Monday 31 October 2011
FAME & Mintel: training sessions 2011
This week on the blog we will be adding a series of posts relating to Mintel and FAME, such as how to access them off campus, how to navigate them etc. These two e-resources are used for finding market research and UK company information respectively. To keep updated automatically please subscribe to the blog either via email or RSS (see links on left hand side of the blog).
Upcoming training sessions for FAME/Mintel 2011: find out how to access
these resources (on and off campus) and learn how to use them to find company
and market information.
Classroom demos
Tuesday 1 November 11-12, 2011 Room: L195 (48 spaces)
Wednesday 2 November 11-12, 2011 Room L195 (48 spaces)
(the sessions are repeats so you only need to attend one)
Drop-Ins
During that week we will also be running drop-in sessions on
“Using company and market tools (FAME/Mintel)” at Marylebone library. The
same information will be covered but there will be fewer spaces available than
the classroom sessions. Drop Ins will take place in Marylebone Library
Training Room at 1-2pm from Monday 31 October to Friday 4 November 2011.
No need to book but space may be limited.
Friday 28 October 2011
Do you need help using Datastream?Thomson Reuters are holding online Q&A sessions to answer your Datastream queries:
- 1st November, 2pm (Tuesday)
- 15th November, 2pm (Tuesday)
Using interactive Adobe e-training sessions they are able to answer all your data questions. You don't need to have Datastream in front of you, and there is no need to join a conference call
What do you need to do?
To sign up, email knowledge.networkuki@thomsonreuters.com stating the date, time and product session (i.e. Datastream) as well as your University email address.
Thomson Reuters will then email you with login details for the 1 hour session.
Friday 21 October 2011
Not sure where to look for journal articles?
Business Source Complete is an excellent place to start looking for journal articles. It contains over 10,000 full text journals covering all areas of business. Search on your topic and find articles from trade journals and academic, peer-reviewed journals. It also contains some company, industry and country profiles so is a great place to start your search. Marylebone library will be running drop-in sessions on locating articles using Business Source Complete from 1-2pm Monday to Friday next week (24th-28th October 2011) in Marylebone library training room.
How do I access Business Source Complete?
In Library Search type Business Source Complete into the books, journals and more search box and click search. Click on Business Source Complete to open it.
Do I need a password to access it off campus?
You will need to sign into Library Search with your university username and password (make sure your name appears in the top right hand corner of Library Search). Once you click on Business Source Complete you should be taken to the screen below. Choose UK Higher Education and University of Westminster.
If you are taken to the screen below make sure you choose the Shibboleth login link to take you to the screen above.
Where can I get help using it?
Come along to one of the drop-in sessions:
24th-28th October 2011 1-2pm Marylebone Library Training Room
Contact one of the WBS Librarians for help:
Click on the help button in the top right hand corner of Business Source Complete to see EBSCOs help topics.
Where else can I find journal articles for business?
Emerald is a good resource to use particularly for management, human resources and marketing topics. Search for Emerald in Library Search. Off campus you will need to log in by clicking Athens/institutional login (underneath the username and password box) and then UK Federation. Try also the "Articles and More" tab in Library Search. If you want to find a particular journal, search for it by name in the Library Search "books, journals and more" search box. Click on the e-journals link in Library Search to browse our full collection.
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