Posts Tagged ‘business’
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
The University Library is delighted to announce this significant improvement to our e-journal collections:
The SAGE Premier 2010 collection provides full-text access to more than 500 journals across a whole range of subjects (Business, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology and Medicine) with access to articles from 1999 onwards.
You can look up individual SAGE journals, by title, by searching the University’s e-journals A-to-Z – or you can log in via the Portal to search across the whole collection (either on SAGE’s own platform, or via the SwetsWise search interface) and locate individual articles by keyword.
Contact your Academic Subject Librarian for more information on using the SAGE Premier collection; also see SAGE’s help site.
Tags: 2010, business, e-journals, humanities, medicine, Sage, SAGE Journals online, SAGE Premier, science, social sciences, technology, University Library
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Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
Some better news about access to e-resources!
The problems that we were experiencing with access to the EBSCOhost databases / e-journal packages (at the end of last week & the start of this one) have now been fixed by EBSCO – you should now be able to access these services from on or off campus with no problems.
Apologies again for the interruption to service.
The EBSCOhost databases platform allows you to search 17 electronic databases at once or individually, including two of the most popular databases in the University (Academic Search Elite / Business Source Premier), plus specialist resources for business, computing, education, health, the humanities, performing arts, social sciences, sports science and psychology.
You can log in via: https://portal.lincoln.ac.uk/C17/C0/EBSCO/
(N.B. from off campus, you will need to log in using network\accountID and password.)
Tags: Academic Search Elite, Athens, business, Business Source Premier, computing, EBSCO, EBSCOhost databases, education, health, humanities, performing arts, psychology, social science, solutions, sports science
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Friday, May 8th, 2009
Over the last couple of days I have been liaising with a student submitting a business report for his next assessment. What we were looking at was profit and loss analysis, and a couple of good points came to the fore.
Firstly, is the use of “Resources For My Subject” which can be found on the portal within
Library and Learning Resources – e- library – Resources For My Subject.
For those studying Business and Finance this leads to details of who your Academic Librarian is, and numerous useful information sources. From the perspective of someone looking into profit and loss forecasts you can have a look at the links to Company Account Information, FAME and Factiva.
In addition to these, you can also look at the Companies House website:
http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk/a53be169e93f5909f36102978e5a424c/wcframe?name=accessCompanyInfo
This has a free web check facility, which is excellent for limited or public companies. You can quickly check to see if the company was late submitting their accounts – indicating a potential hidden financial issue; who is the registered owner; and if there are any associated companies.
The second point I would suggest is before you try to analyse the figures make sure you fully understand any terms used. Initially, profit and loss tables can look very confusing but once you understand what each column and row title means it starts to become clearer.
Finally, never be frightened to contact your tutor if you’re stuck they should be able to give you general guidance. If more is needed contact your Academic Librarian for some assistance. The main thing is that there is no need to sit feeling alone and lost, there are many people that can assist you – including PALs, all you have to do is make contact.
Tags: Academic Librarian, assessment, business, Companies House, company accounts, e-Library, Factiva, FAME, finance, free web check facility, GCW, Governor, limited companies, PALs, profit and loss analysis, registered owner, tables, tutor
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Saturday, February 28th, 2009
It’s been a month since we launched our new collection of e-books from ebrary, and these are the 10 most popular titles so far…
- Anderson, L. (2001) Autobiography. London: Routledge
- Skousen, M. (2007) The big three in economics: Adam Smith, Karl Marx, and John Maynard Keynes. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, Inc.
- Downward, P. and Dawson, A. (2000) The economics of professional team sports. London: Routledge
- Davies, M. and Macdowall, W., eds (2006) Health promotion theory. Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill Education
- Blank, A.G. (2004) TCP/IP foundations. San Francisco, CA: Sybex, Incorporated
- Feit, S. (1999) TCP/IP: architecture, protocols and implementation with IPv6 & IP security. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Professional Book Group
- Laverack, G. (2007) Health promotion practice: building empowered communities. Maidenhead: Open University Press
- Aldgate, J., et al., eds (2006) The developing world of the child. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Macdowall, W., Bonell, C. and Davies, M., eds (2006) Health promotion practice. Maidenhead: Open University Press
- Walton, J.K., ed. (2005) Histories of tourism: representation, identity, and conflict. Clevedon: Channel View Publications
You can find e-books in your own subject area (from a pool of 40,000+ titles), at: www.library.lincoln.ac.uk
Tip: try searching for a subject keyword + ebook (e.g. journalism ebook or nursing ebook).
Tags: Adam Smith, Armonk, business, computing & informatics, e-books, ebrary, English, health, history, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, John Maynard Keynes, Karl Marx, London, M.E. Sharpe Inc, McGraw-Hill, McGraw-Hill Professional Book Group, Medion Manufacturer Unknown - SY-760 PROXIMITY HID + TCP/IP 20 in. EDTV-Ready LCD TV, New York, Open University Press, psychology, San Francisco, Sybex Incorporated, TCP/IP, top 10, usage, www.library.lincoln.ac.uk
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Thursday, February 19th, 2009
We’ve fixed a long-running problem with access to a number of important professional, business & legal electronic library resources, where the link on the University Portal was asking for a username and password (even if you were already logged in), but would not accept your University login details.
