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Selected Business Journals:
  • The Academy of Management Review
    -Indexed on Expanded Academic ASAPDISCUS - South Carolina's Virtual Library
  • Business & Economic Review
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  • Journal of Small Business Management
    -Indexed on Expanded Academic ASAPDISCUS - South Carolina's Virtual Library
  • Organizational Dynamics
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  • Personnel Psychology
    -Indexed on Expanded Academic ASAPDISCUS - South Carolina's Virtual Library

    • Online Databases:

  • InfoTrac :DISCUS - South Carolina's Virtual Library
    General BusinessFile ASAP: DISCUS - South Carolina's Virtual Library
    -Articles on business and management topics.
    -Also includes industry surveys and company profiles.
     Expanded Academic ASAP: DISCUS - South Carolina's Virtual Library
    -Articles on most academic disciplines, including business.

    • For additional databases, see the Business and Economics Databases page.

    Selected Reference Books:

    Occupational Outlook Handbook Ref HF 5382 U533
    U.S. Market Trends & Forecasts Ref HD 30.27 U7 1999
    Small Business Profiles (2 vols.) Ref HD 62.7 S62 1995
    Small Business Sourcebook (2 vols.) Ref HD 2346 U5 S66 1997
    Statistical Abstract of the United States Ready Ref HA 202

    Web Sites (Organizations and Associations):

    Most occupations and fields of study have organizations and associations on the Web which often feature discussions, reports, surveys, and articles on the latest issues in each field. If you're not familiar with an organization or association for a given field, you may want to use a search engine, such as Google or Altavista, to locate one.

    For example, a search for art history association in Google yields several results, including the Association for Art History.

    Additional useful resources for locating organizations and associations are:
    Encyclopedia of Associations (3 vols.) Ready Ref HS 17 G3
    International Organizations (2 vols.) Ref AS 8 E53
    Small Business Sourcebook (2 vols.) Ref HD 2346 U5 S66

    Example field- or occupation-specific sites are:
  • American Bankers Association
  • American Bar Association
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  • American Federation of Teachers
  • American Library Association
  • American Marketing Association
  • American Medical Association
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  • Association for Art History
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  • Mathematical Association of America
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  • Modern Language Association
  • National Coffee Association
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  • American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance
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  • National Restaurant Association
  • North American Retail Dealers Association
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    Revised Feb. 2003


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