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The UM system libraries offer a wealth of business related resources, including current books, journals,
newspapers, videos, software, company reports, and business directories. To locate library resources:
Go to the library web site and click on Library Catalog
No username or password necessary.
Search for books, videos, or other materials in the UM system libraries.
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FIND ARTICLES IN JOURNALS, NEWSPAPERS, OR DOCUMENTS
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Go to the library web site and click on "Find an article from a database."
You may enter and scroll down the A-Z list of all library databases, or select the subject "Business and Technology".
When you click on any one of the databases, you will be asked to enter a username and password.
These are the same username and password that you use for entering the campus network (first initial_last name, social or other campus i.d. number).
IF YOU ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH YOUR CAMPUS NETWORK ACCESS, notify your instructor and call the Registrar's Office, (406)683-7371.
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Selected library databases related to Business and Technology:
Business and Company ASAP gives full-text and citations/abstracts to business journal articles, along with Company Profiles and related articles.
Business and Company Resource Center includes Company and Industry information, as well as full-text journal articles.
Computer Database provides full-text computer industry journals from the Gale Group Infotrac databases.
EBSCO Business Source Premier gives full-text and citations/abstracts to business journal articles, along with updated Company Profiles from Datamonitor.com.
Emerald Library (click on the orange "Full Text" tab) includes full-text business journal articles.
New York Times Online is one of the world's leading newspapers. Retrieve full-text articles from current and historical papers.
JSTOR provides historical information from journals in business, economics, and related topics.
Wilson Web Databases (choose the Subject Area, "Business") includes full-text business and technology journal articles.
Wall Street Journal is NOT online, but IS available in print, in the library, current and past three months
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FIND A JOURNAL ARTICLE FOR WHICH YOU ALREADY HAVE A CITATION
Go to the library web site and click on Article Linker to search for journal titles in multiple
periodical databases at once. After locating your journal, click on "Search for Article" to enter the article title, author, volume number, etc. Click on the "Article" link.
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Business Week
CNET reviews all types of technology products.
ComputerWorld
Manufacturing.net provides access to current issues and web articles across various manufacturing-related areas.
Forbes.com offers news headlines and special online reports, current issue, selected articles only
FT.com Financial Times offers articles of interest to the international community.
Hotel and Motel Management
IMF Publications
The Institution of Electrical Engineers (European) provides a lengthy list of electronic journals related to engineering and technology.
Industry Week
Journal of Information Technology Education
International Journal of Humanoid Robotics (current issue only)
Robotics Online offers the free current issue of their bi-monthly e-newsletter, along with industry information.
Technology Review.com offers selected free full-text articles only.
Online Magazine offers selected free full-text articles only.
Wireless Week (see also their Tools and Web Directories).
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GOVERNMENT INFORMATION
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GPO is a
searchable database of publications from the U.S. Government Printing
Office. In FirstSearch, select GPO and search your topic. Watch for full-text links to government web sites.
Visit the official web portal for the State of Montana,
Discovering Montana to search for any Montana government information related to business, including the MT Dept. of Labor & Industry and MT Dept. of Commerce web sites.
See the Montana State Commerce Department's Census and Economic Information Center
for Census data relevant to Montana. This site is considered one of the best of its kind in the nation.
The web portal for all federal government information is FirstGov.gov where you can link
to the Department of Labor, Department
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INTERNET RESOURCES
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Online Tutorials for Technology Skills
HP Learning Center offers free online courses at a variety of levels and applied to business settings on software applicatons, programming, Web site construction, and networking.
Microsoft Education Center provides free online information and tutorials for K-16 educators, administrators, students, and parents.
Adobe Online Training provides selected free sample online tutorials with additional instruction beginning at $49/course.
Electric Teacher offers free short tutorials for teachers on FrontPage, Word, PowerPoint, PhotoDraw, and additional links.
MacAcademy/WindowsAcademy produces and sells high-quality training CD-ROM's on a wealth of software.
ShortCourses bills itself as THE digital photography resource center, with online books on a broad range of digital photography topics.
Beginner's Guide to Dreamweaver and Fireworks
Atomic Learning offers over 10,000 short technology tutorials via QuickTime video. Selected tutorials are free, and complete access is a subscription fee of $79.99/year. Atomic is a 2005 SIIA Codie Award finalist for "Best Web-Based Instructional Solution".
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Information & Professional Development
Annual Reports.com offers free online access to a large selection of company annual reports.
Best of the Best Business Web Sites with most links updated in 2004.
Competia Express provides industry-specific web links.
Factiva.com is an award-winning business news and information services available for $69 annual subscription.
Forbes.com's Best of the Web, Winter 2004 includes sites on Investing, Management, Personal Finance, and Careers.
EDGAR is an award-winning business information database from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
ehotelier.com is the "one stop web site for hoteliers" and provides hospitality industry news and links to associations worldwide.
Federal Reserve System click on "About the Fed" for links to district web sites and more.
Gary Price's List of Lists provides links to ranking information on companies by industry.
International Ecotourism Society
International Monetary Fund
PC Magazine's Top 101 Web Sites 2004 which includes sites for "Business & Finance," "Computer Experts," and "Travel," and more.
"Smart Stops on the Web" from Journal of Accountancy; Sep2004, Vol. 198 Issue 3, p21, 1p, on EBSCO Business Source Premier.
2005 SIIA CODIE AWARDS lists the Software & Information Industry Association's annual winners for best technology in the categories of software, content, education, and business.
Valuation Resources.com provides business valuation information and links.
Wall Street Executive Library offers "the web's best business sites."
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Associations & Organizations
Because of the large number of associations across all categories of business and technology, only a selected number
of Montana organizations are listed below.
Search for other associations in the Associations Unlimited database,
which contains over 450,00 organizations, association materials, and IRS information on selected non-profits.
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BizMT.com is Montana's Business Portal.
Business to Business Montana is Montana's Official Statewide Business Directory.
Made in Montana
Montana Agricultural Organizations
Montana Business Connections offers a resource directory, calendar of training events, and profiles of MT Manufacturers.
Montana Chamber of Commerce which includes a list of local chambers in Montana.
Montana Economic Developers Association
Montana Electric Cooperatives' Association
Montana Forest Owner's Association
Montana Kiwanis
Montana Small Business Development Centers
Montana Telecommunications Association
Northwest Mining Association links to state and national mining organizations and information.
Technology Education Association of Montana
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FIND COURSE RESERVES MATERIALS
Select one of three options for searching and using Course Reserves:
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Go to the library web site and click on Library Catalog .
Click on Course Reserves to search for books, videos, or other materials that your instructor has put on reserve for your class.
Retrieve reserved materials at the Circulation Desk .
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Go to the library web site and click on E-Res , then "Electronic Reserves and Course Materials" .
Next, select your instructor's name .
The default password for E-Res is your instructor's last name in lower case letters. Ask your instructor if there are reserves on E-Res.
E-Res articles open in Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available on all campus computers.
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Go to the library Circulation Desk and ask for the reserves under the instructor name and course.
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INTERLIBRARY LOAN
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Go to the library web site and sign up for the ILLiad online request and loan service.
If off-campus, go to your local college, school, or public library and ask for interlibrary loan assistance.
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CONTACTS
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If you have trouble with your computer access you may give the library or
Swysgood Technology Center a call. Our staff may direct you to an online help sheet of
frequently asked questions FAQ's) or help you troubleshoot your problem: | |
Lucy Carson Library Circulation Desk
(406) 683-7542 |
Swysgood Technology Center Computer Lab Desk
(406) 683-7054 |
WebCT Help Desk
(406)683-7007
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