Research Guides: Supply Chain Management (SCM): Databases

Suggested Keywords for Supply Chain Management

Before you begin searching library databases, it can be extremely helpful to spend a few moments brainstorming keywords and phrases that describe your topic and thinking about how to combine them in your search. For help brainstorming keywords or refining a search to get better results, please contact a librarian.

A partial list of phrases and keyword combinations often associated with supply chain management is below:

Supply Chain Management
Business Logistics
Physical Distribution of Goods
Product Distribution
Shipping
Transport and Logistics
Distribution Channels
Materials Management
Value Chain
Delivery of Goods
Industrial Procurement
Inventory Management
Just-in-time
Total Quality Management

Databases

You will be able to find a multitude of articles on topics related to supply chain management by using SLU's online databases. Depending on your topic, you will want to combine keywords and phrases to find articles that discuss your subject. If you are looking for articles that discuss supply chain management in a particular company (or industry or geographic location), it might be useful to search for both concepts together, in the format "supply chain" AND "Starbucks," for example. You can also limit by date range so that you find only recent articles.

Please consult the Business Librarian, Judy Geczi, if you need help devising a search strategy for a particular research topic.

Business Source Premier This link opens in a new window
Updated with new content daily. Indexes and abstracts 350 of the most important scholarly business journals. In addition, it includes indexing, abstracting and full text for thousands of peer-reviewed journals, trade journals and business magazines, country economic reports, industry reports and yearbooks and some market research reports.
SLUth - Search Plus This link opens in a new window
Use SLUth to start your information search - find journal articles across all disciplines, plus newspaper articles, books, ebooks and more! Some major databases such as ABI/INFORM Complete, Biological Abstracts, PsycINFO, and Sociological Abstracts are not included....more.
ABI/INFORM Collection This link opens in a new window
1900-present. Includes ABI/INFORM Global, ABI/INFORM Trade and Industry and ABI/INFORM Dateline. Indexes and abstracts thousands of journals, trade publications, and regional and local business publications in all areas of business and management, many with an international focus... more.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Formerly LexisNexis Academic, Nexis Uni provides access to full-text of local, national, and international news sources; business, financial, and company information; legal sources for state and federal levels...more.

Conference Board
A database of business management reports and economic information and analysis. Search or browse by topic, title, report #, and/or date. Includes several reports on supply chain management.