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Guidelines for Economics

Table of Contents

1. Purpose
2. General Collection Guidelines
    A. Language
    B. Chronology
    C. Geography
    D. Publication Date
    E. Treatment of Subject
    F. Types of Materials and Formats
3. Area Resources
4. Related Subject Policy Statements
5. Subjects and Collecting Levels
6. Methodology

1. Purpose.


The Department of Economics offers two undergraduate degree programs. The Bachelor of Science in economics, conferred by the College of Humanities and Sciences, serves as a general preparation for careers and employment in areas such as public administration, social services, and the financial sector. The other Bachelor of Science in economics, conferred by the School of Business, is designed to prepare the students for positions in government and for graduate study. The Department of Economics offers a Masters of Arts Degree in Economics. This degree is designed to provide training for teaching in secondary schools or in junior colleges and for further study at the doctoral level. This program provides both a thesis and a non thesis option. The School of Business offers a Ph.D. in Business with a specialty track in Economics.

2. General Collection Guidelines.

A. Language.
English is the primary language of the collection.

B. Chronology.
The emphasis is on current developments. Materials collected should also include a representative survey of various periods of economic thought, economic history, and economic development as they relate to the curriculum.

C. Geography.
Emphasis is on the United States, Western Europe, Central Europe, and Eastern Europe including the newly independent states.

D. Publication Date.
The emphasis is on current publications. Some retrospective purchasing takes place to fill in gaps and for replacement.

E. Treatment of Subject.
Popular works and lower division textbooks are not generally ordered. Upper division and graduate texts are acquired selectively. Professional and scholarly works that support the curriculum are acquired broadly.

F. Types of Materials and Formats.
Monographs, periodicals, and electronic resources are the principal formats. Also included are indexes, abstracts, dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, bibliographies, directories, loose-leaf services, conference proceedings, and audio-visuals.

3. Area Resources.


The University of Richmond has a business collection which is available to VCU students. The Federal Reserve Bank Library is available to the VCU community by appointment. The State Library of Virginia and the Richmond Public Library are available to the VCU community.

4. Related Subject Policy Statements.


See Business, Public Administration, and Government Documents policies.

5. Subjects and Collecting Levels.

Subject Call Number Range Present  Desired
Economic Theory. Demography HB1-846.8 B B
Business Cycles HB3711-3840 B B
Economic History, General HC10-95; HC111-1085 C1 C2
Economic History, U.S. HC101-110 C1 C2
Production HD28-88 B B
Land Use HD101-1741 C1 C1
Industry HD2321-4730.9 B B
Labor HD4801-9999 B B

6. Methodology.


Collection-centered; list-checking, either in its entirety or using samplings from:
    ABI-Inform. -computer file-. Ann Arbor: U.M.I. 1989-. bimonthly.

    Baker Library Harvard Business School Recent Additions. Boston: Harvard Business School, 1982-. monthly.

    Business Periodical Index. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1958-. monthly.

    EconLit. -computer file-. Norwood: SilverPlatter Information, 1990-. quarterly.

    Harvard Business School Core Collection. Boston: Harvard Business School, 1982-. annual.

    Journal of Economic Literature. Pittsburgh: American Economic Association, 1963-. quarterly.

    Public Administration. London: Royal Institute of Public Administration, 1923-. quarterly.

    Social Sciences Citation Index. -computer file-. Philadelphia: Institute for Scientific Information, 1992-. quarterly.

    WILS - computer file-. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1988-. monthly