SUBJECT AREA: H-HJ - GENERAL SOCIAL SCIENCES, ECONOMICS, COMMERCE, FINANCE
Purpose: Supports the work of students in Economics and Commerce, most other social science disciplines, in particular Political science, International relations, Sociology and Geography, as well as many courses in History.
Existing Collection Strength:
H - Social Science (General):
Selective (3)
HA - Statistics:
Basic (1) except Canada which is at level 4. Canadian government documents
is the reason for level 4.
HB - Economic Theory. Demography.:
Economic Theory - Selective (3)
Demography - Basic (1) except for Canada (4), where government documents
plays a major role.
HC - Economic History:
Representative (2) except material on Canadian which is Selective (3).
HD - Economic Conditions:
Production, HD 1-88 - Representative (2)
Land Use, HD 101-1395 - Representative (2)
Agriculture, HD 1400-1741 - Basic (1)
Industry, HD 2300-4799 - Representative (2)
Labor, HD 4800-8999 - Representative (2)
Special Industries and Trades, HD 9000-9999 - Representative (2)
NOTE: Material on Canadian aspects of the above, except Agriculture, is collected at the Selective (3) level.
HE - Transportation and Communication:
Representative (2)
HF - Commerce (covers all aspects of business):
Materials on Canada at the Selective (3) level. All others at the Basic (1)
level.
HG - Finance:
Materials concerning Canada at the Selective (3) level. All others at Basic
(1).
HJ - Public Finance:
Materials concerning Canadian finance at Selective (3). All others at Basic
(1).
Current Collecting Intensity: As above, but with increasing emphasis on globalization, sustainable development, and the world economy.
Geographic Focus: Historically, the collection has a strong Canadian orientation with American and/or British material obtained when Canadian was not available or for theoretical texts. Work has to be done to broaden the geographic scope of the collection following changes to internationalize the curriculum.
Chronological Focus: Generally only current material is acquired.
Languages Collected: English predominates. Works in other languages are normally not acquired.
Formats Collected: Books, journals and online sources primarily. Statistical material and publications of IGOs, NGOs, think tanks and institutes from the government documents collection are very important. Selected Internet sources are available through the Commerce and Economics subject guides and the Government Information & Statistics web page.
Access to Journal Articles: ABI/INFORM Global is the prime business index. CBCA Business and CBCA Reference are useful for Canadian business information. LexisNexis Academic provides access to business financial statistics and business news sources. The Library does not subscribe to a specific index in economics. The multidisciplinary indexes and full text databases: ProQuest, Science Direct, PAIS and Social Sciences Index provide access to journal articles for economics, and to a lesser extent, business topics.
Date: May 2001, Revised February 2005
Selector Responsible: Anita Cannon