Operations Management

Background Information

Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management - Operations Management
Volume 10 of this set is The Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary of Operations Management. This dictionary provides short articles with bibliographies.

Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science
This print encyclopedia provides a mixture of short definitions and long essays with bibliographies.

Encyclopedia of Production & Manufacturing Management
This print encyclopedia provides a mixture of long essays with bibliographies and short definitions of key terms.

Industrial Management Dictionaries
This search in Western Libraries' Catalogue lists dictionaries related to industrial management.

Oxford Reference Online Premium
This website provides access to a selection of dictionaries published by Oxford University Press.

For an up-to-date list of books held by Western Libraries, search the Library Catalogue for the SUBJECTs:

Business Logistics
Industrial Management
Management Science
Materials Management
New Products
Operations Research
Production Management
Project Management
Quality Control
System Analysis

The following links search Western Libraries' Catalogue for periodicals by topic. Please note that this list is not complete. Check for individual titles by doing a title search in the Catalogue.

Industrial Management Periodicals
Management Science Periodicals
Operations Research Periodicals
Production Management Periodicals

CBCA Business
This collection provides in depth access to a broad range of Canadian business periodicals. It satisfies the information needs of business professionals, journalists, students, and teachers interested in business issues in Canada.

Economic Literature (EconLit)
EconLit is a comprehensive, indexed bibliography with selected abstracts of the world's economic literature, produced by the American Economic Association. It includes coverage of over 400 major journals as well as articles in collective volumes (essays, proceedings, etc.), books, book reviews, dissertations, and working papers licensed from the Cambridge University Press Abstracts of Working Papers in Economics.

Emerald Library
This database provides access to over 130 journals in a variety of disciplines ranging from education and information science to management and operations research.

International Abstracts in Operations Research
This resource is available in print from 1961 to 2002 and electronically from 1989 to the present.

Operations Research/Management Science
This print resource provides abstracts of articles written from 1961 to the 2009.

OR/MS Today
Published by the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences. Online access from 2002 to 2008.

ProQuest Direct-ABI/Inform-Global Research
This database provides detailed coverage of business, economic and political conditions by indexing and abstracting the information that is contained in over 1,500 journals and magazines. In addition, the full text and/or the complete image is provided for over 800 of the periodicals. Abstracts may be found as far back as 1971 and the full image is often provided after 1987. Updates are continuous and the most current issues of some magazines are available as soon as they are published.

Quality Control and Applied Statistics
This print resource provides abstracts for articles written between 1959 and the present.

Canada Business Network
Management and Operations resources from the Government of Canada.

Free Management Library
Operations management topics.

IHS iSuppli Market Intelligence
Dedicated to market research analysis of the electronics value chain.

Informs Online - website
The website for The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences.

Operations Management Center
"Thousands of resources for students, faculty and professionals."

Operations Management Division
From the Academy of Management.

Organizations

Association for Operations Management (APICS)
"APICS The Association for Operations Management is the global leader and premier source of the body of knowledge in supply chain and operations management, including production, inventory, materials management, purchasing, and logistics."

Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP)
"CSCMP exists to 1) Provide opportunities for supply chain professionals to communicate in order to develop and improve their supply chain management skills; 2) Identify and conduct research which adds to the knowledge base of supply chain theory and practice; 3) Create awareness of the significance of supply chain to business and to the economy"

Institute for Supply Management (ISM)
"ISM's mission is to lead the supply management profession through its standards of excellence, research, promotional activities, and education."

Project Management Institute
"We serve practitioners and organizations with standards that describe good practices, globally recognized credentials that certify project management expertise, and resources for professional development, networking and community."

Supply Chain Council
"SCC is a global nonprofit organization whose framework, improvement methodology, training, certification and benchmarking tools help member organizations make dramatic, rapid, and sustainable improvements in supply chain performance."

Warehouse Education & Research Council (WERC)
"Mission Statement: To provide leadership in the warehousing/distribution field in its evolving role in the supply chain, to advance the art and science of warehousing management, and to enhance individual development."