Business Library News

The University of Iowa Libraries have added the following newspapers to our online sources.  Click on the links below or search by title in the InfoHawk catalog.

Proquest Historical Newspapers Atlanta Daily World
This database provides full page and article images with searchable full text from the Atlanta world (1931-1932) and the Atlanta daily world (1932-2003). The collection includes digital reproductions of every page from every issue in PDF format.

Proquest Historical Newspapers Los Angeles Sentinel
This database provides full page and article images with searchable full text from the Los Angeles sentinel (1934-2005). The collection includes digital reproductions of every page from every issue in PDF format.

Proquest Historical Newspapers New York Amsterdam News
This database provides full page and article images with searchable full text from the New York Amsterdam news (1922-1938), New York Amsterdam news (1938-1941 : City ed.), New York Amsterdam news (1943-1961 : City ed.), New York Amsterdam news (1962-1993), New York Amsterdam star-news (1941-1943), and the New York star & Amsterdam news (1941-1941). The collection includes digital reproductions of every page from every issue in PDF format.

Proquest Historical Newspapers Pittsburgh Courier
This database provides full page and article images with searchable full text from the Courier (1950-1954 : City ed.), New Pittsburgh courier (1969-1981 : City ed.), New Pittsburgh courier (1981-2002), Pittsburgh courier (1911-1950 : City ed.), and Pittsburgh courier (1955-1965 : City ed.). The collection includes digital reproductions of every page from every issue in PDF format.

The University of Iowa Libraries provides full access to this major African-American publication.  As the Black Studies Center from ProQuest notes:

“The Chicago Defender. Robert Sengstacke Abbott founded the Defender in May 1905 and by the outbreak of the First World War it had become the most widely-read black newspaper in the country, with more than two thirds of its readership based outside Chicago. When Abbott died in 1940, his nephew John Sengstacke became editor and publisher of the Defender, which began publishing on a daily basis in 1956.”

Chicago Defender (Black Studies Center) The full text backfile of the influential black newspaper The Chicago Defender is available through the Black Studies Center site. It includes the Saturday edition (1910 to 1975) and the Daily edition (1956-1975).

Chicago Defender (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)
This database provides full page and article images with searchable full text from the Chicago daily defender (1966-1973 : Big weekend ed.), Chicago daily defender (1960-1973 : Daily ed.), Chicago defender (1905-1966 : Big weekend ed.), Chicago defender (1973-1975 : Big weekend ed.), Chicago defender (1973-1975 : Daily ed.), Chicago defender (1921-1967 : National ed.), and the Daily defender (1956-1960 : Daily ed.). The collection includes digital reproductions of every page from every issue in PDF format.

Important! You must be associated with the University of Iowa and have a Hawk ID in order to read the following e-books. The titles are available from Books24×7.
To find a book on the site, search by “Titles”.

50 Activities for Employee Engagement
by Peter R. Garber
HRD Press © 2007 (230 pages)
ISBN: 9781599960661

Featuring a collection of skill-building activities, this manual will help you understand what employee engagement really means, how it can help your organization and how to create and maintain an engaged workforce.

Commercialization of Innovative Technologies: Bringing Good Ideas to the Marketplace
by C. Joseph Touhill, Gregory J. Touhill and Thomas A. O’Riordan
John Wiley & Sons © 2008 (252 pages)
ISBN: 9780470230077

Focusing on three core areas that set the stage for successful commercialization, this book takes you through the complete lifecycle of product innovation, including screening, funding, development, and commercialization.

Communication and Implementation: Sustaining the Practice
by Jack J. Phillips and Wendi Friedman Tush
Pfeiffer © 2008 (224 pages)
ISBN: 9780787987220

Exploring the range of reporting methods including face-to-face meetings, brief reports, one-page summaries, routine communication, mass-audience techniques, and e-communications, this book offers suggestions for determining the best methods to employ.

