Using the Library Catalog
Search for books and ebooks using OneSearch. You will find a "OneSearch" button in the center of the library webpage, or linked in the OneSearch image below. OneSearch allows you to search EVERYTHING the library has access to, including print books and eBooks, plus journal articles and more from our databases. Click on the OneSearch image below to access this resource (right click to open in a new tab).
When you click on the OneSearch button, it will take you to a Search Anything search bar. When you start typing your search, you will see some drop-down options for the kind of search you want to do. Choose the third option, BC Library Books & eBooks, if you'd like to focus your search on books.
For the best results, sign in with your BC ID at the top right corner.
For a more specific search, click on one of the following links to find searches on those topics.
General Books on Consumerism
The following books can be found in the library's General Collection, or the white-labeled book shelves. Use the call number to find the book on the shelves. You can check out 20 general books at one time. Each book can be checked out for 3 weeks, with up to two renewals of 3 weeks each.
When you click on the book link, some may say that they are also "available online." This means you can access them as an ebook.
Spent: Sex, Evolution, and Consumer Behavior by Call Number: HB801 .M493 2009ISBN: 9780670020621Publication Date: 2009-05-14
Gender, Culture, and Consumer Behavior by Call Number: HF5415.32 .G457 2012ISBN: 9781848729469Publication Date: 2012-03-21
The Consuming Instinct by Call Number: HF5415.32 .S18 2011ISBN: 9781616144296Publication Date: 2011-06-21
Everyone's a Critic by Call Number: HF5415.32 .T36 2014ISBN: 9781591846383Publication Date: 2014-10-16
The Impulse Economy by Call Number: HF5415.1265 .S385 2011ISBN: 9781451671865Publication Date: 2011-11-01
Mobile Influence: The New Power of the Consumer by Call Number: HF5548.32 .M3736 2013ISBN: 9781137278500Publication Date: 2013-06-11
Your Call Is Important to Us: The Truth About Bullshit by Call Number: HM1231 .P46 2005ISBN: 1400081033Publication Date: 2005-07-12
The Psychology of Overeating by Call Number: RC552.E18 C36 2015ISBN: 9781472581082Publication Date: 2015-10-22
General Books on Branding & Advertising
The following books can be found in the library's General Collection, or the white-labeled book shelves. Use the call number to find the book on the shelves. You can check out 20 general books at one time. Each book can be checked out for 3 weeks, with up to two renewals of 3 weeks each.
When you click on the book link, some may say that they are also "available online." This means you can access them as an ebook.
Branded Beauty by Call Number: HD9970.5.C672 T86 2011ISBN: 9780749461812Publication Date: 2011-10-20
Why it sells : decoding the meanings of brand names, logos, ads, and other marketing and advertising ploys by Call Number: HF5823 .D255 2007ISBN: 0742555445Publication Date: 2007-09-21
Adland : searching for the meaning of life on a branded planet by Call Number: HF5823 .O83 2009ISBN: 9780385524964Publication Date: 2009-09-15
Packaged pleasures : how technology & marketing revolutionized desire by Call Number: T173.8 .C767 2014ISBN: 0226121275Publication Date: 2014-09-30
General Books on Consumerism & Children/Teenagers
What Kids Buy and Why by Call Number: HF5415.32 .A25 1997ISBN: 0684834480Publication Date: 1998-01-01
Branded: The Buying and Selling of Teenagers by Call Number: HF5415.127 .Q37 2003ISBN: 0738206644Publication Date: 2003-01-06
The Material Child by Call Number: HF5415.332 .C45 B83 2011ISBN: 0745647707Publication Date: 2011-10-10
Freaks, geeks, and cool kids : teenagers in an era of consumerism, standardized tests, and social media by Call Number: HQ796 .M493 2016ISBN: 9781138013438Publication Date: 2015-09-09
Finding Books on the Library Shelf
Call Number= the address of the book on its spine
The signs on the end of the bookcases only refer to first two lines of a call #.
Pay attention to "collection" on the book entry in the catalog:
REFERENCE= Green-labeled bookcases
GENERAL= White-labeled bookcases
Once in correct aisle, read call number, matching one line at a time, until find the right book. Browse the shelves around it for possibly more books on your topic.