Social and Environmental Aspects of Business

The URL for this page is http://www.gwu.edu/gelman/guides/business/social.html

Locate Articles in Periodicals

ABI Inform. 1970 -
Location: ALADIN
This indexes and provides much full text for about 1,000 English-language management and economics periodicals. Some good subject headings to use are: corporate responsibility, environmental management, green marketing, and social impact. Also, using the classification code 2410 will retrieve articles having to do with social responsibility.

Business Source Premier
Location: ALADIN
Similar to ABI Inform (above). Some good subject headings to use are: social responsibility of business, social impact, green marketing, green products, and environmental impact analysis.

Environmental Universe
Location: ALADIN
This consists of five sections. Environment Abstracts indexes scholarly journal articles and conference papers (some good subject headings are: corporations, env management corporate, multinational corp, and small businesses). News, Journals & Commentary indexes and provides the full text of relevant news sources, law reviews, law treatises, and law reporters (that provide legal news). Codes & Regulations provides, "federal and state codes and federal agency regulations." Case Law & Agency Actions provides case law and agency decisions at the federal and state levels. Waste & Materials provides, "federal and state waste site data and hazardous materials information."

Geobase. 1980 -
Location: ALADIN
Covers geography and geology journals. This indexes many environmental articles.

Locate Books and Videos

To locate BOOKS , use the WRLC Libraries Catalog. Subject headings that may be helpful to search under are:
Business Environmental Aspects
Environmental Protection Economic Aspects
Industries Environmental Aspects
Industries Social Aspects
Issues Management
Management Environmental Aspects
Social Responsibility of Business

In abrition, it may be useful to click on Guided Keyword, type in environmental aspects in the top line, and change the box to the right to Subject and type in on the second line whatever subject you are interested in (e.g. automobile).

Locate Information on Organizations and People

Capital Source. Semi-annual.
Location: ALADIN
A directory to the D.C. area, including the U.S. government, associations, think tanks, media, etc.

Encyclopedia of Associations. Annual.
Location: READY REF HS 17 .G32
This provides information on all sorts of associations. Volume one part three is an index by keyword to parts one and two.

Guidestar
Location: http://www.guidestar.org
Provides financial information (from IRS 990 forms) and other information on more than 620,000 nonprofit organizations. Clicking on Advanced Search gives you more flexibility in searching.

Washington Directory. Annual. 1996-
Location: READY REF F 192.5 .W3 (Next latest at the Virginia Campus Library. Earlier in stacks. Special Collections has 1966, 1968, 1971, 1975, 1979, 1984-1993, 1995-. Mt. Vernon Library has 1971, 1975, 1979, 1984, 2000, 2003 -.)
This is a, "directory of the area's major institutions and the people who run them."

Locate Enforcement and Compliance History

Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO)
Location: http://www.epa.gov/echo/index.html
Provides information on which facilities have had compliance inspections by federal, state, or local governments, violations detected, and enforcement actions taken and penalties imposed. A site of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

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