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Library Databases

Use these databases to find journal articles and other materials on engineering management and related topics.

ABI/Inform

ABI/Inform provides access to information in 1000 business journals worldwide. Information covered includes economics, finance, and taxation. Full-text articles are included. Coverage begins in 1987.

Applied Science and Technology

Applied Science and Technology covers literature discussing the practical applications of science and engineering. It also provides information on careers and employment in scientific and technological fields. Some full-text articles are available. Coverage begins in 1983.

Business and Company Resource Center

Business and Company Resource Center is a fully integrated resource bringing together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information.

Business Source Premier

As the world's largest full text business database, Business Source Premier provides full text for nearly 8,350 scholarly business journals and other sources, including full text for more than 1,100 scholarly business publications. Coverage includes virtually all subject areas related to business. This database provides full text (PDF) for more than 350 of the top scholarly journals dating as far back as 1922. This database is updated on a daily basis via EBSCOhost.

Compendex

This resource includes citations with abstracts for engineering and technical literature worldwide. It covers all fields of engineering, as well as related topics in management and the sciences. Coverage is 1884 to present.

Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science

Wiley Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science is a multi-volume reference devoted to operations research and management science theory, methodology, and applications. The encyclopedia includes over 600 articles featuring four types of articles: introductory, advanced, technical, and case studies. Wiley EORMS includes topic areas such as decision and risk analysis, stochastic models, and optimization models, techniques and algorithms.

IEEE Xplore

IEEE Xplore provides full text access to its transactions, journals, magazines and conference proceedings as well as current IEEE standards. Coverage begins in 1988.

LexisNexis Academic

LexisNexis Academic has a business section that offers full text access to up-to-date information on business news. It also includes industry information and financial data about companies.

Mergent Online

Mergent Online provides extensive information on 15,000 public companies in the United States and 20,000 international companies. Information on companies includes financials, stock, subsidiaries, S.E.C. filings, debt, etc.; worldwide industry reports are also available in the databse. Fifteeen years of company financial information is provided.

Scopus

Scopus provides multidisciplinary indexing of the science and engineering literature. It is Elsevier's counterpart to ISI's Web of Science, providing the same core functionality but indexing a wider variety of journals and proceedings.

Technology Research Database

The Technology Research Database is a comprehensive database covering many different areas of research relating to technology, engineering, and materials. The subfiles that make up this very large (over 7 million records) database can also be searched independently.

Electronic Journals

Free Journals

• Australian Journal of Management

  Publishes research in areas related to management, as well as marketing, corporate strategy, and operations management

• B>Quest

  A journal of applied topics in business and economics

• Electronic Journal of Business Ethics and Organization Studies

  Covers topics related to business and organization ethics

• The Engineer Online

  Magazine from the UK covering the latest news, new products, and events for the engineering technology sector

• Journal of Industrial Technology

  A peer-reviewed electronic publication of the National Association of Industrial Technology publishing articles of interest to industrial technology students and professionals

• Quality Digest

  Online magazine with articles on issues related to quality management, as well as a searchable database of ISO 9000 and QS-9000 registered companies and a quality resources page with links to quality-related sites

• Quality Magazine

  A monthly publication for manufacturing professionals with articles on quality assurance and process improvement

Print Resources

Dictionaries/Encyclopedias

• Blackwell Encyclopedia of Managment
  Reference HD30.15 .B455 2005

  Individual volumes of the encyclopedia cover topics such as accounting, marketing, managerial economics, finance, etc.

• Encyclopedia of American Industries
  Reference HC102 .E53 2005

  An encyclopedia providing descriptive essays on a wide range of broadly-defined manufacturing and service industries

• Encyclopedia of Industrial and Organizational Psychology
  Reference HF5548.8 .E498 2007

  A thorough overview of the cross-disciplinary field of industrial and organizational psychology

• Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science
  Reference T57.6 .E53 2001

  A resource for information on operations research topics

• Encyclopedia of Production and Manufacturing Management
  Reference TS9 .E53 2000

  A specialized reference resource for the field of production and manufacturing management

• International Encyclopedia of Business and Management
  Reference HF1001 .I53 1996

