Business, Science, and Technology Reference
Desk: 808-586-3481
The Business, Science and Technology (BST)
Section is located on the second floor on the mauka side of the
library. The collection includes reference and circulating materials
covering pure and applied science, technology and business. This
includes books on advertising, automotive repair, carpentry,
computer science and the Internet, cooking, finance and investing,
gardening, health, mathematics, parenting, pets, real estate and
transportation.
Call numbers housed in this section:
004 - 006 Data processing, computer science, computer
programs
330 – 334 Economics, real estate
336 - 339 Public finance,
international economics, macroeconomics, personal
finance, stocks, mutual funds
368 Insurance
380 - 389 Commerce, communication, transportation
500 – 599 Mathematics,
astronomy, physics, electronics, physics, mineralogy, geology,
paleontology, anthropology, biology, zoology
600 – 699 Medicine, anatomy,
physiology, engineering, agriculture and gardening, home economics,
cooking, sewing, child rearing , business, management, accounting,
small business, carpentry , plumbing, automobile repair
Special collections:
·
Telephone directories of major U.S. and some foreign
cities
·
Commercial business directories such as the
Thomas Register of American
Manufacturers,
Dun and Bradstreet’s Business Rankings, Dun and Bradstreet’s
Million Dollar Directory,
Standard and Poor's Register of Corporations, Directors, and
Executives, Gale’s
Brands and Their Companies, and
Companies and their Brands.
·
General
business directories of individual states
·
Annual
reports of major U.S. companies
·
Investment advisory services including Value Line
Investment Survey, Morningstar Mutual Funds, Trendline Daily Action
Stock Charts, and Standard & Poor’s Outlook
·
Hawaii Health Portal which links to health information for
Hawaii
·
Electronic databases available online are
·
Auto Repair Reference Center
·
Business Source Premier
·
Computer Source
·
Health Source – Consumer Edition
·
Health Source – Nursing/Academic Edition
·
Alt Health Watch
·
CANCERLIT
·
MEDLINE
BST Bibliographies
The BST staff has prepared the following subject guides to the
collection’s resources:
Construction Books @ Your Library: A list of books purchased
through a multi-year grant from the Building Industry Labor
Association through the Hawaii Library Foundation.
Did You Know?: A list of resources at the Hawaii State Library
of interest to small businesses.
Energy Resources Collection: A list of materials purchased
through a multi-year grant from the HEI Charitable Foundation and
Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO) through the Hawaii Library
Foundation.
Funding Resources:
Materials in the collection can help
nonprofit groups and individuals identify sources of funding and
provide advice on fundraising and proposal writing.
Interviewing Resources: A selection of titles aimed at both the
job seeker and the employer.
Nonprofit Resources: Titles of interest for organizing,
planning and managing non-profit.
Retirement Resources: Websites and titles for planning your
retirement.
Small Business Start-Ups: Information about starting and
running specific small businesses.
Small Business Topics: A list of subjects, such as advertising,
e-commerce, business plans, etc. with call numbers used by the
Hawaii State Public Library System.
