Organization, Workforce and Leadership Studies (OWLS)

Encyclopedias and other reference works are an excellent place to start a research project by helping you get a foundation in a topic. Use Reference Sources

• For Explanations of discipline/field terminology
• Overviews of the existing research and best practices
• Training on important discipline skills
• Short biographies of influential thinkers, and
• Lists of good sources to start looking at

Credo Reference: Searches dozens of reference titles in management and business.

Oxford Reference Online: Searches a number of Oxford business & management reference titles. Many have an international focus.

Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Business and Management.

Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education 

Oxford Handbooks Online: Business and Management.

Sage Business Collection  Learn business from every perspective, with a complete range of highly accessible resources, from cases to skills development – always from diverse voices and in a global context.

Sage Education Reference Collection

Encyclopedia of Management  Covers numerous topics in management theories and applications, such as aggregate planning, benchmarking, logistics, diversification strategy, non-traditional work arrangements, performance measurement, productivity measures, supply chain management, and much more.