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).

For example, click on the following subjects or keywords for relevant books in the Foster Business Library collections:

• Career changes
• Cover letters
• Interviewing
• Job descriptions
• Resumes
• Salaries
• Salary negotiation

Some examples from the searches above, in the Foster Business Library, include:

• Make your contacts count: networking know-how for business and career success   (2007)
• Career match: connecting who you are with what you'll love to do   (2007)
• The job search solution: the ultimate system for finding a great job now!   (2006)
• Successful interviews   (2005)
• Get the interview every time: Fortune 500 hiring professsionals' tips for writing winning resumes and cover letters   (2004)

Alternatively, take one of the relevant titles in the Foster Reference Collection with you back to General Stacks and look for books with call numbers similar to the book in hand. Help:

The Foster Business Library Reference Desk is staffed nearly all the hours that the library is open. The staff at the desk will be happy to help you find research tools on any business subject. For e-mail questions, direct your query to balib@u.washington.edu. For assistance by telephone, dial (206) 543-8012 during library hours.

See also the Foster Business Library's Business & Economics FAQ, and, in particular, the section for General Business.

For research guides on a wide variety of industries, products, companies, issues and topics, see the Team Librarian Consultation archives.

• Team Consultation Archives (arranged by class or program)
• Team Consultation Archives (arranged by industry)
• Team Consultation Archives (arranged by title of assignment)
• Team Consultation Archives (arranged by academic quarter)
• Index to all Team Consultations and Research Guides
  • Company Lists
  • Company Research
  • Industry Research
  • Negotiation
  • Salaries