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ARTICLES

What is a Scholarly/Peer-reviewed/Refereed Article?

A peer reviewed journal indicates that before being accepted for publication, articles are reviewed by other experts in the field; also known as scholarly or refereed journals.

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Databases

Databases can be accessed through the E-Resource List (A-Z) and are only available to current Penn State students, faculty and staff.

ABI/INFORM

A business-oriented article database for subjects such as advertising, marketing, company information, industry trends, human resources, economic policy, health care, consumer products and services.

Business Databases by Subject
http://www.libraries.psu.edu/greatvalley/md2.htm

A listing of some of our most useful business databases listed by subject.

Penn State Libraries: Online Business Resources
http://www.libraries.psu.edu/business/online.htm

A complete list of all business related databases.

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Conferences Proceedings

ProceedingsFirst

ProceedingsFirst provides tables of contents of papers presented at conferences worldwide. Coverage: October 1993+.  Updates: bi-weekly (24 times per year).

PapersFirst

PapersFirst provides access to papers presented at conferences worldwide. Coverage: Oct. 1993+. Updates: bi-weekly (24 times per year).

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News & Newspapers

Penn State Great Valley News and Newspaper Resources http://www.libraries.psu.edu/greatvalley/news.htm

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Gray Literature

Subject Guides - Gray Literature
http://www.csulb.edu/library/subj/gray_literature/

White Papers, Webcasts and Case Studies
http://itpapers.zdnet.com/

"ZDNet IT Directory is the Web's largest library of technical white papers, Webcasts, and case studies. We've changed our look and functionality to help you find what you're looking for faster. Registered users gain additional benefits."

World Bank Research
http://econ.worldbank.org/resource.php

HP Labs: Technical Reports
http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/

Microsoft Publications
http://research.microsoft.com/research/pubs/

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics
http://repec.org/

"RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) is a collaborative effort of over 100 volunteers in 44 countries to enhance the dissemination of research in economics. The heart of the project is a decentralized database of working papers, journal articles and software components. All RePEc material is freely available."

Networked Computer Science Technical Reference Library
http://ncstrl.org/

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BOOKS

Finding Books at Penn State:

Penn State's Online Catalog (CAT)
http://cat.libraries.psu.edu/uhtbin/guestcat.exe

• Use the online catalog to find books and other material throughout the entire Penn State Library system.
• Request books not available at Great Valley by clicking on the I WANT IT button.
• For additional information on using the CAT go to the Online Catalog Help site

TIP: How do I find appropriate subject terms?

• Type in keywords words related to your topic.
• Look for books that seem relevant, click on DETAILS, click on the MORE tab and look at the subject terms.
• Search again using these new terms in the "Topic: Title + Subject" search category.

Once you find a book you want, you can order the item through the Penn State Interlibrary Loan Department.

For more information on Interlibrary Loans (ILLiad) go to https://ill.libraries.psu.edu/

Books Not at Penn State: Can't find what you are looking for? Try searching the following catalogs.

WorldCat - WorldCat includes over 38 million records for books, periodicals, magazines, and any other type of material cataloged by OCLC member libraries.  The database includes records for material as early as the 11th century.

E-ZBorrow (PALCI) - Pennsylvania Academic Libraries

VEL - The Big 10's Virtual Electronic Library

RLG - Research Libraries Group's Union Catalog

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Electronic Books

The following databases can be accessed through the E-Resource List (A-Z) and are only available to current Penn State students, faculty and staff.

netLibrary

NetLibrary provides access to a PALCI-shared collection of electronic books. Access to a title is limited to one concurrent user at a time.

Safari

Safari provides electronic access to computer manuals from a several publishers and allows the user to search across a number of different manuals simultaneously.

MIT CogNet

MIT CogNet, the Cognitive and Brain Sciences Community Online, provides access to a searchable, full-text library of books, journals, and reference works from the MIT Press.

World Bank e-Library

World Bank E-Library presents full text PDF-format versions of all new World Bank books and selected books beginning in 1984.

Gutenberg-e

The e-books are selected by the American Historical Association and produced by the electronic publishing staff at Columbia University Press. The electronic versions offer elements that cannot be conveyed in print: extensive documentation, hyperlinks to supplementary literature, images, music, video, and links to related web sites.

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Reference Sources

ELECTRONIC: The following databases can be accessed through the E-Resource List (A-Z) and are only available to current Penn State students, faculty and staff.

Gale Virtual Reference Library

Contains searchable full-text of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources in many different subject fields.

