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Starting Point: Business Administration


Introduction

This Starting Point is designed to help you conduct online library Business Administration research. For more assistance, please Ask a Librarian at a reference desk or online.

All of the resources except for Internet Sites are accessed through the UCF library homepage. You will need an activated 14-digit UCF Library ID Number to access all of the libraries' online resources from off-campus. The number is located on the bottom of every UCF ID card. Activate your card with the online request form or call the Library Circulation Department 407-823-2580 and ask to have your card activated. Enter your  number into the EZProxy Login Box when from the Articles and Databases page. Enter your password – last 4 digits of your social security number. Click "Yes" to accept the Security Alerts.

A printable version of this guide is also available: Business Administration (PDF)

Contents

Selected Reference Books Online

Electronic Reference Books can be accessed online via the Gale Virtual Reference Library and Xrefer Plus Databases. From the UCF library homepage, click on Articles and Databases and use the Database A-Z list.

Gale Virtual Reference Library

Credo Reference (Formerly XreferPlus)

Selected Electronic Books (eBooks) available online

The following eBooks can be accessed via the NetLibrary Database using your Library ID number and password. To access NetLibrary and other databases, go to Articles and Databases on the UCF library home page (http://library.ucf.edu) and use the Database A-Z list.

Several Relevant Databases

To access these and other databases, go to Articles and Databases on the UCF library home page (http://library.ucf.edu).

ABI/INFORM Archive, Dateline, Global, Trade & Industry (Proquest)

Provides articles on advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, business conditions, trends, corporate strategies and tactics, management techniques, competitive and product information, company profiles and new product development.

Business & Industry (Gale)

Business information focusing on facts, figures, events and market information about companies, industries, products and markets. Content includes trade and industry publications, regional, national and international newspapers, business dailies and newsletters.

Business Full Text

Contains full text articles on a wide range of business topics

Business Source Premier

Provides indexing to sources in business, management, economics, finance, banking, investment, and much more. Full text included for over 2,300 journals.

General BusinessFile ASAP (Gale)

Indexes over 800 journal titles including business, management, and trade journals; some 80 regional and local journals and newspapers. Provides access to full text of some articles.

LexisNexis Academic

News, business, legal and medical information. Sources include newspapers, wire services, magazines, SEC filings, law cases, state and federal codes, law review journals, and reference works.

Professional Collection

A collection of trade journals picked for their relevance in the modern world for today's professional.

Wall Street Journal

The financial newspaper of record offering in-depth coverage of national and international finance as well as first rate coverage of hard news.

Selected Full-Text Journals

Articles in these journals may be available online, click to Online Journals on the UCF library homepage. Type in a journal title and follow links to full-text.

Other journals pertinent to psychological topics may also be available online in one or more databases. Check with a Reference Librarian.

  • Accounting, business & financial history
  • American business perspectives
  • Business communication quarterly
  • Business process management journal
  • Business strategy review
  • Enterprise & society
  • Journal of world business
  • International journal of the economics of business
  • International business review
  • Measuring business excellence
  • The Quarterly review of economics and finance
  • Total quality management & business excellence

Selected Internet Sites

Relevant Library of Congress (LC) Call Numbers

Use the following call numbers to locate printed books in UCF Regional Campus Libraries. (Other call numbers are also relevant, check with a reference librarian).

Subject LC Call Number
Business communication HF5717-5734.7
Business Ethics HF5387-5387.5
Marketing HF5410-5417.5
Personnel management HF5549-5549.5
Risk Management HD 61

 

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A printable version of this guide is also available: Business Administration (PDF).


Last Updated: May 2007 AT