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Item	Availability	Notes
Articles about Management:
ABI Inform   via ProQuest	1971-date	Indexes 1800+ scholarly and trade journals in all business-related fields, many full-text including Wall Street Journal.  Includes links from article abstracts to Hoovers' company profiles.      [caaiai]
Business and Industry   via GaleNet	1994-date	Indexes 1200+ trade journals and selected industry-related documents.
Business NewsBank   via NewsBank InfoWeb	1993-date	Produces articles from the business sections of hundreds of local U.S. newspapers as well as some local business journals.      [caaiba]
Wall Street Journal   via ProQuest	1986-present	Contains citations, abstracts, and full-text articles from the Wall Street Journal.  For older issues, see microfilm in Gov. Docs., or access Wall Street Journal Historical File.       [caaiba]
Business File ASAP via Galenet	1996-date	Indexes 1000+ scholarly and trade journals, popular magazines, and newspapers in business and industry.      [caaiai]
Wilson Business Full Text   via WilsonWeb	1986-date	Indexes around 600 major magazines in business-related fields.       [caaiai]
Free Management Library   via Authenticity Consulting, LLC	Check URL date	This is a page of topics which lead to online materials describing how to approach various aspects of management, from Advertising through Volunteers.  Articles include cross referencing to related topics, as well as references to additional published materials.      [caaiai]
Business & Management, Generally         See also: Leadership, below.
21st Century Management (or, via Sage e-Reference if you are off campus.)	2007	"21st Century Management provides clear and useful discussion by scholars from around the world of 100 of the key issues and topics that managers are confronting in the 21st century.  The structure of discourse for each issue, and important associated perspectives and research, is concisely and meaningfully presented. New technologies, globalization, and associated ethical implications frame many of these issues.  The management of 21st century nonprofit, arts, healthcare, sports, and philanthropic organizations are each given chapter length focus."          [caaiac]
Encyclopedia of Business and Finance   via Gale Virtual Reference page	2007	"Designed for the nonspecialist, the Encyclopedia of Business and Finance is a 2-vol. complete reference covering five general areas:  finance and banking; accounting; marketing; management; and information systems.  Drawing on practical professional expertise as well as that of noted scholars, the contributors include executives, government administrators and scholars from leading business programs from around the United States."        [caaiac]
Encyclopedia of Management   via Gale Virtual Reference page	2007	"Includes essays on 350 topics in management theories and applications, written by academics and business professionals who have first hand knowledge of the particular topic or essay they are contributing, and reviewed and edited by Dr. Marilyn M. Helms.  Topics include aggregate planning, benchmarking, logistics, diversification strategy, non-traditional work arrangements, performance measurement, productivity measures, and supply chain management, among many others."        [caaiac]
International Encyclopedia of Organizational Studies (or, via Sage e-Reference if you are off campus.)	2007	"Capturing hybridity is notoriously difficult. Nonetheless, the International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies offers a comprehensive overview of the major ideas, concepts, terms, and approaches that characterize this diverse field. No single effort can hope to capture the breadth and variety to be found in this discipline, but the Encyclopedia hopes to capture at least the most important highlights of organization studies."          [caaiac]
Laws, Ethics, & Human Resources Management:         See also: Leadership (for Values) (below) and Legal Environment Resources page for a more complete list.
Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society (or, via Sage e-Reference if you are off campus.)	2007	"Commerce is by its very nature a normative enterprise.  It is concerned with creating value for owners and other constituencies, ranging from the firm’s immediate stakeholders, such as employees, customers, and suppliers, to the entire society within which the business operates.  As a field of study, business ethics aims to specify the principles under which businesses must operate to behave ethically....The Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society recognizes the inherent unity between business ethics and society that stems from their shared primary concern with value questions in commerce."        [caaiac]
Encyclopedia of White Collar Crime (or, via Sage e-Reference if you are off campus.)	2007	"For the purposes of this encyclopedia, whitecollar crime can be defined as:   Any behavior that occurs in a corporate and/or individual occupational context; and, that is committed for personal and/or corporate gain; and/or, violates the trust associated with that individual’s and/or corporation’s position and/or status; and that is a violation of any criminal law, civil law, administrative law, rule, ruling, norm, or regulation condemning the behavior."        [caaiac]
Health & Human Resources via CCH Internet Research Network	Current	Laws, regulations, industry news, cases, and other information on health care and human resource management.
