Selected Resources
Management 280
Summer Session, 2002

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 location. This resource is available via the Network Server and the WWW.
    2. WorldCat. This is a catalog that lists over 40 million items including books, journals, audio-visual, CD-ROMs and software. These resources may be obtained via Lehigh’s Interlibrary Loan.
Remember: Use ASA and WorldCat to locate books, journals, A-V materials, and CD-ROMs. Journal articles are NOT indexed in ASA or WorldCat.
Industry Information
These resources can be used to locate information on industries. They are:
    1. Associations Unlimited. This is also available in print and its title is Encyclopedia of Associations. Its call number is 061.3/G152e/FM-1-R-REF.
    2. Investext. It has analyst reports covering more than 11,000 U.S. and international companies and 53 industries. These reports come from top Wall Street and international brokerage firms. This is located on the Library Databases page. (URL is http://www.lehigh.edu/~inref/databases/index.html.
    3. Standard and Poor’s Industry Surveys. 338/S781I/FM-1-Ref (On Reserve). Analyzes specific industries on a quarterly basis. Trends, financial information, and industry data are available. Earlier bound volumes are available in the stacks back to 1976.
    4. Value Line. 332.6/V215/FM-1-Ref (On Reserve). Includes quantitative and qualitative information for industry and company. It rates the companies’ stock as a buy, sell or hold. Back issues are available on fiche from 1980 at Fairchild Library.
    5. Journal indexes list articles on industries. See the Journal Indexes section for a listing of indexes.
Industry Ratios
    1. Almanac of Business and Financial Ratios. 338.973/T864/FM-1-Ref. Annual with earlier editions in the stacks.
    2. RMA Annual Statement Studies. 338/R642/FM-1-Ref. Annual with earlier editions in the stacks. Produced by Robert Morris Associates.
    3. Dow Jones Interactive. Company Information Center on DJI has this information.
    4. Industry Norms and Key Business Rations. 338.5/I42/FM-1-Ref. Latest on Reserve with earlier editions in the stacks. Produced by Dun and Bradstreet.
Statistical Indexes
These items list sources where statistics can be located. They are:
    1. American Statistics Index. 310.016/C749a/Ref. Covers statistics printed by the Federal Government.
    2. Statistical Reference Index. 317.3016/S797/Ref. Covers statistics printed by non-Federal Government agencies, i.e., associations, commercial publishers, states, etc. Available on fiche since 1980 at Fairchild Library.
General Statistical Resources
The listed resources will give statistics on industries, general economy and population. These are:
    1. Business statistics of the United States. 338.09/B976a/FM-1-Ref. Biennial publication with the cumulation of statistical data for the series appearing the Survey of Current Business from 1947 to year prior to publication.
    2. Statistical Abstract of the United States. 317.2/U58s/FM-1-RRef. Latest edition is in Ready Reference with earlier editions in the stacks. Web access is at this URL: http://www.census.gov/statab/www/.
    3. STAT-USA.This is a compendium of government statistical information on the Web. It is available through the Article Abstracts and Databases on the Virtual Library. It gives information on general economic conditions in the United States, i.e., Consumer Price Index and Leading Economic Indicators. This compendium contains on the National Trade Data Bank. This gives information on foreign trade statistics of the U.S., trade opportunities and information on a foreign country’s rules and regulations.
    4. Survey of Current Business. C59.11/1: . It is received monthly and is shelved at Fairchild Library. The URLs for the Web versions are http://www.bea.doc.gov/bea/pubs.htm or http://asa.lib.lehigh.edu/cgi-bin/pubid?Pub=28352.
Company and Stock Information
    1. Annual Reports and 10-K Reports. Reports are for the Fortune 500 going back to 1979 for the annual reports. The 10-K reports are available for the past few years through 1997.
    2. Dow Jones Interactive. The Company and Industry Center has information from the annual reports and the 10-K's.
    3. Handbook of Common Stocks 332.6/M817si/FM-1-Ref. Reports on over 2000 stocks. (Formerly Moody's now owned by Mergent).
    4. Lexis Nexis. See the Journal Index section for a description.
    5. Mergent Manuals (Formerly Moody's) 332.6/M817a/FM-1-Ref. Financial data on companies including income statements balance sheets and company history. There are six (6) parts: Bank and Finance, Industrials, Municipals and Government, Over the Counter, Public Utilities and Transportation. Earlier editions located in the stacks.
    6. SEC Edgar Database. See World Wide Web for description.
    7. Value Line. See Industry Information section for description.
    8. Zacks Investment Research. Provides investment information on a company including financials, buy/sell/hold/ information and earnings estimates. Its URL ism http://my.zacks.com/?ALERT=www.zacks.com.
Journal Indexes
Locating articles with quantitative and qualitative information on companies and industries may be found using these indexes. Some indexes have full text articles. To access the Web version, click on the Libraries' button, then click on Electronic Resources, then click on Databases. (URL is http://www.lehigh.edu/~inref/databases/index.html)
    1. ABI-Inform. Indexes over 1400 journals in management and business. Coverage is from 1987 for most journals. About 45% of the articles are available in full text.
    2. Dow Jones Interactive. Its Publications Library is available via Dow Jones Interactive on the Web. Covers over 6000 publications (full text) back to early 1980's.
    3. Econlit. A good index for the research journals that cover company information from a business perspective.
    4. InfoTrac (a.k.a. Expanded Academic Index). Covers over 1400 journal going back to 1980. Some articles are available in full text.
    5. Lexis Nexis. 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.
    6. Periodical Abstracts. Covers over 1800 journals and newspapers. Some journal articles are available in full text.
    7. PsycInfo. A good source for articles relating to management of the organizations and employees.
    8. Sociological Abstracts. A good source for articles concerning the sociology of a business entity, ex, a manufacturing concerning or a business services company.
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 sources have economic, finance and management journals which will help with your research. They are:
    1. Emerald Library. This resource is heavily weighted in the management area. (NOTE: Search Engine for Emerald Library is not a good one.)
    2. Wiley Interscience. This has a number of economic and management journals that can be useful in locating material on your topic.
World Wide Web
Using a search engine, i.e., AltaVista, Infoseek, etc., you will find information that may be useful. There are (but not limited to) government, associations, companies and individuals that have home pages. They provide facts, figures, and reports that may be important to your research. When searching on the Web, be sure to use a number of search engines. There are multi-search engines that search other search engines. These will make searching the Web more efficient. Dogpile.com is an example of these multi-search engines. Its URL is http://www.dogpile.com/. It will search AltaVista, Magellan, etc., to locate needed resources. An example would be a search for company home pages listing information on the company and/or product. Remember: anyone can put up a web page with information. Is the information on the web page reliable?

