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The Library is pleased to announce the addition of the following e-journal databases  
Proquest ABI/INFORM (Business Collection)

ACM Digital Library (Computing & IT)

ACM Computing Reviews (Computing)


       

  
Use the Ask a Librarian webform or Help Online if your reference question is brief. If you have in-depth questions, contact Puan Norhasni Abdul Aziz, our Reference Librarian by e-mail at norhasniabaziz@wou.edu.my or call at 604-2180 169.
 
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1Find an article
Read journal articles to get up-to-date information on your area of research. Click on the sources below to search for the e-journal titles/articles :
 
SourceDatabase nameTitle
Online databaseDirectory of Open Access Journal (DOAJ)(i) Managers and engineer economists in the development of the social economy / Ioan Constantin and Magdoiu Liliana Doina
(ii) Environmental, personality and motivational factors: a comparison study between woman entrepreneurs and woman non entrepreneurs in Malaysia / Kavitha–Raman, R N, Anantharaman and Santhi Ramanathan
 
Online databaseJSTOR(i) Bankruptcy law and entrepreneurship development: a real options perspective / Seung-Hyun Lee, Mike W Peng, Jay B Barney
(ii) Entrepreneurship and development / Harvey Leibenstein
(iii) State entrepreneurship and dependent development / John R Freeman
(iv) Entrepreneurship and economic development: the problem revisited / Nathaniel H Leff
(v) The impact of institutions on entrepreneurial activity / Frank H Stephen, David Urbano and Steven van Hemmen
(vi) The pursuit of managerial entrepreneurship: does organization matter? / Myung Jae Moon
(viii) International entrepreneurship: the intersection of two research paths / Patricia Phillips McDougall and Benjamin M Oviatt
(ix) Performance-based vs socially supportive culture: a cross-national study of descriptive norms and entrepreneurship / Ute Stephan and Lorraine M Uhlaner
(x) A paradigm of entrepreneurship : entrepreneurial management / Howard H Stevenson and J Carlos Jarillo
(xi) The changing nature of public entrepreneurship / Luc Berneir and Taieb Hafsi
 
Online journal (full-text may not be available) Fast Company
Forbes
Home Business Magazine
Inc.
Harvard Business School
International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management
Journal of Business Venturing
Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research
Journal of Small Business Management
Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal
The Journal of Entrepreneurship
The Next Women
The Wall Street Journal
 
 
2Find a book (subject classification)
The library catalogue (MyCatalogue) tells you what the library owns. Use the following Library of Congress Subject Headings or appropriate keywords.
 
