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Management Research Guide

 

 

Mergent Online (U.S. and international company data)
Licensed for UHM use only
Fully searchable database of approximately 15,000 NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ companies and 20,000 non-U.S. based corporations (representing 95% of the non-U.S. global market capitalization). Provides real-time access to EDGAR® filings, dating back to 1993 and updated daily. Coverage includes: history, business, property, subsidiaries, officers, directors, long-term debt, bond ratings, capital stock, income statement, balance sheet, statements of cash flow, exchange and ticker symbol, address, telephone number, annual stock price ranges, trustees, registrar, transfer agent, stock splits, dividend payment history, up-to-the-minute news items on U.S. public companies, Wall Street consensus earnings estimates and more. 

 

Morningstar Investment Research Center
Licensed for UHM use only
Morningstar Investment Center gives faculty, staff, and students access to daily updates on more than 30,000 mutual funds, stocks, closed end funds and exchange traded funds. It also includes Morningstar fund and stock screeners, all 3,500 fund and stock Analyst Reports, Portfolio X-Ray and 150 investment classes.

 

Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage  
Licensed for UHM use only
Comprehensive source of business and investment information. Includes Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys, Stock Reports, Bond Reports, Corporation Records, The Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives, The Outlook, Mutual Fund Reports, Compustat Excel Analytics, and more. Extensive financials and analysis on more than 10,000 public companies. Basic data for 85,000 private companies.

 

Business, Humanities and Social Sciences Reference Desk

Library Hours
Telephone: 808-956-7214
General E-mail Reference: emailref@hawaii.edu

Collection Development Librarian for Management

David Flynn / 808-956-2621 / david.flynn@hawaii.edu

Hamilton Library
2550 McCarthy Mall
Honolulu, HI 96822

 

 


 

Find Articles and Journals

 

ABI/INFORM Global
Licensed for UHM use only
The premier business and management database providing extensive coverage of North America and the world. Search nearly 1,800 worldwide business periodicals for in-depth coverage of business and economic conditions, management techniques, theory, and practice of business, advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, computers, and more. Expanded international coverage. Fast access to information on 60,000 + companies with business and executive profiles. Now includes The Wall Street Journal.

 

Business Source Premier
Licensed for UHM use only
Full text for more than 2,300 serials, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed business publications. Additional full text, non-journal content includes market research reports, industry reports, country reports, company profiles and SWOT analyses.

 

Emerald Fulltext
Licensed for UHM use only
Emerald Fulltext covers the major management disciplines including, marketing, HR and organizational development, library & information management, quality and operations management. Coverage also includes accounting, education, science & technology, healthcare, and communications. Contains the full text of journal articles published from 1994 to date, in both HTML and PDF format. Abstracts are also provided for articles back to 1989.

 

LexisNexis Academic
Licensed for UHM use only
Provides full-text documents from over 5,600 news, business, legal, medical, and reference publications with a variety of flexible search options.

 

ProQuest Asian Business and Reference
Licensed for UHM use only
Find the latest business and financial news from the Eastern Hemisphere. Covers Asian business and financial information from key international publications including Far Eastern Economic Review, Asiaweek, and many more.

 

PsycINFO
Licensed for UHM use only
Covers the professional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines including human resources, organizational behavior, psychiatry, sociology, education, physiology, linguistics, and other areas.

 

SpringerLink
Licensed for UHM use only
Access the complete contents of more than 650 Springer (formerly Kluwer) journals in subjects including business administration, economics, operations research/management science, technology, and law.

 

The UHM Library subscribes to many journals in both paper and electronic formats. Use a database or index to locate articles. To find a specific journal title in electronic format, search the library's list of electronic journals. Use Hawaii Voyager to find paper (and some electronic) formats for specific journal titles. If you do not find the journal you are looking for, please ask for further assistance at a reference desk.

 


 

Find Dissertations and Books

 

Hawaii Voyager Library Catalog
Use the online catalog to find books, journals, dissertations, videos, more.

