services in the United States and Canada, in three sections: products and services, arranged alphabetically by product or service (with an index to products and to trademarks); profiles of the manufacturing companies, arranged alphabetically by company name; and product catalogs from many of the companies in the register. Finding Web Sites Besides using one of the many Web search engines (some good ones are available as links from the OIT Librarys Web search engine page), there are other ways to identify higher-quality websites on your topic.
Also listed on the Web search engine page are several Web directories that provide links to other web sites, while categorizing those links. Human editors review submissions for fitness. Famous web directories are Yahoo! Directory, LookSmart, and the Open Directory Project. ODP is an important player in the directory market, perhaps because of its open content approach to editorial review and its use by Google. (Wikipedia.org) Other institutions may also provide directories or lists of subject specific online resources:
Penn State University: SMEALSearch, a Subject Specific Search Engine
University of Oregon Knight Library: Best Web Sites for Business
University of South Carolina Libraries: a listing of Business Search Engines
University of Washington, Foster Business Library: a subject index to web
Google Scholar is a search engine that indexes the full text of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and scholarly fields. Today, the index includes virtually all peer-reviewed journals available online, except those published by Elsevier, the world's largest scientific publisher. Google Scholar is the world's largest index of the "Deep Web" or content that is only available to entitled users. (Wikipedia.org) More Deep Web resources from the UC Berkeley Library website: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/BeyondWeb.html You may also want to check out the Library's page called: Tips for using Web search engines.
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