Administrative skillsBanksBusinessBusiness and economics
Business communicationBusiness enterprises -- AsiaBusiness enterprises -- Asia -- DirectoriesBusiness enterprises -- Business environment
Business enterprises -- Computer networksBusiness enterprises -- Computer networks -- MalaysiaBusiness enterprises -- Computer networks -- ManagementBusiness enterprises -- Computer networks -- Planning
Business enterprises -- Computer networks -- Security measuresBusiness enterprises -- Data processingBusiness enterprises -- Environmental aspectsBusiness enterprises -- Examinations, questions, etc.
Business enterprises -- FinanceBusiness enterprises -- Finance -- Handbooks, manuals, etcBusiness enterprises -- Finance -- Study guidesBusiness enterprises -- Finance --Textbooks
Business enterprises -- MalaysiaBusiness enterprises -- Malaysia -- ForecastingBusiness enterprises -- MarketingBusiness enterprises -- Moral and ethical aspects
Business enterprises -- PlanningBusiness enterprises -- Registration and transfer -- MalaysiaBusiness enterprises -- Registration and transfer -- Malaysia -- PeriodicalsBusiness enterprises -- Taxation -- Malaysia
Businessman -- Malaysia -- BiographyBusiness ownershipBusiness planBusiness planning
Business skillsBusiness ventureClustersCommercial
CommunicationCommunication approachesCompetitorsConceptual skills
CorporationsCreationCreative behaviorCreativity
Cultural issuesCustomersDeveloping networksDomestic entrepreneurship
Economic developmentEconomic growthEconomies of scaleEntrepreneurial skills
EntrepreneurshipEntrepreneurship -- AsiaEntrepreneurship -- BusinessEntrepreneurship -- Case studies
Entrepreneurship -- CongressesEntrepreneurship -- CorporateEntrepreneurship -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.Entrepreneurship -- Innovation
Entrepreneurship -- MalaysiaEntrepreneurship -- Pacific AreaEntrepreneurship -- PenangEntrepreneurship -- Study and teaching
Entrepreneurship -- Study and teaching (Higher)Entrepreneurship scenariosFinancialFinancial institutions
Flexible manufacturing systemsFundingGlobal entrepreneurGlobal strategy
Globalization -- Economic aspects -- AsiaGrantsHuman skillsHybrid business
IncomeIndustrial innovationIndustrial policy -- CongressesIndustries -- Size
InnovationsInternal company sourcesInternational business enterprisesInternet -- Congresses
LeadershipMarket analysisMarketingMergers and acquisitions
Mortar businessNew business enterprisesNew business enterprises -- AsiaNew business enterprises -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Online businessPartnershipPattern of managemenPersonality development
RegulatorsSales strategiesSecond-tier financeSelf-employed
ShareholdersSmall businessSmall business -- Computer network resources -- CongressesSmall business -- Management
Small business -- Management -- Study and teachingSmall business -- Pacific Area -- ManagementSmall business -- Southeast Asia -- ManagementSocial aims
Social enterpriseSocial entrepreneurship Social ownershipSocial risks
Success in businessSuppliersSynthesisTechnical skills
TechnopreneurshipTrade associationsTraditional brickTechnological innovations
Technological innovations -- Economic aspects Technological innovations -- Economic aspects -- CongressesYouth -- PenangVenture capital
Venture capitalists21st century
 
3Find print sources
A selected list of books on Entrepreneurship available in the library's collection to help you get started on your research :
 
