Management 252: Researching Entrepreneurs & Companies
compiled by Wendy Diamond Business Librarian 

Company History

General History
Articles

 

  Company History (Reference)
International Directory of Company Histories Business Services Table 1A #25
Use index in last volume

Encyclopedia of Major Marketing Campaigns Business Services Table 2B #60

Hoover's Handbook of American Business
Print: BusinessServicestable BST 1B #1)
Online: ABI/Inform > Selected Databases. Also in Factiva > Company Quick Search.

Mergent Online ReSEARCH Station /Articles & Databases
Use company history tab

Company's web site
Use Google to find the site, look at company history link.

Two American Entrepreneurs www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/walker/walker.htm

   Biographical Overviews (Reference & Web)

Biography web sites http://www.csuchico.edu/lref/elebooks.html#biol

Contemporary American Business Leaders Reference HC102.5 A2 I534

Current Biography Reference CT100 C8
Indexed in Academic Search

Notable Black American Women Reference E185 E185.96 N68
There others like this one around the same area on the shelf....Use the bibliography to identify sources

The Management Century Reference HD31 C686
 Use the "name" index

General History (Reference & Web)

          Business History www.let.leidenuniv.nl/history/res/bushis/us.html

Encyclopedia of American Economic History Reference HC103 E52

Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History Reference HC102 G35 199

Articles - ReSEARCH Station /Articles & Databases

ABI/Inform
 -- Subject headings to combine with a personal or company name:
personal profiles, entrepreneurs, company profiles
-- Example: branson richard and personal profiles
-- Example: virgin air and company profiles

Academic Search
-- Search for articles on companies or people.
-- Hint: Use the Indexes button, then Browse an index, such as
"Company Entity" fedex
"People" smith fred

America History & Life
-- Search by keywords or by subject

JSTOR
-- Select journal disciplines "African American History," "Economics," "History"

  Books

Meriam Library Catalog ReSEARCH Station
-- Click on "Books" in the upper left corner.
-- Search by subject using the Author/Title/Subject button
-- Some useful subject headings:

African American Business Enterprises -- History
Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship -- Biography
Entrepreneurship -- United States
Corporations -- United States -- Growth
Corporations -- United States -- History


CSU Library Catalog (Pharos) ReSEARCH Station /Library Catalogs
Search for and request books from other CSU libraries.


UC Libraries (Melvyl) ReSEARCH Station /Library Catalogs
Identify books to order via Interlibrary Loan

"Chicago" style citation format

Chicago Style "Bibliography Format" will be used in this class. See this link for a complete set of examples.

Donaldson, Sonya A., "Anatomy of a Startup," Black Enterprise, 35, no. 4 (2004): 112. ABI/Inform Global, (31 January 2005).

Author's lastname, firstname, "Title of Article," Title of Journal, volume, issue number (year): starting page. Name of database (Date retrieved).

Help

Come to the Reference Desk during these hours.

Contact Wendy at the Reference Desk (2nd floor of Meriam LIbrary)--
Make an appointment with me -- wdiamond@csuchico.edu

Ask a Librarian available anytime www.csuchico.edu/library/ask.htm (email or "chat")

 

This document is maintained by Wendy Diamond
Last Updated:  2/11/05