New Database: OneSource

Use this database for in-depth details on companies and industries whose operations span the globe. It includes 80,000+ international companies and their executives as well as 350,000+ U.S. and Canadian public and private companies and their executives. Company data includes financials, subsidiaries, trade and business news, and research reports. With the Company Insights Add-On Module, export company data for further comparison and analyses. You may also search for and export contact data on more than 3M executives and managers across the globe.  Check out the database now

New Database: First Research

This resource has three main sections of key business intelligence interest: Industry Profiles, Industry Prospector, and States/Provinces. There are more than 200 Industry Profiles which are updated every 90 days. The Industry Prospector allows you to search for industry drivers and key economic metrics using metrics such as financial, industry and employment growth, and prices and spending. The State/Provinces section gives a state level view of key industries, growth factors and business news that define the market. Check out the database now

New Database: Special Issues

This database tracks trade and business magazines which publish special issues on various topics. Often the special issue will have either an industry or company focus. The content covers: industry outlooks, overviews, or surveys; statistical issues; company ranking lists; buyers guides; salary surveys; product/industry focus issues; membership directories; who’s who registers; tradeshow specials; etc. Also, the magazine’s website content includes: buyers guides, calendars of trade fairs and events, industry website link lists, statistical information, interactive databases, glossaries, encyclopedias, dictionaries, acronym lists, etc. Check out the database now.

New Database: SourceOECD

Source OECD is the online library of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. It includes books, periodicals, working papers and statistics, notably: Financial Market Trends, Monthly Statistics of International Trade, OECD Economic Outlook, and OECD Economic Surveys. Check out the database now.

New Database: International Abstracts of Human Resources (IAHR)

IAHR is the most comprehensive source for abstracts in human resource management. It contains abstract articles from 53 of the most prestigious journals, including the International Journal of Human Resource Management, Human Resource Management, Organization Studies, and Journal of Management Studies. The abstracts are organized into 80 different categories, making it easy to scan your topic of interest. Each issue also has a company index, so that you can easily find articles that mention particular companies (although those companies’ names may not appear in the abstracts.) Ask for assistance if you have any difficulty finding specific articles in this resource. Check out the database now.

New Database Available: Going Global

The Walker Management Library has subscribed to  Going Global, a database which contains career and employment resources include world-wide job openings, internship listings, industry profiles and country-specific career information. More than 30,000 pages of constantly-updated content is included on topics such as: work permit/visa regulations, resume writing guidelines and examples, employment trends, salary ranges, networking groups, cultural/interviewing advice, corporate profiles and worldwide job listings. Use the Global Forum to chat with others about living and working abroad. Check out the database now.

Library Hours May 12-June 6

The library will be open from 8:00 am until 5:00 pm Monday – Friday through Friday, June 6th.
CLOSED each Saturday and Sunday; CLOSED Monday, May 26th in observance of the Memorial Day Holiday.

New Database Available: 10K Wizard

Real-time online access and full-text search of extensive financial information for publicly traded firms. Allows users to not only view the latest SEC filings of more than 68,000 companies, but search historical filings, from the start date of each company’s existence, by keyword, phrase and name. The database provides easy searching, downloading, printing of financial data, directors and executives, insider transactions, etc. The service includes real-time SEC EDGAR filings, EDGAR archives through 1994, PRE-EDGAR Historical Index (listing) of all SEC filings to 1966, regulatory documentation and more. The mass download feature allows you to obtain up to 700 filings at once.  Check out the database now.

MarketLine Database Upgraded

The Library has upgraded our subscription to MarketLine. Locate detailed US & global companies (public & private), industries & over 215 country profiles from Datamonitor Market Research. Company data includes: SWOT analyses & case studies, detailed business descriptions, locations and subsidiaries, competitors. Industry profiles include: industry scorecards, Five Forces industry analysis, market overview, value, segmentation, share, and forecasts, and the competitive landscape. Special features: M&A data which can be searched or tracked, and, the Interactive Consumer Database with market data and forecasts on values, volumes, growth, brand & company shares.

Quotes from the Man Who Invented Management

Do you know whose quotes these are?

“In all recorded history there has not been one economist who has had to worry about where the next meal would come from. “

“Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things. “

“There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all. “

In 1971, he created the first MBA program in California.

The Peter Drucker Literary Trust has donated books about and by him in many different languages. Stop by to browse them and learn how his thoughts continue to influence the practice of management.