Technology Management Research Guide

This online guide is developed specifically for those doing research in Technology Management. It provides a recommended list of resources, which encompasses print materials, electronic databases, and selected Internet resources.

For more extensive research help, contact Stephen Tipler, Technology Management subject specialist, at 696-2907.

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Books

Use the library catalog to locate books in the Marshall University libraries. The following Library of Congress Subject Headings can be used with the Basic Search by Subject Heading to locate books in the Marshall University libraries:
- Technology
- Management
For additional, useful subject headings for your topic, consult the following listings, available in the Reference Collection: Library of Congress Subject Headings (Reference Desk)
Browse the shelves in these call number areas to find books devoted to technology:

T Technology (General)
TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering
TC Hydraulic engineering. Ocean engineering
TD Environmental Technology. Sanitary engineering
TE Highway engineering. Roads and pavements
TF Railroad engineering and operation
TG Bridge engineering
TH Building construction
TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
TK Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering
TL Motor vehicles. Aeornautics. Astronautics
TN Mining engineering. Metallurgy
TP Chemical technology
TR Photography
TS Manufactures
TT Handicrafts. Arts and crafts
TX Home economics
For books at other libraries, search other Library catalogs over the Web. These books may be ordered from other libraries using the (Information Delivery Services (IDS).

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Selected Periodicals

The following periodicals in Technology Management are available in print format in the MU Libraries or online:

Annals of Science - Per/Q1.A61 library catalog Online Sources
British Journal of Educational Technology Online Sources
Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society Online Sources
Clinical Laboratory Science Online Sources
Configurations Online Sources
Education and Information Technologies Online Sources
Hydraulics & Pneumatics Online Sources
Information & Communications Technology Law Online Sources
Information Systems Journal Online Sources
Information, Knowledge & Systems Online Sources
Information, Knowledge & Systems Management Online Sources
International Journal of Technology and Design Education Online Sources
International Review of Law, Computers & Technology Online Sources
Issues in Science and Technology library catalog Online Sources
Journal of Engineering Technology Online Sources
Journal of High Technology Management Research Online Sources
Journal of Special Education Technology library catalog
Media and Methods Online Sources
MIT's Technology Review Online Sources
Multimedia Information and Technology library catalog Online Sources
Popular Mechanics library catalog Online Sources
Popular Science library catalog Online Sources
Research in Science & Technical Education Online Sources
Science News - Per/Q1.S76 library catalog Online Sources
Science Now Online Sources
Science Technology & Human Values Online Sources
Scientific American - Per/T1.S5 library catalog Online Sources
T.H.E. Journal library catalog Online Sources
Technology & Culture - Per/T1.T27 library catalog Online Sources
Technology Review Online Sources
Technology Teacher library catalog Online Sources
Water Resources Research - Per/GB651.W32 library catalog Online Sources