 

Dissertations and Theses
Licensed for UHM use only
Dissertations & Theses (PQD&T) includes bibliographic citations for the doctoral and master's work of authors from more than 1,000 graduate schools and universities dating back to 1861. More than 750,000 dissertations and theses from 1997 on have been digitized and are available for PDF download.

 

New Books at UHM Library
Interface for identifying new books. Can be limited by keyword and date range.



 

Dictionaries, Directories, Encyclopedias and Guides

 

Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management (12 vol.)
(Hamilton Main Reference Collection; Call numbers vary, please use Voyager or visit the Reference Desk)

 

Blackwell handbook of cross-cultural management
Hamilton Main Reference HD62.4 .B58 2002

 

Encyclopedia of Business (2 vol.)
Hamilton Main Reference HF1001 .E466

 

Encyclopedia of Business Information Sources
Hamilton Main Reference HF5351 .E53 (Reference Desk Collection)

 

Knowledge Exchange Business Encyclopedia
Hamilton Main Reference HF1001 .K52

 

Oxford Dictionary for the Business World
Hamilton Main Reference PE1625 .O94

 

Understanding American Business Jargon
Hamilton Main Reference  HF1001 .F65

 

Who's Who in Finance and Industry
Hamilton Main Reference HF3023 .W893

 


 

Business Meta-Sites

 

BEOnline+
from the Library of Congress. Subject and title access for more than 60 topics.

 

Free Managment Library
"...approximately 650 topics...5,000 links. Topics include the most important practices to start, develop, operate, evaluate and resolve problems in for-profit and nonprofit organizations. Each topic has additionally recommended books and related Library topics."

 


 

Management Theories and Gurus

 

Biographical Dictionary of Management
Hamilton Main Reference HD30.15 .B43 2001

 


 

Business Ethics

 

Carol and Lawrence Zickin Center for Business Ethics Research
"...research focus includes global business ethics, corporate governance, social contracts, deception, disclosure, bribery and corruption...makes available working papers and article reprints relating to the Center's sponsored research."

 

Center for Business Ethics
"...nonprofit education, research and thought-leadership organization, focused on business ethics and corporate responsibility.  Based at Bentley College in Waltham, Massachusetts, it is one of a number of innovative campus-based centers and initiatives that comprise the Bentley Alliance for Ethics and Social Responsibility."

 

Center for Ethical Business Cultures
"...Assisting business leaders in creating ethical and profitable business cultures at the enterprise, community and global levels." Includes Knowledge Center.

 

Center for Ethics and Business
"...aims to provide an environment for discussing issues related to the necessity, difficulty, costs and rewards of conducting business ethically."

 


 

Strategic Planning

 

Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary of Strategic Management
Hamilton Main Reference HD30.28 .B59 1997

To find more resources, do a subject search in Hawaii Voyager using the phrase "strategic planning."

 


 

Human Resources/Labor

 

Bureau of Labor Statistics
U.S. Department of Labor.

 

Labor Research Portal
Institute for Research on Labor and Employment Library, University of California at Berkeley

 


 

Entrepreneurship/Small Business

 

Bplans.com
Business and marketing plans.

 

Business Plans Handbook: A Compilation of Actual Business Plans Developed By Small Businesses Throughout North America
Hamilton Main Reference HD62.7 .B865

 

Entrepreneur.com
Access to free content on web site for Entrepreneur Magazine.

 

National Small Business Association
Nation's oldest small-business advocacy organization. Includes Advocacy and Press Room sections.

 

SBA: Small Business Administration
"The U.S. Small Business Administration, established in 1953, provides financial, technical and management assistance to help Americans start, run, and grow their businesses."

 

Business Owners Ideas at Idea Cafe
"The small business gathering place for business community"

 

Small Business Sourcebook
Hamilton Main Reference HD2346 .U5 S65

 

State of Small Business Hawaii
A collaboration of the Hawaii Small Business Development Center Network and the Hawaii Business Research Library this 12 page report examines the attitudes of small business owners and managers about current business conditions and their plans for the future.

