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The University Library has both PHYSICAL and Electronic Books collections.
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From the list of potential tiles you can click to lean more about the work. Items with a link to a database are available online to read, some will be physical titles and will have Call numbers (location of the book on the shelf), some may need to be requested from other CSU libraries.
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List of Ebook Vendors
Economics e-books (selected)
Rules, games, and common-pool resources
Ebook - University of Michigan Press.
Authors: Ostrom, E., Gardner, R., & Walker, J.
Governing the commons : the evolution of institutions for collective action
Physical Book, 4th Floor - Stacks ; HD1286 .O87 1991
Author, Ostron, Elinor
The mechanisms of governance
Ebook and Physical title 4th Floor - Stacks ; HD2326 .W494 1996
Author: Williamson, O. E.
Statistics for economics
The book utilizes Microsoft Excel to obtain statistical results, as well as to perform additional necessary computations.
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Subject headings are assigned to books/ebooks in the library's catalog.
Ostrom, Elinor -- Political and social views.
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 headings of potential interest to get you started
Subject Subheadings - you can add to your subject search after the names of states, regions, and main subjects. For instance: California - economic conditions
- crime - economic aspects
- econometric models
- economic aspects
- economic development
- economic policy
- statistics
Some subject headings use "economic" as an adjective For instance: Economic Geography
(Adapted from Duke University's Economics Research Guide)