Consider It Done!: Ten Prescriptions for Finishing What You Start, Second Edition
by Stanley E. Hibbs
Multi-Media Publications Inc. © 2007 (149 pages)
ISBN: 9781897326510

Do you have trouble finishing what you start? Do you begin worthwhile projects only to let them fall by the wayside? This valuable guide outlines ten simple prescriptions to help you overcome excuses and battle the fear of failure.

Corporate Reputation: 12 Steps to Safeguarding and Recovering Reputation
by Leslie Gaines-Ross
John Wiley & Sons © 2008 (208 pages)
ISBN: 9780470171509

Identifying the roles leaders must play in reputation recovery and sustainability, this insightful book concisely explains why reputation matters to a company’s valuation and well-being.

Driving Down Cost: How to Manage and Cut Costs Intelligently
by Andrew Wileman
Nicholas Brealey Publishing © 2008 (242 pages)
ISBN: 9781857885125

Offering a toolkit of key ideas and cost management strategies, frameworks for analyzing cost, and techniques for implementing cost-reduction programs, this practical book addresses issues of strategy and leadership and  details of operational execution.

Effective Personal Communication Skills for Public Relations
by Andy Green
Kogan Page © 2005 (240 pages)
ISBN: 9780749444075

Drawing on the very latest research and thinking into how the mind works and how ideas are communicated, this book transforms perspectives on public relations and provides insights into specific tools and new opportunities in indirect marketing.

The Ernst & Young Business Plan Guide, Third Edition
by Brian R. Ford, Jay M. Bornstein and Patrick T. Pruitt
John Wiley & Sons © 2007 (256 pages)
ISBN: 9780470112694

Whether you’re considering starting, expanding, or acquiring a business, this straightforward guide leads you carefully through every aspect involved in researching, writing, and presenting a winning business plan.

Giving Back : Connecting You, Business, and Community
by Bert Berkley and Peter Economy
John Wiley & Sons © 2008 (176 pages)
ISBN: 9780470167533

Featuring stories, anecdotes, personal observations, and advice of visionary leaders in business, this inspirational book shows the positive benefits of becoming involved in your community and of affiliating your business with charities and nonprofits.

Leader to Leader 2: Enduring Insights on Leadership from the Leader to Leader Institute’s Award-Winning Journal
by Frances Hesselbein and Alan Shrader
Jossey-Bass © 2008 (384 pages)
ISBN: 9780470195475

Bringing together the best and most popular articles from the award-winning journal “Leader to Leader,” this unique book provides valuable lessons for all leaders and emerging leaders, whatever their role and wherever they find themselves.

Money
by Mark F. Dobeck and Euel Elliott
Greenwood Press © 2007 (256 pages)
ISBN: 9780313338526

Presenting a colorful history of money in its economic, political, and socio-cultural context, this engaging book examines banks and financial institutions, the role of currency in national sovereignty, financial markets and innovation, and more.

Numbers Guide: The Essentials of Business Numeracy, Fifth Edition
by The Economist
Profile Books © 2003 (256 pages)
ISBN: 9781861975157

“The Economist” covers a wide range of subjects with confidence, wit and authority–Economist Books mirror this approach. This invaluable guide demonstrates how readers can communicate effectively with numbers.

The Open Source Alternative: Understanding Risks and Leveraging Opportunities
by Heather J. Meeker
John Wiley & Sons © 2008 (285 pages)
ISBN: 9780470194959

Written for lawyers and businesspeople alike, this book explains and analyzes open source licensing issues, and gives practical suggestions on how to deal with open source licensing in a business context.

Parallel Peaks: Business Insights While Climbing the World’s Highest Mountains
by John D. McQuaig
HRD Press © 2008 (128 pages)
ISBN: 9781599960708

Intended to help you keep heading upward in your business leadership pursuits, this book ties together common elements of mountaineering and business management that make the crucial difference between success and failure in either endeavor.

