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Trailblazer Research Guide
Business

Dewey Decimal Call Numbers
  • 338, 339
Reference Sources
General Information
  • Encyclopedia of Emerging Industries R 338.003 E56
  • Standard & Poor’s R 338.097 S785
  • Hoover’s Handbook of American Business R 338.74 H789
  • Hoover’s Handbook of World Business R 338.74 H789
  • Hoover’s Handbook of Private Companies R 338.74 H789
  • Sorkin’s R 338.74 S714
  • Ward’s Private Company Profiles R 338.74 W266
  • New Palgrave Dictionary of Money & Finance R 332.03 N532
  • So Who the Heck Was Oscar Mayer?: The Real People Behind Those Brand Names R 338.0092 G314
  • Encyclopedia of African American Business History R 338.6422 W181
  • American Economy R 330.973 A512

Statistical Information
  • American Incomes R 339.41 A512
  • Business Rankings Almanac R 338.74 B979
  • Business Statistics of the United States R 338.0973 B979
  • Handbook of U.S. Labor Statistics R 331.0973 A512
  • Household Spending R 339.47 H842
  • Statistical Handbook on Consumption & Wealth in the United States R 339.41 S797

Sources for Biographical Information
  • Historical Encyclopedia of American Women Entrepreneurs R 338.04 O62
  • American Business Leaders: From Colonial Times to the Present R 338.092 H219
  • Encyclopedia of World Biography R 920.02 E56
  • Current Biography R 920 C97
Finding Books Using the Online Catalog 
Subject headings
  • Company Name e.g. Boeing Company, General Motors Corporation, Nike (Firm)
  • Names of Individuals e.g. Gates, Bill
  • Business
  • Business--United States
  • Business--History
  • Corporations
  • International Business Enterprises
  • Small business
  • Small business--State Name e.g. Small Business--Illinois
  • Industry (Subject heading wording varies. Check with a librarian).
  • Automobile Industry and Trade
  • Airlines
  • Restaurant Management
  • Business Topic (Subject heading wording varies. Check with a librarian).
  • Management
  • Marketing
  • Consolidation and Merger of Corporations

Keywords
  • business, business plan, company, international, small business, marketing, advertising, budget, salaries, management, regulation, profits, bankruptcy, public companies, private companies, initial public offering, stock, employees, benefits, annual report, performance, merger
  • name of company e.g. enron, ibm, boeing, monsanto, pepsico, hewlett packard
  • name of individual e.g. jack welch, carla fiorentino
  • name of industry e.g. airline, automobiles, service, restaurant
  • name of state/region e.g. illinois, missouri, midwest

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