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HOLD IT!!!
DOING A RESEARCH PROJECT??? Visit the RESEARCH PLANNER at UM Mansfield
Library. Some information is specific to UM but this is still a great
site for time lines and tips on research projects.
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CARSON LIBRARY RESOURCES
Go to Carson Library Web Site to
access our online resources:
http://my.umwestern.edu/library/
Carson Library and Swysgood Technology Center
can provide you with print and electronic resources, audiovisual
equipment, multimedia tools, and support for business and
technology courses from instructional technologists and librarians.
FIND BOOKS, VIDEOS, AND OTHER LIBRARY MATERIALS
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The UM system libraries offer a wealth of
business related resources, including current books, journals,
newspapers, videos, software, company reports, and business
directories. To locate library resources:
· Go to the library web site
and click on Library Catalog
· No username or password
necessary.
· Search for books, videos, or
other materials in the UM system libraries.
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FIND ARTICLES IN JOURNALS, NEWSPAPERS, OR
DOCUMENTS
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Go to the library web site and click on "Find an article
from a database."
You may enter and scroll down the A-Z list of all library
databases, or select the subject "Business and
Technology".
When you click on any one of the databases, you will be asked to
enter a username and password.
These are the same username and password that you use for
entering the campus network (first initial, last name, social or
other campus i.d. number).
IF YOU ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH YOUR CAMPUS NETWORK
ACCESS, notify your instructor and call the Registrar's
Office, (406)683-7371.
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Selected library databases related to Business and
Technology:
· Business
and Company ASAP gives full-text and
citations/abstracts to business journal articles, along with
Company Profiles and related articles.
· Business
and Company Resource Center includes Company
and Industry information, as well as full-text journal articles.
· Computer
Database provides full-text computer industry
journals from the Gale Group Infotrac databases.
· EBSCO
Business Source Premier gives full-text and
citations/abstracts to business journal articles, along with
updated Company Profiles from Datamonitor.com.
· Emerald
Library (click on the orange "Full
Text" tab) includes full-text business journal articles.
· New
York Times Online is one of the world's
leading newspapers. Retrieve full-text articles from current and
historical papers.
· JSTOR provides
historical information from journals in business, economics, and
related topics.
· Wilson
Web Databases (choose the Subject Area,
"Business") includes full-text business and
technology journal articles.
Wall Street Journal is NOT online,
but IS available in print, in the library, current and past three
months
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FIND A
JOURNAL ARTICLE FOR WHICH YOU ALREADY HAVE A CITATION
· Go to the library web site and
click on Article Linker to search for journal titles in multiple
periodical databases at once. After locating your journal,
click on "Search for Article" to enter the article title,
author, volume number, etc. Click on the "Article" link.
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FREE ONLINE JOURNALS
· Business
Week
· CNET reviews
all types of technology products.
· ComputerWorld
· Manufacturing.net provides
access to current issues and web articles across various
manufacturing-related areas.
· Forbes.com offers
news headlines and special online reports, current issue, selected
articles only
· FT.com Financial Times offers
articles of interest to the international community.
· Hotel and
Motel Management
· IMF
Publications
· The
Institution of Electrical Engineers (European)
provides a lengthy list of electronic journals related to
engineering and technology.
· Industry Week
· Journal
of Information Technology Education
· International
Journal of Humanoid Robotics (current issue
only)
· Robotics
Online offers the free current issue of their
bi-monthly e-newsletter, along with industry information.
· Technology Review.com offers
selected free full-text articles only.
· Online
Magazine offers selected free full-text
articles only.
· Wireless Week (see
also their Tools and Web Directories).
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GOVERNMENT INFORMATION
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· GPO is
a searchable database of publications from the U.S. Government
Printing Office. In FirstSearch,
select GPO and search your topic. Watch for full-text links to
government web sites.
· Visit the official
web portal for the State of Montana,
Discovering
Montana to search for any Montana government information
related to business, including the MT Dept. of Labor & Industry
and MT Dept. of Commerce web sites.
· See the Montana State
Commerce Department's Census and
Economic Information Center for Census data
relevant to Montana.
This site is considered one of the best of its kind in the nation.
· The web portal for all
federal government information is FirstGov.gov
where you can link to the Department of Labor, Department
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INTERNET RESOURCES
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Online Tutorials for Technology Skills
· HP Learning Center offers
free online courses at a variety of levels and applied to business
settings on software applicatons,
programming, Web site construction, and networking.
