The Andrew Carnegie Library at Livingstone College
Andrew Carnegie Library
Livingstone College
Library Guide
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Finding Articles at Andrew Carnegie Library
Articles in journals, newspapers, and magazines are found by searching an index. Search for a topic by using a keyword search or for a specific article by using an author or a title search. The databases listed below include articles on topics in business, business education, management, marketing, economics, and accounting as it relates to business administration.
Available through NC Live: http://www.nclive.org; or https://nclive.summon.serialssolutions.com/advanced#!/search?ho=t&l=en&q=(business%20administration)%20AND%20(accounting,%20marketing,%20entrepreneurship)
Title
Description
ABI/INFORM Collection
Business research from journals, trade publications, market research reports, dissertations, and working papers.
Business Link North Carolina
Programs and resources for people starting a new business or moving a business to North Carolina
Canadian Business & Current Affairs Database
Articles span Canadian agriculture, business and economics, education, government and politics, health sciences, history, literature, medical sciences, social sciences, and more, including scholarly content.
Films on Demand Video Collection
Thousands of high quality videos on business & economics, health & medicine, humanities & social sciences, and science & mathematics, as well as travel and fitness programming, home and how-to videos, indie films, and popular music performances. Includes Oscar, Emmy and Peabody award winning documentaries, interviews, instructional and vocational training videos, historical speeches and newsreels.
LawHelpNC
Find information and links about your legal rights, the law, the courts, legal forms and more
Full articles from the New York Times (1980-current).
OneSource
In-depth business information on companies in North America, United Kingdom, Europe, Asia-Pacific as well as emerging markets, with the ability to search for companies by name, by geography or across industries
ProQuest Accounting, Tax & Banking Collection
Journal articles, reference reports, proceedings, and dissertations covering current news and topics as well as the trends and history influencing important accounting and tax issues.
ProQuest Asian & European Business Collection
This database provides information pertinent to the study of business and finance topics across Asia and Europe, including academic journals, newspapers, newswires, and magazines. Find information on companies, economies, markets, international trade, and overall business conditions and practices throughout these regions.
ProQuest Business Market Research Collection
This database contains company, industry, economic and geopolitical market research from three sources, including Hoover's Company Profiles, OxResearch from Oxford Analystica, and Snapshots.
ProQuest Career & Technical Education Database
Vocational information on technical topics, such as computing science, healthcare, building trades, auto mechanics, sales and retail, accounting, graphic design, and photography.
ProQuest Entrepreneurship Database
Information for entrepreneurs and researchers that includes business start-up plans, video clips, journals, business cases, and more.
Reference and research tool providing instant, real-time access to accurate, in-depth information on 24 million U.S. businesses and 235 million U.S. residents. ReferenceUSA makes it faster and easier to find new business opportunities, research executives and companies, find news articles, conduct job searches, research papers, locate addresses and phone numbers, conduct market research and much more.
Regional Accounts Data - Local Area Personal Income
Personal income and population summary estimates, detailed county annual tables of income and employment, wage and salary summary estimates.
Web-based mapping application that lets you create professional-quality maps and reports using demographic, business, and marketing data.
Testing & Education Reference Center
A testing and education preparation resource that includes in-depth information on college, graduate, and professional programs, professional training, scholarships, and entrance tests alongside practice tests for entrance exams, certifications, and licensing exams.
US Newsstream
News content from many national and international newspapers, newswires and selected news magazines
Wall Street Journal
Full articles from the Wall Street Journal (1981-current)
ProQuest Entrepreneurship Database
Business & Management
Career, Jobs & Test Preparation
Journals, Magazines, & Newspapers
NC Live also offers the Business Information Center where patrons can search NC Live business information sources: Market Research and Business Data
https://www.nclive.org/business
SimplyAnalytics Generate maps and marketing reports using demographic, business, and consumer expenditure data.
ReferenceUSA Get in-depth information on 24 million U.S. businesses and 235 million U.S. residents. Find new business opportunities, research executives and companies, conduct market research and more.
Small Business Development
Find information on starting a company, operations management, sales, and growing or rescuing a business.