EIU (Economist Intelligence Unit) via EIU	1996 - current	Analysis and forecasts of the political, economic and business environment for selected countries, plus how to transact business and arrange financing in many countries.      [caaiai]
Business Ethics via UIUC	Check URL date	Created by Sharon Stoerger at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, in 2002 and updated in 2006, has annotated, direct links to many online sites related to management as well as "Yahoo!" searches.      [caaiai]
An Introduction to Social Influence via Working Psychology/Kelton Rhoads	Check URL date	Written by Kelton Rhoads, a social psychologist and former business writer, this multi-page site deals with many different aspects of influence, such as persuasion, framing, and brainwashing, even to cults (which he categorizes as religious, psychological, commercial, and political organizations.)  Includes a section on ethics in persuasion.      [caaiai]
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) via OSHA	Check URL date	OSHA manages the regulations relating to safety in the workplace in the U.S.  Among other materials, this page includes information on compliance, regulations, enforcement, cooperative programs, as well as links to state-level organizations.  A Spanish language version of the site is also available.  On the "International" page, includes links to their equivalent agencies in Canada, China, Europe, and Mexico, among other things.      [caaiai]
Tools for Managers & Executives
Business Owner's Toolkit   via Toolkit Media Group	Check URL date	This page provides a combination of free and for-fee materials to aid the business owner/entrepreneur.  There are 2 main sideboard, Small Business Guide, and the Business Tools section.  In addition, the site also offers a free membership with some interesting benefits.      [caaiai]
U.S. Business Advisor   via U.S. federal government	Check URL date	"The Official Business Link to the U.S. Government" provides a collection of tools and links to help U.S. businesses.  Focussing primarily on small business, the site provides guides on how to deal with the major business concerns, such as starating & managing a business, franchising, advertising, import/export, financing, etc.  In the center of the page is a search tool for finding permit information for specific locations and types of businesses.      [caaiai]
Corporate Information   via Ci	Check URL date	A commercial site (by subscription), but has some free information available from a box on the left-hand side.  The free information contains such things as 5 "top 100" lists (capitalization, sales, operating margin, price change, sales growth), exchange rates, and "company extensions" (abbreviations after company names—what do they mean and which countries use them.)      [caaiai]
Earthcalendar   via earthcalendar.net	Check URL date	A guide to national and religious holidays around the world.  Tabs at the top allow you to select "Today," "Holidays by date," "Holidays by country," and "Holidays by religion," as well as "Lunar phases."      [caaiai]
Homefair.Com   via Move, Inc.	Check URL date	This site, hosted by Move, Inc., an online real estate company, has several "calculators", for determining such things as the cost of a move, the desireability of a location, mortgage calculators, School Report® renting vs buying, etc.  There are also links to articles about moving along with other helps.      [caaiai]
International Monetary Fund: Selected Exchange Rates   via IMF	Check URL date	Current day's currency exchange rate relative to the U.S. dollar.  There is also a link to archival rates.      [caaiai]
Free Management Library   via Authenticity Consulting, LLC	Check URL date	This is a page of topics which lead to online materials describing how to approach various aspects of management, from Advertising through Volunteers.  Articles include cross referencing to related topics, as well as references to additional published materials      [caaiai]
Time and Date.com   via timeanddate.com	Check URL date	In addition to providing access to "The World Clock" (see below), this site has access to tools related to calendars, time zones, sun & moon calculators, country telephone codes, date calculators, and countdowns to any date.      [caaiai]
U.S. City/State & ZIP Code Associations   via USPS	Check URL date	Search by address, city, or company with address to find the correct zip code, or enter a ZIP code to find the city/state in this resource from the United States Postal Service.  Includes links to other online resources provided by the Postal Service, as well as links to White Pages and Yellow Pages provided by Switchboard, Inc.      [caaiai]
The World Clock   via timeanddate.com	Check URL date	Time at any place in the world.  This site provides automatic times for many places, and has linked pages for each continent, world capitals, a meeting planner, as well as other selections, including creating your own choice of cities.      [caaiai]
The World Factbook   via the U.S. C.I.A.	Check URL date	One of the most comprehensive sources of what is going on in countries around the world, this source can help you know what to do and what the internal conditions of other countries are.  Also has national flags, gallery of covers, and a low band, downloadable version, in additon to the searchable online edition.      [caaaia]
Leadership Principles, Skills, and Tools           [Communication - Employee Recognition - Goal Setting, Planning, & Evaluation - Personality & Temperment; Occupational Psychology - Values]                   (Many of these links are from Kear, Robin.  "Cultivating Your Leadership Skills," College & University Library News, Nov., 2006, pp. 625-9.)
