Research Guide - Technology Management

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.

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

• Annals of Science
• British Journal of Educational Technology
• Clinical Laboratory Science
• Configurations
• Education and Information Technologies
• Hydraulics & Pneumatics
• Information & Communications Technology Law
• Information Systems Journal
• International Journal of Technology and Design Education
• International Review of Law, Computers & Technology
• Issues in Science and Technology
• Journal of Engineering Technology Management
• Journal of High Technology Management Research
• Journal of Special Education Technology
• Media and Methods
• MIT's Technology Review
• Multimedia Information and Technology
• Popular Mechanics
• Popular Science
• Research in Science & Technical Education
• Science News
• Scientific American
• Technology & Culture
• Technology Review
• Technology Teacher
• Water Resources Research

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• 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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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
  
• ProQuest Databases - ProQuest
  Provides citations and abstracts from 50+ databases across 9 subject areas. Full-text is available in 2 of the databases: Nursing & Allied Health Source and Dissertations & Theses. Subjects include arts, business, history, health & medicine, science & technology, and social sciences. 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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• 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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• National Institute of Standards and Technology
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Technology

• Meaning in Technology
• Knowing Machines : Essays on Technical Change
• Information Ecologies: Using Technology With Heart
• Harvard Business Review On the Business Value of IT
• Information, Systems, and Information Systems : Making Sense of the Field
• Future Organizational Design : The Scope for the IT-based Enterprise
• Measuring the Value of Information Technology
• Beyond the IT Productivity Paradox
• Blueprint to the Digital Economy : Creating Wealth in the Era of E-business
• Wellspring of Knowledge : Building and Sustaining the Sources of Innovation
• Architects of the Information Society : 35 Years of the Laboratory for the Computer Science At MIT
• Information, Organization, and Management : Expanding Markets and Corporate Boundaries
• Foundations of Service Level Management
• Process Innovation : Reengineering Work Through Information Technology
• Classic Writings On Instructional Technology
• Managers Divided : Organization Politics and Information Technology
• Technology Across the Curriculum : Activities and Ideas
• Digital Capital : Harnessing the Power of Business Webs

Engineering

• Human Factors in Systems Engineering
• Reverse Engineering
• Thinking Like an Engineer : Studies in the Ethics of a Profession
• Statistical Methods for Reliability Data