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Reference Sources

The Reference Collection, located on the first floor of Drinko Library, contains many print resources that provide useful background information:
The Dictionary of space technology / by Joseph A. Angelo - Ref. TL788.A53 1982
Asimov's bibliographical encyclopedia of science and technology; the lives and achievements of 1195 great scientists from ancient times to the present, chronologically arranged / by Isaac Asimov - Ref. Q141 1972
English-French and French-English technical dictionary; metallurgy, mining, electricity, chemistry, mechanics, sciences / Francis Cusset - Ref. T10 .C8
French-English science and technology dictionary / Louis DeVries - Ref. Q123 .D37 1976
Van Nostrand Reinhold dictionary of information technology / Dennis Longley - Ref. QA76.15 .L6 1989
Adaptive technology for the Internet : making electronic resources available to all / Barbara T. Mates - Ref. Z675.B6 M38 2000
Milestones in science and technology : the ready reference guide to discoveries, inventions, and facts / Ellis Mount - Ref. Q199 .M68 1987
Pugh's Dictionary of acronyms and abbreviations : abbreviations in management, technology, and information science / compiled by Eric Pugh - Ref. T8 .P79 1987
Dictionary of space technology / Mark Williamson - Ref. TL788 .W55 1990
Applied science & technology index. - Ref. Z7913 .I7
The biographical dictionary of scientists / consultant editor Roy Porter - Ref. Q141 .B526 1994
Chambers science and technology dictionary / general editor Peter Walker - Ref. Q123 .C5 1988
Chemical and process technology encyclopedia / editor in chief Douglas Considine - Ref. TP9 .C49
Comprehensive supramolecular chemistry - Ref. QD411 .C66 1996
Dictionary of science and technology / editor T.C. Collocot - Ref. Q123 .D53 1972
Dictionary of psychological tests in the sport and exercise sciences / edited by Andrew Ostrow - Ref. GV706.4 .D57 1990
Encyclopedia of chemical technology - Ref. TP9 .E685 1991
Encyclopedia of physical science and technology / editor in chief Robert Meyers - Ref. Q123 .E497 2002
The encyclopedia of soil science - Ref. S592 .E52
Handbook of educational psychology / editors David Berliner, Rober Calfree - Ref. LB1051 .H2354 1996
Handbook of research on science teaching and learning / edited by Dorothy Gabel - Ref. Q181.A1 H35 1994
The impact of emerging technologies on reference service and bibliographic instruction / edited by Gary Pitkin - Ref. Z711 .I44 1995
The international encyclopedia of educational technology / edited by Michael Eraut - Ref. LB1028.3 .I567 1989
Kirk-Othmer Concise encyclopedia of chemical technology - Ref. TP K54 1985
McGraw-Hill dictionary of scientific and technical terms / Sybil Parker - Ref. Q123 .M15 1984
McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of environmental science / Sybil Parker - Ref. QH540.4 .M3 1980
McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of science & technology : an international reference in twenty volumes including index - Ref. Q121 .M3 1992
Science tracer bullets : a reference guide to scientific, technological, health, and environmental information sources / edited by Helene Henderson - Ref. Z7409 .S343 1990
Scientific Style and Format: The CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers Ref. T11.S386 1994 (Reference Desk)
The technology management handbook T49.5 .T4454 1999

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Indexes & Online Journal Articles

The online and print databases and indexes listed below will provide references to articles (or in some cases full-text articles) in a wide range of periodicals, from news magazines and newspapers to scholarly and professional journals. If you have questions about choosing or using a database or index, please consult a librarian.

Journals Search - Provides a list of journals available in print at Marshall as well as access to full-text articles in databases to which Marshall University subscribes.
Academic Search Premier - EBSCOhost
The worlds largest academic multi-disciplinary database. Full text articles for nearly 4,650 publications, including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles. Coverage: 1975 - current
Cambridge Scientific Abstracts - CSA
Citations and abstracts in forty-eight databases, mostly in the biological and life sciences, aquatics, and engineering. All areas of science and engineering, political science, social services. Coverage: varies; most beginning in early 1980’s.
Emerald FullText - Emerald
Full text journals with an emphasis on management, business, and social sciences. Coverage: 1989 to present
SpringerLink - Springer Online
Full text access to 750 journals, with the ability to search across the table of contents and abstracts of all journals formerly owned by Kluwer. Includes journals in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences. Coverage: Some full text back to 1997
Academic (LexisNexis) - LexisNexis
Full-text articles and documents from over 5,900 news, business, legal, medical, and reference publications. News sources include newspapers, wire services, and more. Legal sources include U.S. Federal and state case law, codes, regulations, legal news, law reviews, international, and Shepards Citations for all U.S. Supreme Court cases back to 1789. Coverage: varies

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Biographical Sources

American Men & Women of Science - Ref. Q141.A47
Provides a short description of the life, education and work of the scientist.
Biography Index - Ref. Z5301.B5
Lists books, chapters and periodical articles about people. It has a subject index that allows searching by specialty.
Dictionary of Scientific Biography - Ref. Q141.D5
Provides in-depth articles on scientists.
Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated
Contains more than 72,000 biographies and obituaries and more than 20,000 photographs. Many of the biographies are enhanced with full text, abstracts, and citations from H. W. Wilson databases. Contains the full text of the articles from more than 100 volumes of biographical reference books published by H. W. Wilson, including all the articles from all volumes of Current Biography and the World Author Series. The biographies are searchable by name, profession, title, place of origin, gender, race/ethnicity, titles of works, date of birth, date of death, keyword, and presence of images.

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Statistical Sources

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E-Books

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Prepared by Stephen Tipler, Reference Librarian & Technology Subject Specialist
Last updated 3/14/08