Encyclopedia of Leadership (or, via Sage e-Reference if you are off campus.)	2004	"Leadership is a challenge and an opportunity facing leaders and followers in their professional and personal lives.  The Encyclopedia of Leadership brings together for the first time most of what is known and what truly matters about leadership as part of the human experience."  Includes 4 appendices:    * Appendix 1: Bibliography of Significant Books on Leadership   * Appendix 2: Directory of Leadership Programs   * Appendix 3: Primary Sources: Presidential Speeches on Foreign Policy and War   * Appendix 4: Primary Sources: Sacred Texts         [caaiac]
Advocacy & Leadership Center   via ISC	Check URL date	This organization for social justice, Institute for Sustainable Communities, provides many tools for leadership training, linked in their right margin.  These tools are classified under "ADVOCACY RESOURCES:" by links to:  1)Build the Team; 2)Craft the Campaign; 3)Empower the Coalition; 4)Speak to Inspire; and, 5)Fan the Flame.  (Roughly, organizing/leading, planning, values of cooperation, communication, and sustaining the effort.  Each of the 5 sections include links to additional resources.  For instance, the communication section (Speak to Inspire) includes internal communication as well as handling PR in the media.      [caaiai]
ASTD -- American Society for Training and Development   via ASTD	Check URL date	A professional association of trainers, with international membership, "ASTD (American Society for Training & Development) is the world’s largest association dedicated to workplace learning and performance professionals."  Some information is limited to members; there are also advertisments.      [caaiai]
Center for Creative Leadership   via CCL	Check URL date	This nonprofit organization provides training, research, and guidance to finding creative solutions to leadership problems.  Website available in English and Chinese languages.      [caaiai]
Free Management Library   via Authenticity Consulting, LLC	Check URL date	This is a page of topics which lead to online materials describing how to approach various aspects of management, from Advertising through Volunteers.  Articles include cross referencing to related topics, as well as references to additional published materials      [caaiai]
Leadership Advantage-Articles & Publications   via Leadership Advantage	Check URL date	This page of free articles about leadership is located on a commercial consultants' website.  Articles are arranged under such headings as "Leadership," "Coaching," "Teamwork," etrc.      [caaiaj]
The Leadership Challenge   via Wiley	Check URL date	A commercial publisher's website with some free materials related to the book of the same name by Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner.  The basic principles of the "Leadership Challenge" are listed on the "About" page,       [caaiaj]
The Management Portal   via TheManager.org & RMP GmbH	Check URL date	This site is a collection of many things, including quite a few articles about managing and leading, arranged by topic, with bibliographies (both web and in print sources) at the end.   (NOTE:  This commercial website does have many advertisements.)  Has a German-language portal (being hosted by Recklies Management Project GmbH.)      [caaiaj]
Mentoring   via WebJunction	Check URL date	Although created by librarians for a library setting, much of the information concerning mentoring is relevant to any workplace.      [caaiaj]
Organizational Development and Change Management   via ABOUT.com	Check URL date	This is a page of links to papers and sites related to change and the culture of change and organizational development..  (NOTE:  This is a heavily commercialized site.)      [caaiaj]
Robert K.Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership   via Greenleaf Center	Check URL date	"The Greenleaf Center is an international, not-for-profit institution headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana.  Our goal is to help people understand the principles and practices of servant-leadership; to nurture colleagues and institutions by providing a focal point and opportunities to share thoughts and ideas on servant-leadership; to produce and publish new resources by others on servant-leadership; and to connect servant-leaders in a network of learning."      [caaiaj]
Teacher Coaching & Mentoring   via Teacher Leaders Network	Check URL date	These are pages of resources for mentoring and coaching (as opposed to supervising) employees, focussed on teachers.      [caaiaj]
What Makes a Good Change Agent?   via TheManager.org & RMP GmbH	Check URL date	By Dagmar Recklies, this is a page of analysis, instruction, and valuable tools, such as the chart of "Levels of Change Leadership Skills" and a list of key competencies of change agents.  Includes a brief bibliography at the end.   (This commercial website does have many advertisements.)  Has a German-language portal (being hosted by Recklies Management Project GmbH.)      [caaiaj]
Communication		See also:  B.I.C. Reference page, especially the 2 business dictionary sections and   English Usage & Style.  For business plans, see: Goal setting, Planning, & evaluation, below.
