Recommended Databases for Business and Management
- Business Source UltimateBusiness/management articles, company profiles, case studies, SWOT analyses, business videos, etc., from 1886 - present. Includes Harvard Business Review articles. New upgraded content! More journals and videos.
- ABI/INFORM CollectionBusiness/management articles, company profiles, case studies, industry reports, country reports, etc., from 1923 - present.
- Emerald InsightArticles about international business, marketing, human resources, management, organizational development, library management, etc.
If you get a "connection refused" error message, please try Emerald in a new private window. - Gale Business: InsightsGlobal company and industry intelligence, including SWOT, market share, and financial reports, company histories, industry essays, case studies, scholarly journals, and business news.
- HooversIf searches are not working for you, please try Hoovers in another browser.
Industry information as well as information (financial data, competitors, etc.) for U.S. and non-U.S. public and private companies. (IOS users: Safari is the preferred browser.) - IBISWorldUS industry/market research, plus global, China, and Canada industry research.
- StatistaStatistics for market and consumer data.
- SAGE Business CasesIncludes cases about accounting, economics, ethics and corporate social responsibility, HR management, international business, leadership, marketing, operations management, and more.
- Harvard Business ReviewJournal that covers business management and administration issues. Click the "Search within this publication" link to run a search.
- Wall Street JournalCoverage from 1889-present.
- Business Market Research CollectionCompany, industry, economic and geopolitical market research from three sources, including Hoover's Company Profiles, OxResearch from Oxford Analystica, and Snapshots.
Background Reading
- Business: Research starters topicThis resource provides links to numerous business-related overviews
- Management: Research starters topicThis resource provides links to numerous management-related overviews
- Business: The Ultimate Resource
This ebook contains summaries of some of the most influential business books, profiles of influential businesspeople, and definitions for more than 7000 international business terms - Management Fundamentals
This ebook "is a succinct handbook of the essentials of management for current and future practitioners" - 21st Century Management: A Reference Handbook
This ebook "provides authoritative insight into the key issues for students in college or corporate courses with a particular emphasis on the current structure of the topic in the literature, key threads of discussion and research on the topic, and emerging trends" - Encyclopedia of Business in Today's World
This four-volume ebook set, named an "outstanding business reference" by the Reference & User Services Association in 2009, contains more than 1000 entries about "the state of business in our world" - Encyclopedia of Leadership
This ebook "includes hundreds of articles, written by 280 leading scholars and experts from 17 countries, exploring leadership theories and leadership practice" - Handbook of Strategy and Management
This ebook contains contributions from "leading international scholars" grouped by four key areas of strategy and management: mapping a terrain, thinking and acting strategically, changing contexts, and looking forward
Websites
- Academy of ManagementThe Academy of Management is a professional association for management and organization scholars
- American Management AssociationThe American Management Association is "a leadership development provider in more than 40 countries worldwide"
- Business Filings Databases by StateThis page provides links and information for the corporate and business filings available from each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia
- Census Business Builder (CBB)The CBB site provides access to selected demographic and economic data from the Census Bureau to help users start or grow a business or understand the business landscape for a given region
- The Center for Evidence-Based ManagementThe Center for Evidence-Based Management is "a non-profit member organization dedicated to promoting evidence-based practice in the field of management and leadership"
- EDGAR - U.S. Securities and Exchange CommissionAll companies, foreign and domestic, are required to file registration statements, periodic reports, and other forms electronically through EDGAR
- globalEDGECreated by the International Business Center and the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University, the site provides information related to global business activities
- Society for Human Resource ManagementThe Society for Human Resource Management is a worldwide society for HR professionals
- U.S. Small Business AdministrationThe SBA website provides numerous resources intended to 'help Americans start, build, and grow businesses'
Additional Library Resources
Articles
- UMGC Library OneSearch
Simultaneously searches multiple Library research databases. Note: Does not include all databases. - Databases by Title (A-Z)
Alphabetized list of research databases.
Ebooks
- UMGC eBook Collection
Searches approximately 90% of the Library’s ebook collection. Ebooks can be read online, and in some cases, downloaded. - Additional Ebook Collections
Access to additional Library ebook collections.
Print Books
- Library Catalog
Searches the 17 University System of Maryland and Affiliated Institutions (USMAI).
Open Educational Resources
- globalEDGE Online Course ModulesFree interactive educational modules that focus on "issues pertinent to international business"
- OpenLearn Money & Business CoursesFree courses from The Open University on various business-related topics
- Open Textbook LibraryThe University of Minnesota's Open Textbook Library includes numerous business-related titles
- UdacityFree self-paced online class about how to build a startup
For more OER Resources (including multidisciplinary and textbooks), see the Open Educational Resources LibGuide