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Jennifer Stevenson edited and updated this guide Fall 2022.

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Recommended Subject-Focused Reference Books

A Global Survey of Employer and Business Membership Organizations: Inside Impacts and Responses to COVID-19

Electronic Resource

AMA Handbook of Business Writing

Electronic Resource
(American Management Association)

Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary of International Management

Electronic Resource

The Decarbonization Imperatvie

Electronic Resource 2021

Dictionary of Business and Management

Electronic Resource 2016

Encyclopedia of African American Business

Main Collection

Encyclopedia of Emerging Industries

Electronic Resource

Encyclopedia of Global Industries

Electronic Resource

Encyclopedia of Industrial and Organizational Psychology

Electronic Resource

Encyclopedia of Leadership

Electronic Resource

Europa World Year Book

Reference Collection (Second Floor) 2016

Global Business: An Economic, Social, and Environmental Perspective 3rd Ed.

Electronic Resource 2021

Global Innovation

Electronic Resource 2020

Guide to Countries of the World

Electronic Resource 2016

Historical Encyclopedia of American Business

Electronic Resource

International Directory of Company Histories

Electronic resource.
v.59 (2004) - v.143 (2013)

Oxford Handbook of Entrepreneurship

Electronic Resource

Oxford Handbook of International Business

Electronic Resource

Servant Leadership Across Cultures: Harnessing the Strength of the World’s Most Powerful Leadership Philosophy

Electronic Resrouce

Small Business Sourcebook

Reference Collection (Second Floor)

Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life

Electronic Resource, Volumes 1-5 (2017)

Worldmark Global Business and Economy Issues

Electronic Resource 2015

Philosophy of Management and Sustainability

Electronic Resource 2019

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Political Handbook of the World (CQ Press/Congressional Quarterly) This link opens in a new window "Comprehensive country profiles chronicling national history, government, and political parties, as well as profiles on intergovernmental organizations, development banks, and the agencies and specialized bodies of the United Nations."
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Mergent Online (FTSE Russell) (VALE) This link opens in a new window Provides global company and industry information; includes public company descriptions, financial data, annual reports, equity reports, industry reports, and country profiles. NOTE: Permits only five simultaneous users. Please Log Out when finished.

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Films on Demand (Infobase Learning) This link opens in a new window Films on Demand provides access to "video and multimedia for academic, vocational and life-skills content." Click "Collections" to access videos in various subject areas, such as Art & Architecture, Biology, Business & Economics, Criminal Justice & Law, Education, English, Gender & Sexuality, Guidance & Counseling, Health & Medicine, History, Psychology, and more. Also features Archival Films & Newsreels.

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