A Practical Guide to Assessment Centres and Selection Methods: Measuring Competency for Recruitment and Development
by Ian Taylor
Kogan Page © 2007 (272 pages)
ISBN: 9780749450540

Providing measurement tools, assessment methods, and numerous exercises, this practical guide offers busy HR practitioners a robust, rounded way to measure candidate competency in recruitment or in assessing for promotion.

The Price is Wrong: Understanding What Makes a Price Seem Fair and the True Cost of Unfair Pricing
by Sarah Maxwell
John Wiley & Sons © 2008 (240 pages)
ISBN: 9780470139097

Whether we’re consumers or merchants, fair pricing is an issue that affects us all. Sharing her deepest insights on the issue, the author of this timely book examines both the psychological and sociological basis of fair pricing.

Riding the Indian Tiger: Understanding India - The World’s Fastest Growing Market
by William Nobrega and Ashish Sinha
John Wiley & Sons © 2008 (253 pages)
ISBN: 9780470183274

Providing an exciting look at “new India”, this book offers individuals and organizations a detailed picture of the economic opportunities India has to offer, and shows how to get in on the ground floor and profit from India’s economic boom.

What If?: Short Stories to Spark Diversity Dialogue
by Steve L. Robbins
Davies-Black Publishing © 2008 (216 pages)
ISBN: 9780891062752

Presenting a series of stories that illustrate key concepts about diversity, inclusion, and the value of an open mind, this workshop-in-a-book will stimulate diversity dialogue and activities to help organizations practice new thinking and behaviors.

Important! You must be associated with the University of Iowa and have a Hawk ID in order to read the following e-books. The titles are available from Books24×7.
To find a book on the site, search by “Titles”. 

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Advanced Selling For Dummies
by Ralph R. Roberts and Joe Kraynak
John Wiley & Sons © 2007 (380 pages)
ISBN: 9780470174678 

Stressing the importance of focusing on your innate skill sets and creating a distinctive brand for yourself, this practical book teaches the tricks and habits that can benefit you both in your professional and personal life.

Anatomy of a Business: What It Is, What It Does, and How It Works
by Sasha Galbraith
Greenwood Press © 2007 (328 pages)
ISBN: 9780313337932

Through dozens of examples and illustrations, this book first defines the major types of business and then metaphorically takes the roof off an office building to peer inside, explaining how each business function, department, and unit works.

Best Practice in Performance Coaching: A Handbook for Leaders, Coaches, HR Professionals and Organizations
by Carol Wilson
Kogan Page © 2007 (256 pages)
ISBN: 9780749450823

With worksheets, exercises, evaluations and case studies, this book offers extensive guidance on coaching techniques, models and tools as well as advice on how to train as a coach, how to run a coaching practice and how to structure coaching sessions.

Can We Do That?!  Outrageous PR Stunts That Work?!
by Peter Shankman
John Wiley & Sons © 2007 (224 pages)
ISBN: 9780470043929

By inspiring you to think nontraditionally and find new and creative ways to get your company noticed, this handy guide offers a funny and insightful look at what it takes to win the game of PR.

The Connect Effect: Building Strong Personal, Professional, and Virtual Networks
by Michael Dulworth
Berrett-Koehler Publishers © 2008 (208 pages)
ISBN: 9781576754627

Based on the author’s twenty-plus years of experience running networks, as well as interviews with top executives, researchers, and thought leaders, this strategic guide will help you take a conscious, systematic approach to networking.

Corporate Governance of Sustainability: A Co-Evolutionary View on Resource Management
by Raimund Bleischwitz (ed)
Edward Elgar Publishing © 2007 (288 pages)
ISBN: 9781847202284

Considering the corporate governance of sustainability from a co-evolutionary perspective, this book explores the links between pro-active approaches at the corporate level, market-based incentives and environmental networks.

Finance for Non-Financial Managers and Small Business Owners, 2nd edition
by Lawrence W. Tuller
Adams Media © 2008 (320 pages)
ISBN: 9781598691641

With key terms, important concepts, and clear explanations and examples of all you need to know, this guide helps you to understand the basics of finance so that you can make informed financial decisions.

