The ACM digital library is a collection of citations and full text from the Association of Computing Machinery journal and newsletter articles and conference proceedings. It currently contains 54000 online articles from 30 journals and 900 proceedings of the Association for Computing Machinery.
ACM digital library information guide
Friday, 18 September 2009
Wednesday, 1 April 2009
Search Tips - too few results
When searching if you are getting only a few results remember to
- Check your search strategy - have you thought of all possible spellings, alternative words etc
- Broaden your search by omitting a search term
- Search further years back
- Select another database
Search Tips - Search strategy
Once you have identified the resources you think may be appropriate you should then analyse your topic and note down any keywords you can use in your search.
- Consider synonyms/realted terms - eg shoes, footwear
- Consider acronyms and abbreviations - eg EU/ European Union
- Conside different spellings - eg globalisation/globalization
- Combining search term using AND/OR/NOT
- Using truncation to find all forms of that word, for example manag* will retrieve results for all forms of the word such as manager,managment, managing etc
- Replacing one or more letters of a word with a wildcard (symbol) in order to retrieve all versions of that word, for example wom*n would find woman/women - this is useful for when american spellings
Wednesday, 25 March 2009
Search Tips - Locating different types of information
Once you have identified what type of information you are looking for you can select the appropiate database to search, some examples are
- Journal articles – Business Source Complete
- Market Reports – Mintel
- Company data – Mergent Online
- Newspapers – Proquest Newspapers (includes FT)
Search Tips - Identifying different types of information
To begin with, when doing research you may want to start with discovering the key resources in your topic and there is a large number of information sources to search from out there. I have broken them down into three main types. The Primary and secondary resources have increased level of detail and you can be led to these sources from the tertiary sources.
Primary sources consist of original information, written or produced by people directly involved in the research or events being presented or described. Examples include company reports, newspapers, letters, government documents, photographs and speeches. This type of material is important so that you can formulate your own opinions of events by examining first-hand material.
Secondary sources are a good place to start your research into a new topic and provide a useful source of suggestions for further reading on the topic. Examples include textbooks, journal articles, dictionaries, glossaries and reviews. This type of material is important so that you are aware of critical research that has been carried out on a topic already.
Tertiary sources allow you to do broad searches from which you can narrow down and pinpoint the key primary sources. For example you can use an Abstract index database to find articles written about a topic to give you an idea of key authors and then access the articles or books themselves.
So when starting a piece of work, its worth considering the type of information you want, i.e do you need statistical information from company reports, are you interested in the topical angle so you may want to look for newspaper articles etc. If you are not sure where to start you may want to first check the library catalogue to see what books are on that topic, or even your reading list.
Primary sources consist of original information, written or produced by people directly involved in the research or events being presented or described. Examples include company reports, newspapers, letters, government documents, photographs and speeches. This type of material is important so that you can formulate your own opinions of events by examining first-hand material.
Secondary sources are a good place to start your research into a new topic and provide a useful source of suggestions for further reading on the topic. Examples include textbooks, journal articles, dictionaries, glossaries and reviews. This type of material is important so that you are aware of critical research that has been carried out on a topic already.
Tertiary sources allow you to do broad searches from which you can narrow down and pinpoint the key primary sources. For example you can use an Abstract index database to find articles written about a topic to give you an idea of key authors and then access the articles or books themselves.
So when starting a piece of work, its worth considering the type of information you want, i.e do you need statistical information from company reports, are you interested in the topical angle so you may want to look for newspaper articles etc. If you are not sure where to start you may want to first check the library catalogue to see what books are on that topic, or even your reading list.
Search Tips - Finding a journal
Using the Library Catalogue to find journals
Select the Journal Search option and enter the journal title, which will bring back a list of search results. E-journals will appear in this list in upper case.
Click on location for details of the print journal
Click the SFX button
for accessing an ejournals. This will provide you with information as to which volumes are available and will give a link to the online journal.
Select the Journal Search option and enter the journal title, which will bring back a list of search results. E-journals will appear in this list in upper case.
Click on location for details of the print journal
Click the SFX button
for accessing an ejournals. This will provide you with information as to which volumes are available and will give a link to the online journal.
Search Tips - Finding a book
Library Catalogue - this is where you will be able to search for all our printed books, as well as our journals, e-books and e-journals.
Use the Quicksearch option on the library catalogue to find a book. Simply type in the authors surname and one or two words from the title
For books you can click on the location link to find the classmark, and for electronic material you can use the SFX link.
You can also use the library catalogue to renew your books and place holds on books which are currently out on loan. You will need to log in with your college card barcode and PIN to do this.
Online guide
Search Tips - Using Bedford Library
Bedford Library is the key library for your subject, Management.Level 1 - is where you will find your management textbooks, generally from 338.75 onwards. (its best to check the library catalogue)
Level 2 - is a collaborative work area, for group work etc called tlc@beford
Level 3 - is where are the print journals are located
Aside from the physical building, we also have a large online resources collection which you will be using and which you can access on and off campus, via MetaLib. The online resources include
- Journals
- E-books
- Market reports
- Company data
We also have 2 other libraries on campus, founders and music, founders is where the arts, languages, literature and AV collection is housed so you may find yourself using that library too.
Friday, 13 March 2009
Box of Broadcasts
Box of Broadcasts (BoB) is a web-based television and radio archiving service which allows you to watch, record and archive TV and radio programmes from selected free-view channels (including BBC1, BBC2, BBC3, BBC4, ITV, Channel4, Five, BBC Radio3, BBC Radio4 and others).
You can use BoB to stream archived TV and radio programmes. The archive contains a mix of classic and contemporary films, television series, documentaries, news and radio programmes. You can view archived programmes, make clips from them and create personal or shared playlists.
