e-WASTE

Information Literacy Assignment

DATABASES

• ABI/INFORM  Dateline  (ProQuest)

• ABI/INFORM  Global  (ProQuest)

• ABI/INFORM  Trade & Industry  (ProQuest)

• Faulkner Advisory on Info Tech Studies

• General Business File ASAP  (Gale)

• LexisNexis Academic:  Business  (LexisNexis)

• State of the Nation  (STAT-USA)

WEB SITES

United States Sites

• California - Electronic Product Management.

• Ohio EPA - Electronic Waste Management:  What is E-waste, why is it a problem, and why should we recycle it?

• United States EPA - Plug in to e-cycling.

International Sites

• eWASA -  e-Waste Association of South Africa a group of concerned individuals who are working to ensure the environmentally sound management of e-waste in south Africa.

• e-waste - Swiss e-waste competence.  Switzerland has one of the best established e-waste management systems worldwide. Both producers and consumers have today a convenient, proven and cost efficient disposal service at hand.

• eWaste Guide - The eWaste Guide is designed to serve as an information resource on e-waste as well as a common collaborative work platform for stakeholders. The partners work in close collaboration with manufacturers, users, recyclers, and NGOs to develop a sustainable e-waste management system in India.

• India Together - E-waste crisis : Around the corner
  A recent report published by Toxics Link reviews the waste management situation that India has to deal with on the fast-widening information-technology highway.

• United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) - To provide leadership and encourage partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring, informing, and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations.         Also see:  UNEP Waste Management Home

• World Computer Exchange - World Computer Exchange provides computers and support services in education, environment, and economic development to help connect more youth to the Internet through 439 formal Partners in 63 developing countries. (e-waste topics)

Academic Research Center Sites

• Center for Research in Electronic Commerce – University of Texas at Austin

• Center for the Study of Electronic Commerce – University of Denver

• CollECTer:  Collaborative Electronic Commerce Technology and Research

• eBusiness Research Center – Penn State University

• eLab – Vanderbilt University

• Managing the Digital Enterprise – North Carolina State University

• Business Economics and Labor : MEL

 Government Sites

• Business.gov

• Electronic Commerce in Canada

• Federal Trade Commission:  E-Commerce & the Internet

 Organization Sites

• Basel Action Network

• CommerceNet:  From Ideas to Impact

• Electronics Industry Data Exchange Group – Computing Technology Industry Association

• World Trade Organization Electronic Commerce Gateway

  Commercial Sites

• BPubs.com, the Business Publications Search Engine:  Internet and E-Commerce

• brint.com, the BizTech network:  e-Business and Electronic Commerce Research Portal

• ECommerce Guide:  News, Reviews, and Practical Solutions for Your Online Business

• E-Commerce Times 

• internetnews.com:  E-Commerce News for IT Managers

• Small Dog Electronics - Small Dog Electronics has long been concerned about its footprint on the Earth and started recycling electronics on a small scale many years ago.

• Waste Age - E-Waste

• Web Marketing Today Research Room for E-Commerce

• ZDNet:  Tech News, Blogs, and White Papers for IT Professionals

JOURNALS / MAGAZINES / ARTICLES

Articles & Reports

• Electronic Waste Recovery Business:  Research Report # GBE128

• GreenPeace: Greener electronics: Ranking criteria explained

• Insights: Energy and Environment:  E-waste hazards in China

Journals

• Waste Age - E-Waste

• Full Text Electronic Journals (This database lists and provides access to e-journals available at

  Madonna Library.  To locate e-commerce and e-business journals, search by journal title,

  or browse titles under the subject “Business & Economics.”)  Selected titles in Full Text Electronic Journals:

  • E-business advisor
  • Electronic commerce research
  • Electronic commerce technology news
  • Internet & Electronic Commerce Strategies
  • Internet Business Advantage
  • Internet Business News
  • Journal of Internet Law

INFORMATION LITERACY GUIDES

• Information Literacy:  The Basics
• Madonna University Tutorial for Info Power (TIP Tutorial)
• Evaluate Information:   http://www.lib.calpoly.edu/infocomp/modules

• Critically Analyzing Information Sources: http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/skill26.htm

• Evaluating Web Sites: Criteria and Tools
  http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/webeval.html

• Introduction to Information Literacy - Madonna Library Presentation

Style Manuals

• Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5^th. Edition REF LB2369 .P83 2001

• Citation Style for Research Papers

• The OWL at Purdue University

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Reference Books

HF1379 .O996 2001

Oxford handbook of international business

          Rugman, Alan M. and Brewer, Thomas L

HF5548.32  I58  2000

The international handbook of electronic commerce.  New York:  AMACOM, 2000.

QA76.9.C66  R64  2004

Rosenberg, Richard S.  The social impact of computers.  Boston:  Elsevier, 2004.

Circulating Books

HF5548.32  .C654  2006

Combe, Colin.  Introduction to e-business:  Management and strategy.  Boston:  Butterworth-Heinemann, 2006.

HF5548.32  .E67  2004

Epstein, Mark J.  Implementing e-commerce strategies:  A guide to corporate success after the dot.com bust.  Westport, CT:  Praeger, 2004.

HF5548.32  .G54  2006

Kraemer, Kenneth L., (Ed.).  Global e-commerce:  Impacts of national environment and policy.  Cambridge, NY:  Cambridge University Press, 2006.

TK5105.875.I57  O485  2005

Olsen, Kai A.  The Internet, the web, and ebusiness:  Formalizing applications for the real world.  Lanham, MD:  Scarecrow, 2005.

KD1629.S5  2003

Singleton, Susan.  eCommerce:  A practical guide to the law.  Burlington, VT:  Gower, 2003.

Journals Available (in print) at Madonna Library:

• B to B

• Barron’s

• Consumer Behavior in Asia: Issues and Marketing Practice

• Crain’s Detroit Business

• Forbes

• Harvard Business Review

• Inc

• International Trade Forum

• Journal of Advertising

• Journal of Business

• Journal of International Marketing

• Journal of Marketing Research

• Sales & Marketing Management

Other Sources for E-Journals

• Directory of Open Access Journals:  www.doaj.org

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