To search for books about companies, Library of Congress Subject Headings use the format SomeCompanyName (firm). For example, Google (firm) is a subject heading for books relating to Google. Be careful, however, as some firm names become established with first use, for example, Walmart needs to be searched using Wal-mart (firm).
Business and Economics consists of several subject areas. If you want to browse the collection to find resources, the following general sections provide a broad breakdown of the collection:
HA 0-9999 Statistics
HB 0-9999 Economic Theory
HC 0-9999 Economic History & Conditions
HD 0-2320 Economics - Industries, Land Use, Labor
HD 2321-4800 Economics - Industry, General
HD 4801-8999 Labor, General
HD 9000-9999 Special Industries & Trades, General
HE 0-9999 Transportation & Communication, General
HF 0-6182 Commerce, General; Business, Business Administration
HG 0-9999 Finance, General
HJ 0-9999 Public Finance, General
HX 0-9999 Socialism. Communism. Utopias. Anarchism
While the items you'll find in the Reference Collection can be a terrific place to start your research, more detailed information can be found in the Library's print and eBook collections. The search box found here is the same as the one on the Library's main page - it can search for books and other material here at the UWinnipeg Library, at libraries in Winnipeg, at libraries across Canada, or even libraries around the world.
Wildcards |
Words may be right-hand truncated using an asterisk ('*') in place of other characters. The '*' wildcard may also be embedded in a search string. You may use '?' to replace a single character anywhere within a word. Examples : environment* polic*, wom?n |
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Boolean Operators |
Use "and" or "or" to specify multiple words in any field, any order. Use "and not" to exclude words. Example : stocks and bonds Example : (alaska or canada) and (adventure and not vacation) |
Field limits |
A field limit causes the system to search only the specified field for the specified word(s). |
Grouping |
Keyword search results are usually grouped by relevance to bring the most likely titles to the top of the list. Each group represents a similar level of relevance and results are sorted within the group by date or title. To get an ungrouped result set, use boolean operators to form a complex query. |