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Principles of Management
MGT 210

Books - to find broad information on a topic, or the history of a given topic, try the book collection. This information may not the most up to date, but should give you a good sense of the "big picture." To look up books on a given topic, go to the library catalog:

http://cmars.cwmars.org/search~S38/

Once you're in the library catalog depending on your topic, try broad keyword searches like:

self-management
wal-mart

Remember that we have access to many more books than are located at MWCC library. To see what books other libraries own on your subject search "All Central MA Libraries" or pick a specific library to search, within our system.Also, if you do locate a book which contains good information on your topic, see if there are bibliographies in the book, which list other sources. There are many useful reference books which you should use in your work:

Business Statistics of the United States, edited by Cornelia J. Strawser - Ref HC101.A13122 2006
Dictionary of Business Terms, by Wilbur Cross - Ref HF1001.C68 1999
Encyclopedia of Business, edited by Jane A. Malonis - Ref HF1001.E466 2000
Encyclopedia of Management, edited by Marilyn M. Helms - Ref HD30.15.E49 2000
Manual of Personnel Policies, Procedures and Operations, edited by Joseph D. Levesque - Ref HF5549.L4627 1993

Periodical Indexes/Databases - to find the most current information on a topic, try journal or newspaper articles. In order to locate them, you must use an index. Just like in the back of a book there is an index which tells you what page to look at in the book, there are indexes to journals and newspapers which tell you which issue and page to look at in the journal. These indexes used to be just available in print but are now available online as well. Some online indexes which you should use in your work would be:

Business Source Premier - great for general information
Business & Company ASAP- great for looking up information on individual companies
LexisNexis - newspaper articles plus journal coverage

The really exciting thing about these online databases is that about 50 percent of the time, the articles which are indexed online, are available online, full-text.These are all available through the library's Database page:

http://www.mwcc.mass.edu/HTML/Library/login.html

Just select the appropriate access - either on-campus (from anywhere at MWCC) or off-campus (if you're working from home), then find these online indexes in the alphabetical database listing. Once in these databases, try specific keyword searches such as:

non-profit management
team* and management

Hint: If you haven't decided on a topic yet, browsing through a subject specialized journal can give you ideas for your paper.

Websites - To supplement your investigation, but not to substitute for information you find in journals and books.

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