Business
Statement of programs and library needs
The R. B. Pamplin College of Business offers programs leading to bachelor, master, and doctoral degrees in the following areas of majors: accounting, economics, finance, insurance, and business law, management, management science, and marketing.
The following graduate degrees are offered: Master of Business Administration, Master of Science in Business Administration, Master of Accountancy, and Doctor of Philosophy in Business.
The R. B. Pamplin College of Business strives to prepare students to perform in a global economy, improve competitiveness and profitability of the business community, provide professional training and expertise to public and private enterprises both worldwide and especially within the Commonwealth of Virginia, and support the continued professional development of the college's faculty.
The college is a member of the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business and all programs are accredited by the AACSB.
The College of Business and the Department of Economics have strong interdisciplinary interests, so there is mutual interest between business students and professors, and between economists and scholars in environmental and urban studies, geography, history, political science, sociology, hospitality and tourism management. Statistical data are of particular relevance to other disciplines, especially in the social sciences.
I. Collection areas
A. Area: Business, Economics, and Agricultural Economics
B. Classes and Levels
CJ Numismatics Basic
HA Statistics Study
HB 1-846.8 Economic Theory Research
HB 848-3697 Demography. Vital Events Research
HB 3711-3840 Business Cycles, Econ. Fluctuations Research
HC Economic History & Conditions,
Special Topics Study
HD 1-HD1395 Production, Land use Study
HD 1401-2210 Agricultural Economics Research
HD 2321-7284 Industry, Labor, Industrial Relations Study
HD 7406-8999 State Labor, Professions Study
HD 9000-9490 Special Industries & Trades--
Agricultural Study
HD 9500-9999 Special Industries and Trades--
Energy, Mineral and Metals,
Construction, Manufacturing Study
HE Transportation and Communications Study
HF 1-1054 Commerce Study
HF 1201-5599 Business-marketing, retail trade Research
HF 5601-5800 Accounting Research
HF 5801-6182 Advertising Study
H G1-1500 Money and Finance Research
HG 1501-3701 Banking and Credit Research
HG 3801-4000 International Finance Research
HG 4001-9999 Business Finance, Investment,
Securities, Stocks, Insurance Research
HJ Public Finance, Revenue, Taxation Study
KF 560-3686 Business Law, Corporate Taxation Study
QA 273-280 Probability and Mathematical Statistics Research
RA 410-415 Medical Economics Study
T 12 Industrial and Manufacturing
Directories Basic
C. Chronology
Emphasis is on current publishing. Historical materials, including newspapers and periodicals, have been acquired in microform format. Economic history materials are acquired selectively. Historical statistics are important to the collection.
D. Geographic Guidelines
Primary emphasis is on material published in the United States. Selected materials from Great Britain, Canada, and Western Europe and elsewhere may be purchased.
E. Languages
English language materials are of primary interest. Some works in various European languages are purchased, especially in the area of economics.
F. Treatment
Emphasis is on journals and periodicals, books, looseleaf services, magnetic databases, various stock and investment advisory services, and online databases. In the area of economics scholarly monographs, journals, and serials are of particular interest. Sources of statistical data are also important.
G. Formats
Primarily print for monographs and most journals, though electronic full-text is also of growing importance for journals. Bibliographic databases are available through the Internet. Corporate annual reports, 10-K reports, statistical data, and many newspapers are acquired in microform. Some videos are occasionally acquired upon faculty request.
H. Multiple copies
Multiple copies of heavily used titles are acquired as funds permit. Some high use periodicals are duplicated in microform. Some binding copy subscriptions are maintained.
II. Acquisition Strategy
The business bibliographer selects materials for purchase, with priority being given to faculty requests. The University Libraries maintain an approval plan for books from many university press and significant trade publishers and standing orders for many important serials. The University Libraries receive on subscription almost all titles indexed in Business Periodicals Index and a considerable number of those indexed in ABI/Inform, PAIS, Journal of Economic Literature, Econlit, and the various social sciences indexes. Significant gifts of materials not already owned are rarely received, but duplicate copies of frequently used titles are sometimes added by gift. Retrospective purchases are limited to filling in journal holdings or adding important older titles.
Federal documents from a variety of agencies provide primary data and secondary materials of interest in business.
III. Collection Notes
Business online and electronic databases are important and heavily used. Looseleaf services, stock and investment advisory services, market research services (Simmons Study of Media and Markets), annual reports, and 10-K Reports are all heavily used. Law materials and looseleaf services, as well as the legal online databases WestLaw and Lexis-Nexis are heavily used by business students and faculty.
Lower division college textbooks are not ordinarily purchased. Upper division textbooks are acquired selectively. Theses and dissertations from other institutions are generally not acquired. Business students and faculty also draw on resources which support areas of sociology, political science, history, and statistics.
Revised 10/1995
