Business & Economics Librarian
Searching for books & eBooks (CSUSM Log-in required)
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How do you find books & eBooks in the library
You can search the library's catalog using the Books & More option to locate both physical books and eBooks.
Below are shown the two different search filters applied in the library's catalog.
Search for an eBook title
Search for a physical book title
If you need help locating your physical title from the call number. Go to the 3rd floor check out desk and a staff member can assist.
Scale up your knowledge with an eBook!
Why use an eBook?
Helps you lean more, for example when you are struggling with understanding a theory.
An introductory chapter can help you scale up knowledge of a new topic or concept
Remote access - Read them from home, no need to come into the physical library!
Faculty: eBooks with unlimited user licenses are good candidates for low and no cost textbooks and readings!
What is the Business Librarian's Favorite eBook Collection? Why?
Librarian Favorite: O'Riley is my favorite eBook vendor!
Why? Timely ebooks (super current). Interesting topics are covered from Artificial Intelligence to Cyptocurrencies
Unique features: skills based search (search for soft skills, programming, business, etc), formats (audio books, videos, etc.), take a course (yes courses), answers feature allows discovery of titles by asking a question
Selected eBooks (CSUSM Log-in required)
eBook Collections suggested for Business
E-book collections, most useful for business.
Many of these titles allow for multiple simultaneous users, making them great for a group of researchers to view and discuss at the same time.
- O'Reilly Ebooks (formerly Safari Ebooks) A collection of over 38,000 O'Reilly programming and technology books - each completely searchable, including code fragments.
- Business Expert Press E-Books Business Expert Press publishes concise, practical treatments of the topics taught in MBA programs. Our born-digital books are written by professors who translate real-life business experiences into teaching tools, and serve as curriculum-oriented, cost-effective alternatives to high-priced textbooks. Unencumbered by DRM , they can be used easily and without limitation by the academic community.
- Wiley Online Library Access to abstracts and full text from journals, reference works, databases, and books. Disciplines covered include the life sciences, chemistry, physics, mathematics, psychology, earth sciences, education, social sciences, humanities, business, and mathematics
- Springer Ebooks Access to approximately 36,000 ebooks, all of which can be ready by multiple users at the same time and are digital rights management (DRM)-free for easy downloading and reading offline.
- Ebook Central (formerly ebrary) Ebook Central (formerly ebrary)provides authoritative, full-text e-books in a wide range of subject areas along with powerful tools to find, use, and manage the information.
- EBSCO eBook Collection Access to a full text collection of over 4,000 e-book titles covering a wide-range of subject areas.
- Taylor and Francis Ebooks Access to approximately 1500 ebooks published since 2016 by Taylor & Francis and Routledge. All titles can be read by multiple users at the same time, and are digital rights management (DRM)-free for downloading and offline reading. Includes some Open Access titles.
Find books by a heading
Subject headings are assigned to books/ebooks in the library's catalog.
A "Subject heading" search finds titles on that subject. You can use the filters to sort the results by date, full text online, etc. Here are a few topical headings of potential interest to get you started
Social Responsibility of Business
Subject Subheadings - add to your subject search after the names of states, regions, and main subjects. For instance: California - economic conditions, Accounting -- computer programs
- -- management
- -- planning
- -- social aspects
- -- psychological aspects
- -- standards
- -- study and teaching
(Adapted from Duke University's Economics Research Guide)