Guides: Business and Company Research: Books/eBooks

General Business Books

The books below represent various aspects of the business subject area. Keep in mind that business is a very large and complex topic. Tip for better search results: search specifically for an aspect of business (example: corporate image) rather than just searching with the word 'business.'

Shapeholders: business success in the age of activism by Mark R. Kennedy
Call Number: HD60.K48195 2017
Publication Date: 2017
The Startup Checklist: 25 steps to a scalable, high-growth business by David S. Rose; Bill Gross (Foreword by)
Call Number: HB615.R656 2016
Publication Date: 2016
What Works: gender equality by design by Iris Bohnet
Call Number: HD6060.B64 2016
Publication Date: 2016
Entrepreneurs in Every Generation: how successful family businesses develop their next leaders by Allan R. Cohen; Pramodita Sharma
Call Number: HD62.25.C64 2016
Publication Date: 2016

eBook Collections

Access Ebook Central and eBook Collection (EbscoHost) using your student email and password. Access to Overdrive is available using your public library card from Peninsula Library System library.

Ebook Central (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Over 140,000 easy to access online books. Browse by subjects - literature, social sciences, life sciences, engineering and technology - or use the search box.
eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Thousands of digital books, including academic titles and popular fiction, for reading online. Most of these titles are currently NOT available in OneSearch; please search through the database here to locate titles.
OverDrive This link opens in a new window
Includes downloadable audio books for listening and eBooks for on-screen reading. Both digital audio books and eBooks can be used on a variety of devices such as PCs, laptops, and supported PDAs. To access digital books at you will need a valid Peninsula Library System library card, access to the Internet, and free software for the device on which you wish to use your digital book (PC, MAC and multiple portable devices).
O'Reilly Learning (formerly Safari Books Online) This link opens in a new window
This collection includes thousands of hours of video, exclusive books, learning experiences, case studies, and certification prep for a wide variety of tech-, business-related topics including programming, web and mobile design, hardware, security, and more. This database also includes books a wide variety of topics beyond technology.

Search the Library Catalog

When you search the CSM Library catalog, you are also searching the library collections of Skyline College, Cañada College and all public libraries in San Mateo County (aka the Peninsula Library System).