MBA Research Guide/Pathfinder

Schoenbaum Library Resources for…

University of Charleston
Master of Business Administration Students

Scope note: This pathfinder covers locating information on the application of principles of management to industrial enterprises—production, office management, marketing, finance, etc.

Some Useful Library of Congress Subject Headings and Dewey Decimal Call #’s:

 Industrial management (658.)
 Marketing (658.8, 659.2. 338.)

 Use these subject headings to search the Library’s online catalog and the call numbers to browse the Library collection of business-related materials in the first floor reference room as well as the circulating collection on the fourth floor.

Selected Reference Books (Located in first floor Reference Room):

 AMA Management Handbook (R 658 A1 ed2 1983 – Netlibrary 1994)
 Business Information Sources (R 016.33 D227b3 1993)
 Encyclopedia of Business Information Sources (R 016.33 En19e10 1996)
 Encyclopedia of Management (R 658.03 En19 2000)
 Finding and Using Economic Information: A Guide to Sources and Interpretation
  (R 016.33 J631f 1993)
 Hoover’s Handbook of American Business (R 338.7 H769 1998)
 McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Business Acronyms, Initials, and Abbreviations
(R 650.03 M78 1991)
 Where to Find Business Information (R 016.33 B825w 1979)

Selected Journal Titles (Current and back issues located on third floor – Check the library’s coverage of an individual title by searching under that title on the “Find Specific Journals” page linked from the library homepage):

 Business Economics
 Business History Review
 Business Week
 The Economist
The Columbia Journal of World Business
 Forbes
 Fortune
Harvard Business Review
Journal of Business Strategy
Selected Newspaper Titles (Located on third floor):
Barron’s (Microfiche to 2001)
 New York Times
Wall Street Journal

Online Databases (accessible from any Library or campus computer by clicking on “Find Articles Via Online Databases”, then the name of the database):

 EBSCO—Business Source Elite
 EBSCO—Regional Business News
 InfotracGeneral Business File ASAP
 JSTORBusiness
 Lexis-Nexis Academic UniverseBusiness

Useful Internet Links

American Stock Exchange http://www.amex.com/
Bizjournals http://www.bizjournals.com/search.html/
Business Week Online http://www.businessweek.com/
Business Wire http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/index.jsp
Forbes http://www.forbes.com/
Fortune http://www.fortune.com/fortune/
Hoover’s Online http://www.hoovers.com
NASDAQ http://www.nasdaq.com/
New York Stock Exchange http://www.nyse.com/
Public Register http://www.annualreportsservice.com/
SEC (Securities & Exchange Commission) Filings & Forms (EDGAR)  http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml
Statistical Abstract of the United States http://www.census.gov/statab/www/
U.S. Federal Economic Census http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/econ97.html

Tips:  When conducting research, it may be advantageous to think across disciplines. 
For example, when researching agribusinesses check online and print indexes that cover agricultural publications as well as those that index business publications.

While using online indexes may be more convenient, check print indexes for information on your subject as well.  The coverage of many topics does not overlap completely.

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Learning Your Way!

Lynn Sheehan & John Adkins
2000, 2005