· Microsoft
Education Center provides free online information and
tutorials for K-16 educators, administrators, students, and
parents.
· Adobe Online Training provides
selected free sample online tutorials with additional instruction
beginning at $49/course.
· Electric Teacher offers
free short tutorials for teachers on FrontPage, Word, PowerPoint,
PhotoDraw, and additional links.
· MacAcademy/WindowsAcademy produces and
sells high-quality training CD-ROM's on a wealth of software.
· ShortCourses bills
itself as THE digital photography resource center, with online
books on a broad range of digital photography topics.
· Beginner's Guide to Dreamweaver
and Fireworks
· Atomic Learning offers
over 10,000 short technology tutorials via QuickTime video.
Selected tutorials are free, and complete access is a subscription
fee of $79.99/year. Atomic is a 2005 SIIA Codie Award finalist for "Best
Web-Based Instructional Solution".
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Information & Professional
Development
· Annual Reports.com offers
free online access to a large selection of company annual reports.
· Best
of the Best Business Web Sites with most links updated in
2004.
· Competia
Express provides industry-specific web links.
· Factiva.com is an
award-winning business news and information services available for
$69 annual subscription.
· Forbes.com's
Best of the Web, Winter 2004 includes sites on Investing,
Management, Personal Finance, and Careers.
· EDGAR is an award-winning
business information database from the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission.
· ehotelier.com is
the "one stop web site for hoteliers" and provides hospitality
industry news and links to associations worldwide.
· Federal Reserve System click
on "About the Fed" for links to district web sites and
more.
· Gary Price's List of Lists provides
links to ranking information on companies by industry.
· International
Ecotourism Society
· International Monetary
Fund
· PC
Magazine's Top 101 Web Sites 2004 which includes sites for
"Business & Finance," "Computer Experts,"
and "Travel," and more.
· "Smart Stops on the Web" from
Journal of Accountancy; Sep2004, Vol. 198 Issue 3, p21, 1p, on
EBSCO Business Source Premier.
· 2005 SIIA
CODIE AWARDS lists the Software & Information Industry
Association's annual winners for best technology in the categories
of software, content, education, and business.
· Valuation
Resources.com provides business valuation information
and links.
· Wall Street
Executive Library offers "the web's best business
sites."
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Associations & Organizations
Because of the large number of associations across all
categories of business and technology, only a selected number of Montana
organizations are listed below.
Search for other associations in the Associations
Unlimited database, which contains over 450,00 organizations, association materials, and
IRS information on selected non-profits.
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· BizMT.com is Montana's
Business Portal.
· Business to Business Montana is
Montana's
Official Statewide Business Directory.
· Made in Montana
· Montana
Agricultural Organizations
· Montana Business Connections offers
a resource directory, calendar of training events, and profiles of
MT Manufacturers.
· Montana Chamber
of Commerce which includes a list of local chambers in
Montana.
· Montana Economic Developers
Association
· Montana Electric Cooperatives'
Association
· Montana Forest Owner's
Association
· Montana Kiwanis
· Montana Small Business
Development Centers
· Montana Telecommunications
Association
· Northwest Mining
Association links to state and national mining
organizations and information.
· Technology Education
Association of Montana
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FIND COURSE RESERVES MATERIALS
Select one of three options for searching and using
Course Reserves:
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· Go to the library web
site and click on Library Catalog .
· Click on Course
Reserves to search for books, videos, or other materials
that your instructor has put on reserve for your class.
· Retrieve reserved
materials at the Circulation Desk .
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· Go to the library web
site and click on E-Res , then "Electronic
Reserves and Course Materials" . Next, select your instructor's
name .
· The default password
for E-Res is your instructor's last name in lower
case letters. Ask your instructor if there are reserves on E-Res.
· E-Res articles open
in Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available on all campus
computers.
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· Go
to the library Circulation Desk and ask for the
reserves under the instructor name and course.
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INTERLIBRARY LOAN
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· Go to the library web
site and sign up for the ILLiad
online request and loan service.
· If off-campus, go to
your local college, school, or public library and ask for
interlibrary loan assistance.
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CONTACTS
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If you have trouble with your computer access
you may give the library or Swysgood Technology
Center a
call. Our staff may direct you to an online help sheet of
frequently asked questions FAQ's) or help you troubleshoot your
problem:
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Lucy Carson Library Circulation Desk
(406) 683-7542
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Swysgood
Technology Center Computer
Lab Desk
(406) 683-7054
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WebCT Help Desk
(406)683-7007
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mh/2005 Updated 03/31/06
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