Floating Your Company: The Essential Guide to Going Public, 3rd Edition
by Jonathan Reuvid (ed)
Kogan Page © 2007 (278 pages)
ISBN: 9780749450564

Providing a detailed explanation of the flotation process, this guide explains the strategic issues that may arise, as well as the inevitable changes that occur both in terms of the day-to-day running of the business and in the overall company culture.

From Contact to Contract: 496 Proven Sales Tips to Generate More Leads, Close More Deals, Exceed Your Goals, and Make More Money
by Dianna Booher
Booher Consultants, Inc. © 2003 (304 pages)
ISBN: 9780793168002

From prospecting and presenting to consultative conversations and closing, this easy-to-skim reference offers broad coverage of each facet of sales and provides tips and best practices without getting bogged down in sales theory and models.

How to Negotiate Anything with Anyone Anywhere Around the World, Third Edition
by Frank L. Acuff
AMACOM © 2008 (320 pages)
ISBN: 9780814480663

Organized in an easy-to-access, quick-reference format, this guide is packed with specific how-to information on negotiating in over 55 countries and provides you with the savvy you need to negotiate with finesse and ease, no matter where you are.

Performance Planning and Review: Making Employee Appraisals Work, 2nd Edition
by Richard Rudman
Allen & Unwin © 2003 (226 pages)
ISBN: 9781741141030

Describing how systematic performance management is a key to organizational success in today’s complex and competitive world, this book outlines the options available and discusses how to work out what is best for your organization.

Pricing with Confidence: 10 Ways to Stop Leaving Money on the Table
by Reed K. Holden and Mark R. Burton
John Wiley & Sons © 2008 (240 pages)
ISBN: 9780470197578

Showing you how to fully exploit the value your company offers customers, this book offers a proven plan for increasing your sales without sacrificing profits.

Project Valuation Using Real Options: A Practitioner’s Guide
by Prasad Kodukula and Chandra Papudesu
J. Ross Publishing © 2006 (257 pages)
ISBN: 9781932159431

Presenting a practical approach to real options valuation to make it easily understandable by practitioners and senior management, this book helps you minimize upfront investment risks, exercise flexibility in decision making, and maximize the returns.

The Quest for Global Dominance: Transforming Global Presence into Global Competitive Advantage, Second Edition
by Anil K. Gupta, Vijay Govindarajan and Haiyan Wang
Jossey-Bass © 2008 (320 pages)
ISBN: 9780470194409

Presenting the lessons from the authors’ twenty-year study of over two hundred corporations, this comprehensive book offers valuable insight into what companies need to know as they expand their international horizons.

The Stock Market
by Rik W. Hafer and Scott E. Hein
Greenwood Press © 2007 (176 pages)
ISBN: 9780313338243

Featuring examples, graphics, illustrations, glossary, index, and references, this book offers an accessible and engaging introduction to the world of investment and corporate finance, while illuminating one of the icons of capitalism.

The Transparent Corporation: Managing Demands for Disclosure
by David Uren
Allen & Unwin © 2003 (289 pages)
ISBN: 9781865088976

Drawing insights from leading business, investment and legal thinkers, this book shows how new disclosure requirements are impacting on the management of corporations and the world of share trading.

Why Should the Boss Listen to You?: The Seven Disciplines of the Trusted Strategic Advisor
by James E. Lukaszewski
Jossey-Bass © 2008 (240 pages)
ISBN: 9780787996185

Exploring the barriers, threats, constraints, options, and opportunities to offer powerful and wise counsel and recommendations, this book explains the crucial disciplines that trusted advisors must master to get and keep the confidence of leaders.

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A new report from the Congressional Research Service covers the status of government-sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Fannie Mae’s and Freddie Mac’s Financial Problems: Frequently Asked Questions (by N. Eric Weiss, 15 July 2008; order code RS22916) is available for free from the Center for Democracy and Technology.