Key Management Resources

In this guide, management is narrowly defined.  For resources on other business topics, please check our list of business research guides.

Research Consultations

Professional reference service is available at any UST library.  While walk-in service is often available, appointments should be made for lengthy reference consultations or tutorials.  If you are interested in a research consultation, call or e-mail:

Marianne Hageman  (St. Paul), 651-962-5404,  mdhageman@stthomas.edu
John Heintz (Minneapolis), 651-962-4646, jpheintz@stthomas.edu
Eric Kallas (St. Paul), 651-962-5013, epkallas@stthomas.edu
Andrea Koeppe (Minneapolis), 651-962-4647, arhudson@stthomas.edu
Janice Kragness (Minneapolis), 651-962-4645, jlkragness@stthomas.edu 

Start your research by reading an overview of your topic

General reference titles

Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management
A comprehensive business encyclopedia in 12 volumes including business topics such as   business ethics, human resource management, international management, marketing, organizational behavior and strategic management. Articles contain good background information on the listed topic plus a bibliography for further reading.

Gale Virtual Reference Library
Contains Business Plans Handbook, Encyclopedia of Business and Finance, Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society and International Directory of Company Histories.

The Encyclopedia of Leadership
REF HD57.7 .E53 2004.  4 volumes.

Oxford Reference Online 
Contains the Oxford dictionaries of accounting, business, economics, and finance and banking.

Subject specific reference titles

Blackwell Guide to Business Ethics
The Blackwell Guide to Business Ethics acquaints the reader with ethical issues in the practice of business, theoretical and pedagogical issues. It provides a foundation for understanding changes to the nature of business due to technology and globalization and includes discussions of current ethical issues in areas such as marketing, accounting, and financial markets.

Blackwell Handbook of Cross-Cultural Management
This handbook provides an overview of the major research perspectives in cross-cultural management and a look at how they can be applied to real-world situations by covering topics such as human resources, motivation, leadership behavior and corporate culture. 

Blackwell Handbook of Entrepreneurship
The Blackwell Handbook of Entrepreneurship brings together the best researchers to review up-to-date thinking on crucial topics in entrepreneurship studies. It is the first book to combine the research activities of Europe and USA, and reflects research with a multicultural perspective.

Companion to Business Ethics
This book cover topics such as the often uneasy relationship between business ethics and capitalism, the link between business ethics and ethical theory, how ethics applies to specific problems in the business world, the connection between business ethics and related academic disciplines, and the practice of business ethics in modern corporations.

Financial Times Handbook of Management
REF HD38.15 .F56 2004.

The International Encyclopedia of Business and Management
REF HD1001 .I53 2002.  7 volumes.

The International Encyclopedia of Communication
This online encyclopedia covers many facets of communication studies including coverage of cutting edge theories, technology, interpersonal communication, intercultural and intergroup communication, business and organizational communication. 

The International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences
REF H41 .I58  2001.  26 volumes.

Locate articles using electronic databases

Business Source Premier  (UST subscription database)
Business Source Premier provides access to nearly 3,300 full text scholarly publications, including more than 1,000 peer-reviewed journals covering many business topics such as finance, human resources, international trade, economics, marketing and information technology.

Emerald Management Xtra
Emerald Management is a large andcomprehensive collection of peer-reviewed management journals featuring 125 full text journals and abstracts from the world's top 300 management journals.

Expanded Academic Index  (UST subscription database)
Expanded Academic Index is a broad social science database with abstracts and full text articles from scholarly and academic journals along with some popular literature.

For a longer list of databases, see the Business and Industry - Management database list on the bottom left hand corner of this page.

Identify books using online catalogs

CLICnet  
This is the book catalog for UST Libraries and several other local colleges and universities. Books can be requested from other campuses online.

Worldcat   (UST subscription database)
Worldcat is the world's largest catalog of books.  Books found in this resource can be requested through interlibrary loan.

Useful subject headings:
Industrial relations
Leadership
Organizational behavior

The Library of Congress call number range HD30 - 60 contains general management resources.

RefWorks

RefWorks is a web-based program to help you create superior bibliographies and manage citations for your papers, projects and research.  To learn more about this product contact a librarian or call the Keffer reference desk at 651-962-4664 or the O'Shaughnessy-Frey reference desk at 651-962-5001.

Research consultations

Professional reference service is available at both the St. Paul and Minneapolis campus libraries. If you are interested in a research consultation, contact:

Ryan Carter, Minneapolis, (651) 962-4646, cart9467@stthomas.edu
Marianne Hageman, St. Paul, (651) 962-5404, mdhageman@stthomas.edu
Eric Kallas, St. Paul, (651) 962-5013, epkallas@stthomas.edu
Andrea Koeppe, Minneapolis, (651) 962-4647, arhudson@stthomas.edu
Janice Kragness, Minneapolis, (651) 962-4645, jlkragness@stthomas.edu

Created by AK 9/19/06. Updated 3/08