All universities and community college libraries in Nevada use the Library of Congress Classification System to organize their books. Books are arranged A-Z, with each letter corresponding to a subject. To find books on this topic, go to the following areas:
| Classification | Topic |
| HB | Economics |
| HD28 – HD70 | Management |
| HF5001 – HF6182.2 | Business |
| HF5549 | Personnel Management |
| HF5546 – HF5549.5 | Office & Personnel |
| HF5601-5689 | Accounting |
| HG | Finance |
| HG450-627 | Stocks, Investment, Speculation |
| HJ | Public Finance |
These titles are located in the Reference section at the Carson City Campus library unless otherwise noted. Additional encyclopedias can be accessed online through the Gale Virtual Reference Library and Credo Reference databases.
| Dictionaries & Encyclopedias | |
| Encyclopedia of American Industries | Gale Virtual Ref Library |
| Encyclopedia of Business and Finance (2 vols.) | REF HF1001 .E466 |
| Encyclopedia of Business Information Sources | REF HF5353 .E52 |
| Encyclopedia of Management | REF HD30.15 E49 |
| Business Forms | REF HF5736 P47 |
| Business Plans Handbook | REF HD62.7 B865 |
| The Value of a Dollar: 1860 - 2004 | REF HB235 U6 V438 |
| The Value of a Dollar: 1600 - 1865 | REF HB235 U6 V348 |
Gale Virtual Reference Library includes the full-text content from over 200 special topic encyclopedias and other reference books.
Business Source Elite (Ebsco) provides full text for nearly 1,100 business and economics magazines and journals, including 500 peer-reviewed publications. It includes company profiles for 10,000 of the world’s largest companies and is updated daily.
Lexis/Nexis Academic Universe includes the full-text of more than 350 major newspapers including the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Financial Times. It has a wealth of legal and business information. Tutorial: Finding a Company Profile
Academic Search Premier (Ebsco) provides full text coverage for nearly 4,700 scholarly publications, including more than 3,700 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study from current articles back to 1975.
Masterfile Premier (Ebsco) is oriented towards the general public providing full text for more than 1,700 general reference publications including a number of trade magazines and journals.
CQ Researcher is a well respected online magazine useful for a balanced review of controversial topics. Each issue focuses on a single topic and provides a history of the issue, important government actions, pros and cons, and additional links to books, articles, websites on the topic.
Electronic journals can be searched by selecting " Find Magazines or Newspapers by Title" from the library home page. Researchers may also get a list of e-journals available on a given topic by selecting a subject category using the same link. The following journals are available electronically on business.
WNC library books are listed in an online catalog shared by most northern Nevada academic libraries. To find in-depth materials, search the library catalog by typing in the topic you are researching. Be sure to use keywords or subjects rather than sentences. Clicking on the links below will perform a search for WNC books and videos about these topics in the library catalog. Please be patient; sometimes these searches can take a few minutes to finish.
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