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Spring Semester 2012

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Welcome!  This guide is designed to help you locate information about small business.  Use the yellow page tabs above to navigate between book, Internet, and research article sources.

To locate books on small business, conduct a subject search in the HELIN Catalog for the following SUBJECTS:

• SMALL BUSINESS
• SMALL BUSINESS -- MANAGEMENT
• SMALL BUSINESS -- FINANCE
• BUSINESS PLANNING
• ENTREPENEURSHIP

These subject headings can also be combined with keywords related to your topic.  You can browse the selected books presented on the "Books by Subject" page of this guide.  To find articles about small business use the "Finding Articles" tab above. 

If you need further assistance please don't hesitate to contact a librarian. 

Where are the journals?

Most journals are available through the library in electronic format. To find the call number for a specific journal or to gain access to an electronic journal, search the HELIN catalog for the title, specifying * Journals * Newspapers *

The print journals start their lives in the Current Periodicals section on the lower level of the library (at the base of the stairs). That is where you will find journals that have been published recently, usually less than a year old.

After about a year, the journals are sent out to be bound into something resembling large books. When they return, the bound journals are sent to an area called The Serial Stacks. Here they will live out the rest of their lives. Please visit them!

To find Business articles by topic, use a reference database that allows keyword searching. Start with this link: Reference Databases for Business, Labor and Economics

Books with call numbers A through P are located on the third floor.
Books with call numbers Q through Z are located on the second floor.

Except...

The HELIN catalog will tell you if a book is in Reference (location = URI Reference, status = Lib Use Only). The Reference Collection is on the first floor.

A book can also be in Government Publications (location = URI Govt Pub). The Government Publications section is on the first floor and consists of publications produced by both the federal government and the state of Rhode Island.

Some books are located in the Special Collections Library (location = URI RI Collection or URI Archives). The Special Collections Library is on the second floor.

Where are the Business Books?

Most books about business are located on the third floor in the H section (as well as in the Government Publications section).

HB - Economic Theory 
HC - Economic History
HD - Management, Industry, Labor
HE - Transportation, Communications
HF - Commerce, Business Ethics, Accounting, Advertising
HG - Finance, Banking, Investment, Insurance
HJ - Public Finance, Taxation

Guide created by A. Rathemacher 7/97, 9/98, 4/99; revised by H. Posey 4/11.