360 Degree Feedback   via ABOUT.com	Check URL date	By Susan M. Heathfield, a page of discussion and resources concerning the implementation of 360 degree feedback techniques.  (NOTE:  This is a heavily commercialized site.)      [caaiaj]
Advanced Public Speaking Institute   via APSI	Check URL date	This organization provides 20 topics (with more resources at many of the topical pages) on speaking effectively.  This page also provides links to free articles, checklists, free ezine subscription, and a glossary of speaking terms.      [caaiaj]
BPlans.com   via Palo Alta Software	Check URL date	This commercial site provides examples of business plans. For a fee, they have products that will modify their example plans or provide a guide to starting a business, as well as other entrepreneurial tools.      [caaiaj]
The Importance of Effective Communication   via Edward G. Wertheim, Northeastern University	Check URL date	A lengthy essay on effective communication, including communication barriers, active listening, feedback, and why managers do not like providing feedback.  Unfortunately, the link to Dr. Wertheim's bibligraphy is a bad link.  Also, there is no date on the page and some signs that the site is not being maintained.      [caaiaj]
An Introduction to Social Influence via Working Psychology/Kelton Rhoads	Check URL date	Written by Kelton Rhoads, a social psychologist and former business writer, this multi-page site deals with many different aspects of influence, such as persuasion, framing, and brainwashing, even to cults (which he categorizes as religious, psychological, commercial, and political organizations.)  Includes a section on ethics in persuasion.      [caaiaj]
Strategic Frame Analysis via the Frameworks Institute	Check URL date	Although designed to aid social concerns organizations to explain research to the public, the principles promoted here can be applied in any situation where a complex topic (such as vision, goals, etc.) needs to be explained in simpler yet convincing terms.       [caaiaj]
Employee Recognition
Recognition Resources via Nelson Motivation	Check URL date	"Do you need an idea to help welcome a new employee? Or perhaps you need a free electronic thank you card. Or maybe you are starting a new recognition program and need some pointers."  Provided by a professional motivation speaker, this page provides links to simple (as opposed to expensive) rewards and meaningful ways to recognize employees and their accomplishments.       [caaiaj]
Goal Setting, Planning, & Evaluation
Business Plans Handbook, vol. 13 (or, via Gale Virtual Reference Library if you are off campus or wish to see the first 12 volumes.)	2008	"Actual business plans compiled by, and aimed at, entrepreneurs seeking funding for small businesses.  Presents sample plans taken from businesses in the manufacturing, retail and service industries which serve as examples of how to approach, structure and compose business plans."  12 additional volumes, as far back as 1998, are available through the Gale Virtual Reference Library site.        [caaiac]
Encyclopedia of Evaluation (or, via Sage e-Reference if you are off campus.)	2004	"The Encyclopedia of Evaluation is a who, what, where, how, and why of evaluation.  Evaluation is a profession, a practice, a discipline—and it has developed and continues to develop through the ideas and work of evaluators and evaluation theorists working in real places with high hopes for social improvement.  Each individual entry in this book gives a glimpse of a particular aspect of this development, and taken as a whole, the encyclopedia captures the history of evaluation in all these many ways."        [caaiac]
Encyclopedia of Measurement and Statistics (or, via Sage e-Reference if you are off campus.)	2006	"Although hundreds of books have been written about the different topics that are contained in the Encyclopedia of Measurement and Statistics, and there are thousands upon thousands of studies that have been conducted in this area, what we offer here is something quite different—a comprehensive overview of important topics."        [caaiac]
BPlans.com   ia Palo Alto Software	Check URL date	This commercial site provides free examples of business plans. For a fee, they have products that will modify their example plans or provide a guide to starting a business, as well as other entrepreneurial tools.      [caaiaj]
The Goals Grid   via Distance Consulting	2004	Subtitled, "A Tool for Clarifying Goals and Objectives," by Fred Nickols, this page provides a technique for developing clear goals and objectives.  Originally published in 1992, and updated most recently in 2004.      [caaiaj]
Strategic Planning (in nonprofit or for-profit organizations) via Free Management Library	Check URL date	This is an article by Carter McNamara from his book, Field Guide to Nonprofit Strategic Planning and Facilitation..  For similar materials on other management related topics, see the main link to the Free Management Library.      [caaiaj]
Personality & Temperment; Occupational Psychology
PsycINFO   via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts	1806-date	Indexes 2,300+ international scholarly journals, books, book chapters, and other publications in psychology and related disciplines. Many records, added to the database since 1998, also include the references cited in the bibliography of the source article.      [caaiaj]
Encyclopedia of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (or, via Sage e-Reference if you are off campus.)	2006	"The Encyclopedia is designed to be an introduction to the topics of I/O psychology for an audience including undergraduate students, beginning graduate students of I/O psychology and related disciplines, lay audiences seeking a nontechnical description of the field and its practices, practitioners wishing to stay abreast of the changes and updates in the field, and even the PhD-level academic seeking a portal into a new specialty area."          [caaiac]
Keirsey Temperment Sorter   via Prometheus Nemesis Book Co.	Check URL date	The main Keirsey page, with information on the popular book for interpreting the Myers-Briggs, Please Understand Me, as well as the Keirsey Sorter.  Near the top is the link to the Keirsey™ Temperment Sorter® II, which is briefer than the Myers-Briggs.  The Sorter page also has a link to the Campbell Interest & Skills Survey, related to vocational comfort.  (Keirsey, a psychoanalyst at the University of Florida, wrote the book, Please Understand Me, to help people understand the results of the Myers-Briggs survey, which is itself based on the four temperment continuums of C. G. Jung.)  This main page has numerous links to information about the basic temperment types and much commercial advertisements.      [caaiaj]
Myers & Briggs Foundation   via Myers & Briggs Foundation.	Check URL date	The foundation site explains much about the temperment types as well as the use of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator®, and has links to locate a qualified person to administer the instrument.  Also includes a chronology of the development of the MBTI.      [caaiaj]
Job Analysis & Personality Research   via Virginia Tech	Check URL date	"Welcome to RJ Harvey's job analysis & personality research site at Virginia Tech!  Our Laboratory in Applied Measurement Psychology, or LAMP, conducts research on a range of psychometric topics facing applied psychologists.  Our job analysis research has focused on the Common-Metric Questionnaire (CMQ), an inventory designed to collect accurate data to drive applications such as compensation, competency modeling, performance appraisal, disability determination, and ADA compliance."      [caaiaj]
Values		(See also:  Laws, Ethics, & Human Resources Management, above)
Checklist for Personal Values   via Selfcounseling.com	Check URL date	This free commercial self-help website provides an exerecise on how to define one's own values.  NOTE:  Many of the apparent links are actually advertisements by Google.      [caaiaj]
Clarifying and Applying Personal Values   via Dr. Scott Williams, Wright State University	Check URL date	An issue of the author's newsletter, LeaderLetter, in which he defines values, why they matter, how to determine one's values, and how to communicate them in a leadership setting.      [caaiaj]
Occupations & Employment          (See also:  Personality & Temperment, above;     For the most complete list, see   Labor & Employment Resources page.)
