Subject Guides: Management Information Skills: Reading Lists

Books have Authors / editors, year, title and publisher:

Cottrell, S. (2008) The study skills handbook. 3rd edn. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Books Chapters have chapter authors, year, chapter title, PLUS book authors / editors, year, title, publisher & page numbers:

Willis, K. (2010) ‘Gender, poverty and social capital: the case of Oaxaca City, Mexico’, in Chant, S. (ed.) The international handbook of gender and poverty. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 385–390.

Journal articles have authors, year, article title, journal title, volumes, issues, pages:

Trudgill, S. (2012) ‘Do theories tell us what to see? The 19th-century observations of Darwin, Ramsay and Bonney on glacial features’, Progress in Physical Geography, 36(4), pp.

Identifying the type of resource

Bibliographic Exercise

The bibliographic exercise ensures you can find

–Books

–Journal papers

–Newspaper articles

–Web pages

Quickly and by the most reliable ways

For use in writing your essays & coursework

Academic knowledge is cumulative

References let everyone trace your sources

Approved formats ensure that the essential information to trace a source is included

EVERYTHING you refer to must be cited!

Finding Books on LibrarySearch

Finding Ebooks on LibrarySearch

Library Search

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Where to find books for your subject

Books for Management are in the Emily Wilding Davison Building. Here are some key locations.

Management
Accountancy	657	Business Statistics	519.502465
Corporations	338.74	Distribution and Marketing	658.8
Economics	330	Information Technology	001.5
Law	340	Management	658
Operations Research	001.424	Personnel Management	658.3
Principles of Management	658	Production Management	658.5