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eBooks for Business and Management
Subscription Databases
Business
Source Premier [About]
Provides the full-text of several hundred business-related
books. Select "Books/Monographs" from the Publications list
in the right-hand column.
Encyclopedia
of American Industries [About]
Business reference encyclopedia providing detailed, comprehensive
information on a wide range of industries in every realm of American
business. Covers manufacturing industries as well as service
and non-manufacturing industries in the United States.
Encyclopedia of Major Marketing Campaigns [About]
Covers 500 major marketing and advertising campaigns - current and historical. Includes overview, historical context, target market, competition, market strategy, etc.
Gale Virtual
Reference Library
Includes a few business-related titles, including Business
Leader Profiles for Students, Encyclopedia
of Population, Encyclopedia
of Small Business, and Gale
Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History.
MyiLibrary [About]
Includes a few business-related titles under the Social Sciences section, such as: Accounting Principles for Lawyers; Charging Ahead - The Growth and Regulation of Payment Card Markets; Competition Policy and Law in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan; and Multinationals and Corporate Social Responsibility.
NetLibrary
[About]
Search by key words, such as "project management" in the
"Basic Search" box and make sure the drop down menu says
"Full Text." This database contains a few hundred titles
covering various business topics.
Oxford
Scholarship Online [About]
Over 1,000 e-books covering Philosophy, Religion, Political Science,
and Economics and Finance. Note, the Economics and Finance titles
are limited to abstracts only.
Oxford
Reference Online [About]
Contains about 100 dictionary, language reference, and subject reference
works published by Oxford University Press. It is a fully-indexed,
cross-searchable database. Includes the following dictionaries:
accounting, business and management, economics, finance and banking,
human resource management, and international financial terms.
Safari
Tech Books Online
[About]
To view the books available to you, select "My Content"
in the Search tool bar before typing in your keywords. You'll find
a few books about business.
SourceOECD
[About]
In the Books section of this database, you will find over 1,500
entire books in pdf format covering topics such as Emerging Economies,
Transition Economies, Territorial Economy, Industry, Services and
Trade. Searchable by title or key word.
Available at Boston Public Library
The Boston Public Library
also subscribes to the Gale Virtual Reference Library, Safari Business
Books Online and Netlibrary. Their databases contain additional
items. BPL's eBooks page is available here.
A valid BPL library card is required to access BPL's databases from
outside the library. Massachusetts residents can sign up for
a temporary BPL eCard by following the instructions listed here.
Digital Collections on the Web
Answers.com - Business Topics
Excellent resource providing access to several free online publications. Coverage includes: Barron's Dictionaries (Accounting, Banking, Business Terms, Finance and Investment, Insurance, Marketing Terms, Real Estate, etc.), Encyclopedia of Business, Business Plans Handbook, International Directory of Company Histories, FX Converter by OANDA, Company Profiles from Hoovers, Inc., MarketWatch company data, Encyclopedia of Small Business, and Encyclopedia of American Industries.
Bartleby.com [About]
Contains full-text reference, literary and nonfiction works.
Coverage includes up-to-date editions of encyclopedias and dictionaries;
contemporary and classic thesauri and English usage guides; etiquette
(Emily Post) and parliamentary procedure (Robert's Rules of Order).
Google Book Search [About]
To limit your search to books that can be viewed in their entirety,
select "Full view books" below the search box. Includes
books that are either out of copyright or the publisher or rightholder
has granted permission. Also provides information on where to
borrow or purchase books.
GPO Access [About]
A service of the U.S. Government Printing Office that provides free
electronic access to a wealth of important information products produced
by the Federal Government. The information provided on this site is
the official, published version and the information retrieved from
GPO Access can be used without restriction, unless specifically noted.
Library
of Congress Digital Collections
Collection includes American Memory (history of advertising, technology
and industry), country studies/area handbooks, and more.
The Online
Books Page [About]
A directory of books that can be freely read on the Internet. Includes
more than 25,000 books covering a wide variety of subjects and it
can be searched by title, author, or Library of Congress Classification.
Project Gutenberg
[About]
Large collection of electronic texts from the public domain.
Many of the books are older items that have been digitized.