Article Databases
Project management spans many different fields. Use the databases below to search for research topics in general or specific areas of study, including business, health sciences, engineering, and computer sciences.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowOne of the most trusted sources for scholarly books and historical journal backfiles. Beginning in 2023, JSTOR also includes ArtStor images of art and primary source artifacts.
- Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowScholarly, peer-reviewed articles and professional association publications, Abstracts and links to full text, about half are peer reviewed, covering all academic subjects including STEM fields.
Use this link if you want to include video clips from the Associated Press in your search results. - Dissertations and Theses Global (ProQuest) This link opens in a new windowWith over 2.7 million entries, Proquest Dissertations is the authoritative resource for searching doctoral dissertations and master's theses from around the world, from 1861 to the present. Full text PDFs are usually available to download for theses published since 1997. Beginning in 2008, Northeastern University Masters and PhD students submit their completed dissertations to this "database of record" for graduate research.
Discipline specific resources
- Computers & Applied Sciences Complete (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowCitations and abstracts for more than 1,800 academic journals (730 in full text), professional publications, and other reference sources from a diverse collection relating to computer science. Links to full text for Northeastern-subscribed journals.
- LegalTracAccess is provided the Northeastern University School of Law.
- CINAHL Ultimate (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowCitations and abstracts of scholarly, peer-reviewed articles and professional association news and information for thousands of publications. Covers nursing and 17 allied health disciplines, going as far back as 1937. Links to PDFs or full text for Northeastern-subscribed journals.
- Civil Engineering Database (CEDB) This link opens in a new windowSearchable database of publications in Civil Engineering. This login version has links to Northeastern Library's full text subscriptions.
- Compendex & INSPEC This link opens in a new windowCombines a comprehensive interdisciplinary engineering database with a comprehensive database of physics, computer science and electrical engineering research.
- MEDLINE (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowMedline is the U.S. National Library of Medicine's database of articles in medicine, with indexing and abstracts for the most important peer-reviewed biomedical and health sciences research journals. Links to full text.
- ACM Digital Library (Association for Computing Machinery) This link opens in a new windowFull-text access to most periodicals and conference proceedings from a leading computer engineering society. Covers 1985 to the present, including proceedings and publications of affiliated societies.
- Inspec (EI Village) This link opens in a new windowCitations and abstracts in computer science, with links to full text. Comprehensive, including articles, proceedings, dissertations and more.
- IEEEXplore (IEEE/IET Electronic Library) This link opens in a new windowAccess to citations and full text from IEEE journals, conference proceedings, and standards. Includes IEEE Spectrum Magazine, the Now Publishers Foundations and Trends Technology eBooks Engineering and Energy Library.
- PsycARTICLES (Proquest) This link opens in a new windowFull text articles in psychology and related fields
The AMA Handbook of Project Management
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Featured E-Book
Project Management by ISBN: 1119165377Publication Date: 2017-02-22Provides practical guidance on all aspects of project management.
More E-Books
- O'Reilly for Higher Education Ebooks This link opens in a new windowE-books from leading publishers such as Sam's, O'Reilly, Peachpit, and Que plus video, learning paths, case studies, interactive tutorials, audio books and more. Access requires registration with a Northeastern or NCH email address.
- Knovel Library This link opens in a new window Full text E-books for engineering, many interactive; includes multiple titles for project management.
Associations
- PMI Mass Bay ChapterMass Bay chapter of the Project Management Institute.
- MPUGUser group for Microsoft Project.
Government Resources
- Federal Judicial Center's Patent Video(from the home page, search for Patent Video). Although designed for jurors in patent cases, the video provides an excellent introduction to the patent process from the inventor's conception to the granting of the patent.
- Patent DatabasesFrom the USPTO.
- Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)From the USPTO.
- mass.govOfficial home page of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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