Encyclopedia Britannica

International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences

Access Science (McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology)

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Dissertations and Theses:

Penn State Dissertations:

Penn State's Online Catalog (CAT)
http://cat.libraries.psu.edu/uhtbin/guestcat.exe

• Use the online catalog to find dissertations and thesis written by Penn State students.
• Request materials not available at Great Valley by clicking on the I WANT IT button.
• First click on Advanced Search (on the right) and go to Material Type (toward the bottom) and use the drop down menu to limit your search to Doctoral Dissertation

The Pennsylvania State University's electronic Theses and Dissertations Archives
http://etda.libraries.psu.edu/

This archive is the collection of all Penn State electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs). These ETDs fall into three categories of access. Most are available for worldwide access. Others are restricted to the Penn State community. Some are totally restricted due to a number of reasons, such as pre-publication concerns.

Dissertations from various institutions:

Dissertation Abstracts

Dissertation Abstracts is the primary source for 1.4 million doctoral dissertations (and selected master's theses) from over 1000 North American and European universities. Includes a link to the UMI full text dissertation pilot project. Coverage: 1851 to date. Abstracts are available for dissertations since 1980, abstracts for theses since 1988.

WorldCat

WorldCat includes over 38 million records for books, periodicals, magazines, and any other type of material cataloged by OCLC member libraries.  The database includes records for material as early as the 11th century.

Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD)
http://www.ndltd.org/

"The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) is an international organization dedicated to promoting the adoption, creation, use, dissemination and preservation of electronic analogues to the traditional paper-based theses and dissertations. This website contains information about the initiative, how to set up Electronic Thesis and Dissertation (ETD) programmes, how to create and locate ETDs, and current research in digital libraries related to NDLTD and ETDs."

THESES CANADA PORTAL
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/thesescanada/index-e.html

Launched by National Library of Canada. A website that provides free access to 46,000 full text electronic Canadian theses. Searching of over 220,000 Canadian theses held by the Library and Archives Canada is also available.

Center for Research Libraries Foreign Dissertation Database
http://www.crl.edu/content.asp?l1=5&l2=23&l3=44&l4=25

"More than 17,000 dissertation titles recently received or recently circulated. Please note that no new records are being added to this database. To view or search current dissertations, please access the CRL catalog."

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WEBSITES

Penn State Sites:

Penn State Great Valley
MBA/Management Programs

Penn State Business Library Homepage
http://www.libraries.psu.edu/business/

Management Web Sites - William and Joan Schreyer Business Library http://www.libraries.psu.edu/business/management/websites.htm

Associations & Organizations:

Academy of Management - AOM Online
http://www.aomonline.org/

"The Academy of Management (the Academy; AOM) is a leading professional association for scholars dedicated to creating and disseminating knowledge about management and organizations. Founded in 1936 by two professors, the Academy of Management is the oldest and largest scholarly management association in the world."

American Management Association (AMA)
http://www.amanet.org/index.htm

"AMA is a global not-for-profit, membership-based association that provides a full range of management development and educational services to individuals, companies and government agencies worldwide, including 486 of the Fortune 500 companies."

Web resources complied by other business school libraries:

University of Texas at Austin - UT Library Online - Business Reference http://www.lib.utexas.edu/refsites/business.html

University of Pennsylvania - Lippincott Library - Selected Business Websites http://gethelp.library.upenn.edu/guides/business/businesswebsites.html

Columbia University Libraries - Business and Economics Library - Selected Internet Resources http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/business/ir/index.html

Stanford Business School Jackson Library - Business Websites
http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/library/articles/business_sites/business_sites.html

The University of Chicago Library - Business and Economics Subject Guides http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/busecon/guides/home.html

More Websites:

Online Reference Resources
http://www.libraries.psu.edu/gateway/referenceshelf/

Complied by Penn State Librarians, this website provides links to general reference material including: Almanacs, Fact Books, Biographical & Genealogical Resources, Census, Statistics, & Data Sets, Education & Funding Resources, Internet Search Tools, Dictionaries/Encyclopedias, Directories and much more.

The Gallup Brain
http://institution.gallup.com/default.aspx

"The Gallup Brain is a searchable, living record of more than 60 years of public opinion. Inside, you'll find answers to more than 125,000 questions, and responses from more than 3.5 million people interviewed by The Gallup Poll since 1935."

Soundview Executive Book Summaries
http://www.summary.com/cgi-bin/Soundview.storefront

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