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Project Management

The Long Library offers a large collection of books on project management. Some selected recent titles include:

Breaking through the project fog : how smart organizations achieve success by creating, selecting and executing on-strategy projects. James Norrie. 2008.
HD69.P75; N67 2008
Cost and value management in projects. Ray R. Venkataraman and Jeffrey K. Pinto. 2008.
HD69.P75; V46 2008
Determining project requirements. Hans Jonasson. 2008.
HD69.P75; J66 2008
E-collaboration in modern organizations : initiating and managing distributed projects. 2008.
HD69.P75; E36 2008
Human factors in project management : concepts, tools, and techniques for inspiring teamwork and motivation. Zachary Wong. 2007.
HD69.P75; W656 2007
Mastering project management : applying advanced concepts to systems thinking, control & evaluation, resource allocation. James P. Lewis. 2008.
HD69.P75; L489 2008
The project manager's desk reference : project planning, scheduling evaluation, control, systems. James P. Lewis. 2007.
HD69.P75; L49 2007
Real project planning : developing a project delivery strategy. Trish Melton. 2008.
HD69.P75; M456 2008
The rise of the project workforce : managing people and projects in a flat world. Rudolf Melik. 2007.
HD69.P75; M453 2007
The strategic project leader : mastering service-based project leadership. Jack Ferraro. 2008.
HD69.P75; F47 2008

Database Highlights

Digital Dissertations is a global database of doctoral dissertations and master's papers from the world's leading universities. The full text of those from the University of California is available online since 2004.

Historical Statistics of the United States is the perfect database to use for research requiring all kinds of economic, social, political, and other types of data about the U.S. Some of the datasets go back to the founding dates of the country.

Making of the Modern World: The Goldsmith's-Kress Library of Economic Literature is a digital collection of more than 61,000 books from the period 1460-1850, and 466 pre-1906 serials. The collection focuses on economics, but includes political science, history, sociology, and special collections on banking, finance, transportation, and manufacturing.

New Books on Business Education

Academic entrepreneurship in Europe. LC67.68.E85; A23 2007
The best undergraduate B-schools. HF1131; .G558 2008; Reference
The business school and the bottom line. HF1111; .S73 2007
From higher aims to hired hands : the social transformation of American business schools and the unfulfilled promise of management as a profession. HF1131; .K45 2007
The future of business schools : scenarios and strategies for 2020. HF1140; .F88 2008
The future of the MBA : designing the thinker of the future. HF1111; .M65 2008
Ranking business schools : forming fields, identities and boundaries in international management education. HF1140; .W43 2006
Studying business at MBA and Masters level. HF1111; .G75 2007

New Industry Studies

Beyond design : the synergy of apparel product development. 2008. TT497; .K42 2008
The contemporary Hollywood film industry. 2008. PN1993.5.U65; C64 2008
Corporate warriors : the rise of the privatized military industry. 2008. HD9743.A2; S56 2008
Economic tsunami : China's car industry will sweep away western car makers. 2007. HD9710.C52; B35 2007
Entertainment marketing & communication : selling branded performance, people, and places. 2008. GV188.3.U6; S29 2008
Fair trade coffee : the prospects and pitfalls of market-driven social justice. 2007. HD9199.D44; F75 2007
Fine chemicals : the industry and the business. 2007. TP200; .P637 2007
The global music industry : three perspectives. 2007. ML3790; .B39 2007
Global airlines : competition in a transnational industry. 2007. HE9776; .H36 2007
Introduction to the game industry. 2007. QA76.76.C672; M622 2007
The global Korean motor industry : the Hyundai Motor Company's global strategy. 2007. HD9710.K64; H965 2007
Not just a pretty face : the ugly side of the beauty industry. 2007. HD9970.5 C672; M35 2007
Oil : an overview of the petroleum industry. 2007. HD9560.5; .G615 2007
The real toy story : inside the ruthless battle for America's youngest consumers. 2007. HD9993.T693; U627 2007
Reasonable Rx : solving the drug price crisis. 2008. HD9666.4; .F55 2008

Read Key Business Journals and Magazines Online

Use the Factiva database to read the current issues of these business newspapers and magazines. Select the "news pages" tab from the entry page to see this list.

Barron's
Business Week
Forbes
Fortune
New York Times
Wall Street Journal
Wall Street Journal Asia
Wall Street Journal Europe

Conference Board Online Research Collection

The Conference Board produces numerous "best practices" reports on various topics related to business and economic issues. The full text of the reports are available in their database which is available from a link on the Long Library's database list. Some recent reports of interest include:

The 2007 Corporate Contributions Report (2008)
The 2007 Top Executive Compensation Report (2008)
Can Continuing Changes in Pension Management Provide a Secure Retirement? (2008)
China’s Productivity Boom: The Contribution of Restructuring to Growth and Competitiveness (2007)
Compensation & Benefits: A Global View (2008)
Going Green: Corporate Commitment to Citizenship and Sustainability Issues Takes on a Greater Role (2008)
Performance 2008: Productivity, Employment, and Growth in the World's Economies (2008)
Ready to Innovate: Are Educators and Executives Aligned on the Creative Readiness of the U.S. Workforce? (2008)
Reducing US Greenhouse Gas Emissions: How Much at What Cost? (2007)
Reputation Risk: A Corporate Governance Perspective (2007)

Environmental issues and green operating principles are hot topics in today's business world. The Long Library has a number of books that can provide good background information and issues for discussion.

