Research Guide: Management, Marketing, and Information Systems
Gateways to Resources
- Internet Public Library – Business & Economics
- An annotated listing of quality business resources selected by Internet Public Library staff.
- Librarians’ Internet Index - Business
- A listing of high quality databases covering many business topics. Web sites have been selected and annotated by librarians.
- Library of Congress Subject Guides to Business Internet Resources
- Links to free Internet resources on business and economics topics. Links are arranged by subject.
- Open Directory Project - Business
- An annotated listing of a wide range of Web sites including business activities, business information and resources, company information and more.
Management
- The Conference Board
- "The Conference Board is the world's leading business membership and research organization, connecting senior executives from more than 2,200 enterprises in over 60 nations. A nonprofit, nonadvocacy organization, The Conference Board produces the Consumer Confidence Index, the Leading Economic Indicators, and a wide range of reports on best business practices and the latest economic trends, which leads to The Conference Board receiving more than 21,000 media citations per year. The Conference Board also provides a diverse program of conferences and forums for over 15,000 executives from different industries and nations to meet and share insights."
- Free Management Library
- “The Library provides easy-to-access, clutter-free, comprehensive resources regarding the leadership and management of yourself, other individuals, groups and organizations. Content is relevant to the vast majority of people, whether they are in large or small for-profit or nonprofit organizations. Over the past 10 years, the Library has grown to be one of the world's largest well-organized collections of these types of resources.”
- ManagementFirst from Emerald
- “Practical, insightful articles, guru interviews, case studies, discussion forums, a free downloadable newsletter and more for the working manager.” Some resources are available at no cost.
- Open Directory Project - Management
- “The Management category is a directory of resource sites containing information related to the broad field of management. This category will contain a combination of informational sites broadly related to management theory and its application, of interest to managers and related professionals, and it will also contain listings of practitioners engaged in some aspect of management (companies, governmental, academic).”
Marketing
- Ad*Access
- Images and database information for over 7000 U.S. and Canadian advertisements from 1911 to 1955.
- KnowThis.com: Marketing
- Part of the WWW Virtual Library. Sections include Advertising, Consumer Information, Legal and Market Research.
- MarketingPower.com
- The American Marketing Association's website, MarketingPower.com, “supplies marketing professionals and AMA members with the information, products and services required to succeed in their jobs and careers.” Some features of the site are freely available, others require membership.
- Informa Research Services – Condensed Guide to Market Research
- Outlines the key steps to market research. Major sections of the guide include “Introduction to Market Research”, “Overview of Available Research Methodologies” and “Suggestions for Research Proposal”
Information Systems
- Association for Information Systems
- “The Association for Information Systems (AIS) founded in 1994, is a professional organization whose purpose is to serve as the premier global organization for academics specializing in Information Systems.”
- Brint - Management Information Systems Research
- A portal to information systems research.