Career Information Center   Or, via Gale Virtual Reference page, if you are off campus.	2007	"Provides information for job seekers on various career areas.  Each profile includes a job summary chart, a job description, and up-to-date salary information."        [caaiaj]
Career One Stop, formerly America's Job Bank   via U.S. Dept. of Labor	Check URL date	"CareerOneStop is a U.S. Department of Labor-sponsored Web site that offers career resources and workforce information to job seekers, students, businesses, and workforce professionals to foster talent development in a global economy."  Provides access to individual state job banks, as well as tools to explore vocations, training & education, job searches, creating resumes, interviews, etc.  Also includes a page for those in the military who are moving into civilian life.      [caaiaj]
Career Guide to Industries   via U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics	Check URL date	"For dozens of different kinds of industries—such as educational services, health care, and motor vehicle and parts manufacturing —the Career Guide to Industries tells you about:  occupations in the industry; training and advancement; earnings; expected job prospects; working conditions.  In addition, the Career Guide gives you links to information about the job market in each State and more."      [caaiaj]
Careers.org   via Careers.org	Check URL date	A heavily commercialized site with tools to find jobs, information about careers (much of it from other sites), and links to colleges and universities.      [caaiaj]
CareerBuilder   via Gannett Co, Inc., Tribune Company, The McClatchy Company, and Microsoft Corp.	Check URL date	Provides a search for jobs by vocation, company, and location.  Additional tools include, among others, a link to cbResume for help writing a resume.      [caaiai]
Job Analysis & Personality Research   via Virginia Tech	Check URL date	"Welcome to RJ Harvey's job analysis & personality research site at Virginia Tech!  Our Laboratory in Applied Measurement Psychology, or LAMP, conducts research on a range of psychometric topics facing applied psychologists.  Our job analysis research has focused on the Common-Metric Questionnaire (CMQ), an inventory designed to collect accurate data to drive applications such as compensation, competency modeling, performance appraisal, disability determination, and ADA compliance."      [caaiaj]
JobStar Central   via JobStar	Check URL date	Focussed on California, this site provides many tools related to the job search, including salary survey results for general surveys as well as for many professions.   NOTE:  Many of the links are advertisements, not a part of JobStar.      [caaiaj]
Labor, U.S. Dept. of via U.S. Dept. of Labor	Check URL date	This is the department of the U.S. federal government responsible for helping the working person.  Includes much information about job searches, vocations, labor unions (including bargaining agreements, organizations, laws, etc.), wages and other topics of interest to the employed and employment-seeking American.  It is also the home of the Bureau for Labor Statistics, a great source for data about employment/unemployment, pay, workplace safety, and economics.      [caaiaj]
Local Employment Dynamics   via U. S. Census Bureau	Check URL date	Provides quarterly workforce indicators, and may be searched by state, year, quarter, gender, age group, geographic grouping, metropolitan area, industry (NAICS), and ownership.  The data include 8 "key indicators":  Total employment; Net job flows; Job creation; New hires; Separations; Turnover; Average monthly earnings; Average new hire earnings.       [caaiaj]
Occupational Outlook Handbook via U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics	Check URL date	The standard source of what a job is all about and how to prepare for it, as well as what the outlook for employment is in specific fields.  Published biennially by the BLS., it provides:  "the training and education needed; earnings; expected job prospects; what workers do on the job; [and] working conditions."      [caaiaj]
Occupational Outlook Quarterly   via U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics	Check URL date	This quarterly publication updates the biennial Occupational Outlook Handbook, above, and includes articles highlighting specific careers and other opportunities.      [caaiaj]
Quintessential Careers   via EmpoweringSites.com	Check URL date	A one-stop-shop for vocational information and job search aids.      [caaiaj]
State Unemployment Laws comparison U.S. Dept. of Labor	Check URL date	Provides data on states that vary from the standards of unemployment laws.      [caaiaj]
Labor & Unions:        (For more complete links, see  :  Labor & Employment Resources page.)