Building the green economy : success stories from the grassroots. HC79 .E5D3252 2007
Business power and conflict in international environmental politics. HC79 .E5F273 2008
Carbon strategies : how leading companies are reducing their climate change footprint. QC981.8. C5H64 2007
The clean tech revolution : the next big growth and investment opportunity. TD195 .E25P473 2007
Corporate culture and environmental practice : making change at a high-technology manufacturer. HD30.255 .H68 2007
Corporate environmental management. GE300 .D37 2008
Green to gold : how smart companies use environmental strategy to innovate, create value, and build competitive advantage. HD30.255 .E88 2006
Green manufacturing : case studies in lean and sustainability. HD30.255 .G742 2008
The green marketing manifesto. HF5413 .G722 2007
Harvard business review on green business strategy. HD30.255 .H37 2007
Making sustainability work : best practices in managing and measuring corporate social, environmental and economic impacts. HD60 .E67 2008
Managing green issues. GE300 .C78 2007

The Complete Marquis Who's Who Current Biographies database is an excellent source for finding background information for business leaders. If you don't find the person in Marquis, you might also try print sources such as the Reference Book of Corporate Management or The Standard & Poor's Register of Corporations, Directors, and Executives.

The escholarship Repository is the University of California's repository for working and research papers written by UC faculty from all ten campuses. Use it to locate new and cutting-edge research in all subject areas. Recent papers include:

Severin Borenstein, The Market Value and Cost of Solar Photovoltaic Electricity Production. January 14, 2008.
Aaron K. Chatterji, David I. Levine, and Michael W. Toffel, How Well do Social Ratings Actually Measure Corporate Social Responsibility? February 5, 2008.
Nisvan Erkal and Suzanne Scotchmer, Scarcity of Ideas and Options to Invest in R&D. December 17, 2007.
Cynthia A. Kroll, Factors Driving the Silicon Valley Housing Market in 2007. June 28, 2007.

Looking for business and economics information on China and India? Here are some great online sources. Links are located on the Electronic Databases page.

Business Monitor Online
Business Source Complete
Chinese Studies Online
EIU Country Reports and Profiles
Factiva
Global Market Information Database
International Financial Statistics
ISI Emerging Markets Database

Interested in learning to be a more effective negotiator? The Long Library offers a number of books focusing on skill develop in negotiation. Sample titles include:

Essentials of negotiation. HD58.6 .L487 2007
Fearless negotiating : the wish-want-walk method to reach solutions that work. HD58.6 .D659 2007
Negotiating essentials : theory, skills, and practices. BF637.N4 C363 2008
Negotiating outcomes : expert solutions to everyday challenges. HD58.6 .N335 2007
The point of the deal : how to negotiate when "yes" is not enough. HD58.6 .E78 2007
The power of a positive no : how to say no and still get to yes. BF637.N4 U795 2007
Practical negotiating : tools, tactics, & techniques. HD58.6 .G665 2007
Principles of negotiation : strategies, tactics, techniques to reach agreements. HD58.6 .G83 2007

The Data Lab on the second floor of Doe Memorial Library is a treasure trove of numerical resources supporting all types of social science data needs. Check out their website for further details on what is offered in terms of content and services.

EconBiz is the best virtual library for economics and business studies. It supports your research in economics and related fields by guiding you to internet resources, online-catalogs, full text working and discussion papers and other reports worldwide.

Use Proquest's Historical Annual Reports Collection online to study U.S. companies doing business from 1884 to 2005; more recent corporate annual reports may be found in the Mergent Online database.

New electronic journals in accounting, auditing, and taxation have been added to the collection:

The MarketResearch Academic database has added a new research report supplier — Simba Information. Simba's extensive information network delivers top quality, independent perspective on the people, events, and alliances shaping the media and information industry.

The Business Monitor Online site has been completely redesigned to make access to their excellent industry and country reports more efficient. Use this database for current analyses and industry reports for 10 different global industries. The country risk reports are also not to be missed.

The Long Library offers numerous e-books for those individuals preparing resumes, cover letters, and for interviews.

A collection of audio books on business topics is available for borrowing. Titles include:

Communicating in Business
Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In
Good Business: Leadership, Flow and the Making of Meaning
Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less
Mavericks at Work
Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
Working with Emotional Intelligence