Creating a business plan:
Small Business Planner from the U.S. Small Business Administration
Business Plan Template from Purdue University
More business development tools:
Business Link North Carolina: Start a Business
NC.gov: How to Start a Business in NC
North Carolina Small Business Administration
Foundation Center: Non-Profit Grant Seekers
Periodicals in print for Business Administration available in the Andrew Carnegie Library:
Black Enterprise – print only
Charlotte Observer – print only
Consumer Reports – print only
Entrepreneur – print only
Forbes – print only
Inc 500 – print only
Street & Smiths SportsBusiness Journal – print and online
Time – print only
Wall Street Journal – print and online
Finding Books at Andrew Carnegie Library
Regular collection books and reference books in the Library collection are listed in the online catalog, which is available from the Library home page http://livingstone.edu/academics/andrew-carnegie-library/ or http://www.livingstonecollege.worldcat.org/ . Books may also be found by browsing under the following call numbers in the stacks:
HB, HC
Economics
HD
Labor economics
HG
Financial economics
HD
Economics of land & energy
HX
Socialism & related systems
HJ
Public finance
HF
International economics
HD
Production
HB
Macroeconomics & related topics
HF
Management & auxiliary services, Commerce
HF
Accounting, Commerce
HF
General management
HF
Advertising & public relations
Books in print for Business Administration, economics, management, marketing, education and accounting available in the Andrew Carnegie Library include more than 1,940 with at least 121 titles focusing on Business Administration. A sampling of the titles is:
After the music stopped – HB 3717 .B55 2013
Alan Greenspan: the age of turbulence – HB 119 .G74 A3 2008
Business adventures: twelve classic tales from the world of Wall Street – HGT 181 .B836 2014
Basic economics – HB 171 .S713 2011
Boomerang: travels in the new third world – HB 3717 .L49 2012
Business planning for turbulent times: new methods for applying scenarios – HD 30.28 .B848 2010
Capital in the twenty-first century – HB 501 .P43613 2014
Dynamic economic decision making – HD 30.23 .H36835
Entrepreneurship – HB 615 .B366 2012
Global entrepreneurship – HB 615 .K76 2014
Happy healthy nonprofit – HD 2769.15 .K36 2017
Misbehaving: the making of behavioral economics – HB 75 .T9 2011
No more work: why full employment is a bad idea – HD 8045 .L58 2016
Numbers rule your world – HA 29 .F845 2010
Out of poverty: sweatshops in the global economy – HD 2337 .P694 2014
Real estate accounting made easy – HF 5686 .R3 F25 2010
Rethinking the MBA: business education at a Crossroads – HF 1131 .D38 2010
This changes everything: capitalism vs the climate – HC 79 .E5 K56 2015
Two narratives of political economics – HB 75 .T9 2011
Wealth of nations – HB 161 .S655 2014
What I didn’t learn in business school – HD 30.28 .H36835 2010
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Books and eBooks from other sources are listed in databases available through NC Live:
https://www.nclive.org/ebooks or you may search specific databases
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EBook Central Academic and Public Library Complete Scholarly titles supporting student and faculty research, and general nonfiction on topics such as school & studying, career development, arts & leisure, and practical life skills.
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eBooks on EBSCOhost Source contains nearly 25,000 fiction, reference, scholarly, and
professional books online.
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eLibrary This easy-to-use curriculum and reference resource delivers one of the largest general reference collections of periodical and digital media content designed specifically for schools and libraries of all kinds, as well as additional subject-based material.
oOpen Library More than 100,000 downloadable e-books on a variety of subjects
There are more than 16,000 eBook titles available that are full text online: A sampling of titles include:
Business climate shifts: profiles of change makers
Common knowledge: how companies thrive by sharing what they know
Future of the MBA: designing the thinkers of the future
Management and leadership of educational marketing research, practice and applications
Managing diversity-the courage to lead
Managing value in organisations: new learning management, and business models
Presentation skills, one hour workshop
Project management: case studies
Print and Audiovisual Materials not available at Andrew Carnegie Library may be ordered through Interlibrary Loan from any library listed in the OPAC.
http://www.livingstonecollege.worldcat.org/
WorldCat Union catalog - lists books available through Interlibrary Loan (ILL).
Films are available through Films on Demand with NC Live:
http://www.nclive.org/browse/streaming-videos
Films on Demand Video Collection and the NC Live Video Collection More than 17,000 videos in business & economics, health & medicine, humanities & social sciences, instructional and vocational training videos. A sampling of titles includes:
Business Basics 2012
Business, Management and Administration 2007
Careers in Management: Skills
Careers in Management: Prerequisites and education
Corporate Accounting Assistants
Administrative Assistant
Account Director
Evaluating Business Performance: Small Business Case Studies 2006
Marketing, Sales and Service 2007
Starting an Online Business 2012
The Business Plan 2009
Working with Business Administration (2009)
Business, Management & Administration (2007)
Business, Finance, and Government Administration (2009)
The Future of Business Education: Ethical Markets 6 (2015)
The Business of Green (2010)
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Read Online
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Finding Other Electronic Resources at Andrew Carnegie Library http://www.nclive.org/
The resources in the following list offer information and tutorials available through NC LIVE:
ReferenceUSA: Business and consumer research platform helps you create marketing plans, conduct competitive analysis, raise funds, and locate people.
Gale Virtual Reference: Contains books & literature, history & biography, philosophy & religion.