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Featured Library Supplier | May/June 2008 |
Emerald Group Publishing
Established in 1967, Emerald Group Publishing Limited is the world’s leading publisher of management research. In total, Emerald publishes over 700 titles, comprising 200 journals, nearly 300 books and more than 200 series and serials. Emerald is COUNTER-compliant, meeting the international code of practice for reports that measure usage of online information products and services consistently.
“Research You Can Use” has been at the core of Emerald’s publishing philosophy, which means that our content is both rigorous and relevant, connecting the academic world with the world of management practice.
Emerald is committed to publishing management research that is focused on issues of social importance and to fulfilling its mission to help make the world fairer through better management. A better-managed world means better government, better business, more equality, more literacy, more education, more knowledge, more wisdom, less poverty and meritocracy of race, age and gender.
Emerald owes its unique position to the continuous expansion of its portfolio in all areas of management research and to the development of an extensive range of online products and services, designed specifically to achieve its vision.
Emerald’s range of online collections of journals and services include:
Emerald Management Xtra
Emerald’s flagship product, Emerald Management Xtra is the largest, most comprehensive collection of peer-reviewed management journals and online support for librarians, students, faculty researchers and deans.
Emerald Management Xtra features 175 full text journals, reviews from the world’s top 300 management journals and access to over 75,000 full text management articles for the highest caliber. By bringing together integrated access to journals, reviews and user-centric support resources, Emerald Management Xtra helps position the library at the heart of a university's service provision.
Emerald Alumni is the license allowing alumni association members seamless access to the information held on Emerald Management Xtra, either remotely or on campus.
Emerald Backfiles
Working with the British Library, Emerald has digitized the full archive of its journal collection in business, management, library and information services and engineering.
Emerald Backfiles provides libraries with online access to over 60,000 articles from more than 120 key management journals all the way back to volume 1, issue 1, on one unified platform. Emerald Backfiles form an interesting and important record for business and management scholars. Articles date as far back as 1898 and are from seminal publications such as Management Decision, European Journal of Marketing, and Journal of Documentation.
Emerald Management First
Emerald Management First is an online business and management library which places more management tools at your disposal than any other resource. Designed specifically for managers, Emerald Management First brings you around 250,000 linked case studies, regularly updated articles, guru interviews and more.
In addition to current awareness, Emerald Management First provides business professionals with the essential know-how required to perform in today's challenging environment. Information is delivered from the world’s top companies, leading business schools and most respected management thinkers, direct to your desktop.
Emerald InTouch
Emerald InTouch is a web space and hosting service designed to support learning and collaboration. By bringing together technologies such as blogs, wikis and RSS into one place, Emerald InTouch enables users to create and join communities of practice, engage in reflective learning and collaborate with peers online.
Emerald InTouch focuses on the individual learner rather than the course, supporting the bridge between informal and formal learning.
Emerald InTouch provides an ideal platform for:
• Students and faculty involved in distance or work-based learning
• Managers involved in learning or development initiatives
• Employees wishing to facilitate knowledge sharing and effective communication
• Alumni
Emerald Journals
In total, Emerald publishes over 200 titles in the fields of management, information science and engineering. Flagship titles such as Management Decision, European Journal of Marketing, Journal of Documentation, Leadership & Organization Development Journal, The TQM Magazine and Industrial Robot attract contributions from across the globe.
Emerald continues to uphold its two guiding principles of internationality and relevance into practice. As a result, Emerald journals are widely accepted across the globe by both academics and practitioners alike.
Serials, Series and Books
Emerald recently acquired a substantial collection of serials, series and books in the Social Sciences field from Reed Elsevier. In total, nearly 300 books and more than 200 series and serials have strengthened the Emerald portfolio in business, management and library & information services, but also in a variety of new areas of research and practice, including language and linguistics, sociology, politics and policy, and psychology. Emerald welcomes these new additions and is committed to using its 40 years’ publishing expertise to enhance the quality and further the distribution of every title in its portfolio.
BestofBiz
Brought to you by Emerald, London Business School and A&C Black, BestofBiz is an online business encyclopaedia which provides practical business information and management theory in one, easily accessible resource. BestofBiz focuses on the areas of management theory and best practice, current awareness for executives and updates on business research topics.
Emerald (North America)
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Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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