Business Administration, Financial Services, Human Resources, Marketing

9 Business Administration, Financial Services, Human Resources, Marketing

Recommended sites for books

Make sure that they are multi-user. If the extra cost for multi-user is too great, then you may want to purchase a single print copy.

Other vendors recommended to me when I started, but I haven’t found them particularly useful:

Suggested strategies for selecting

Even if the review is great, you still have to make the decision whether or not this title belongs in the collection. This is especially true for “Highly Recommended” books in the Economics section of Choice: some of them may be at too high a level for this institution (e.g. there are no graduate programs here).

Look through the Slip Notifications in Ingram Coutts. Most often, the info about the content is minimal, so check Amazon for reviews. Amazon is good for listing reviews, (also look at the customer reviews if you can’t decide).

If you have signed up for previewing videos from the sites listed above, they may send you email updates with sales on items. CRM Learning does this, but do not order from them, unless you can’t avoid it (they’re American-based, so the library loses money in the currency exchange and customs taxes).

Take a look through these vendors’ websites for items not featured in their sales lists, since they may be on sale, too.

Sometimes vendors will send catalogues to you. Circulate the catalogues among the Business instructors with a sheet stapled to the front of each catalogue. On this sheet, ask the instructors to write down which items they would like the library to purchase. Ask for the catalogue with the sheet to be returned to you (can be returned to the library, to any staff member, and they will place it in your mailbox).

Canadian Legal Books for All Business Programs:

Recommended sites for books

Carswell (includes Canada Law Book, and Wolters Kluwer legal titles), LexisNexis Canada (includes Butterworths), Wolters Kluwer (formerly CCH Canadian Limited) for Tax and Accounting titles

Suggested strategies for selecting

In the library catalogue, search for items published by the companies listed above, and check whether or not the library has the latest edition. Depending on the item, every other edition may be all that is needed. If the item in the library is a few editions back, purchase the new one. When sending the order to Brenda, let her know that this edition will replace the older edition, so that the older edition will be weeded and replaced by the new one.

While doing the search above, note any relevant subject headings to explore, especially if they have “Law and legislation” in the SH.

Check these publishers’ (listed above) websites for items and if anything looks relevant, check to see whether or not it’s already in the library (see above). If it is not, determine whether or not it should be in the collection (can ask instructors if they think it is useful for their programs).

Some titles have publication dates that are frequently pushed back. Keep track of anticipated publication dates, and check if the item has been published by the projected date. If not, check back at the next projected date, and keep doing so until it is published. When it has finally been published, order it. It’s easier to order items that have been published, than to order something projected to be published, pay for it, and wait around for its eventual publication. Legal titles usually come in very quickly.