Associations Unlimited   via GaleNet	Current	Directory information for over 444,000 international, U.S., national, regional, state, and local non-profit organizations, including labor unions and professional associations.      [caaiaj]
Collective Bargaining: Negotiations and Contracts Green Library BUS HD6500.B8 2 vols., via BNA	Current looseleaf	A looseleaf service that surveys labor contact negotiations, including laws, regulations, and sample contract language.
AFL-CIO   via AFL-CIO	Check URL date	The website of the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations.      [caaiaj]
Center for Labor Research and Studies   via FIU	Check URL date	"The Center for Labor Research & Studies was established at Florida International University in 1971 to promote research, curriculum development, teaching and community services in labor-management relations across the state.  The Center, whose mission is to provide services to workers and their organizations, is accredited through the United Association for Labor Education.  A variety of programs and projects are undertaken by the Center including credit and non-credits classes, conferences, research, and a publication series."      [caaiaj]
Labor, Dept. of   via U.S. Dept. of Labor	Check URL date	This is the department of the U.S. federal government responsible for helping the working person.  Includes much information about job searches, vocations, labor unions (including bargaining agreements, organizations, laws, etc.), wages and other topics of interest to the employed and employment-seeking American.  It is also the home of the Bureau for Labor Statistics, a great source for data about employment/unemployment, pay, workplace safety, and economics.       [caaiaj]
Labor Statistics, Bureau of   via Dept. of Labor	Check URL date	The U.S. Dept. of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics gathers and dissiminates data about employment and unemployment within the United States, as well as other data that affect employment and wages.      [caaiaj]      Career Guide to Industries     Consumer Price Index     Local Area Unemployment Statistics     Occupational Employment Projections     Occupational Outlook Handbook & Occupational Outlook Quarterly     Producer Price Index     Survey of Occupational Injuries & Illnesses
National Mediation Board (NMB)   via NMB	Check URL date	"The National Mediation Board (NMB), established by the 1934 amendments to the Railway Labor Act of 1926, is an independent agency that performs a central role in facilitating harmonious labor-management relations within two of the nation's key transportation modes--the railroads and airlines.  Pursuant to the Railway Labor Act, NMB programs provide an integrated dispute resolution process to effectively meet the statutory objective of minimizing work stoppages in the airline and railroad industries."      [caaiaj]
Workplace Environment; Health & Safety
CCH Health and Human Resources   via CCH Internet Research NetWork	Current	Laws, regulations, industry news, cases, and other information on health care and human resource management, with practical explanations and procedures to keep personnel policies within the law.      [caaiaj]  Click Enter on the left-hand side under Log In. You will be asked to enter your e-mail address.
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)   via CDC	Check URL date	"Since it was founded in 1946 to help control malaria, CDC has remained at the forefront of public health efforts to prevent and control infectious and chronic diseases, injuries, workplace hazards, disabilities, and environmental health threats.  Today, CDC is globally recognized for conducting research and investigations and for its action oriented approach.  CDC applies research and findings to improve people’s daily lives and responds to health emergencies—something that distinguishes CDC from its peer agencies."  Available in English and Spanish language editions.      [caaiaj]
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)     via EPA	Check URL date	The EPA has the responsibility for maintaining a healthy environment for all Americans, especially in controlling and eliminating pollutants and other toxic substances.  Especially check out their information about Indoor Air Quality!  Available in English as well as Chinese, Korean, Spanish, and Vietnamese versions.      [caaiaj]
Florida Dept. of Health A-Z Index     via the Dept. of State, Florida	Current	The main index to the Florida Dept. of Health's Florida's Health website, with great amounts of information on all sorts of health and safety issues.  Especially, see the materials assembled by the Bureau of Community Environmental Health, especially for such things as indoor air quality.      [caaiaj]
Great Place to Work Institute   via Great Place to Work Institute	Check URL date	This organization defines what makes a great workplace.  In addition to their model, they list the company's benefits, financial results, and employee reaction.  Also includes a bibliography with download links.      [caaiaj]
Where to Find MSDS   via Interactive Learning Pardigms	Check URL date	A collection of links to sites containing MSDS (material safety data sheets) categorized into "General," "Government and non-profit sites," "Chemical manufacturers and suppliers," "Pesticides," and "Miscellaneous."  Note:  Many suppliers are listed under "Miscellaneous," rather than "Suppliers."  "A Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) is designed to provide both workers and emergency personnel with the proper procedures for handling or working with a particular substance....An MSDS reflects the hazards of working with the material in an occupational fashion."&      [caaiaj]
National Pesticide Information Center     via Oregon State U. & EPA	Check URL date	A cooperative effort by Oregon State University and the EPA, this site provides information about pesticides, their use and dangers, manufacturers, regulations (including Canada), and related topics.  Includes an "800" number for phone calls.      [caaiaj]
Occupational Health & Safety Adminstration (OSHA)     via OSHA/U.S. Dept. of Labor	Check URL date	"The Occupational Safety and Health Administration aims to ensure worker safety and health in the United States by working with employers and employees to create better working environments."      [caaiaj]
Directories:
Managers & Corporate Officers
Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage   via Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage	Dates vary	Full text of 12 Standard & Poor's investment publications covering managment, corporation data, industry data, mutual funds, and investment analysis.  Under "Publication" select either "Register Executives" (to search by a persons last name), "Register Private Co," or "Register Public Co." to search by company for a list of their executives with backgrounds.      [caaiaj]
Standard & Poor's Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives   Green Library REF HG4057.A4   via S&P	Current year only	This annual directory (also included in S&P's Net Advantage, above) lists the top officers of both public and private companies, including the purchasing officer, along with their business backgrounds.