You can also make your own additions to the BoB archive. Upcoming TV and radio programmes can be scheduled to be archived up to seven days before they are broadcast. Programmes from selected channels can also be archived up to seven days after they have been broadcast. Please note that you can request up to three programmes to be added to the archive each day.
To register for a BoB account,go to the BoB website: http://www.bobnational.net/. Select "Register ?" under the login boxes and fill in the form. Use your RHUL email address to register your username. You will receive an activation email on your RHUL email address, this email contains a link that you must click on to activate your account.
You can use BoB to stream archived TV and radio programmes. The archive contains a mix of classic and contemporary films, television series, documentaries, news and radio programmes. You can view archived programmes, make clips from them and create personal or shared playlists.
You can also make your own additions to the BoB archive. Upcoming TV and radio programmes can be scheduled to be archived up to seven days before they are broadcast. Programmes from selected channels can also be archived up to seven days after they have been broadcast. Please note that you can request up to three programmes to be added to the archive each day.
To register for a BoB account,go to the BoB website: http://www.bobnational.net/. Select "Register ?" under the login boxes and fill in the form. Use your RHUL email address to register your username. You will receive an activation email on your RHUL email address, this email contains a link that you must click on to activate your account.
Tuesday, 10 March 2009
Economist Historical Archive 1843-2003
The Economist Historical Archive 1843-2003 ('EHA') is the fully searchable complete facsimile edition of The Economist, the weekly paper which is essential reading for anyone engaged in politics, current affairs and all aspects of business and trade worldwide.
It covers 8,000 issues and more than 600,0000 pages. EHA also contains full-colour images, multiple search indexes, topic and area supplements and surveys, together with front covers and a selection of exportable financial tables.
It covers 8,000 issues and more than 600,0000 pages. EHA also contains full-colour images, multiple search indexes, topic and area supplements and surveys, together with front covers and a selection of exportable financial tables.
Scopus
Scopus is the world’s biggest abstract database covering 25 million abstracts from over 14,000 titles across 4,000 publishers, Scopus also offers powerful and innovative searching and browsing tools. Nearly 3000 titles in social sciences which includes Business, Management and Accounting.
Scopus information guide
Scopus information guide
Monday, 9 March 2009
MarketLine
This provides a mix of market intelligence, insightful analysis and forecasting based on primary quantitative and qualitative research. 50 - 300 pages long each, a single report will provide the full picture on a particular market, issue or trend.
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
The series Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), including its subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics (LNBI), has established itself as a medium for the publication of new developments in computer science and information technology research and teaching - quickly, informally, and at a high level.
IEEE Computer Society Digital Library
Includes full text of some IEEE Computer Society journals with extensive archives, plus over 2000 IEEE conference publications from 1995.
- Computer
- Computing in Science & Engineering
- IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
- IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
- IEEE Concurrency
- IEEE Design & Test of Computers
- IEEE Distributed Systems Online
- IEEE Intelligent Systems
- IEEE Internet Computing
- IEEE Micro
- IEEE MultiMedia
- IEEE Pervasive Computing
- IEEE Security & Privacy
- IEEE Software
- IT Professional
Proquest Newspapers
Full-text articles from the following newspapers are available from ProQuest:
The Times 1995 onwards
Sunday Times 1996 onwards
The Guardian 1995 onwards
The Observer 1995 onwards
The Daily Telegraph/Sunday Telegraph 1997 onwards
The Independent 1995 onwards
The Financial Times 1996 onwards
The Times 1995 onwards
Sunday Times 1996 onwards
The Guardian 1995 onwards
The Observer 1995 onwards
The Daily Telegraph/Sunday Telegraph 1997 onwards
The Independent 1995 onwards
The Financial Times 1996 onwards
Mergent
Mergent Online is an online database allowing access to information on over 30,000 U.S. and non-U.S. publicly traded companies. The database provides corporate financial data and useful additional information on subjects such as directors trading, institutional shareholdings, annual reports etc. You can access information on, U.S. & International Company Data, U.S. & International Company Archives, U.S. & International Annual Reports, Factsheets Plus & Express, Institutional Holdings, Insider Trades, Expanded Long-Term Debt and Equity Portraits.
Nexis Global News & Business Service
Provides access to the most comprehensive and authoritative online business and news information from a single aggregator. LexisNexis is a leading provider of business, news, legal, government and tax information to the UK academic market
Mintel Reports
Mintel produce market research and analysis reports on products and services.
Out subscription covers reports on a range of markets in the UK, Europe and the United States.
Market categories include:
For the latest industry news select the 'News' tab, for advertising/brand information select the 'media homepage'.
Out subscription covers reports on a range of markets in the UK, Europe and the United States.
Market categories include:
- Consumer Lifestyles
- Food and Foodservice
- Drink and Tobacco
- Holidays and Travel
- Leisure Time
For the latest industry news select the 'News' tab, for advertising/brand information select the 'media homepage'.
Business Source Complete
Business Source Complete is a comprehensive, business periodical database that includes academic journals and business periodicals covering topics such as management, economics, finance, accounting, and international business.
It contains content from full text sources ranging from general business periodicals such as Business Week, The Economist, Forbes, Newsweek, etc. to academic journals such as Harvard Business Review, Journal of Management, Academy of Management Review, Review of Economics & Statistics, etc.
This database also includes Country Monitor and Industry Yearbook Reports from WEFA, and 35 country reports from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).
Information guide for Business Source Complete
It contains content from full text sources ranging from general business periodicals such as Business Week, The Economist, Forbes, Newsweek, etc. to academic journals such as Harvard Business Review, Journal of Management, Academy of Management Review, Review of Economics & Statistics, etc.
This database also includes Country Monitor and Industry Yearbook Reports from WEFA, and 35 country reports from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).
Information guide for Business Source Complete
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