 


 

Hawaii Business

 

Book of Lists (Pacific Business News Special Issue)
Hamilton Main HF5065 .H3 H28 f (Most current issue kept at the Reference Desk)

 

DBEDT
State of Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism home page. Includes links to the State of Hawaii Data Book and Starting A Business in Hawaii.

 

Enterprise Honolulu: The Business Climate of Paradise
Includes Economic Research & Information, Labor Force, Demographics, Targeted Sectors, etc.

 

Factbook on the Cost of Living in Hawaii
Hamilton Main Reference HD6993 .H3 H39

 

Hawaii Business Directory
Hamilton Main Reference HF5065 .H3 H29

 

Hawaii Business Magazine
"...oldest regional business magazine in the United States...signature issues: the Hawaii Business Top 250, which ranks the state's largest companies based on gross annual sales; the Hawaii Business Black Book, listing biographies of more than 350 senior executives of the Top 250 companies; Hawaii's Wealthiest Landowners, a detailed ranking of the state's landowning elite; and an annual listing of the Best Places to Work in Hawaii."

 

Hawaii Community Profiles
Compiled by the Hawai`i Business Research Library (HBRL) from data at the U.S. Census Bureau: 2000 Summary File 1 (Profile of General Demographic Characteristics) and 2000 Summary File 3 (Profiles of Social, Economic, and Housing Characteristics).

 

Hawaii State Department of Labor and Industrial Relations. Research and Statistics Office
Information to help with research, business planning, job search and career decisions.

 

Honolulu Advertiser
Read the news online or search the online editions back to October 1999.

 

Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Read the news online or search the online editions back to August 1997.

 

Pacific Business News
Hawaii's weekly business paper offers the opportunity to view current issues and search their archives back to June 17, 1996.

 

State of Hawaii Data Book
"...official summary of statistics on the social, economic, and political organization of our state."

 

State of Hawaii Small Business Profile
Produced by the Office of Advocacy of the U. S. Small Business Administration.

 

State of Small Business Hawaii
A collaboration of the Hawaii Small Business Development Center Network and the Hawaii Business Research Library this 12 page report examines the attitudes of small business owners and managers about current business conditions and their plans for the future.

 

This Hawaii Product Went to Market
Hamilton Main Reference HD9007 .H3 T45

 

Top 250 Largest Companies in Hawaii - (Hawaii Business August issue)
Hamilton Main Reference HC101 .H3

 


 

Associations/Organizations

 

Academy of International Businesss

 

Academy of Management

 

American Management Association

 

American Society for Training and Development

 

Association for Business Simulation and Experiential Learning

 

Production and Operations Management Society

 

Society for Advancement of Management

 

Society for Human Resources Management

 


 

Hawaii State Public Library System Resources

 

Access to several outstanding databases is available at your nearest public library or remotely with valid HSPLS card. Hawaii State Public Library System home page.

 

Business and related databases include:

  • Business and Company Resource Center
    • American Wholesalers and Distributors Directory
    • Brands and Their Companies
    • Business Rankings Annual, 2000 through Present
    • Consultants and Consulting Organizations Directory
    • Encyclopedia of American Industries
    • Encyclopedia of Associations: National Organizations of the U.S.
    • Encyclopedia of Associations: Regional, State, and Local Organizations
    • Encyclopedia of Associations: International Organizations
    • Encyclopedia of Emerging Industries
    • Encyclopedia of Global Industries
    • Graham and Whiteside Major Company Series
    • International Directory of Company Histories
    • Market Share Reporter
    • Notable Corporate Chronologies
    • Publishers Directory
    • Telecommunications Directory
    • Ward's Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies
    • Ward's Business Directory of Private and Public Companies in Canada and Mexico
    • World Market Share Reporter

  • ReferenceUSA International

  • TableBase (via RDS Business Reference Suite)

  • Gale Virtual Reference Library
    • Business Plans Handbook, v1-11
    • Encyclopedia of American Industries
    • International Directory of Business Biographies
    • and many more


    Public Library card information

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last modified: April 29, 2008 (David Flynn david.flynn@hawaii.edu)


 

 

 


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