General and Statistical Resources on the Web are:

    1. Company Web Pages. These are good sources of financial information but REMEMBER that the companies that issue the information maintain these pages.
    2. SEC Edgar Database. This is available via Dow Jones Interactive and at this URL which is http://www.sec.gov/edgarhp.htm.
These are additional sites for statistics on the economy. They are:
    1. Bureau of Economic Analysis http://www.bea.doc.gov/
    2. Bureau of Labor Statistics http://www.bls.gov/
    3. Federal Statistics site http://www.fedstats.gov/
    4. Securities and Exchange Commission. http://www.sec.gov/
    5. U.S. Census Bureau http://www.census.gov/
These are additional web sites that can assist you in locating information on an industry, legal information, marketing, links, etc. They are:
    1. Aerospace Industries Association of America (AIA). URL is http://www.aia-aerospace.org/.
    2. Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA). URL is http://www.acca.org.
    3. American Bankers Association (ABA). URL is http://www.aba.com.
    4. American Demographics/Marketing Tools. URL is http://www.marketingtools.com/.
    5. American Management Association (AMA). URL is http://www.amanet.org.
    6. American Marketing Association. URL is http://www.ama.org/.
    7. American Insurance Association. URL is http://www.aiadc.org.
    8. Association of Management/International Association of Management. URL is http://www.aom-iaom.com.
    9. American Petroleum Institute. URL is http://www.api.org.
    10. Association of Online Professionals (AOP). URL is http://www.usiia.org (E-commerce).
    11. Chain Drug Marketing Association (CDMA). URL is http://www.chaindrug.com.
    12. Grocery Manufacturers of America. URL is http://www.gmabrands.com.
    13. Internet Economy Indicators. URL is http://www.internetindicators.com provides a lot of information about e-business in general and a report that can be downloaded. Also a listing of additional web sites are available.
    14. National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS). URL is http://www.nacds.org.
    15. Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PMA). URL is http://www.phrma.org.
    16. Resource pages from Northeastern University (Boston, Mass.) concerning business and economics. The URL is http://www.lib.neu.edu/nulis/subjects/business.htmhttp://www.lib.neu.edu/nulis/subjects/economics.htm. There is more resource pages from various entities, example: universities and societies that can assist in locating information.
    17. A web site for locating materials in addition to the library's resources is the Louisiana State University Libraries' Management and Entrepreneurship. URL is http://www.lib.lsu.edu/bus/managemt.html.
    18. Workflow and Reengineering International Association (WARIA). URL is http://www.waria.com.
    19. Yahoo.com. This is an excellent site for company information. Its URL is http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/.
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