Business Info @ Imperial College London Library
New Business Books – November 2009
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Our latest list of new titles purchased for the Business collection is now available:
Business New Books 1109
Internet Tutorials for Business
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Intute have a number of tutorials aimed at guiding students through the best of the internet for their particular subject. The tutorials are interactive and aim to develop internet research skills. Tutorials available are:
A full list can be found here.
E-books Poll
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The Library is gathering information on electronic books, and what our users think of this means of presenting information.
Head on over to the Library website and look for the poll on the front page to give us your opinion
E-books for Business
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The Library subscribes to a selection of electronic books which can be viewed in your web browser.
Some of these titles are copies of Recommended Reading books from lists sent to the Library by academic staff.
Have a look at the new page we have created (available from the right-hand menu on this blog) to see the e-books available for your course.
Important Notice – DataStream AFO add-in
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DataStream is a powerful financial database, which can be used at 3 dedicated PCs on the ground floor at Central Library.
A recent change to this database means that users now need to install DataStream’s AFO add-in themselves, in order to make use of DataStream’s functionality within Microsoft Excel.
To do this, look for an icon on your desktop when using DataStream, labelled “Set up DataStream Excel add-in”. Simply click the icon to set up the add-in.
You only need to do this once, the AFO add-in will then appear within Excel each time you use DataStream.
Taking the Mystery out of RSS
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RSS – or Really Simple Syndication – is a marvellous way to stay up to date with all your favourite websites
If any of your favourite websites publish an RSS feed, you don’t have to keep visiting it to find fresh content – you can just subscribe to the RSS feed and wait for that fresh content to come to you.
Look out for these handy symbols, they let you know that RSS is available on the website you are viewing.
Have a look at this handy guide to learn about how to get RSS working for you.
Imperial College Learning Guides
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The College has prepared a series of guides to help students at undergraduate, Master’s and research level of study. In these guides you will find advice, lessons and tips to help you to enhance your learning skills and get the very best from your degree. The guides explain what to expect from research and study at Imperial, and provide sources of support and guidance.
Library Lunchtime Training Workshops
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Come and learn how to find information for your projects at the library’s introductory database sessions. These sessions are primarily aimed at undergraduates. Business students may find the sessions on Ebsco, using the internet and reading and note taking useful:
Business and related subjects using EBSCO Business Source Complete. Ebsco provides access to a wealth of business information including company and country reports and full-text journal articles. This session is for business and non-business students who need to find business information for their projects.
Medicine and related subjects using PubMed. This is the most comprehensive source for biomedical articles. This session is for students who need to find information in medicine and related subjects..
Intelligent use of the Internet – learn which sources on the Internet to trust We all use the internet but we don’t always know how reliable it is. This session will show you how to decide whether the information you find on the internet is valuable research or just plain rubbish!
Cross-search multiple databases using Metalib, the library’s portal This information portal provides access to databases and electronic journals subscribed to by the Library. Many of the resources can be cross-searched, where a single search is carried out on more than one database.
RefWorks – learn how to store your references and create a reference list
Reading & Note Taking – learn techniques for improving your reading and note taking skills
All sessions are in Training room 1 on Level 1 of the Central Library. To see the full timetable and to book please complete the booking form at www.imperial.ac.uk/library/lrspbooking to register for any of these sessions.
New Business Books for October 2009
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Welcome to the extensive Business collections here at Imperial.
Every month on this Blog we publish a list of the latest material purchased for the collection.
So be sure to keep an eye out for these updates, to see what new and interesting items are appearing on the shelves.
Business New Books 1009
Welcome & Feedback!
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Business Info @ Imperial College London welcomes new students!
If you have any questions or feedback about your Introduction to the Library session please email me or fill in a feedback form!
Take a look at our 6 Steps for New Students for more information about the Library.
