Selected Resources
Business 111
Summer Session, 2007

Please contact Brian Simboli (brs4@lehigh.edu; 610-758-5003) if you need assistance after reviewing the resources below.

Table of Contents

Books
There are two resources that will assist in locating items in the Lehigh University libraries and in other libraries.  They are
  1. ASA, The Library's Online Catalog.  This lists all the items in the library and their locations. 
  2. WorldCat.  This is a catalog that lists over 55 million items including books, journals, audio-visual, CD-ROMs and software.  These resources may be obtained via Lehigh's Interlibrary Loan.

Remember: Use ASA to locate books, journals, A-V materials, and CD-ROMs.  Journal articles are NOT indexed in ASA

Company and Industry Information
These resources can be used to locate information on industries.  They are:
  1. Associations Unlimited.  Good for finding associations related to the industry and company.
  2. Factiva.  It has quantitative and qualitative material on companies and industries.
  3. Standard and Poor's NetAdvantage. This is a compendium of financial information concerning companies, industries, mutual funds and stocks. It includes brief information profiles on countries and investment trends. Its Industry Surveys is part of the service.
Journal Indexes and Other Resources
Locating articles with quantitative and qualitative information on companies and industries may be found using these indexes.  Some indexes have full text articles. Its URL is http://databases.lib.lehigh.edu/finder/.  They are:
  1. ABI-Inform Dateline. Indexes resources with local and regional business news coverage of companies, business and the economy.
  2. ABI-Inform Global .  Indexes over 1400 journals in management and business.  Coverage is from 1987 for many journals.  About 45% of the articles are available in full text.
  3. ABI-Inform Trade & Industry. Indexes resources with a trade or industry focus
  4. Academic Index (Expanded).Covers many subject areas including information technology. Many articles are available full text.
  5. Applied Science and Technology Abstracts . Covers articles in the engineering, technology and business fields.
  6. CQ Researcher. Your complete source on the most current and controversial issues of the day with complete summaries, all the pros and cons, bibliographies and more.
  7. CQ Weekly Report. This is your weekly source covering Capitol Hill with legislative news and analysis of issues.
  8. Emerald Library.  This resource is contains a number of articles concerning information technology and management.
  9. Factiva.  Its Publications Library covers over 8000 publications (full text) back to early 1980's.
  10. Faulkner Advisory for IT Studies. This provides excellent information on information technology.
  11. Lexis Nexis Academic.  Provides full text of journals, newspapers, and wire services relating to business information.  It also has full text legal materials such court decisions, legislation and regulations.  The service is available via the Web.
  12. Lexis Nexis Statistical. This is an index of statistics that were previously published in the print indexes that are listed above. Also this is compilation of statistics from a variety of sources some of which are available in print and/or on the fiche at Fairchild Library. NOTE: Web version does not have all of the statistics that are available in print.
  13. PsycInfo. This covers research psychology and related fields including business topics, e.g. consumer marketing.
  14. Research Library.  Covers over 1800 journals and newspapers.  Some journal articles are available in full text.
  15. Sociological Abstracts . This covers research in sociology and related disciplines such as the social and behavioral sciences. Also research coverage includes social psychology and group interactions
  16. WestLaw Campus Covers laws, court cases, and related topics at the Federal and State levels.
Electronic Journals
Another source of full text journal articles is the electronic journal (a.k.a. e-journal).  We have access to many e-journal collections through a variety of sources.  To access them, click on this URL: http://www.lehigh.edu/library/ejournals/.  The following source is a good one to use for your research.  It is:
  1. Emerald Library. See Journal Indexes section for more information.

Here are URLs for some e-journals:

  1. Business Week. This is available via ABI-Inform Global. Its specific URL is http://asa.lib.lehigh.edu/cgi-bin/pubid?Pub=29276.
  2. Computerworld This is available via ABI-Inform Global. Its specific URL is http://asa.lib.lehigh.edu/cgi-bin/pubid?Pub=23762.
  3. CIO.com. This site offers good information on information technology.
  4. Informationweek. This is available via ABI-Inform Global. Its specific URL is http://asa.lib.lehigh.edu/cgi-bin/pubid?Pub=11647 and at the Informationweek's site http://www.informationweek.com/maindocs/archive.htm.
  5. Wall Street Journal. This is available via ABI-Inform Global. Its specific URL is http://asa.lib.lehigh.edu/cgi-bin/pubid?Pub=7510.
World Wide Web
Using a search engine, e.g., Google, you will find information that may be useful.  Examples are government, associations, and companies.   They provide facts, figures, and reports that may be important to your research.  There are multi-search engines that makes searching the Web more efficient. Dogpile.com is an example of these multi-search engines.  Its URL is http://www.dogpile.com.  Remember: anyone can put up a web page with information. Is the information on the web page reliable?

Statistical resources on the Web are:

  1. Company Web Pages.  These are good sources of company information but REMEMBER the companies that issue this information maintain these pages.
  2. Bureau of Economic Analysis.  Its URL is http://www.bea.gov/.
  3. Bureau of Labor Statistics.  Its URL is http://www.bls.gov/.
  4. Federal Statistics site.  Its URL is http://www.fedstats.gov/.
  5. U.S. Census Bureau.  Its URL is http://www.census.gov/

There are additional resources including web sites that can assist you in locating information on an industry, legal information, marketing, etc.  They are:

  1. Aerospace Industries Association of America (AIA).  URL is http://www.aia-aerospace.org/.
  2. American Petroleum Institute.  URL is http://www.api.org.
  3. Grocery Manufacturers of America.  URL is http://www.gmabrands.com.
  4. National Confectioners Association of the U.S. (NCA).  Its URL is http://www.candyusa.org.
  5. National Pharmaceutical Council (NPC).  URL is http://www.npcnow.org.
Plagiarism
The intellectual crime of plagiarism involves the use of another person's written material without proper acknowledgement of that source. An excellent tutorial create by the librarians for students is Tutorials for Research Success. One is Avoiding Plagiarism. This provides excellent examples of what is and is not plagiarism. Along with this the Footnotes section (see below) will provide examples of the proper methods for footnotes and bibliographies.
Footnotes
 Three websites offer assistance on how to footnote and create a bibliography:
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/citex.html
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/cgos2006/basic.html
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocMLAWorksCited.html
Proxy
Proxy is handled by using the Off campus button () on the Databases page. When you click on the button, a ID/PW box appears. Type in your AFS ID/PW, click ok, and then you can search the selected database.
LiveRef
If you need assistance with research for a project, you may click on the LiveRef icon. There, you will have a real time chat with a Lehigh librarian. Its URL is http://www.Lehigh.EDU/library/onlineref.html . Online Lehigh LiveRef hours for Spring, 2007 are: Monday to Thursday, 9AM to 8PM, and Friday 9AM to 5PM .

Contact information for assistance:

Brian Simboli
Phone: 610-758-5003
Email: brs4@lehigh.edu