Library: Logistics & Operations: General

Business Research Databases

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Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window The world's most comprehensive business database with full text ebooks, peer-reviewed journals, case studies, company profiles, SWOT analyses, interviews, market research reports, industry reports, and country economic reports.
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Business Databases (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window Searches 8 business databases simultaneously: ABI/INFORM Collection, Accounting, Tax & Banking Collection, Asian & European Business Collection, Business Market Research Collection, Canadian Business & Current Affairs Database, Career and Technical Education Database, India Database, and Research Library.
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ABI/INFORM Collection This link opens in a new window Features scholarly journals, dissertations, working papers, key business and economics periodicals such as the Economist, country reports, and industry profiles. Its international coverage provides a complete picture of companies and business trends around the world.
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Business Market Research Collection This link opens in a new window Contains company, industry, economic and geopolitical market research from three sources, including Hoover's Company Profiles, OxResearch from Oxford Analystica, and Snapshots.
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Regional Business News This link opens in a new window Provides comprehensive full text coverage for nearly 100 regional U.S. and Canadian business publications.
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SAGE Journals Online This link opens in a new window An interdisciplinary database that contains over 1,000 full text, online journals in the fields of business, education, health, the humanities, law enforcement, criminology, and other social sciences. Several of these journals are the most authoritative and influential in their fields. Access from 1999-present.
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eBooks on subjects in business and technology:

Skillsoft This link opens in a new window Note: This database has scheduled downtime every Sunday from 1-3 pm ET. Please plan ahead. The full STEM Bundle includes access to: Business, Engineering, & IT eBooks, IT & Desktop 3-5 minute videos, book summaries of popular books on leadership and business, and the Leadership Channel, which contains videos and live events.
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Multidisciplinary eBook databases:

eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window Multidisciplinary eBooks representing a broad range of subjects.
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Ebook Central (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window eBooks on a range of subjects such as business, information technology, education, engineering, health, history, humanities, life & physical sciences, and social and behavioral sciences.
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Films On Demand (Business & Economics) The Business & Economics collection of the Films On Demand database includes over 2,100 full-length streaming videos in the fields of business and economics.
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Skillsoft This link opens in a new window Note: This database has scheduled downtime every Sunday from 1-3 pm ET. Please plan ahead. The full STEM Bundle includes access to: Business, Engineering, & IT eBooks, IT & Desktop 3-5 minute videos, book summaries of popular books on leadership and business, and the Leadership Channel, which contains videos and live events.
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Alexander Street Videos (Business Education) Videos on business and economics topics.
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Khan Academy (Finance & Capital Markets) Videos on finance and macroeconomics
Khan Academy (Interviews With Entrepreneurs) Personal lessons and insights from accomplished entrepreneurs.
MIT Video (Business & Management) Includes feature and editorial videos, event recordings, academic content and more from MIT.
Stanford University's eCorner (Entrepreneurship Corner) Topics covering entrepreneurship and innovation.

ImageQuest (Britannica) This link opens in a new window Nearly 3 million rights-cleared images from more than 50 collections including Getty Images, the National Portrait Gallery of London, and the National Geographic Society.
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Credo Reference This link opens in a new window Specialized reference eBooks for background information on all subjects, including audio, video, and image results.
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Credo Reference This link opens in a new window Specialized reference eBooks for background information on all subjects, including audio, video, and image results.
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Britannica Academic This link opens in a new window The largest, most authoritative encyclopedia in the world, this database contains articles, maps, images, videos, and yearbooks from 1993 to present. Use it instead of Wikipedia for your research!
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Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window More than 50 reference eBooks in business, communications, history, law, literature, medicine, nation & world, science, and technology.
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Using Google Scholar: Finding Peer Reviewed Resources (Transcript)

Featured Logistics & Operations eBooks

Logistics and Supply Chain Innovation Handbook

Strategic Sourcing and Category Management

Lean Six Sigma in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

International Supply Chain Relationships

Selected Resources

Journals
Videos

Business Logistics in Modern Management Conference papers and proceedings on logistics, supply chain management, and distribution issues of regional and global concern. (full text from 2017 to present)
Journal of Business Logistics A peer reviewed journal providing a forum for the dissemination of original thoughts, research, and best practices within the logistics and supply chain arenas. (full text from 1978 to one year ago)
International Journal of Operations & Production Management A peer reviewed journal investigating opportunities, challenges, and frontiers of developing and implementing strategies, systems, processes, and practices in operations and supply chain management. (full text from 1994 to one year ago)
International Journal of Supply and Operations Management (IJSOM) A peer reviewed, international journal disseminating knowledge for improving industrial practice and strengthening the theoretical base necessary for supporting sound decision making. (full text from 2014 to present)
IUP Journal of Operations Management A peer reviewed journal covering inventory control, supply chain management, business process re-engineering, Six Sigma, and benchmarking. (full text from 2007 to present)
Journal of Information Systems & Operations Management An open access journal focusing on IT&C and its applications into different fields of expertise. (full text from 2012 to present)
Operations Management A journal containing technical articles, reports, case studies, industry news, and book reviews regarding the Institute of Operations Management. (full text from 2010 to present)
Operations Management Research A peer reviewed journal publishing short, focused research studies that advance the theory and practice of operations management. (full text from 2008 to one year ago)
Production & Operations Management A peer reviewed journal covering scientific research on the problems, interest, and concerns of managers who manage product and process design, operations, and supply chains. (full text from 2002 to one year ago)
Working Papers on Operations Management A peer reviewed journal publishing theoretical and empirical articles related to operations and human resources management. (full text from 2011 to present)

How to use this guide

This guide is designed to help you with your research, introducing a range of logistics and operations management resources available to you. The Business Research Databases box list databases recommended in your subject area that you can search to find articles, eBooks, etc.

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