Databases/Indexes by Subject:
Management

Depending on your specific topic, you may find resources listed on the subject pages for: Economics and Accounting & Finance to be useful in addition to the resources listed below.

The following databases/indexes are designed to provide links to online resources.  To find books, you will need to consult the Hiram College Library Catalog and, perhaps, the OhioLINK catalog.

1. Databases/indexes to find periodical articles - These databases are designed to help you identify relevant periodical articles through keyword or subject searches.  In most cases there will be links to either the online version of the article or a listing of the library's holdings.  If you are not sure, you may check the library's periodical holdings list and/or its list of online journals.  These databases are listed in the order in which the library recommends them.
 

Database Name	Link to access from on-campus	Link to access from off-campus if available	Info about the database
Business Source Complete
Business and Industry
LexisNexis Academic Universe
Regional Business News
Insurance Periodicals Index
Academic Search Complete
PAIS International
Contemporary Women's Issues
PsycINFO
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
SocIndex
Sociological Abstracts
GPO Monthly Catalog
Social Science Citation Index
Economia y Negocios
Vente et Gestion

2. Databases/indexes of e-journals - These databases store runs of complete periodical titles.  In most cases the databases listed above will link to the full-text in these databases and you do not need to search them, too.  If, however, you need only a couple of good, scholarly articles on a topic, you should consider searching these databases.
 

Database Name	Link to access from on-campus	Link to access from off-campus if available	Info about the database
American City Business Journals
Electronic Journal Center (EJC)
JSTOR

3. Databases of e-books - These databases provide the full-text of selected online books.  These books are also available in print.  Since many more books are in print than online, you may also wish to search the Hiram College Library Catalog and/or the OhioLINK catalog.
 

Database Name	Link to access from on-campus	Link to access from off-campus if available	Info about the database
Oxford Scholarship Online: Economics and Finance		No
Safari Tech Books
OhioLINK Electronic Book Center

4. Databases of reference e-books - These specialized reference materials (encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, guides, etc) are designed to give you background information, an overview of a topic, or quick facts.
 

Database Name	Link to access from on-campus	Link to access from off-campus if available	Info about the database
Electronic Reference Books Collection
Oxford Reference, Economics and Business
Columbia Encyclopedia

5. Other databases - for any other category appropriate for your topic, e.g. company information, country information, government information, statistics.
 

Database Name	Link to access from on-campus	Link to access from off-campus if available	Info about the database
Gongwer news Service
Mergent Online
Stat-USA
Value Line Research Center		No
Digital Video Collection
World Almanac

6. Web Sites of Interest - a brief list of useful web pages in areas of management, labor, marketing, and related areas.
 

BEOnline - Comprehensive listing of web links from the Library of Congress.

Federal Government Agencies - List of links provided by Louisiana State University.

Federal Reserve - Central site of the Board of Governors.

Foreign Government Resources on the Web - Directory from the University of Michigan.

CIA World Fact Book - Provides capsule summary information for countries.

Guide to Labor Unions & the Internet - Directory of subjects from Cornell University.

WWW Virtual Library: Marketing - Subject guide to web links.

National Management Association

American Marketing Association

Society for Human Resource Management