Call NumberTitleCall NumberTitle
General Collections
BF576 Y55 2007Emotional excellence in the workplace: Leonard Personality Inventory (LPI) personality profiling / Leonard YongBF698 C976 2005Current directions in personality psychology / Carolyn C Morf and Ozlem Ayduk (eds.)
HB615 A819 2007The entrepreneur's book of checklists: 1000 tips to help you start and grow your business / Robert AshtonHB615 C958 2003Business lessons for entrepreneurs: 35 things I learned before the age of thirty / Mark D Csordos
HB615 F849 2010Entrepreneurship: theory, process and practice / Howard H Frederick and Donald F KuratkoHB615 E61 2009Entrepreneurship, growth, and public policy / Zoltan J Acs, David B Audretsch and Robert J Strom (eds.)
HB615 F979 2013Fundamentals of entrepreneurship / Sodri Ariffin, Ismail Ab Wahab and Zarida Hambali (eds.)HB615 M827 2008Corporate entrepreneurship and innovation: entrepreneurial development within organizations / Michael H Morris, Donald F Kuratko and Jeffrey G Covin
HB615 I58 2012Innovative firms in emerging market countries / Edmund Amann and John Cantwell (eds.)HB615 K365 2001Entrepreneurship and enterprise development in Asia / Raymond W Y Kao and Tan Wee Liang
HB615 T974 201425th anniversary: young enterprise program Penang / Deebanjli Lakshmayya (ed.)HB615 W529 2013Entrepreneurship: a very short introduction / Paul Westhead and Mike Wright
HB3722 G562 2010Globalization and growth: implications for a post-crisis world / Michael Spence and Danny Leipziger (eds.)HC445.5.T4 G573 2008Go for broke!: tales of technopreneurship / Oon Yeoh
HC79 I5 F59 2007Flat world, big gaps: economic liberalization, globalization, poverty and inequality / Jomo K S and Jacques Baudot (eds.)HC445.5 L732 2004My story / Lim Goh Tong
HD2333 P881 2001Home-based business / Brendan PowerHD2341 B9672Entrepreneurship and small business / Paul Burns
HD2346 E61 2011Entrepreneurship and small business / Michael Schaper et al.HD26 D583 1999E-commerce law and practice / Julian Ding
HD30.28 B276 2015Preparing effective business plans: an entrepreneurial approach / Bruce R BarringerHD30.28 B799 2010Modern ERP: select, implement & use today's advanced business systems / Marianne Bradford
HD30.28 M734 2009Concepts in enterprise resource planning / Ellen F Monk and Bret J WagnerHD30.28 I72Make your business grow: take a strategic approach / David Irwin
HD30.28 S772 2007Global competitive strategy / Daniel F SpulberHD30.3 H431 2012HBR guide to networking / Harvard Business Review
HD30.4 I65 2011The management of strategy: concepts / R Duane Ireland, Robert E Hoskisson and Michael A HittHD31 P739 2010Better business / Mary Anne Poatsy and Kendall Martin
HD38.5 F979 2008Competing in a flat world : building enterprises for a borderless world / Victor K Fung, William K Fung, and Yoram (Jerry) WindHD58.7 G6182International organizational behaviour: text, cases and exercises
HD60 B271 2013Social entrepreneurship: from issue to viable plan / Terri D Barreiro and Melissa M StoneHD60 B863 2005Corporate integrity: rethinking organizational ethics, and leadership / Marvin T Brown
HD6054.4 P881 2001Women's retail clothing / Brendan PowerHD62.4 G562 2011Global business: environments and strategies / Adewale Aregbeshola et al.
HD62.4 R333 2012The virtues of leadership: contemporary challenges for global managers / Armenio Rego, Miguel Pina e Cunha and Stewart CleggHD62.5 S754 2012New venture creation: entrepreneurship for the 21st century / Stephen Spinelli, Jr., and Robert J Adams
HD62.5 E61 2013Entrepreneurship / Robert D Hisrich, Michael P Peters and Dean A ShepherdHD62.7 S285 2014Essentials of entrepreneurship and small business management / Norman M Scarborough
HD62.7 Z71 2008Essentials of entrepreneurship and small business management / Thomas W Zimmerer, Norman M Scarborough and Doug WilsonHD66 L655 2013Team planning for project managers and business analysts / Gail Levitt
HF1008 F345 2011Business: a changing world / O C Ferrell, Geoffrey A Hirt and Linda FerrellHF1359 G562Globalisation and its impact on Asia: sharing knowledge, ideas and information
HF3000 H339 2010Essential reads for global leaders / Harvard Business ReviewHF3800 Y46 1998Management challenges for Malaysian companies / Michael Yeoh
