Subject Headings
Search eLibrary for Books
How to Search eLibrary
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.
The POWER SEARCH link will give you many options to choose from when searching for a book including keyword, author, title, subject, and periodical title. Use these options together for a more concentrated search. You can even change the drop down boxes to search more than one subject or keyword at a time.
The CALL NUMBER search allows you to search for a book by its call number. Call numbers for Management topics can be found in the column below.
Finding Management Books on the Shelf
Ellender Memorial Library is in the process of switching our classification to Library of Congress. In the meantime, some books are cataloged using Library of Congress, and others are still cataloged using the Dewey Decimal. 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
HD28-70 -- Management. Industrial management
HD39-40.7 -- Capital. Capital investments
HD41 -- Competition
HD45-45.2-- Technological innovations. Automation
HD47-47.4-- Costs
HF5691-5716 -- Business mathematics
HD49-49.5 -- Crisis management. Emergency management. Inflation
HD50-50.5 -- Delegation of authority. Decentralization. Span of control
HD56-57.5-- Industrial productivity
HD58 -- Location of industry
HD58.7-58.95 -- Organizational behavior, change and effectiveness. Corporate culture
HD59-59.6 -- Public relations. Industrial publicity
HD60-60.5 -- Social responsibility of business
HD61 -- Risk in industry. Risk management
HD62 -- Standardization. Simplification. Waste
HD62.2-62.8 -- Management of special enterprises
HD66-66.2 -- Work groups. Team work in industry. Quality circles
Dewey Decimal
658 General Management
New Management 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.