Mary Ellen Bates has written or co-authored six books on research and information gathering. In addition, she has written the Telecom Information Sources chapter for “Internet Tools of the Profession, 2nd edition, published by the Special Libraries Association, June 1997; the “Use of the Internet” chapter for “Handbook of Information Management,” 8th edition (ASLIB-IMI, 2001); and “The Changing Role of the Info-Entrepreneur” chapter for Advances in Librarianship, Vol. 29, (Elsevier, 2005).

The following is a list of books she has written, or co-written:

• Building and Running a Successful Research Business: A Guide For the Independent Information Professional, Information Today Inc. 2003.
  
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• Super Searchers Cover the World: the online secrets of international business researchers Information Today Inc. 2001.
  
  
• Mining For Gold on the Internet: how to find investment and financial information on the Internet McGraw-Hill. 2000.
  
  
• Researching Online For Dummies, 2nd edition (co-author, with Reva Basch) Hungry Minds 2000.
  
  
• Super Searchers Do Business: the online secrets of top business researchers Information Today Inc. 1999
  
  
• The Online Deskbook: ONLINE Magazine's essential desk reference for online and Internet searchers, Information Today Inc. 1996.