The Library now on Twitter: @UniWestLib

The Library is now on Twitter @UniWestLib.  Follow the library on Twitter to stay up to date with the latest library news and to get help with your studies.  You can tweet the library with your questions, as well as get updates on library tips and sessions, databases, study help and much more.  You can also follow me at @elliemurphylib
http://www.twitter.com/UniWestLib

Datastream cerftification

Did you know that Thomson Reuters offers a free Datastream certification programme.

To learn more go to:

training.thomsonreuters.com/cert/

You can view on demand training modules on the website.  When you’re ready you can request an exam token and take the online exam, but remember to use your University email address.

For more information see Thomson Reuters Certification Frequently Asked Questions (PDF)

The balanced scorecard is 20!

It's the 20th Anniversary of the balanced scorecard and to celebrate the Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change is publishing a special issue dedicated to the management tool.  Check out the table of contents:

• Balancing the scorecard through academic accounting research: opportunity lost?  / Steve Salterio

• The politics of the balanced scorecard  / Sven Modell

• The rise of the balanced scorecard! Relevance regained? / Hanne Norreklit, Lennar Norreklit, Falconer Mitchell, Trond Bjornenak

• The balanced scorecard: subjects, concepts and objects - a commentary / Niels Dechow

•  The casual relationships between performance drivers and outcomes: reinforcing balanced scorecards' implementation through system dynamics models / Frederico Barnabe, Cristiano Buscow

•  The balanced scorecard: comments on balanced scorecard commentaries / Robert S. Kaplan

Go to Library Search to access the full text articles ('Books, journals & more' search for the Journal of accounting & organizational change)

Westminster students: do you want to win £100 Amazon vouchers?

£100 Amazon vouchers could be yours...

The University is undertaking some work to explore digital literacy skills and employability and we need your views.  Please take a few minutes to complete our survey and have the chance to be entered into a prize draw for £100 Amazon vouchers.

Go to the survey: https://westminsterpsych.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_8kT05HcIoWH5dY1

Passport GMID has a new look

Passport GMID contains business intelligence on industries, countries and consumers.  The interface hasn't changed much but the homepage does have a new look.  There are now three options: 

• Welcome - link to online tutorials
• My Pages  - personalisation tool
• Main Search menu

 You can access Passport GMID via Library Search  

How to access and use Mintel: a quick start guide to finding market research reports

A new video clip is now available explaining how to access and use the e-resource Mintel on and off campus and how to do a basic search to find market research reports.  View it here:

FAME and Mintel training 2012

Not sure where to look for UK company information and market research reports?  Want to find out the turnover and profit of Tesco or get a market report on online grocery retailing?  Come to a FAME and Mintel training session to find out more.  

• Wednesday 31 October 2012- FAME/Mintel training 
• Sessions begin at 11am, 12 noon, 1pm 
• In the Marylebone Library Training Room (ask at the Library counter for directions)
• Turn up to any of the sessions, no need to book

If you can't make the session check out the below links for help and support:
FAME:
http://westminsterbusinessstudies.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/fame-featured-e-resource.html

Mintel:
http://westminsterbusinessstudies.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/how-to-access-and-use-mintel-quick.html

How to access and use FAME: a quick start guide to find UK company information

A new video clip is now available explaining how to access and use the e-resource FAME on and off campus and how to do a basic search to find UK company information.  View it here:

Chartered Management Institute - Shortlisted book

 Angela Mansi, Senior Lecturer - Leadership Development, has just learnt that the book she co-wrote with Melanie Ashleigh, Southampton University, has been short listed for book of the year, with the Chartered Management Institute.

Angela reports that ' we are shortlisted in a very small group of about 9 books out of thousands'.

Ashleigh, M.J. & Mansi, A. (2012) The Psychology of People in Organisations. Pearsons, UK. ISBN: 9780273755760

Copies are available in the university library

If you are a member of CMI or CIPD you may wish to vote for this book at http://yearbook.managers.org.uk/management-and-leadership-textbook/psychology-people-organisations

Looking for journal articles?

We've had a number of enquiries from Business students who are looking for journal articles on a particular topic.  As a starting point we suggest that one of the best ways to find business/management journal articles is to use Business Source Complete- an online resource which contains full-text trade and scholarly journals in all aspects of business.

