Business Research

• A Business Researcher's Interests is a growing knowledge map of Contemporary Business, Management and Information Technology issues accessible through a metaindex of twenty topical sections. It provides access to full-text papers, magazines & journals, case studies, tools and other key resources on some of the hottest issues -- of interest to both Business and Technology professionals -- such as BPR, Outsourcing, Virtual Corporations, Intranets, Knowledge Management, Organizational Learning, Electronic Markets, Complexity Research, etc. Also included are a research jump station for all areas of business research, international business issues, WWW development sites, and jobs and resume pages.
• UnCover Web is a product of CARL Corporation, a Knight-Ridder Information Company. It is a fee-based service for document access and retrieval. However it will allow one to search its database at no cost to look a tables of contents of publications or to find information on a certain subject. It reveals the citation and provides an opportunity for you to order it for a fee.
• AskERIC is Internet-based education information service of the ERIC System. ERIC is a federally-funded national information system that provides, through its 16 subject-specific clearinghouses, associated adjunct clearinghouses, and support components, a variety of services and products on a broad range of education-related issues. One can search their database, which is particularly good for topics related to training in business.
• Electronic Journals is a search tool for finding newsletter, journals, publishing companies, and other resources on the web. It allows one to search by name or by category. It has won several awards for best web site.
• The Electronic Library is a site with links just for researching. It lead one to books, newspapers and magazines, reference material, and subject search sites. Also lists links to various search tools.
• PRARS (Public Register's Public Report Service), is America's largest annual report service. Company financials, including annual reports, prospectuses or 10k's on over 3,200 public companies are available without charge to the investing public. Obtaining annual reports is fast, simple, and convenient with PRARS. Here are the many ways you can reach PRARS to request company financials:
  Call 1-800-4-ANNUAL (426-6825)
  FAX 1-203-974-2229
  America Online - keyword: Annual
  Internet - www.prars.com
• Bibliographic Formats for Citing Electronic Information. presents formats suggested here are based on the forthcoming book by Li & Crane, Electronic styles: A Handbook for citing electronic information (1996), by Information Today, Inc.The book follows two common citation conventions, APA & MLA, and adds embellishments to represent the unique features of electronic information.