This guide has been designed to assist you in navigating the library's collections. Unfortunately, the pandemic has necessitated a shift in how the college and library operate. To this end, the library's online collections have been given more prominence in this guide. While print offerings are still present in the guide, they are not accessible at this time. The library is actively exploring avenues to broaden access, such as investigating provisions for curb side pick up. As these processes evolve you will be kept informed as changes develop. Please feel free to contact me for library and research assistance. rsims@centennialcollege.ca Thank you, and happy studying!
The Glass Wall: Success Strategies for Women at Work, and Businesses That Mean Business
By Sue Unerman and Kathryn Jacob
"Never mind the glass ceiling. In the workplace today there's a glass wall. Men and women can see each other clearly through the divide, but they don't speak the same language or have the same expectations. And as a result, women and their careers are suffering. With more women than ever in the workforce, but still too few in the boardroom, now is the time to address the assumptions and miscommunication holding women back. This book gives women the tools they need to master any situation. Drawing on Unerman and Jacob's own experience in male-dominated businesses, as well as over a hundred interviews with both men and women, The Glass Wall provides clear, smart and easy-to apply strategies for success. From unlocking ambition and developing resilience to nurturing creativity and getting noticed, these are the skills that everyone needs to learn to help break down that wall and create better workplaces for all."
Corporate Tribalism: White Men/White Women and Cultural Diversity at Work
By Thomas Kochman and Jean Mavrelis
"As more and more people who are not white men enter corporate America, we urgently need to learn how to avoid culture clashes and how to resolve them when they do occur. Thomas Kochman and Jean Mavrelis have been helping corporations successfully do that for over twenty years. Their diversity training and consulting firm has helped managers and employees at numerous companies recognize and overcome the cultural bases of miscommunication between ethnic groups and across gender lines and in Corporate Tribalism they seek to share their expertise with the world. In the first half of the book, Kochman addresses white men, explicating the ways that their cultural background can motivate their behavior, work style, and perspective on others. Then Mavrelis turns to white women, focusing on the particular problems they face, including conflicts with men, other women, and themselves. Together they emphasize the need for a multicultural rather than homogenizing approach and offer constructive ideas for turning the workplace into a more interactive community for everyone who works there. Written with the wisdom and clarity gained from two decades of hands-on work, Corporate Tribalism will be an invaluable resource as we look toward a future beyond the glass ceiling."
The highest glass ceiling : women's quest for the American presidency by 
Road to power : how GM's Mary Barra shattered the glass ceiling by 
Shattered, cracked, or firmly intact? : women and the executive glass ceiling worldwide by If you somehow missed the MEGA search box (Search the Library Collections), don't worry.
ProTip: Everything begins here: library.centennialcollege.ca
It's time to activate Plan B, and open up the E-Resources tab.
If you think of the Internet as a pile, the library, on the other hand, is a collection. We specialize in collecting quality resources for student success. The E-Resources tab is your gateway to selecting and entering the name of the resource(s) you need.
There are several points of entry into the collections: Search Keywords box, A-Z list, Media Type filter, and the School List filter.
ProTip: The Search Keywords box allows you to search for a collection, a resource. It is not designed to search within the collection.
Once you select a collection (Business Source Complete, for example) you are almost ready to work!
Not sure what's inside a collection (database)? Before opening the database, each collection comes with a short description of what you can expect to find. For example:
Business Source Complete
Full text business scholarly journals, magazines, country economic data, company profiles, industry information and market research. Includes full text of the Harvard Business Review, and Datamonitor country, company, and industry reports.
Working off-campus, you may be asked to login. Simple: just use your myCentennial login credentials.
Next box...
If you are looking for information sources describing company data, industry information, and market area facts, there is a guide just for you!
Because many of our journals and magazines are collected together in aggregated databases, adding and mixing several titles and publishers, searching is usually a matter of entering words and phrases that describe your topic, at least in the beginning.
(Begin here, just to get the hang of it!)
You can explore the magic of these selected collections:
Business Source Complete
ABI/INFORM Collection
CBCA Complete
Sage Premier
Business Insights Global
Euromonitor Passport
LexisNexis Academic
Statista
Academic Search Premier
Research Library
From time to time, a professor, here and there, may recommend a favorite journal or magazine, suggesting a title that is perfect for your research report! With over 150 discrete collections within our online library, how will you ever find it?
The short answer is to summon the magazine/journal searching tool, with the obvious name: Full Text Journals. This tool, located on the library's homepage, below the Library Guides link, directly links to individual magazines/journals within our collection, no matter which database(s) it resides in.
Try it, and see for yourself.
Example: MIT Sloan Management Review... shows up in few places, including here!
You may want to practice with a few of these titles!
Business Administration
The purpose of this guide is to provide a "toe-dip" into the library's collections as they pertain to Business Administration students. If you want to drop deeper into the bottomless pit of research, check out these other two guides:
Fundamentals of Business & Business 119
While these guides are "for" these courses, their real purpose is to open up the library to students in new ways, covering journal and magazine discovery and evaluation, search strategies, along with navigating the streamed audio-visual experiences, and giving a little head-space to APA.
Best team wins : the new science of high performance by 
Leadership on the line : staying alive through the dangers of change by 
Leading in English : how to confidently communicate and inspire others in the international workplace by 
Leading the unleadable : how to manage mavericks, cynics, divas and other difficult people by 
Reimagining work : strategies to disrupt talent, lead change, and win with a flexible workforce by 
Disrupters : success strategies from women who break the mold by 
The memo : what women of color need to know to secure a seat at the table by 
The myth of the nice girl: achieving a career you love without becoming a person you hate by Looking for:
►career exploration resources
►resume and cover letter advice
►interviewing tips
►career search guidance...
Check out my Career Info for Students: keeping ahead of the competition! (guide)
And don't forget: Careers for New Canadians: get in the game!