This Subject Guide page contains Websites, Online Resources, Books, Journals and a Toolbox.

Websites

The websites for Business & Office are listed on a seperate page.

Online Resources

Some of these resources will require your Athens log in; please refer to Toolbox at the bottom of the page if you do not know what this is.

EBSCO Business Source

EBSCOhost is an online reference system with a variety of popular full text databases including this one for Business information.

Ebsco Business Source Tutorial

An Informs tutorial to help you use this database effectively.

Myilibrary (ebooks)

Myilibrary is a growing collection of electronic books or "ebooks" available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The full texts of these books are available electronically and the collection is expanding all the time. (Login with Athens when you are off site.)

Ebrary

The collection of Further Education e-books supplied by JISC. (Login with Athens when you are off site.)

Electronic Journals Service

Electronic Journals subscribed to by The Manchester College. (Login with Athens when you are off site.)

Gale Databases

The College Library subscribes to a large number of electronic journals and magazines through the service called 'Gale Databases.'

Intute

With millions of resources available on the Internet, it can be difficult to find useful material. Intute is a free online service that helps you to find the best web resources for your studies and research.

Mintel

Mintel is a global supplier of consumer, media and market research. Mintel can help you discover opportunities, monitor competitors, develop products and services, and hone your marketing and advertising efforts.

Mintel for Business and Events Management Tutorial

An Informs tutorial to help you to use this database

Tourism Insights

Articles written by Insights' professional contributors. They are drawn from all sectors of the tourism industry and monitor developments in the UK tourism market, analysing and interpreting trends and opportunities to keep you up to date. Articles listed here provide the information you need to plan your tourism strategy.

U.K. National Statistics

The official U.K. statistics site drawn exclusively from government sources.

Manchester Metropolitan University, Partner Institutions

MMU Students in partner institutions have access to a number of MMU resources designed to support them in their studies. (You will need your MMU login details to access them.)

Books

Subject Shelf Mark
Business and Management
Event Management 338.4791
Business Law 347.7
Business, general 650
Business Administration 651
Business Accounting 657
Business Management 658
On-Line Business 658.05
Business Economics 658.15
Human Resource Management 658.3
Organisational Behaviour and Strategy 658.4
Managing Change 658.406
Operations Management 658.5
Marketing 658.8
Customer Services 658.812
Market Research 658.83
Sales Management 658.84
Advertising 659.1
Trades Union Education
Labour Party 329.942
Trade Unions 331.88
Employment Law 344
Health and Safety 363.11
Careers
Careers in finance 657.023
Careers in the civil service 352.63023
Careers in transport and distribution 388.023
Careers in office and secretarial work 651.37023

Journals

These are the journals or magazines that are useful for your course. If they are available on-line simply follow the link.

Business and Management

Trades Union Education

Event Management

Toolbox

How to use the Internet
The Intute Virtual Training Suite provides free Internet tutorials to help you learn how to get the best from the Web for your education and research. The tutorials are written and updated by a team of subject specialists based in universities and colleges across the UK. Click the list of tutorials and then chose the one that interests you, or have a look at the Internet Detective which will also help you to evaluate the reliability and usefulness of web pages.

Athens
Some of the Learning centre's electronic resources will require you to log in using the Athens validation service. (Especially if you use them outside College.) You will need an Athens username and password to do this. Click on the Athens Information link on the front page of the Virtual LRC and complete and send the relevant application form.. You will receive notification of your account through your TMC student e mail account.

Words used in assignments
The words used when questions or assignments are set can be confusing if you are not used to them. This list explains what tutors and examiners are looking for and what you should write about.

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