Business 1500

Books about your company can be found through MaagNet, the Maag Library online catalog. Use MaagNet to locate items available in Maag Library. Search by author, title, keyword, or subject heading. Many companies do not have entire books written about them. If your company is one of these, figure out the industry your company belongs to and search for books about the industry. Books can also be found through the OhioLINK Catalog. Use the OhioLINK catalog to locate items available through other OhioLINK institutions. Available items can be requested and delivered to Maag Library for checkout. For more help finding books, see Find Books.

To find a book about a specific company, search MaagNet by subject heading using the name of your company. If there are no books listed specifically about your company, figure out the industry to which your company belongs and search for a book about that industry. To find books about a specific industry, perform a subject heading search using the industry as the search term. Try alternative words for the industry if necessary. If you have no results searching for apparel, try searching for clothing.

Examples:

If you are searching for books about Coca Cola and use that as the subject heading, you will see a page with four listings:

Each of these subject headings is associated with books owned by Maag Library. Clicking on the fourth subject heading, Coca Cola Company History, you will find that there are four books with that subject heading in the catalog. Notice that the format and publication year of the materials are presented on the right side of the screen. Pick any of the books in that list to access its record. The second book on the list is The Real Coke, The Real Story. Click on that title to access the record for that book, where you will see the book's location, call number and status. This information lets you determine if the book is available and where it is located in the library. Also, if you scroll down you will find the Library of Congress Subject Headings under which that book has been classified. By clicking on the listed subject headings, you can find other materials on the same or similar topics.

Searching OhioLINK:

As a student at an OhioLINK school, you can order books from other participating institutions and have them delivered to Maag Library for you. To do this, you need your library barcode number from the back of your student ID. If you do not have a library barcode, go to the Circulation Desk on the main floor of the library, and they will give you one.
Use the same search techniques to search the OhioLINK Library Catalog that you used in MaagNet. Once you have located a book that you would like to order, click on the link telling you how many OhioLINK libraries own the item. As long as one of the libraries has the book listed as AVAILABLE, you may order the book:

Click on Request this item
Choose Youngstown State from the list of schools
Enter your name and library barcode, then press submit

You will see a confirmation screen that tells you from which university the book will be sent. Delivery time is approximately 3 to 5 days. To find out when your book has arrived, go to Your Library Record and log in using your name and library barcode. Click the Requests tab to see the item(s) you ordered. A request can have one of three statuses: REQUESTED, IN TRANSIT or OHIOLINK RECVD. When the status says OHIOLINK RECVD, it is available for checkout at the Circulation Desk. See Finding Books through OhioLINK for additional information.