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Operations Management resources @ the Carnegie Mellon University Libraries

Preliminaries - library services

Basics

Operations Management volume in the Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management.  The preface to the volume has a concise overview, and the encyclopedia has short descriptions of all the major issues and segments of the field.  Another way to get there:
Click on Blackwell Encyclopedia on the database list, and then on Volume X on the left. (If you're off campus, see the link in the above section to log in first.)

Encyclopedia of Operations Research - book in Hunt Library reference collection, T57.6 .E53.

Research

Journals
Top research journals published by INFORMS, the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences. They can be searched all together, here, or by individual title:

Other important journals are:

Books can be found by searching the catalog:
Click on "Browse Search" (under the box) - and then type in "production management" and click on "Subject" below.  You'll find a number of recent books, and where to find them in the library. 
Some selected titles (can be checked out of Hunt Library)

other headings to search under:

Industry news

Other databases to use

More resources

Careers

Other guides can be found on the Tepper Library page .

Questions?
Contact the librarians: