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Economics

This guide is meant to point researchers in the direction of commonly-used economics resources available at Illinois State University. There are also descriptions of general search strategies to use those resources.

Finding Books at Milner

Economics and business books can be found on the 4th floor of Milner Library. Each tab below breaks down the major subjects within economics and relevant parts of business, organized by Library of Congress call numbers. The Links tab includes more information to help you find books. These are general topics. For more specific subtopics, reach out or search the library catalog.

The resources in the More Help box below provide more information about finding and accessing books and other resources in Milner's catalog.

  • HB 71-74 - Economics as a science. Relation to other subjects
  • HB 75-130 - History of economics. History of economic theory (Including special economic schools
  • HB 131-147 - Methodology
    • HB 135-147 - Mathematical economics. Quantitative methods (Including econometrics, input-output analysis, game theory)
  • HB 201-206 - Value. Utility
  • HB 221-236 - Price
  • HB 238-251 - Competition. Production. Wealth
  • HB 501 - Capital. Capitalism
  • HB 522-715 - Income. Factor shares
    • HB 535-551 - Interest
    • HB 601 - Profit
    • HB 615-715 - Entrepreneurship. Risk and uncertainty. Property
  • HB 801-843 - Consumption. Demand
  • HB 846-846.8 - Welfare theory
  • HB 848-3697 - Demography. Population. Vital events
  • HB 3711-3840 - Business cycles. Economic fluctuations
  • HC 79 - Special topics (Including air pollution, automation, consumer demand, famines, flow of funds, etc.)
  • HC 92 - Economic geography of the oceans (General)
  • HC 94-1085 - By region or country
  • HD 28-70 - Management. Industrial management
  • HD 72-88 - Economic growth, development, planning
  • HD 101-1395.5 - Land use. Land tenure
  • HD 1401-2210 - Agriculture
  • HD 2321-4730.9 - Industry
  • HD 4801-8943 - Labor. Work. Working class
    • HD 4861-4895 - Labor systems
    • HD 4909-5100.9 - Wages
    • HD 5106-5267 - Hours of labor (Including overtime, shift work, sick leave, vacations)
    • HD 5306-5474 - Labor disputes. Strikes and lockouts
    • HD 5481-5630.7 - Industrial arbitration. Mediation and conciliation
    • HD 5650-5660 - Employee participation in management. Employee ownership. Industrial democracy. Works councils
    • HD 5701-6000.9 - Labor market. Labor supply. Labor demand (Including unemployment, manpower policy, occupational training, employment agencies)
    • HD 6050-6305 - Classes of labor (Including women, children, students, middle-aged and older persons, minorities)
    • HD 6350-6940.7 - Trade unions. Labor unions. Workers' associations
    • HD 6941-6948 - Employers' associations
    • HD 6951-6957 - Industrial sociology. Social conditions of labor
    • HD 6958.5-6976 - Industrial relations
    • HD 6977-7080 - Cost and standard of living
    • HD 7088-7252 - Social insurance. Social security. Pension
    • HD 7255-7256 - Vocational rehabilitation. Employment of people with disabilities
    • HD 7260-7780.8 - Industrial hygiene. Industrial welfare
    • HD 7795-8027 - Labor policy. Labor and the state
    • HD 8031 - Labor in politics. Political activity of the working class
    • HD 8038 - Professions (General). Professional employees
    • HD 8039 - By industry or trade
    • HD 8045-8943 - By region or country
  • HD 9000-9999 - Special industries and trades
  • HE 199-199.5 - Freight (General)
  • HE 305-311 - Urban transportation
  • HE 323-328 - Transportation geography. Trade routes
  • HE 331-380 - Traffic engineering. Roads and highways. Streets
  • HE 380.8-971 - Water transportation
  • HE 1001-5600 - Railroads. Rapid transit systems
  • HE 5601-5725 - Automotive transportation (Including trucking, bus lines, and taxicab service)
  • HE 5746-5749 - Stage lines
  • HE 5751-5870 - Ferries
  • HE 5880-5990 - Express service
  • HE 6000-7500 - Postal service. Stamps. Philately
  • HE 7511-7549 - Pneumatic service
  • HE 7601-8700.95 - Telecommunication industry. Telegraph
  • HE 8701-9680.7 - Telephone industry
  • HE 9713-9715 - Cellular telephone services industry. Wireless telephone industry
  • HE 9719-9721 - Artificial satellite telecommunications
  • HE 9723-9737 - Signaling
  • HE 9751-9756 - Messenger service
  • HE 9761-9900 - Air transportation. Airlines
  • HF 294-343 - Boards of trade. Chambers of commerce. Merchants' associations
  • HF 1014 - Balance of trade
  • HF 1021-1027 - Commercial geography. Economic geography
  • HF 1040-1054 - Commodities. Commercial products
  • HF 1701-2701 - Tariff. Free trade. Protectionism
  • HF 3000-4055 - By region or country
  • HF 5001-6182 - Business
    • HF 5381-5386 - Vocational Guidance. Career development
    • HF 5387-5387.5 - Business ethics
    • HF 5410-5417.5 - Marketing. Distribution of products
    • HF 5419-5422 - Wholesale trade
    • HF 5428-5429.6 - Retail trade
    • HF 5429.7-5430.6 - Shopping centers. Shopping malls
    • HF 5437-5444 - Purchasing. Selling. Sales personnel. Sales executives
    • HF 5446-5459 - Canvassing. Peddling
    • HF 5460-5469.5 - Department stores. Mail order business. Supermarkets. Convenience stores
    • HF 5469.7-5481 - Markets. Fairs
    • HF 5482-5482.4 - Secondhand trade
    • HF 5482.6-5482.65 - Black market
    • HF 5484-5495 - Warehouses. Storage
    • HF 5520-5541 - Office equipment and supplies
    • HF 5546-5548.6 - Office management
    • HF 5548.7-5548.85 - Industrial psychology
    • HF 5549-5549.5 - Personnel management. Employment management
    • HF 5601-5689 - Accounting. Bookkeeping
    • HF 5691-5716 - Business mathematics. Commercial arithmetic (Including tables, etc.)
    • HF 5717-5734.7 - Business communication (Including business report writing, business correspondence
    • HF 5735-5746 - Business records management
    • HF 5761-5780 - Shipment of goods. Delivery of goods
    • HF 5801-6182 - Advertising
  • HG 178 - Liquidity
  • HG 179 - Personal finance
  • HG 201-1496 - Money
  • HG 1501-3550 - Banking
  • HG 3691-3769 - Credit. Debt. Loans (Including credit institutions, credit instruments, consumer credit, bankruptcy)
  • HG 3810-4000 - Foreign exchange. International finance. International monetary system
  • HG 4001-4285 - Finance management. Business finance. Corporation finance
  • HG 4301-4480.9 - Trust services. Trust companies
  • HG 4501-6051 - Investment, capital formation, speculation
  • HG 6105-6270.9 - Lotteries
  • HG 8011-9999 - Insurance
  • HJ 9-99.8 - Periodicals. Serials. By region or country
  • HJ 210-240 - History
  • HJ 241-1620 - By region or country
  • HJ 2005-2216 - Income and expenditure. Budget
  • HJ 2240-5908 - Revenue. Taxation. Internal revenue
  • HJ 2321-2323 - Tax incidence. Tax shifting. Tax equity
  • HJ 2326-2327 - Progressive taxation
  • HJ 2336-2337 - Tax exemption
  • HJ 2338 - Taxation of government property
  • HJ 2351 - Inflation and taxation
  • HJ 2351.4 - Tax revenue estimating
  • HJ 2361-3192.7 - By region or country
  • HJ 3801-3844 - Revenue from sources other than taxation
  • HJ 3863-3925 - Direct taxation
  • HJ 4113-4601 - Property tax
  • HJ 4629-4830 - Income tax
  • HJ 4919-4936 - Capitation. Poll tax
  • HJ 5309-5510 - Administrative fees. User charges. License fees
  • HJ 6603-7390 - Customs administration
  • HJ 7461-7980 - Expenditures. Government spending
  • HJ 8001-8899 - Public debts
  • HJ 9103-9695 - Local finance. Municipal finance.
  • HJ 9701-9940 - Public accounting. Auditing

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