To find books at UNC Asheville, Appalachian State University or Western Carolina University, start with our catalog.
Choose "Request Item" to have books from ASU or WCU delivered to UNC Asheville via ABC Express.
To find books beyond our library network, try WorldCat.
Materials not held within our network can be requested through Interlibrary Loan.
It's usually best to start with a keyword search, but subject headings applied to relevant books can help to refine your results. Open the item record of a book that interests you. Scroll down to the clickable subject headings and click on them to explore similar sources.
You can also browse the headings associated with a particular topic as a way of getting started with your research.
Most Economics books fall within the H call number range on our Upper Level:
HB-HD Economics
HB-HC Economic Theory
HC Economic History
HG Finance
HJ Public Finance
Other relevant areas include:
HA Statistics
HE Transportations and Communication
HF Commerce
KF Federal Law and Policies
J Political Science
Google Books is the world's largest book index and has a strong relevancy algorithm, so if you are looking for relevant books, searching here is a great idea. Once you find books you want to read, copy and paste the title into our catalog search (wncln.wncln.org) to see if we have them. If not, request whatever you need from Interlibrary Borrowing here.
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