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Your search for information on Business Management can include books, periodical articles, online databases, and authoritative Internet resources.

Use the Library Catalog to find books on your subject. The general Library of Congress call number for books on all aspects of management is HD31. More specific call numbers for your topics may be found by searching the catalog. Try the following Library of Congress Subject Headings but remember this list is by no means conclusive. There are many more subject headings for business and management in the catalog.

Management

Comparative Management

Organizational Behavior

Business Ethics

Business

Executives

Industrial Relations 
Business Writing

Selected Reference Books

Listed below are reference books that may be useful in your research.

Journals and magazines usually provide the most current information on a topic. Journal articles are more scholarly or professional while magazine articles tend to be shorter and more general. Newspaper articles, while not usually scholarly or professional, can give you the most current news and some additional facts on your topic. To find articles on your topic, use one of the indexes listed below and use subject headings or key words similar to those used to locate books. Print indexes must be used to find older articles, generally anything published before 1985.

Print Indexes
Available in the Reference Section

Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature
Business Periodicals Index

Online Indexes

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NewsBank InfoWeb

The following periodical titles are available in the library:

The Internet can be a valuable source for supplementing the information you have gathered from books and periodicals. It is important that you evaluate the information you get from the Internet to determine if it is reliable and useful to your research. A few Internet sites that may be useful are listed here.

Business.com—search engine and directory for business information

http://www.business.com

BRASS—Best of the Best Business Web Sites—General Management

http://www.ala.org/rusa/brass/bestgenm.html

BRINT.com—The Global Knowledge Network for Business

http://www.brint.com/

Free Management Library

http://www.mapnp.org/library/

Although this is a commercial site that sells business products, there are more than 60 examples of business plans to view at no cost. Other information covers starting and marketing your business, taking your business online, and other resources.

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