Basic Business Library Core Resources

The fourth edition of The Basic Business Library: Core Resources contains an updated core list of the best current print business resources, core online vendors and sources of business information, and core journals in the field of business. Also included is a collection of new essays on important topics in business librarianship. Entries in the core list provide: BL Full bibliographic information BL Online ordering information BL A brief description of authority and scope BL A brief evaluation of the work's strengths and weaknesses. The essays cover such topics as: BL Marketing the business library BL Organizing business libraries and information centers BL Acquiring business books BL Developing a business reference collection BL Accessing government documents BL Evaluating online and investment resources BL Assessing the state of business libraries in 2001 This volume will serve as a checklist of essential business reference tools that smaller libraries can use to evaluate their collections, and provides a guide to the best practices for smaller libraries seeking to begin or expand a business reference collection. The collection of essay also makes the book useful for library science courses in business reference.Karp, Rashelle S. is the author of 'Basic Business Library Core Resources', published 2003 under ISBN 9781573565127 and ISBN 1573565121.