Penn State Libraries: Supply Chain & Information Systems Research Guide

Supply Chain & Information Systems Research Guide

Written by Diane Zabel, Michael Wright, and Zhou Yong Sauerman

This Supply Chain & Information Systems (SC&IS) Research Guide provides a beginning point for people seeking information about the transportation and logistics service industry, companies that offer consulting services and software packages in logistics and supply chain management, research centers, trade and professional associations, careers in supply chain management, and more.

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Sample subjects in the CAT:

• Business logistics • Materials management

• Electronic commerce • Physical distribution of goods

• Electronic procurement • Production management

• Freight and freightage • Purchasing

• Inventory control • Shipping

• Management information systems • Supply chain management

• Manufacturing resource planning • Transportation

(you may also limit material type such as videos)

Databases

Articles

ProQuest

• Search for newspaper, magazine, and journal articles. Many full-text

• Includes the ABI/Inform database, the premier database for business periodicals

Lexis Nexis Academic

• News: full-text regional, national and international newspapers, magazines and trade journals

• Business Resources: full-text business news, company and industry information, SEC filings, and accounting literature

• Legal Resources: full-text federal and state case opinions, law reviews, legal news, European Union legislation, tax law, and patents

ACM Digital Library

• Computer science database

• Contains full-text of journals articles and conference proceedings distributed by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

IEEE Xplore

• Engineering database with full-text publications from the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

• Includes computer hardware and software related publications

TRIS Online

• Bibliographic database of the National Transportation Library

Business Logistics & Supply Chain Management

Mergent Online

• Information on 11,000 U.S. public companies and 17,000 non-U.S. Public companies

• Detailed, standardized financial statements

• Searchable by company name, industry codes, revenue levels, and other characteristics

• Comparative analysis among companies

• Access to SEC reports

Hoovers Online

• Proprietary company and industry information, SEC filings, plus reports on money management, career development, news, and business travel

Reuters Research On-Demand

• Real-time full-text investment research reports

• Over 750 contributing firms

Standard & Poor's Netadvantage

• Investor information products

• Industry Surveys

• Company profiles and Corporation Records

• Stock, bond and fund research

Tablebase

• Tabular/statistical data

• Companies, industries, products, and demographics

• Market share, company and brand rankings, industry and product forecasts, imports and exports, production and consumption statistics, number of users, and trends

• International in scope

ValueLine

• Investment advisory publication

• Reports, articles, and company highlights

Political Risk Yearbook

• Country Reports on 106 countries

• Political and economic risk analysis

• Business information

STAT-USA Internet

•

Economic, business, and international trade information

• Trade news and opportunities

• International marketing and industry reports

• U.S. import and export statistics

•

Guides to international trade, country reports, and foreign exchange rates

• Economic indicators, employment statistics and much more

Not available to remote users. This resource is only available at public workstations in the following locations on the Penn State University Park Campus:

Paterno Library 2nd, 3rd, & 4th Floor

All branch libraries at University Park

CenStats

• Provides interactive search-and-display access to Annual Survey of Manufacturers, International Trade Data, Zip Business Patterns, and more

GPO Access

• Provides U.S. Government Printing Office index for Congressional Record, Public Laws, History of Bills and Resolutions, Federal Register, and United States Code

• Updated continuously

Safari

• Database of electronic books in the area of information technology

Web/Print Resources

Supply Chain Career Fair

Industry Definitions

Associations

Research Centers

Reference Sources

Some Useful Websites

Selected Journals

Careers in Business Logistics & Supply Chain Management

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•	Business logistics	•	Materials management
•	Electronic commerce	•	Physical distribution of goods
•	Electronic procurement	•	Production management
•	Freight and freightage	•	Purchasing
•	Inventory control	•	Shipping
•	Management information systems	•	Supply chain management
•	Manufacturing resource planning	•	Transportation

•	Search for newspaper, magazine, and journal articles. Many full-text
•	Includes the ABI/Inform database, the premier database for business periodicals

•	News: full-text regional, national and international newspapers, magazines and trade journals
•	Business Resources: full-text business news, company and industry information, SEC filings, and accounting literature
•	Legal Resources: full-text federal and state case opinions, law reviews, legal news, European Union legislation, tax law, and patents

•	Computer science database
•	Contains full-text of journals articles and conference proceedings distributed by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

•	Engineering database with full-text publications from the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
•	Includes computer hardware and software related publications

•	Information on 11,000 U.S. public companies and 17,000 non-U.S. Public companies
•	Detailed, standardized financial statements
•	Searchable by company name, industry codes, revenue levels, and other characteristics
•	Comparative analysis among companies
•	Access to SEC reports

•	Real-time full-text investment research reports
•	Over 750 contributing firms

•	Investor information products
•	Industry Surveys
•	Company profiles and Corporation Records
•	Stock, bond and fund research

•	Tabular/statistical data
•	Companies, industries, products, and demographics
•	Market share, company and brand rankings, industry and product forecasts, imports and exports, production and consumption statistics, number of users, and trends
•	International in scope

•	Investment advisory publication
•	Reports, articles, and company highlights

•	Country Reports on 106 countries
•	Political and economic risk analysis
•	Business information

•	Economic, business, and international trade information
•	Trade news and opportunities
•	International marketing and industry reports
•	U.S. import and export statistics
•	Guides to international trade, country reports, and foreign exchange rates
•	Economic indicators, employment statistics and much more

•	Provides U.S. Government Printing Office index for Congressional Record, Public Laws, History of Bills and Resolutions, Federal Register, and United States Code
•	Updated continuously