  Essays describing the main topics that make up the field of business management

Handbooks

• Engineering Design Reliability Handbook
  Reference TA174 .E544 2005

  Handbook covering recent advances in various fields of reliability design, including modeling of uncertainty, reliability assessment of both static and dynamic components and systems, design decision making in the face of uncertainty, and reliability validation

• Handbook of Design, Manufacturing and Automation
  Reference TS183 .H359 1994

  Handbook designed to provide answers to problems concerning the design, operations, and management of products and manufacturing systems; topics covered include engineering design, manufacturing processes and systems, and quality engineering

• ISO 9000 Quality Systems Handbook
  Reference TS156 .H692 2006

  Guide to working with ISO 9000, offering a line-by-line interpretation of ISO 9000 requirements pertaining to management responsibility, design control, purchasing, document data and control, process control, inspection and test equipment, and training

• Juran's Quality Handbook
  Reference TS156.Q3618 1999

  A reference resource for information related to quality management

• Manufacturing Engineering Handbook
  Reference TS176 .M3615 2004

  A handbook that provides information on manufacturing processes and operations management

• Maynard's Industrial Engineering Handbook
  Reference T56 .M39 2001

  Handbook that provides a working guide to the principles, methods, materials, and systems of industrial engineering, with a focus on practical applications of new methods and technologies

• Plant Engineers Handbook
  Reference TS184 .P58 2001

  Handbook covering all areas of plant engineering, including topics such as materials handling, maintenance, corrosion, environmental considerations, insurance matters, and energy conservation

• RFID Handbook
  Reference TS160 .F5513 2003

  Contains information on RFID technologies of interest to automation, industrial and transport engineers and materials handling specialists

• Tool and Manufacturing Engineers Handbook
  Reference TS176 .T63 1983

  A multi-volume reference work for use by manufacturing engineers and managers; topics covered include quality control, manufacturing management, design, and continuous improvement

Directories

• LexisNexis Corporate Affiliations
  Reference HG4057 .A219 2002

  Directory detailing the relationships between parent companies and their subsidiaries and divisions

• Standard and Poor's Register
  Reference HG4057 .A4

  Directory with profiles of over 75,000 corporations and names and titles of executives

• Ward's Business Directory of US Private and Public Companies
  Reference HG4057 .A575 48th 2005

  Directory that lists more than 114,500 companies, 90% of which are private. In addition to listing the companies alphabetically, several volumes rank companies by sales nationally within SIC and NAICS codes. State rankings by sales within SIC codes are also available.

Careers

• Engineer's Career Guide
  On Reference Reserve--ask at the Circulation Desk

  A career resource guide for engineers that provides career-planning strategies and advice

 

Web Resources

Gateways

• Biz/ed

  A searchable collection of web sites covering business, management, and economics

• Infomine

  A searchable collection of "academically valuable" Internet sites, including sites in business and engineering

• Intute

  A searchable collection of web resources in various fields, including engineering and management

• TechXtra

  Searches a variety of websites for journal articles, technical reports, and other information related to engineering, mathematics, and computing

Financial Data

• SEC Edgar Database

  Access to corporate annual reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission

Other Sites

• American Society for Engineering Management

  Society whose misson is "to assist its members in developing and improving their skills as practicing managers of engineering and technology and to promote the profession of engineering management"

• American Society for Quality
  

  "The world's leading membership organization devoted to quality"

• IEEE Engineering Management Society
  

  Society devoted to "advancing the practice of engineering and technology management as a professional discipline"

• IET Management Professional Network
  

  UK site providing information for engineering management professionals focusing on five key aspects of management: knowledge management, project management, quality management, marketing, and legal issues

• INFORMS - Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
  

  "The largest professional society in the world for professionals in the field of operations research (O.R.), management science, and business analytics"

• Institute of Industrial Engineers
  

  "The world’s largest professional society dedicated solely to the support of the industrial engineering profession and individuals involved with improving quality and productivity"

• Manufacturing.net

  Site providing information and services for manufacturing professionals, including a supplier database, industry news and research, and selected content from 23 trade publications

• Thomas Register

  Directory that combines company information with information about products and services, including actual catalogs from many companies

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