HF5351 B724 2011Contemporary business / Louis E Boone and David L KurtzHF5351 S859 2013Cambridge international AS Level and A Level business studies / Peter Stimpson and Peter Joyce
HF5415.5 S799 2005The new marketing conversation: creating and strengthening relationships between buyers and sellers / Donna Baier Stein and Alexandra MacAaron
HF5438.25 S291101 successful sales strategies: top techniques to boost sales today / Stephan SchiffmanHF5548.32 B617 2001Successful e-business strategy: the potential of electronic marketplaces / Charles Birch
HF5548.32 C433 2009E-business and e-commerce management: strategy, implementation and practice / Dave ChaffeyHF5548.34 I61 2009Internet-enable hand devices, computing and programming: mobile commerce and personal data applications / Wen-Chen Hu (eds.)
HF5635 A882 2008Accounting and finance for non-specialists / Peter Atrill and Eddie McLaneyHF5718 L815 2014Business communication: building critical skills / Kitty O Locker and Stephen Kyo Kaczmarek
HG173 M178 2010Financial institutions and markets / Jeff MaduraHG181 J43 2004Operations of financial institutions: study manual (CF02) / Jee Tzin Kit and K Loghandran
HG221 C387 2011Money, banking and financial markets / Stephen G Cecchetti, Kermit L Schoenholtz and James FacklerHG4026 M113 2009Contemporary corporate finance / James R McGuigan, William J Kretlow and R Charles Moyer
HG4026 M161 2009Business finance: theory and practice / Eddie McLaneyHG4026 P426 2007Estimating market power and strategies / Jeffrey M Perloff, Larry S Karp and Amos Golan
HG4026 S774 2008Financial management / Rajiv Srivastava and Anil MisraHG4751 L434 2012Entrepreneurial finance / J Chris Leach and Ronald W Melicher
HM216 E84 2011Ethics and social responsibility: Asian and Western perspectives / Gary KY Chan and George TL Shenoy (eds.)HM846 F897 2005The world is flat: a brief history of the globalized world in the twenty-first century / Thomas L Friedman
JZ1242 K24 2010The global future: a brief introduction to world politics / Charles W Kegley, Jr., and Gregory A RaymondJZ1318 G562 2009Global crises, global solutions / Bjorn Lomborg (ed.)
JZ1318 H474 2011Globalization/anti-globalization: beyond the great divide / David Held and Anthony McGrewKF4605.15 A315 2010Akta Pendaftaran Perniagaan 1956 (Akta 197) dan Kaedah-Kaedah = Registration of Businesses Act 1956 (Act 197) and Rules: (Hingga 15hb Mei 2010) / Lembaga Penyelidikan Undang-Undang
KPG2866 Y46 2009Business taxation / Alan Yeo Miow ChengLB3605 E96 2011Exploring leadership: individual, organizational, and societal perspectives / Richard Bolden et. al.
LC268 N962 2001Education in the moral domain / Larry P NucciRS380 K72 2006Knowledge accumulation and industry evolution: the case of pharma-biotech / Mariana Mazzucato and Giovanni Dosi (eds.)
T173.8 K92 2007Competing for the future: how digital innovations are changing the world / Henry Kressel and Thomas V LentoT212 G342 2009Inventing entrepreneurs: technology innovators and their entrepreneurial journey / Gerard George and Adam J Bock
TK5105.5 O62 2011Top-down network design / Priscilla OppenheimerQA76.76.A65 L761 2001B2B application integration: e-business-enable your enterprise / David S Linthicum
QA76.9.U83 M 153 2013UI is communication: how to design intuitive, user-centered interfaces by focusing on effective communication / Everett N McKay
Reference Collections
REF KPG806.5 S615 2004Law of contract: volume I and II / Dato' Seri Visu SinnaduraiREF KPG953.5 P221 2011Partnership Act 1961 (Act 135): (as at 10th February 2011)
REF HC865 M645 2008The millennium development goals report 2008REF HG5750.6 D657 2011Doing business in Malaysia 2011: guidebook by MDC Publishers
Audio-Visual Collections
ML3551 A493 2007American roots music / Asian Association of Open Universities [CD-ROM]
Serial Collections
SC GC59.72 A191MIMA bulletin / Maritime Institute of MalaysiaSC KPG956 A313Laporan tahunan=annual report SSM / Suruhanjaya Syarikat Malaysia
WOU Course Materials
LB1028 BIS541/03 W356 2003BIS541/03 Managing Information Systems: course guide (DVD)LB1028 BBF302/05 W356 2009BBF302/05 Financial Management and Analysis: course guide
 
