Saylor URL: http://www.saylor.org/books Saylor.org
10.7 Additional Resources
The Library of Congress is the nation’s oldest federal cultural institution and serves as
the research arm of the U.S. Congress. It is also the largest library in the world, with
millions of books, recordings, photographs, maps, and manuscripts in its collections.
http://www.loc.gov/index.html
The Copyright Office of the Library of Congress offers a wide variety of resources for
understanding copyright law and how to avoid plagiarism. http://www.copyright.gov
The Learning Center is designed to help educators and students develop a better sense
of what plagiarism means in the information age, and to teach the planning,
organizational, and citation skills essential for producing quality writing and research.
http://www.plagiarism.org/learning_center/home.html
The New York Public Library’s Science, Industry, and Business Library (SIBL) is the
nation’s largest public information center devoted solely to science and business.
http://www.nypl.org/research/sibl
The Lippincott Library serves the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania,
one of the world’s top business schools. http://www.library.upenn.edu/lippincott
Thunderbird School of Global Management operates Thunderbird Knowledge Network,
an interactive forum on contemporary business issues delivered in stories, columns,
videos, podcasts, and blogs. http://knowledgenetwork.thunderbird.edu/research
The Wall Street Journal is one of the most widely read sources of business news.
http://online.wsj.com/home-page
Personalize your business news and analysis with Business Week’s member service,
Business Exchange. http://bx.businessweek.com
INSEAD: The Business School for the World, one of the largest and most highly
regarded schools for MBA, Executive MBA, and PhD degrees in business, makes its
library resources available online. http://www.insead.edu/library/index.cfm
As an example of an industry trade association, the Association of Construction Project
Managers (ACPM) is a voluntary association of specialist project management
professionals working in the built environment. http://www.acpm.co.za
The United States Government’s Small Business Administration has a mandate to aid,
counsel, assist and protect the interests of small business concerns, to preserve free
competitive enterprise, and to maintain and strengthen the overall economy of our
nation. http://www.sba.gov