Reference Book of Corporate Managements   Green Library REF HD2745.D85   via D&B	Current year only	This annual publication includes the officers of U.S. corporations, their responsibilites, and their backgrounds, including education
Business Organizations:
Associations Unlimited   via GaleNet	Current	Directory information for over 444000 international, U.S., national, regional, state, and local non-profit organizations, including professional associations and industry organizations.      [caaiaj]
The Better Business Bureau Central Web Server for U.S. and Canada	Check URL date	This central web page offers to direct the user to the nearest BBB based on the user's Zip code but also has links to the national sites for the U.S. and for Canada.      [caaiaj]
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Directory	Check URL date	Provides links to state tourism boards, and directories of links, by state, to chambers of commerce and convention & visitors bureaus.  NOTE:  Many advertisements on this page.      [caaiaj]
World Chambers Network	Check URL date	Directory of chambers of commerce around the world.      [caaiaj]
Business Education:
AACSB Home Page   via AACSB	Check URL date	The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, an international organization, accredits colleges and schools of business around the world.  This site gives access to brief descriptions of the accredited institutions with links to their homepages, links to, and explanations of, rankings, and explanations of the the various degrees available.      [caaiaj]
Bschool.com   via bschool	Check URL date	Provides links to business school websites, as well as rankings, financial aid, and other related topics.      [caaiaj]
Professional Training and Development
ASTD -- American Society for Training and Development via ASTD	Check URL date	A professional association of trainers, with international membership, "ASTD (American Society for Training & Development) is the world’s largest association dedicated to workplace learning and performance professionals." Some information is limited to members; there are also advertisments.      [caaiaj]
Mentoring   via WebJunction	Check URL date	Although created by librarians for a library setting, much of the information concerning mentoring is relevant to any workplace.      [caaiaj]
Teacher Coaching & Mentoring   via Teacher Leaders Network	Check URL date	These are pages of resources for mentoring and coaching (as opposed to supervising) employees, focussed on teachers.      [caaiaj]
U.S. Government Business-related Sites          (For a more complete list of agencies, go to the Government page.)
THOMAS--U.S. Congress on the Internet   via Library of Congress	Check URL date	The Library of Congress' site for U.S. Congressional links, including state governments.  Includes a search engine for current legislation in Congress, as well as links to each house of Congress and the U.S. Code (statutory law.)      [caaiaj]
Dept. of Commerce Home Page   via Dept. of Commerce	Check URL date	The department of the U.S. federal government responsible for advancing the concerns of business in America.      [caaiaj]
U.S. Census Bureau Home Page   via Census Bureau	Check URL date	This federal agency collects data on population and business through various censuses, as required by the U.S. Constitution.  The homepage provides population clocks, searches for local population figures, and access to economic indicators, among many other links.      [caaiaj]
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)     via EPA	Check URL date	The EPA has the responsibility for maintaining a healthy environment for all Americans, especially in controlling and eliminating pollutants and other toxic substances.  Especially check out their information about Indoor Air Quality!  Available in English as well as Chinese, Korean, Spanish, and Vietnamese versions.      [caaiaj]
FAA-Federal Aviation Administration   via FAA	Check URL date	The federal agency "responsible for the safety of civil aviation.  The Federal Aviation Act of 1958 created the agency under the name Federal Aviation Agency.  We adopted our present name in 1967 when we became a part of the Department of Transportation."  This site provides information about airport delays, pilot licensing, aircraft registration, accidents & incidents data, aircraft safety alerts, and more.      [caaiaj]
U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)   Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research   via FDA	Check URL date	"The FDA is responsible for protecting the public health by assuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, medical devices, our nation’s food supply, cosmetics, and products that emit radiation."  Site contains large amounts of information about food, drugs, medical devices, biologics & immunization, animals & veterinary, cosmetics, radiation emiting devices, and "combination products."      [caaiaj]
Internal Revenue Service   U.S. Treasury	Check URL date	"The IRS role is to help the large majority of compliant taxpayers with the tax law, while ensuring that the minority who are unwilling to comply pay their fair share."  Spanish language page also available.      [caaiaj]      Forms and Publications     Tax Information for Businesses
