Business Administration
Access to Library Resources
As a graduate MBA student, you are provided with access to the library catalog, online databases, and other library services. To access databases and library services from remote locations (outside the library building), you are required to have either an Argonet Account, UWF Nautilus Card, or a Library
Access Number:
- ArgoNet Account: This account provides you with access to the University's portal. Library access is found under the My Campus tab. You will receive an ArgoNet Account number once you register. Any problems with ArgoNet accounts should be reported to the ITS Help Desk.
- Nautilus Number: If you have problems
accessing the library with your Nautilus Number, contact the Circulation Department to make sure that the number is active. Remote applications for the card may be made to the Nautilus Card Office The application requires a personal photograph (similar to a passport photo), a copy of your driver's license, and a $10 payment.
- Library Access Number: If you do not receive an ArgoNet Account or a Nautilus Number, you may request a distance access number. This number is assigned by the library and will provide you with access to library databases.
Reference Assistance
Reference assistance may be requested by using UWF's online
Reference Question form or by calling the UWF Reference Desk at 850-474-2424. Online reference requests to UWF staff will normally be answered within two working days.
For specialized assistance with business or industry research, please contact
Shari Johnson, the Business Reference Librarian, directly at 850-474-2711.
Databases
Databases identify journal articles, books, conference proceedings,
reports, and other materials by subject, keyword, and other search options. Databases may be searched
individually or by category in
Metalib.
The following databases provide business information and articles:
- Factiva
- Formerly Dow Jones Interactive, Factiva is an excellent source of company and industry
information as well as general business news. Factiva contains full text files of hundreds of business journals, including the
Wall Street Journal.
- Gale Business and Company Resource Center
- Search by company name for financial information,
articles, rankings, industry reports, investment reports, histories, and
trade associations. Access to the following reference sources is provided in Gale Business and Company Resource Center
- Brands and Their Companies
- Business Rankings Annual, 2000 through Present
- Encyclopedia of American Industries
- Encyclopedia of Emerging Industries
- Encyclopedia of Global Industries
- International Directory of Company Histories
- Market Share Reporter
- Ward's Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies
- Ward's Business Directory of Private and Public Companies in Canada and Mexico
- World Market Share Reporter
- Gale's Ready Reference Shelf
- This database allows the searcher to identify databases, publications,
associations and research centers that relate to a subject.
- Investext Plus (InfoTrac)
- This massive collection of investment and market research reports is useful in
analyzing companies and industries.
- Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe
- Business publications, legal sources, and newspapers are searchable in this full text database. Congressional Universe and Statistical Universe are two other Lexis-Nexis products which offer full text legislative
and statistical information.
- Mergent Online
- Fifteen years of company financial reports andthirty years of equity pricing for publicly held U.S. and international companies are provided in Mergent
(formerly Moody's) Online.
- National Trade Data Bank (STAT-USA)
- A comprehensive database from the U.S. Department of Commerce providing economic and statistical information on U.S.
and international trade.
- Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage
- Major investment publications of Standard
and Poor's (i.e., Industry Surveys). Current investment and financial data are available from this source for companies
as well.
- ProQuest
- ProQuest provides access to news and journal articles in the following full text databases in business:
ABI/Inform Global 1971+,
ABI Inform Dateline,
ABI/Inform Trade & Industry,
Hoover's Company Information 2000+, and
Wall Street Journal 1984+.
- RDS
- This databank includes Business and Industry 1994+
and TableBase (statistical industry reports).
- ValueLine
- Objective investment research tool for large and mid-cap U.S. companies. Company and industry reports, stock and mutual fund screening and tracking.
Journals
UWF Libraries have many online business journals. Print journals are also available and may be located by searching the online catalog. If you are unsure about the quality of the journals you are using, consult the online tutorial, Scholarly Journals vs. Popular Magazines.
Use databases to search for journal articles by subject.
Directories
- Almanac of American Employers. 2003. NetLibrary
- Profiles of 500 companies with significant growth patterns described in this almanac. See also: Plunkett"s Companion
to the Almanac of American Employers: Mid-size Firms NetLibrary).
- North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). 1998- http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html
- Describes and indexes NAICS codes, which the government assigns to all products and
services in the economy.
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- Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Manual. 1987. http://www.osha.gov/oshstats/sicser.html
- Provides the SIC codes useful in searching databases by industry or product. This code is being replaced by the NAICS code but is still used in many databases.
- Thomas Register of American Manufacturers. Annual.
http://www.thomasregister.com
- Manufacturing companies and their products are identified in this directory.
- World Chamber of Commerce Directory. Annual. (Ref. Desk HF 294 W75)
- Lists U.S. Chambers of Commerce by state and also includes foreign Chambers of Commerce and
embassies. See also, the Chamber of Commerce (U.S.) site at
http://www.uschamber.org
and World Chambers Network http://www.worldchambers.com.
Statistical Sources
For more statistical sources, see UWF Library research guides:
Statistics and
Demographic Statistics.
- National Compensation Survey. U.S. Department of Labor
http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm#National.
- Economic Indicators. Monthly.
GPO Monthly
- Statistical tables and charts are provided for the basic U.S. economic indicators. These indicators provide data on total
output, income and spending; employment, unemployment and wages; production and business
activity; prices; money, credit and security markets; and federal finance. Statistics in
each issue are usually quoted annually for about 6 years and monthly for the past year.
- Florida Labor Market Trends. 1991-.
http://www.labormarketinfo.com/pubs/#3
- This series of pamphlets provides employment data for major cities
in Florida, including Pensacola.
- Handbook of U.S. Labor Statistics. 2004.
NetLibrary
- A one volume compendium of data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, which includes historical data when available.
The
Bureau also provides labor statistics on their web site:
http://www.bls.gov.
- Monthly Labor Review. 1915+. (Periodicals HD 8051 A78)
Current issue: http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/mlrhome.htm
- Archive: http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/archive.htm
- This is the principal publication of data, analysis, and research from the
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Survey of Current Business. Monthly. 1994+
http://www.bea.gov/bea/pubs.htm
- Survey of Current Business provides statistics on
general business indicators, commodity prices, construction and real estate, employment
and earnings, etc.
Management Websites
-
Academy of Management Online http://www.aomonline.org/
- American Council on International Personnel
http://www.acip.com/
- Center for Human Resources Management, National Academy of Public Administration
http://www.napawash.org/pc_human_resources/
- Center for Leadership & Change Management, Wharton School
http://leadership.wharton.upenn.edu/welcome/index.shtml
- The Conference Board http://www.conference-board.org/
- Employee Benefit Research Institute http://www.ebri.org/
- Human Resource Planning Society
http://www.hrps.org/
- Institute of Industrial Relations
http://www.iir.berkeley.edu
- International Association for Human Resource Information Management http://www.ihrim.org/
- Leader to Leader Institute
http://www.pfdf.org/
- Rutger's Business Research Guides
http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/busi/business.shtml
- Society for Human Resource Management http://www.shrm.org/
- Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology
http://www.siop.org/
College of Business
- Contact the College of Business or the MBA Department, for information about your courses or your program.
Contact
Shari Johnson
Bueiness Reference Librarian
University of West Florida Libraries
October, 2007
