Selected Resources
Management 301
Spring Semester, 2004

Table of Content

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

Industry Information
These resources can be used to locate information on industries. They are:

    1. Associations Unlimited. Good for finding the industry's association and other related associations. Its URL is http://www.galenet.com/servlet/AU?locID=lehigh.
    2. Business and Company Resource Center. Has information on industries from a variety of resources including associations and journal articles.
    3. Bizstats.com. Good source for business statistics. Its URL is http://www.bizstats.com/.
    4. Investext. It has analyst reports covering more than 11,000 U.S. and international companies and 53 industries. These reports come from over 500 Wall Street and international brokerage firms.
    5. Journal indexes list articles on industries. See the Journal Index section for a listing of indexes.
    6. North American industry classification system, United States. 317.3/U588sa/ FM-1-R-Ref. T his is available in print or on the WWW. Its URLs are http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naicstab.htm or http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html.
    7. Standard Industrial Classification Manual. 317.3/U5852/1987/Ref. This resource is available in print and on the WWW. The URL's for the manual is http://www.osha.gov/oshstats/sicser.html.
    8. Standard and Poor's Industry Surveys. 338/S781I/FM-1-Ref (On Reserve). Analyzes specific industries on quarterly basis. Trends, financial information, and industry data are available. Earlier volumes are available in the stacks back to 1976. This is included in the Standard and Poor's Market Insight.
    9. Standard and Poor's Market Insight. This includes a variety of information. It includes industry, stock, country, and company. It has the Industry Surveys.
    10. 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.
Industry Ratios
    1. Almanac of Business and Financial Ratios. 338.973/T864/FM-1-Ref. Annual with earlier editions in the stacks.
    2. Bizstats.com. The URL is http://www.bizstats.com/.
    3. Factiva. Use the Company Quick Search option to locate ratios.
    4. Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios. 338.5/I42/FM-1-Ref. Latest on Reserve with earlier editions in the stacks. Produced by Dun and Bradstreet.
    5. RMA Annual Statement Studies. 338/R642/FM-1-Ref. Annual with earlier editions in the stacks. Produced by Robert Morris Associates

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. The library has many of these publications and some are listed in ASA.
    2. Index to International Statistics. Washington, Congressional Information Service. 310.016/I38/FM-1-Ref. Covers international statistics. Available on fiche since 1987 at the Fairchild Library.
    3. 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. Its URL is http://www.lexis-nexis.com/statuniv.
    4. 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 from 1985-2000 at the Fairchild Library.
    5. University of Michigan. Statistical Resources on the Web. Business and Industry. Good source for statistics from a variety of sources. Its URL is http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stecind.html

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 has historical statistics that originally appeared in the Survey of Current Business as current. This publication has the statistics from 1947 to with in a year of its publication date.
    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. The URL for the Web edition is 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. C56.109: /FM-2-DOC. 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. Also available on STAT-USA.
Company and Stock Information
    1. Business and Company Resource Center. Has information companies including history, financials, journal articles and investment reports.
    2. Factiva. The Company Quick Search has the financial information. This is the replacement for Dow Jones Interactive.
    3. Lexis Nexis Academic. This database has its Business section with divisions including Industry, Company, and Financial and Business News.
    4. Handbook of common stocks. (Formerly Moody's Handbook of Common Stocks) 332.6/M817si/FM-1-Ref). Reports on over 2000 stocks.
    5. Market Guide. Similar to Zacks in providing information on companies. Its URL is http://www.marketguide.com.
    6. 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.
    7. SEC Edgar Database. See World Wide Web for description. Its URL is http://www.sec.gov/.
    8. Standard and Poor's Market Insight. This resource provides quantitative and qualitative data on companies and industries. It includes access to the SEC's Edgar database and S&P's Industry Surveys.
    9. Value Line. See Industry Information section for description.
    10. Zacks Investment Research. Provides investment information on a company including financials, buy/sell/hold/ information and earnings estimates. Its URL is http://my.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 these databases, click on this URL:http://databases.lib.lehigh.edu/finder/.

    1. ABI-Inform. Indexes over 1400 journals in management and business. Coverage is from 1987 for mostjournals. About 45% of the articles are available in full text.
    2. ABI-Inform Dateline. Indexes resources with local and regional business news coverage of companies, business and the economy.
    3. ABI-Inform Trade & Industry. Indexes resources with a trade or industry focus.
    4. Accounting and Tax Index. Available only in print and is shelved in Index Section, Reference, Fairchild Library. Formerly called the Accountant's Index, Supplement.
    5. Business and Company Resource Center. This has trade journals that cover companies and industries.
    6. Econlit. A good index for the research journals that cover company information from a business and economic perspective.
    7. Factiva. This replaced the Dow Jones Interactive product. It has over 8000 publications (full text) back to the early 1980's.
    8. InfoTrac (a.k.a. Expanded Academic Index). Covers over 1400 journal going back to 1980. Some articles are available in full text.
    9. 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.
    10. Psycinfo. A good source for articles relating to management of the organizations and employees.
    11. Research Library. Covers over 1800 journals and newspapers. Some journal articles are available in full text
    12. Sociogical 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 that will help with your research.  They are:

    1. Emerald Library.  This resource is heavily weighted in the management area.  It is a good source for supply chain management information.  (NOTE: Search Engine for Emerald Library is not a good one.)
    2. JSTOR.  This is a good source for locating items concerning logistics and management of the items over a period of time.  (NOTE: this has a four to five year delay in mounting the articles.).
    3. 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, Google, 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. URL is http://www.bea.doc.gov/.
    2. Bureau of Labor Statistics. URL is http://www.bls.gov/.
    3. Federal Statistics site. URL is http://www.fedstats.gov/.
    4. Securities and Exchange Commission. URL is http://www.sec.gov/.
    5. U.S. Census Bureau. URL is 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 Insurance Association. URL is http://www.aiadc.org.
    6. American Management Association (AMA). URL is http://www.amanet.org.
    7. American Marketing Association. URL is http://www.ama.org/.
    8. American Petroleum Institute. URL is http://www.api.org.
    9. Association of Online Professionals (AOP). URL is http://www.usiia.org (E-commerce).
    10. Grocery Manufacturers of America. URL is http://www.gmabrands.com.
    11. National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS). URL is http://www.nacds.org.
    12. National Restaurant Association. URL is http://www.restaurant.org.
    13. Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA). URL is http://www.pcmanet.org.
    14. Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PMA). URL is http://www.phrma.org.
    15. Resource pages from Northeastern University (Boston, Mass.) concerning business and economics. The URL is http://www.lib.neu.edu/gateway/subjects/business/ and http://www.lib.neu.edu/gateway/subjects/economics/. There are more resource pages from various entities, example: universities and societies that can assist in locating information.
    16. Workflow and Reengineering International Association (WARIA). URL is http://www.waria.com.
    17. Yahoo.com. This is an excellent site for company information. Its URL is http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/.

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