Collins Memorial Library: BUS 452: Supply Chain Management: Books & more

New Titles in Collins Library!

How Nonprofits Work by Grace Budrys
Call Number: HV 687 B795 2013
Publication Date: 2012
Looks at nonprofit organizations through a sociological lens, identifying characteristics that make some nonprofits successful and characteristics that cause challenges, focusing on nonprofts in the health services sector.
Female Entrepreneurship and the New Venture Creation by Dafna Kariv
Call Number: HD6072.5 .K37 2013
Publication Date: 2012
"This book captures the diversity of female entrepreneurship and provides a valuable synthesis of the insights that emerge from the stories of women entrepreneurs around the world."
How Finance Is Shaping the Economies of China, Japan, and Korea by Yung Chul Park (Editor); Hugh Patrick (Editor)
Call Number: HG187.C6 H69 2013
Publication Date: 2013
Connects the evolving modern financial systems of China, Japan, and Korea to the development and growth of their economies through the first decade of the twenty-first century.

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Call Numbers to Browse

If you're interested in a broad topic in Business & Leadership, or would like to browse for inspiration, try one of these Library of Congress call letters:

HD: Industries. Land use. Labor
HF: Commerce
HG: Finance

Locations of books

New books are located in the Library lobby and are in call number order.
Print Reference books are on the first floor across from the Learning Commons area.
Book stacks: Consult the library map; look for location posters; or ask any staff member for help!

Identifying Academic Books

What are some indicators that a book may be scholarly?

Publisher is a university press or scholarly publisher (see this list on Wikipedia)
Author(s) and editor(s) are scholars (affiliated with university or research institution)
Scholarly apparatus is present (footnotes, citations, etc.)
Technical language geared towards scholars/researchers

Some indicators can be found in a book's catalog record including publisher and notes of bibliographical references. See the sections highlighted in orange below:

E-books

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Andrea Klyn
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