Bibliographies
No attempt is made to describe bibliographically the books listed. This has been well done for most of them in Kroeger's Guide to the Study of Reference Books, third edition, published by the American Library Association, 78 East Washington Street, Chicago, 1917, price $2.50. The few business men who have time to give to the detailed study of reference books will find this guide an authoritative treatise on the subject, and on file at the Public Library. Another useful aid in the selection of books for business libraries, both reference books and books on general business subjects, is entitled 2400 Business Books, third edition, issued by the H. W. Wilson Company, New York City, 1920, price $5.00. This volume is very useful in showing what literature is in print on various business subjects, but as the entries are not annotated it is not a guide to the relative value of the books listed.
Three excellent lists of worth while books on business subjects are A Select List of Books for Business Libraries, by Paul H. Nystrom in "National Efficiency Quarterly," May, 1918, A White List of Business Books, by John Cotton Dana, printed serially in "The Nation's Business," November, 1917-July, 1919, and Five Hundred Business Books published by American Library Association 1919.
Some publishers of business books whose catalogs may be had for the asking are as follows:
D. Appleton & Company, New York City.
Macmillan Company, New York City.
Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass.
Ronald Press, New York City.
A. W. Shaw Company, Chicago, Ill.
Two bibliographies on financial and economic subjects of value to business men are The Stock Exchange Business and Corporation Finance and Investment, published by The Investment Bankers Association of America, 111 West Monroe Street, Chicago, price $1.10 each.