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Foster Business Library
Databases:
The Foster Business Library offers an extensive collection of over fifty databases on its homepage; see under Databases. For a complete list of Foster databases, see the List of All Business Databases. Access to these databases from off campus requires that you first go to the Off-Campus Access button, in the upper right of all library webpages. These resources may not be accessed from off campus except by those with a valid UW Net ID and password. For more information on Foster business databases, click Databases, A-Z. For information on which Foster business databases to use, see the Database Index.
For information on accessing Foster databases from off campus, see Database Access.
For guidelines on responsible database usage, see Database Usage.
As an example, a search in this database for Recession produced over two thousand references, including over fourteen hundred articles, and over one hundred and sixty books.
See Recession in the Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History, and Economic Cycles in the Encyclopedia of Business and Finance.
As an example, an advanced search, in business and economics journals, in articles, by title, for Recession produced over ninety articles.
A search for Recession produced six definitions.
As an example, an advanced search, in business and economics articles, for Recession produced over six hundred references.
A search for Recession produced sixteen tables.
Unlike library databases, Web resources are available wherever you have web access; they do not require that you access them via the Off-Campus Access button, in the upper right of all library webpages. When using web resources, be sure to evaluate the credibility of these resources. For a subject index to web resources, see Business Resources on the Web on the Foster Business Library homepage.
Foster
Business
Library Reference Collection:
The Foster Business Library Reference Collection consists of business handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other quick reference tools. It is located behind the Reference Desk in Foster, arranged by call number. Reference materials cannot be checked out; they may only be used in the library.
See pages 563 to 573 for Recession of 1969-1970, Recessions After World War II, and Recessions (Supply-Side) in the 1970s.
See pages 357 and 358 in volume two for Recession.
See Recession on pages 329 and 330.
Foster Business Library
Books:
The Foster Business Library maintains a collection of over 70,000 books on
all business topics. To search for materials on all three campuses of the University of Washington, go to the UW Libraries Catalog, in the upper left corner of the Foster Business Library homepage. Search by keyword, title, author, series, etc.
To limit the results of your search just to materials in the Foster Business Library collection, use the Modify or Limit options at the top of the search results and change the library location to Foster Business Library.
Availablity is indicated on the right of each online catalog record. First, note in which collection, within Foster, your materials are in, since the library has ten different Collections, each in a different location and often with differing arrangements. "Available" indicates that the book should be on the shelves under that call number and available for you to check out. "Due" and a date indicates that the book is already checked out to someone and is due back on the date indicated; you can have the "Request/Place Hold" feature to recall the book for your use.
If the material you want is not in the collections of the University of Washington, you can use the "Search Summit" feature to repeat your search in the combined holdings of over thirty cooperating libraries in Washington and Oregon. Use the "Request This Item" feature in Summit to have books in those library sent here to Foster for you to check out.
The Foster general stacks collection is located south of the main part of the Foster Business Library, through the two pass-throughs into the basement of Balmer. The arrangement is by call number, from A (at the east end, near the Copy Center) to Z (at the far west end).
A keyword search for Recession produced over two hundred records in the UW Libraries, but just
fourteen records in the Foster Business Library, including:
See also these titles not in the Foster Business Library:
Foster Business Library Articles:
Articles in academic journals, magazines, trade periodicals, and newspapers are one of the best sources for any kind of research. While the
Foster Business Library offers a large periodicals print collection, comprising over 800 titles, articles are most easily accessed online,
24/7, in such fulltext article databases as EBSCO Business Source Premier, Factiva, LexisNexis Academic, Newsbank Infoweb, and ProQuest Databases. These article databases are available in the library or from off-campus, and provide access to over 10,000 periodicals and millions of articles.
Library access to most ProQuest databases will terminate at the end of
spring quarter 2008, except for ProQuest NewsStand, ProQuest Dissertations
and Theses, Historical New York Times, and the Historical Wall Street
Journal. For more about this change, see UW Libraries Providing New
Databases. After this change, comprehensive article searches should be performed in EBSCO
Business Source Premier, Newsbank Infoweb, and ProQuest
NewsStand. Also, after this change, links to the articles below will be broken.
This database--actually, a family of over two dozen databases--offers full
text articles for over 10,000 publications, including scholarly journals,
magazines, trade and industry periodicals, newspapers, and reports on a
very wide range of topics. To find articles on specific topics, search by
word or phrase by keying your search phrase into the search box--or search
for your topic in the Topic Guide.
Your search terms will be highlighted in red in each article.
A subject search for SUB(Recessions) produced over 23,000 articles, including articles in scholarly journals, magazine articles, articles in trade publications, newspaper articles, and reports. A more focused subject search, for SUB() produced articles.
Combining subjects is a good way to focus a search, such as:
Examples of articles, from the searches above, include:
For research guides on a wide variety of industries, products, companies, issues and topics, see the Team Librarian Consultation archives.
This older one-volume covers and explains a wide range of topics related to business cycles and depressions.
Foster Business Library Reference, CALL NUMBER: Hb3711 .B936 1997.
This two-volume encyclopedia covers American business history in an A to Z format (rather than chronological), in 400 essay-form entries, each with a bibliography. A chronology of American business history may be found in volume two, starting on page 491.
Foster Business Library Reference, CALL NUMBER: HF3021 .G44 2006.
This single volume encyclopedia covers both the U.S. Federal Reserve System and banks and banking in the U.S., with topical indexes and essays on a wide variety of topics, from A to Z., including crises, bank failures, depression, and banking terms and concepts.
Foster Business Library Reference, CALL NUMBER: HG2563 .H235 2005.
ProQuest Databases:
The Foster Business Library Reference Desk is staffed nearly all of the hours that the library is open. The
staff at the desk will be happy to help you find business research tools and resources, exploit business databases to the fullest or advise on research strategies.
For e-mail questions, direct your query to balib@u.washington.edu. For
assistance by telephone, dial (206) 543-8012 during library hours.