Economics

Statement of programs and library needs

The Department of Economics through the College Science offers undergraduate and graduate programs in economics leading to the B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees with similar, but not identical, requirements to those offered by the R. B. Pamplin College of Business.

The Department of Economics offers programs in a broad range of study related to economics. It strives to prepare students for future jobs in areas of academic and government research and advisory positions; also for positions in business firms, government and international agencies.

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, and 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, Minerals 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, online databases, and other online resources. In the area of economics scholarly monographs, journals, and serials are of particular interest. Sources of statistical data are also important, in both paper and electronic formats.

G. Formats

Printed materials and microforms are purchased. In recent years magnetic databases and online databases have acquired significance. 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 economics 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. More periodicals and serials, especially those published by the United States Government, continue to appear in online versions as time progresses.

III. Collection Notes

Economic and business online and electronic databases are important. Law materials and looseleaf services, as well as the legal online databases WestLaw and Lexis-Nexis are heavily used by economics 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. Economics students and faculty also draw on resources which support areas of sociology, political science, history, and statistics.

Revised 11/2000