4Find online databases
 
NoDatabase name
iiEBSCO e-books Business with Academic Collection
iiiDirectory of Open Access Books
ivDirectory of Open Access Journal
 
5Find e-book sources
 
Database nameE-book Title
Books24x7(i) Corporate entrepreneurship: how to create a thriving entrepreneurial spirit throughout your company / Robert D Hisrich and Claudine Kearney
(ii) Grow from within: mastering corporate entrepreneurship and innovation / Robert Wolcott and Michael Lippitz
(iii) Young world rising: how youth, technology and entrepreneurship are changing the world from the bottom up / Rob Salkowitz
(iv) Social entrepreneurship for the 21st century: innovation across the nonprofit, private and public sectors / Georgia Levenson Keohane
(v) The portable MBA in entrepreneurship (4th ed.) / William D Bygrave and Andrew Zacharakis
(vi) Corporate entrepreneurship: top managers and new business creation / Vijay Sathe
(vii) Enterprise risk assessment and business impact analysis: best practices / Andrew N Hiles
(viii) Measuring organizational performance: metrics for entrepreneurship and strategic management research / Robert B Carton and Charles W Hofer
(ix) The new pioneers: sustainable business success through social innovation and social entrepreneurship / Tania Ellis
 
EBSCOHost(i) Emerging paradigms in international entrepreneurship / Marian Jones and Pavlos Dimitratos
(ii) Entrepreneurs: talent, temperament, technique / Bill Bolton and John Thompson
(iii) How to become a successful IT consultant / D Remenyi
(iv) Business history around the world / Franco Amatori and Geoffrey Jones
(v) Emerging paradigms in international entrepreneurship / Marian Jones and Pavlos Dimitratos
(vi) Knowledge management tools and techniques: practitioners and experts evaluate KM solutions / Madanmohan Rao
(vii) Key account management: tools and techniques for achieving key supplier status / Peter Cheverton
(viii) Managing information communication technology investments in successful enterprises / Sam Lubbe and PA Hershey
(ix) International institutions and multinational enterprises: global players—global markets / John-ren Chen
(x) 18 steps for starting your business / Linda Pinson
(xi) The accidental entrepreneur: 50 things I wish someone had told me about starting a business / Susan Urquhart-Brown
(xii) Global enterprise transitions: managing the process / Yi-chen Lan, Bhuvan Unhelkar and PA Hershey
 
E-books Centre
(i) Models of opportunity: how entrepreneurs design firms to achieve the unexpected / Gerard George and Adam J Bock
(ii) Accidental entrepreneur : 50 things I wish someone had told me about starting a business / Susan Urquhart-Brown
(iii) 18 steps for starting your business/ Linda Pinson
(iv) Entrepreneurs: talent, temperament, technique (2nd ed.) / Bill Bolton and John Thompson
(v) The business of healthcare innovation / Lawton Robert Burns
(vi) Corporate entrepreneurship / Vijay Sathe
(vii) Innovation and entrepreneurship in Japan : politics, organisations and higher technology firms / Kathryn Ibata-Arens
(viii) Sustainable business development / David L Rainey
 
 
6Internet sources
Below is a selective list of Internet sources related to Entrepreneurship. The list is incomplete. We welcome suggestions to expand it.
 
Malaysia Automotive Institute
Malaysia Productivity Corporation
MATRADE
MDEC
MIDA
MIDF
MITI
MSC Malaysia
NAVEM
PEMUDAH
SEED
SIRIM QAS International
SME Bank
Startup Malaysia
Young Entrepreneur Organization Malaysia
 
WebsitesA SmartBear
ACCA
AngelList
AudienceBloom
Babson College
Biz/ed
Boss Network
Bplans
CHIC CEO
Copyblogger
Duct Tape Marketing
EconBiz
Entrepreneur
Entrepreneurship and Small Business Research Institute (ESBRI)
EpicLaunch
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
FormSwift - Provides three all-in-one resources to help small business grow successfully and sustainably - SWOT analysis guide,  Sample business plans,   Tax filing guides (1099 Misc forms)
For Entrepreneurs
HugeDomains.com
Inc.Video
Khera Communications, Inc.
National Association for the Self-Employed
Rural Development Leadership Network
US Small Business Administration
 
International OrganisationsASEAN Foundation
ASHOKA Innovators for the Public
The Conference Board
Florida Virtual Entrepreneur Center
International Entrepreneurs Association United Kingdom
IQPC
MMBC Continuum
Ministry of Trade and Industry Singapore
Office of the United States Trade Representative
The Royal Commonwealth Society
World Trade Organization (WTO)
 
OER Sites (Search for section on Entrepreneurship)Alison
Ariadne
Bookboon.com
Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources
ComPADRE Digital Library
Coursera
Flat World Education
Khan Academy
Libraries of the University of Oklahoma
Motion Mountain (e-book)
OER Africa
Open Textbook Library
Phet Interactive Simulations
Podcast
Symmetry
YouTube
 
Country InformationGlobal Entrepreneurship Monitor
NationMaster
OECD iLibrary
The World Bank
World Economic Forum
 
 
7Find newspapers article
Newspapers provide current news on matters of general interest. You may need to do further searching on your topic using detailed sources.
 
NoFree e-Newspaper
iAgenda Daily
iiBerita Harian Online
iiiHarian Metro
ivMalay Mail Online
vNew Straits Times Online
viThe Star Online
viiThe Sun Daily
viiUtusan Online
NoSubscribed e-newspaper
iNSTP News & Image Bank
 
8General information
Useful Internet Reference Resources
 
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