Labor Studies : Finding Books

Searching IUCAT for Books

Check the IUCAT screen for general suggestions on searching the catalog.

Keep in mind that records in the IU catalog use Library of Congress subject headings. Although the following list is not exhaustive, some of these subject headings may be useful to you when searching for books by subject:

Subject headings for Collective Representation, Labor Law, and Labor History topics:

Subject headings for International and Comparative Labor topics:

Subject headings for Organizational Behavior topics:

Subject headings for Personnel and Human Resources topics:

If a book is available at one of the other IU campuses, but not in Indianapolis, you can use Request Delivery to request that it be delivered to University Library or to another IU library of your choice.

Please see Request Delivery for more details about this service.

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Searching WorldCat for Books

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In WorldCat, check the help screen for general suggestions on searching the catalog.

For suggestions on subject headings, or just to search by subject, try the subject search help , which can be reached from the Advanced Search screen. This will help to find approved subject headings as well as broader and narrower subject headings as shown in the example below:

Clicking on a subject heading will link to records in the catalog for books and other items with that subject heading. Clicking on Expand will show options for broader and narrower subject headings.

If you need a book that is not available at any of the IU libraries, you can use Interlibrary Loan to ask for a book to be loaned to University Library for your use.

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Reference Books available at University Library

On History, Terms, and People:

• Biographical Dictionary of American Labor (Ref HD8073.A1 B56)
• Dictionary of Personnel Management and Labor Relations (Ref HF5549.A23 S52)
• Historical Dictionary of Organized Labor (Ref HD4839 .D58)
• Historical Encyclopedia of American Labor (Ref HD8066 .H57)
• Labor Conflict in the United States: An Encyclopedia (Ref HD5324 .L32)
• The Lexicon of Labor: more than 500 Key Terms, Biographical Sketches, and Historical Insights Concerning Labor in America (Ref HD8066 .M87 1998)
• St. James Encyclopedia of Labor History Worldwide: Major Events in Labor History and their Impact (Ref HD4839 .S74)
• Who's Who in Labor (Ref HD8073.A1 W5)
• Women and Equality in the Workplace: a Reference Handbook (Ref HD6095 .G48 2003) and online through netlibrary (Available on campus and off-campus with authorized logon)

On Statistics:

• Handbook of U.S. Labor Statistics: Employment, Earnings, Prices, Productivity, and Other Labor Data (Ref HD8064 .h26) and online through ebrary (Available on campus and off-campus with authorized logon)
• Sources and Methods. Labour Statistics. (Ref HD4826 .S68)
• Statistical Handbook of Working America (SHWA) (Ref HF5382.5.U5 S73)

On Unions:

• American Directory of Organized Labor: Unions, Locals, Agreements, and Employers (Ref HD6504 .A63)
• European Labor Unions (Ref HD6657 .E946)
• Historical Dictionary of Organized Labor (Ref HD4839 .D58)
• Profiles of American Labor Unions (Ref HD6504 .P64)
• Trade Unions in Western Europe since 1945 (Ref HD6657 .E225 Text & CD)
• Trade Unions of the World (Ref HD6483 .T675)
• U.S. Union Sourcebook: Membership, Finances, Structure, Directory (Ref HD6508 .T74)

Browsing the Library for Books

Many books relating to Labor Studies will have call numbers beginning with the letters HD. The HD classification covers the topics of Management, Industries, Land Use, and Labor.

Some other relevant areas of the collection are:

• HB Economic theory, Demography, Business cycles
• HC Economic history
• HF Commerce, Business
• HG Finance
• HM Sociology
• HN Social history, problems & reform
• HS Societies, Clubs
• HV Social service, Social and public welfare
• JK Political institutions and public administration United States
• K Law, Comparative law, Religious law, Jurisprudence
• KF United States law
• TS Manufactures

Locating Books in University Library

Send comments and questions to Ann O'Bryan, Liaison to Labor Studies.