Subject Headings
Search the Online Catalog for Books
How to Search the Online Catalog
The drop down menu above gives you several options for searching:
Keyword: This will search for the term in all areas of the record. Keep your topic to its key concepts for this search.
Author: Use if you know the author's name. You can enter just the last name of the author, or if you know their full name enter is as last name, first name (Example: Dickens, Charles).
Title: Enter either the full title or just a few keywords from the title.
Subject: This is helpful if you are looking for numerous books on a topic. To the right are some suggestions of subject headings that may be useful in your research.
Finding Business Administration Books on the Shelf
Ellender Memorial Library uses the Library of Congress classification. The lists below include call numbers where you can BROWSE the shelves to find something that interests you. Books from similar subject areas can be found together.
Library of Congress
HF5001-6182 -- Business
HF5387-5387.5 -- Business Ethics
HF5410-5417.5 -- Marketing
HF5546-5548.6 -- Office Management
HF5601-5689 -- Accounting
HF5691-5716 -- Business mathematics
HF5717-5734.7 -- Business Communication
HF5735-5746 -- Business Records Management
HF5801-6182 -- Advertising
New Business Administration Books
Reference
Use these databases and books to learn more about your topic.
Fondly known as "Wikipedia for Academics," Credo's Literati is a great place to begin your research, particularly for topics you aren't very familiar with. Use this resource to search multiple reference books (dictionaries, thesauri, handbooks, etc.) at once, or search in a particular book listed below.
CQ Researcher is the place to begin for your persuasive or point/counterpoint papers or speech topics. Use this resource to get information on current controversial topics.