Finding Books

Books offer:

* basic concepts, overviews, background, perspectives, in-depth analysis, or theoretical information
* examples, case studies or best practices
* profiles on companies and executives
* references to other important authors or works


Finding Books Owned by JHU Libraries:

Use the JHU Libraries'  Catalog
  
Library of Congress Subject Classification System for Business and Economics H-HJ
(standard scheme for large, academic research libraries)


Finding Books Not Owned by JHU:
 
1) Use these online databases to identify other publications that exist on your topic, which are owned by major U.S. and foreign research libraries. Library holdings are attached, in case you want to verify ownership by JHU or visit a regional library. Otherwise, borrow books through the JHU libraries.  

WorldCat  (All JHU (incl. International))

Online catalog of materials owned by over 41,000 U.S. and foreign libraries or research institutions that contribute their records to the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC), a non-profit membership organization.  This catalog includes more than 52 million records representing 400 languages.

RLG union catalog (RLIN)  (All US JHU)

The Research Libraries Information Network (RLIN) is the online catalog of the Research Libraries Group. The catalog includes records for over 22 million books, periodicals, sound recordings, computer files and other materials owned by major research libraries in the U.S. and abroad.

2) Consult the library catalogs of specific regional libraries to verify the current status before visiting that institution.
 
3) Review the references or bibliographies in books or articles for other important publications.
 
4) Consult journals, newspapers, book review resources and publishers' web sites for new books, author interviews, and reviews.

Book Review Digest Plus  (All JHU (incl. International))

Books in print. (Global edition)  (All JHU (incl. International))

Obtaining Books:

1) If you have never borrowed books directly from the library, contact Circulation or your center's library staff to activate your library account. You will need to submit proof of registration from the registrar office.  Your university identification card will enable you to borrow books thereafter.

2) Request and return materials through JHU centers' library staff if you prefer on-site delivery services.

3) Use the blue request button in the JHU Libraries Catalog records to have items pulled and held at one of the designated circulation desks. 

4) Request items stored at the Libraries Service Center through the JHU Catalog records or the Libraries Service Center form.   

5) Use the Interlibrary Services form to retrieve items stored at other JHU locations or to borrow items not owned by JHU.

6) CIRLA: Faculty and graduate students can access and borrow materials from regional libraries in the CIRLA consortium. Complete the CIRLA form and submit to your center library staff or to Circulation staff to make the arrangements. 


Have a Purchase Suggestion for the Library?

Contact the Librarian for Business and Economics if you would like to recommend a book, excluding textbooks, for the Milton S. Eisenhower library's collection.