Browsing Economics Resources by Call Number
Although many older books are classified in the Dewey Decimal Classification System, the majority of Syracuse University Library’s print resources are classified in and physically arranged according to the alpha-numeric Library of Congress (LC) Classification System. The LC system has allocated Class H to Social Sciences.
Within Class H, Subclasses HB-HJ address various aspects of Economics: Economic Theory and Demography (HB); Economic History and Conditions (HC); Industries, Land Use, and Labor (HD); Transportation and Communications (HE); Commerce (HF); Finance (HG); and Public Finance (HJ).
"HB-HJ" call numbers are assigned to Economics holdings that are shelved in the Reference Collection on the 2nd floor of Bird Library and in the general and oversize stacks on the 3rd floor of Bird Library.
(Note: Bound volumes of print journals / periodicals and less frequently used books are kept at The Facility, a high-density storage space at 1556 Jamesville Avenue. On-line forms can be used to request either scanning and email transmission of articles or next-business-day delivery of print materials for pick-up at a library on campus.)
To see a full outline of the ""HB-HJ" Subclasses of the "H" Class, open the document below. Then click on any Subclasses of interest for broad outlines of their classification schemes.
There are 3 ways to obtain journal articles:
o ON-LINE – accessing articles directly from full-text databases or from on-line journals to which the SU Libraries subscribe.
o IN PRINT (rare!) – for articles in UNBOUND issues of journals to which the Libraries have subscriptions for print only OR of journals for which SU Libraries' on-line access does not go forward enough in time.
o INTERLIBRARY LOAN (Interlibrary Loan request via the ILLiad system) – for articles in the SU Libraries' bound journal holdings (all now held in remote storage at The Facility) or for journals for which the SU Libraries have no coverage.
The Library subscribes to more than 500 different databases across all disciplines and subject areas. The Library Website offers a "Browse Databases" menu that can be searched by Title (e.g., EconLit); by Subject (e.g., Economics); or by Type (e.g., Statistics & data).
News, business, and legal sources covering world news and companies, and including U.S. Supreme Court decisions, state, federal and international law, regulations, and law reviews.
If the SU Libraries do not hold an item that you need for your research, we will try to borrow it for you from another library. Free interlibrary loan (ILL) service is provided through ILLiad, an automated system. Some publications (e.g. journal articles) may be e-mailed directly to you as PDF files. Books must be picked up at Bird Library.
If you haven't used ILLiad before, you will be prompted to fill out a registration form and you may want to take a look at information provided for "First Time Users."
"First semester in a year-long course for economics undergraduate thesis students who are oriented to professional economics research and guided as they define their thesis projects. Senior economic students only. Permission from Instructor."