U. S. International Trade Commission via U.S. ITC	Check URL for date.	The Commission "An independent federal agency determining import injury to U.S. industries in antidumping, countervailing duty, and global and China safeguard investigations; directing actions against unfair trade practices involving patent, trademark, and copyright infringement; supporting policymakers through economic analysis and research on the global competitiveness of U.S. industries; and maintaining the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule"  Site tools include Harmonized Tariff Schedule and an import-export database.  Interactive Tariff and Trade Dataweb.  (The database does require creating a free account.)      [caaiai]
Labor, Dept. of   via Dept. of Labor	Check URL date	This is the department of the U.S. federal government responsible for helping the working person.  Includes much information about job searches, vocations, labor unions (including bargaining agreements, organizations, laws, etc.), wages and other topics of interest to the employed and employment-seeking American.  It is also the home of the Bureau for Labor Statistics, a great source for data about employment/unemployment, pay, workplace safety, and economics.       [caaiaj]
Labor Statistics, Bureau of   via Dept. of Labor	Check URL date	The U.S. Dept. of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics gathers and dissiminates data about employment and unemployment within the United States, as well as other data that affect employment and wages.      [caaiaj]      Career Guide to Industries     Consumer Price Index     Local Area Unemployment Statistics     Occupational Employment Projections     Occupational Outlook Handbook & Occupational Outlook Quarterly     Producer Price Index     Survey of Occupational Injuries & Illnesses
National Mediation Board (NMB)   via NMB	Check URL date	"The National Mediation Board (NMB), established by the 1934 amendments to the Railway Labor Act of 1926, is an independent agency that performs a central role in facilitating harmonious labor-management relations within two of the nation's key transportation modes--the railroads and airlines.  Pursuant to the Railway Labor Act, NMB programs provide an integrated dispute resolution process to effectively meet the statutory objective of minimizing work stoppages in the airline and railroad industries."       [caaiaj]
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)   via OSHA	Check URL date	"The Occupational Safety and Health Administration aims to ensure worker safety and health in the United States by working with employers and employees to create better working environments."      [caaiaj]
SBA: Small Business Administration Home Page   via SBA	Check URL date	A federal government agency providing "Programs and services to help you start, grow and succeed."  These include online tools, free training, export guidance, etc.   -    Assessment Tool for starting a business   -    Business Planner
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission   via SEC	Check URL date	The U.S. federal agency which regulates securities and their exchanges.  This site also provides investor information.      [caaiaj]    -    EDGAR  The EDGAR database is a collection of reports made to the SEC by publicly-owned companies in the United States since the late 1980's.   -    Interactive Data Electronic Applications (IDEA)    The replacement for EDGAR is coming!
U.S. Dept. of Transportation   via Dept. of Transportation	Check URL date	The federal department responsible to "Serve the United States by ensuring a fast, safe, efficient, accessible and convenient transportation system that meets our vital national interests and enhances the quality of life of the American people, today and into the future."  This site includes car safety evaluations, travel tips, scenic byways, truckers' regulations, etc.      [caaiaj]
Management & HR Dictionaries
A Dictionary of Human Resource Management Green Library REF HF5549.A23D53 2001   via Oxford U. Press	Current	"An authoritative source of precise and easy to understand definistions of words, terms, and phrases that are used in the fields of human resource management, personnel, and industrial relations."
BLS Glossary of terms   via BLS	February, 2008	Definitions of terms used by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, from "Absence Rate" through "Worklife Estimates."      [caaiaj]
Money 101 Glossary of business terms   via CNN/Money	Check url date	By the editors of CNN and Money magazine, a glossary of acronyms and terms used in finance and general business.  Sine includes access to the "Money 101" series of tutorials on various personal finance matters.      [caaiaj]
Glossary of Selected Financial Terms   via IMF	Check url date	This is a selection of financial terms as defined by the International Monetary Fund.      [caaiaj]
Management, Human Resources, & Business Glossary via ABOUT.com	Check url date	Provided by Susan M. Heathfield, this is the index to the glossary.  (NOTE:  This is a heavily commercialized site.)      [caaiaj]
Measuring Electronic Business: Definitions, Underlying Concepts, and Measurement Plans via U.S. Bureau of the Census	Oct. 20, 2000	A paper wherein The U.S. Census Bureau defines electronic business terms and proposed measurements.      [caaiaj]

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