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Business: Operations
Liaison Librarian: Karen Gilles
Books - Reference Resources (non-circulating)   |  Class Support   |  Databases   |  Dictionaries, Glossaries and Encyclopedia   |  Electronic Books   |  Electronic Journals   |  International Organizations   |  Internet Sites   |  Journals   |  Organizations   |  Research Guides & Resource Pages   |  SU Department Homepage   |  Universities   |  Working Papers  


Books - Reference Resources (non-circulating)
 
Business: the Ultimate Resource
"Designed to offer a wide range of insights, information, and practical guidance on every aspect of management" this oversized one volume reference book,is divided into seven sections:seven major sections including best practice, a management library, business thinkers and management giants, a business dictionary, a world business almanac, and a guide to business sources. A business ethics section, international lists, extensive checklists of seminal works in a variety of management contexts contribute to making this a good starting point for information. Useful for all areas of business.
REF HD38.15 .B878 2002
 
Lean Aerospace Initiative
A program at MIT, this initiative has working papers 1995-1999.
 

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Class Support
 
Merlot
"MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching) is a free and open resource designed primarily for faculty and students of higher education. Links to online learning materials are collected here along with annotations such as peer reviews and assignments." Some material may have licensing restrictions or costs.
 

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Databases
 
ABI/Inform Trade & Industry
This Proquest database contains more than 700 fulltext publications on every major trade and industry. Varies widely, but a few publications begin in 1971. Fulltext begins 1999.
 
Business & Management Practices
Information on the practical aspects of business management including case studies and "how-to" articles. Draws from over 800 sources. Limiters includes the ability to retrieve US or non-US resources. In addition searches can be qualified by department: Accounting & Finance, Human Resources, Information Technology, Marketing and Sales and Operations. Password controlled for access to FULLTEXT. See database page for more information.
 
Business Source Complete
Business Source Complete provides full text access for over 9,500 titles, including over 1,000 peer-reviewed journals covering the business fields of accounting & tax; banking, finance & insurance; human resources; management; marketing; MIS; operations and management. It also covers the disciplines of economics and public administration. Contains important scholarly titles back to 1886 and is the only online source for the Harvard Business Review. Access to non-journal content includes case studies, company profiles, industry and market research reports and SWOT analyses as well as country reports from EIU, Countrywatch and Business Monitor and more.
 
Glossary of terms from the Warehousing Education and Research Council
 
LexisNexis Academic
Database which specializes in news, business and legal information. Its news section contains access to international newspapers as well as national and local news. Full text of the New York Times is available in this database. There are separate business news and industry news files as well as a link to accounting publications in the business module. In the business module, you can also search for company financial information with access to Disclosure, Hoover"s, and Standard & Poor's publications. Links to EDGAR and SEC filings. The Reference section contains a country profile section and access to the World Almanac.
 
Research Library Complete
Includes "Research Library Periodicals" & "Research Library Newspapers." Fulltext on a broad range of subjects including arts, business, humanities, information studies, social sciences, and the sciences. From 1986 forward.
 
Wall Street Journal
Fulltext coverage of this national financial newspaper from 1982 to the present
 

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Dictionaries, Glossaries and Encyclopedia
 
The Blackwell encyclopedia dictionary of operations management
TS155 B525 1999 EBOOK
 

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Electronic Books
 
Supply Chain Yearbook
From the Supply Chain Management Review web site, links from the Table of Contents include both statistics and brief articles, e.g. Top 250 purchasing companies.
 

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Electronic Journals
 
Supply Chain Management Review
Access some current and archived articles from this trade journal
 
Supply Chain Planet
Free registration for email delivery of this online trade journal. Current issue only.
 

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International Organizations
 
EAN International
Originally formed as an ad-hoc council of European manufacturers and distributors, this now international organization focuses on global standards for supply chains and ecommerce. The Publications link contains for sale items, but there are also pdf files.
 

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Internet Sites
 
Purchasing Research Service
Online database relating to the global purchasing.Includes links to supplier profiles, standards, news, research papers and more
 

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Journals
 
Decision sciences
Lib has: v.12, no.2- (1981-)
 
IEEE transactions on engineering management
Indexed in ASTA and Academic Search Premier Lib. has 1986-
 
IEEE transactions on industry applications
Indexed in ASTA and Academic Search Premier Lib. has 1972-
 
Industry Week
Lib.has: v.208- 1981- Fulltext on Business Source Complete 1993- Online version of Industry Week has some exclusive web articles, databases.
 
Interfaces
Lib. has: v.11- 1981- Fulltext in Business Source Complete 1971- (latest 12 mos are not available)
 
Journal of Operations Management
Lib.has: v.1- 1980-
 
Journal of Supply Chain Management
Lib. has: v.35- 1999-
 
Journal of the Operational Research Society
Lib. has: v.29- 1978-
 
Management Science
Lib.has: v.14- 1968- Fulltext in Business Source Complete 1954-
 
Production and inventory management operations
Lib. has: v.28- 1987-
 
Production and Operations Management
Lib Has: v.8- Spring 1999-
 
Project management journal
Lib. has: v.22- 1991- Fulltext through Business Source Complete 1997-
 
Purchasing
Fulltext articles available at website. Lib. has: latests 10 yrs. only Fulltext through Business Source Complete 1993-
 
Quality Progress
Lib. has: v.20- 1987-
 

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Organizations
 
Center for Supply Chain Research
Penn State's Smeal Center sponsors this program and site on supply chain research. Good links to outside resources. The site also lists the working papers from this Center.
 
Logistics Institute
Based at the Georgia Institute of Technology, the Logistics Institute resources link leads the users to a logislics glossary, logistic news, programs and other links of interest to those in the field.
 
Project Management Institute
 
Warehousing education and research council
 

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Research Guides & Resource Pages
 
Purchasing Research Service
Online database of interest to the global purchasing profession. Includes "Detailed company profiles, News and Information: , research papers, and publications. In addition there are listings for organisations, regulatory agencies, and research institutes. Supplier profiles and product directories are also accessible through this site.
 

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SU Department Homepage
 
SU Albers School of Business and Economics.
 
SU Albers School of Business and Economics. Albers Management Department.
 

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Universities
 
Babson College: Horn Library Library Research Guide-Operations Management
 
Guide to Careers in OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
Walker Management Library Owen Graduate School of Management. A different approach to finding resources on operations management, but it works! Good links and many print recommendations are listed on this guide.
 

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Working Papers
 
escholarship repository (California Digital Library)
Fulltext of working papers done by University of California faculty. See especially the working papers from the Anderson Graduate School of Management.
 

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