SMaRT 2.0 --Scholarly Management Research Toolbox  Tags: business_and_economics  

This web page has been created for Department of Business Administration, College of Business at the University of Illinois.

The purpose to showcase resources and higlight library services for faculty and students in the fields of business and economics at Illinois. The emphasis is online, although many resources are still in print and microform.

Where to find resources:

Print: go to the library specified, and find them by call number.

UIUC Online Research Resources: available to all UIUC affiliated faculty, staff and students. You will be prompted to log in with your NetID and password if you access them outside the UIUC campus network. You can access them from Online Research Resources or via the Alphabetical List of Databases.

WWW: general websites (some come with our subscription).

BEL: Data * Knowledge * Service

This guide was created by Becky Smith, who is the Head of the Business and Economics Library.

Her expertise is selecting, evaluating, and negotiating purchases for information in management, finance, accounting, as well as research navigation, especially in locating historical time-series data.

Contact Becky via e-mail or by phone at 333-3619 to set up an appointment.

Spring Semester 2010
January 19 - May 5

Mon - Thur 8:30am - 9:00pm
Fri 8:30am - 5:00pm

Sat  Closed

Sun 1:00pm - 9:00pm

Spring Break Mar 20-28

8:30am - 5:00 pm

The University Libraries strive to provide as many resources via the web for your searching convenience at any place or whenever you would like to do research.

For simple searching, BEL (in conjunction with the Engineering Library) offers Business & Technology Quick Search.  This is a good place to start when you aren't certain where to go first.  It is best for looking for literature in the area of Technology Management.

BEL also has Fast Answers, a database of frequently asked questions on a topic level.  You can search the entire database or click on one of the areas of finance, accounting, economics, labor, companies, industries, etc and browse the lists of questions.  NOTE: This is not the place to do a company search on a specific company.  Instead, it is a tool which will lead you to sources on how to find information on companies.

For searching across a broad range of databases, go to the Library's Easy Search/Gateway page.

To renew books you have checked out, go here.

You can also request books from other libraries here.

Answers to other frequently asked questions, such as fines, computer labs, photocopying, etc, go here.  Other Do-It-Yourself services for graduate students can be located here.

If you are a Research Assistant for a professor, please read through the FAQs on services for RAs.

University of Illinois Libraries: Uncover and Discover

BEL Homepage leads one to the drop down menu of our most used resources. Resources are listed alphabetically.

BEL also has tutorials for some databases.

In addition, there are guides to other areas of interest for pedagogy and research:

Business Policy and Strategy

EMBA Introduction to Business and Economics Databases

Entrepreneurship

International Business

Marketing Research

Purchasing and Supply Management

Small Business Consulting

Technology Entrepreneurship