Libraries

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Libraries

• Dr. Jim Burton
• Marketing Real Estate
• Richards College of Business

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Overview

• Benefits of Libraries
• Limitations of Libraries
• Types of Libraries
• Business Libraries
• Library of Congress
• GA Business Libraries
• Storage Retrieval Systems

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Benefits of Libraries

• Study research quietly
• Volumes of research materials
• Accessible by anyone
• Research assistance is available
• Computer searches

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Limitations of Libraries

• Libraries are similar different
• No single library has it all
• Frequent use is efficient
• Research is work time
• Books are discontinued
• Libraries affected by funding
• Ask them to order

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Types of Libraries

• City or county public
• Colleges universities
• Special libraries
• Corporate/Legal
• Medical
• Associations institutes
• Governmental

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Business Libraries

• New York Public Library
• Chicago Public Library
• Harvard Library
• University of Alabama
• MIT Dewey Library
• University of Michigan

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Library of Congress

• 20 million volumes
• 1 million technical reports
• 3.5 million maps
• 34 million manuscripts
• 8.5 million photos
• Telephone reference services

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GA Business Libraries

• Georgia State University
• Georgia Tech
• University of Georgia
• Ivan Allen Business Center Atlanta Public
  Library
• Business Information Center of Gwinnett-Forsyth
  Library

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Public University Libraries Differ

• Access check-out
• Storage retrieval systems
• Subject matter emphasis
• Currency of resources emphasis

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Storage Retrieval Systems

• Card catalog
• Computer
• Classification Systems
• Dewy Decimal System
• Library of Congress System

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Library Services

• Free library assistance
• Fee library assistance
• GA Tech
• Brooklyn Library
• NAR Library
• Appraisal Institute

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Some References

• STANDARD PERIODICALS DIRECTORY
• ULRICHS PERIODICALS DIRECTORY
• SMALL BUSINESS INFO SERVICES
• BUSINESS PERIODICALS INDEX
• READERS GUIDE TO PER. LIT.
• BOOKS IN PRINT
• FORTHCOMING BOOKS
• MAGAZINES FOR LIBRARIES