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Operations Research & Supply Chain

Resources for aspects of operations research and management, supply chain, logistics, decisions in business management.

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Reminder: Online Access

  • Library resources require going through CWRU Single Sign-On.
  • The best method is to follow links from the library website.
  • When logged in and a browser window is not closed, access should continue from resource to resource.
  • Remember to close your browser when done.

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Finding Journals

If you have a citation that identifies a journal article, it's easy to find out if we have it.

Start with the journal title (not the article title.) Check for Case-licensed electronic access. If it's not a match, check for print. If not found, we can get articles via ILLiad services. 

  • The EJournals Portal tells you if we have the journal, what years we have, and where it is (a direct subscription, or within a database.)
    • Bonus: if it's in a database, you can assume that other similar content is within that database–so it can show you a good place to start a new search.
  • If the journal you need is not electronic [with the year you need], or not online at all, look in the Case Catalog for the journal name. It tells you what years  we have, and in what library. Copiers & scanners in KSL make it easy to copy!

TIP: Always make sure your laptop or device is on Case Wireless or VPN before you start to search for electronic content.

If you are using VPN,  sign in to it before you open a browser window–check for the green light at the bottom of the KSL Homepage

Key Journals

"Does Case Have This Journal?"

Journal titles at Case can be quickly searched 2 ways:

  • on the Case Catalog as a Title Search (print in the Case Libraries & electronic full-text versions)
  • or on the EJournals Portal (full-text electronic versions, linked to databases and/or archives)

The Ejournals Portal is a convenient quick link near the top of the Case Catalog page.

             

Below is a sample of operations journals covering a range of applicable topics. 

TIP:  Search the Case Catalog & EJournals Portal on any open web site–but to select hyperlinks & connect to the journals, your computer must on the network. See the VPN memo on this guide's home page tab.

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Identify Journal Influence & Impact via Citation Reports/Ranks

Journal Citation Reports (JCR) database, produced by the Institute for Scientific Information (formerly known as ISI, now as a tool within the database Web of Science), is one tool often used to identify journal research influence and impact factors,  and to identify top journals in a discipline. While numerous factors complicate any ranking activities, JCR is well-regarded.

Use it several ways:

  • Select a single journal title for Impact factors without self-cites, 5 year impact factors, article influence, and other scores.
  • Find numerous relevant journals at once, using both the JCR Social Sciences Edition (Category Management), and the JCR Science Edition (Category: Operations Reserach and Management Science) for a broad range of Operations Research and Management journals.

JCR  very recently has undergone a significant redesign, with charts, graphs, visualizations, and more. Excellent recorded short training videos from the company help to explain Impact Factor(s), Immediacy Index, and more.

NOTE: Additionally, the database Web of Science (WOS) is the platform that includes JCR in the top banner, for easy access. Cited Reference is the default  landing screen in WOS, where Author Search and/or Cited Reference Search  allows you to track prior research and authors to identify active journals.

Select JCR or Web of Science from the KSL list of Research Databases. Tip: Select Business from the All Subjects drop-down menu for resources most relevant for WSOM.