The problem was being caused by an out-of-date file within the Athens login process. Very many thanks to colleagues in University ICT services, and to Eduserv Athens, for identifying the problem and sorting it out – and we apologise for the length of time it’s taken to do this.
The resources affected were:
You should now find that it’s much easier to access those services, on- and off-campus, via the Portal.
As an aside, we’ve taken the opportunity to streamline the Athens registration process, so new users of electronic resources should find that there are fewer screens to click through when they first log in.
We’re always interested in feedback on our login and electronic access systems. If you come across any problems, or have any suggestions for ways we can improve things, please let us know!
Tags: Athens, business, electronic access systems, Euromonitor, FAME, Global Market Information Database, law, Mintel Reports, registration, solutions, Westlaw
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Monday, February 9th, 2009
The following programmes have been recorded from the BBC’s City Season. They can be found in the DVD collection and are shelved with the other off-airs recordings on the ground floor of the University Library. Click on the link to find out the call number.
The City uncovered with Evan Davis: 3 part documentary from the BBC’s City Season, examining the roots of the current financial crisis
Part one: The City uncovered: banks and how to break them
Part two: The City uncovered: tricks with risk
Part three: The City uncovered: when markets go mad
Million Dollar Traders
Eight ordinary people are each given a million dollars, a fortnight of intensive training and two months to run their own hedge fund. They include an environmentalist, soldier, boxing promoter, entrepreneur, a retired IT consultant, a vet, a student and a shopkeeper
Profit and loss
Traders Gerry Robinson and the Money Makers
Part 3 Gerry Robinson in conversation with Willie Walsh, boss of British Airways
Money Programme
Fast Bucks: how Porsche made billions
How Porsche was behind a takeover bid for rivals Volkswagen
Coming soon…
Money Programme Special: The real Sir Alan
Fiona Bruce interviews Sir Alan Sugar to find out his life story
Media Revolution: stop press?
Janet Street-Porter investigates how papers are coping with the media revolution.
Media Revolution: title fight
Libby Potter investigates how books are written, published and sold nowadays.
Dispatches: too old to work
A channel 4 documentary exploring the issue of ageism in the current job market.
Tags: a retired IT consultant, ageism, Alan Sugar, BBC, British Airways, business, Channel 4, City Season, credit crunch, DVD, economics, entrepreneur, Evan Davis, Fiona Bruce, Gerry Robinson, HRM, Janet Street, Janet Street-Porter, job market, Libby Potter, media revolution, newspapers, Porsche, shopkeeper, Sir Alan Sugar, University Library, USD, Volkswagen, Willie Walsh
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Friday, January 30th, 2009
The second in a (very) occasional series.
We asked lecturers a simple question: “What’s the number one writing tip you’d give to students?“. We’ll post their answers here…
Tracy Lamping is a senior lecturer and active researcher in the Lincoln Business School. Here’s Tracy’s tip:
READ! READ! READ!
read all information given you - be clear what is expected of you in your answer and the approach required. Clarify with your tutor if things are not clear.
RESEARCH! RESEARCH! RESEARCH!
all assessments must include evidence of research from a number of sources, which should be properly and precisely referenced. A reference list and bibliography should accompany all assessed work.
EDIT! EDIT! EDIT!
work must be spell-checked and proof-read, but remember to edit it too! This can be time-consuming, but is a worthwhile investment that will improve your work.
Lecturers: if you’d like to contribute a tip, please leave a comment here, or email: asl@lincoln.ac.uk
Tags: asl, business, Lincoln Business School, senior lecturer and active researcher, Tracy Lamping, tutor, writing tips
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Thursday, January 22nd, 2009
There is a collection of broadcasts from 1964 exploring how the City operated before the markets went global. To find out how London’s financial institutions used to do business in the years preceding the Big Bang see the BBC website at http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/menandmoney/
Tags: BBC, business, City Season, credit crunch, London, the Big Bang
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Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
Students now have free access, via the University Portal, until the end of June 2009, to two new services on the EBSCOhost databases platform:
Designed for undergraduate students, the Research Starters…
“…consist of comprehensive, yet concise topic summary articles of about 3,000 words in length written by researchers, scholars and other subject matter experts. Topics parallel course offerings at major colleges and universities in the subject areas covered. These articles are designed to be starting points for students, providing them with topic overviews, definitions of relevant terms and concepts, detailed bibliographies, and importantly, links to top articles… Research Starters supplements textbooks and other materials with current and focused topic overviews, assisting students in undertaking their assignments and research successfully.”
Let us know what you think!
Tags: business, EBSCOhost databases, education, Research Starters, trial
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Monday, October 27th, 2008
Factiva may provide access to more than 8,000 international sources including major newspapers, newswires and a wide selection of journals, but it can be difficult to find a specific journal, newspaper or magazine article.
So, we’ve produced a quick 2-page help guide (which you can access via the University Portal) which shows you how to select an individual title in Factiva, and narrow your search using key words and the date of publication.
Factiva is a particularly useful e-resource for company information and business news. You can access it via the Portal, at:
(From off campus, you will need to log in using network\username and password.) N.B. we only have a five-user license for Factiva, so if you are asked for a username and password, it means that 5 users are already logged on.
Tags: business, e-Library, e-resource, Factiva, help guides, New Brunswick, newspapers, search using key words
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