This page highlights a few good research tools for your project. It should help you get started. Certain databases require that you access through your UW account (the modem pool or an on-campus computer). If you use another ISP, and are UW faculty, staff, or student, you can access these databases by going through the UW proxy server.
I like the word "free" don't you? Well, it's not exactly free. You already paid for it through purchasing your expensive textbooks. Don't you then want to explore what's really part of your textbook fees? It's actually fairly decent.
Student Companion Site: Reid-Sanders Operations Management - It's worth registering and it's got some good stuff. Later, I'll hunt down the Meredith text site, but it was pretty threadbare when I last viewed it.
Goldsim - A free version is downloadable for students. I’m not assigning it this term, but hey, free is free.
Operations Management Center (OMC) - The OM Center provides additional operations resources. It provides additional support for students seeking current OM information. Among its features, the site contains links to the top 50 company tours (way cool), offers Internet published articles and business news, and lists OM publications and organizations. The site also contains articles from Business Week available exclusively to users of the site. Some of your homework readings may take you through here.
Online Learning Center (OLC) - Stevenson text website that provides clarifies concepts through a variety of resources, including interactive demos and explanations.
UW Library Databases - Lots of searchable databases. ACM digital library, ABI-Inform, Lexis, and a whole cast of others!
Engineering Library Databases - Full of science / technology databases. The engineering library also maintains a page of resources by specific engineernig discipline. Actually, almost every UW branch library maintains a web page full of special resources.
Lexis/Nexis Universe - Extensive array of full-text news (newspapers, wire services, transcripts and newsletters), business literature, industry and company information, legal, biographical and reference resources. You must connect from your UW account or an on-campus computer to successfully connect to this site from here.
Investex - The Investex Group Research Bank Web brings together investment research and industry analysis. It contains research from over 450 investment banks and 150 trade associations as well as fundamental financial information from Moody's Investors Service. This can only be accessed through the UW modem pool or an on-campus computer to successfully connect. You can also use the UW proxy server.
Free Edgar - This is a searchable database for company filings with the SEC. There's an option for downloading the documents in a rich text format. This format can be read by almost any word processor.