To access Business Source Complete on or off campus:
1. Go to Library Search http://www.westminster.ac.uk/librarysearch 
2. Type Business Source Complete into the search box.
3. Click on the link to open Business Source Complete.
4. If you are off campus you may be asked to sign-in: look for a link that says 'shibboleth' or log-in via your institution- click on it and then choose University of Westminster from a drop-down menu.

To search:
1. Search using keywords for your topic.  If you add more keywords with AND you will get fewer results (narrowing your search).  [See also: Improving Search Results]
2. The results are presented in date descending order.  To change this click on 'date descending' and change to relevance.  
3. Those that are marked 'academic journal' are from scholarly journals, those marked 'periodicals' are from trade journals.  In the left hand column you can filter your results to see just scholarly (peer-reviewed) journals.  [See also: What's the difference?]
4. You can also filter your results by date using the menu on the left hand side of the results page.

To access the article:

Any with a PDF Full Text Link you can click on that link to get the full article.  Any with the LinX icon you can click on that to see if we have full text available.

Click on this- if it says 'full text available' click on the go button

Further help:

• Contact the WBS Librarians using the 'contact' tab on the blog to book an appointment with one of us to guide you through using Business Source Complete.
• Look at the Business Source Complete help guides.  Click 'help' in the top right hand of the Business Source Complete interface.

Where else to look for journal articles on a topic:

• There are other resources available which allow you to search for journal articles on a topic. Emerald is another good one for Management topics.  To see all our e-journal resources click on the 'e-resources' link in the top right hand corner of Library Search, and from the e-resources by type drop-down menu choose 'e-journals'.  You can click 'show info' next to any resource to find out what it covers.  
• Library Search also has a quick search for articles- click on the 'articles & more' tab to search.  This is good for general topics but not great for specific business topics.

Want to be a Mintel Student Ambassador?

Mintel have just launched a new initiative offering "a year long programme for students to gain real business skills and industry experience." 

• Find out more and register your interest here.

• Join the conversation on Twitter by using the hashtag #mintelstudent

• Access Mintel on and off campus by searching for it on Library Search.  Choose UK Federation on the log-in page and enter your university username and password if required.

Attention BKEY501 students

This week BKEY501 students will be learning about key tools which are used when conducting a literature review.
If you have any questions relating to these skills or literature reviews after attending your seminars why don't you come along to one of the Marylebone Library drop-in training sessions which will be held in the libary training room on the following dates:

Tuesday        9th October  11-4pm
Wednesday 17th October  11-4pm
Tuesday      23rd October  11-4pm

These sessions are intended for any student at the university to come along and ask library and/or information related questions. Sessions are informal and the academic liaison librarian running the session will spend the time answering students' individual questions.

Gill Ackerman

Welcome new Westminster Business Students

Hello to all the new University of Westminster Business students!  Welcome to the Resources for Business blog from your librarians: Ellie, Sara & Gill.  Find out more about us and how you can contact us by clicking the contact tab above.  See what resources we have by clicking on the relevant tab above.  Any questions just let us know! Have a great Freshers Week and we will hopefully see you at Library Orientation.

Return of the state?

Photo: Downing Street via Flickr

Check out the new article from WBS academic Don Nordberg:

Return of the state? The G20, the financial crisis and power in the world economy

Published in the April issue of Review of Political Economy.  

To read the full article go to Library Search and do an 'Articles & more' quick search for Nordberg return of the state G20

 

Datastream Q&A

Do you need help using Datastream?

Thomson Reuters are holding online Q&A sessions to answer your Datastream queries:

• Thursday 3rd May 2012 - 10am
• Tuesday 15th May 2012 - 3pm

How does it work?

Using interactive Adobe e-training sessions, specialist trainers 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

New HRM journal added to library collection

26/3/2012

Strategic HR Review journal is now available via the Emerald Management eJournals database. This is in response to several requests from HRM students and staff.

The latest issue plus previous issues from Volume 4, Issue 1 2004 are available which are all the issues available in an electronic format.

We ♥ e-books

Baffled by e-books?

Unlock everything you'll ever need to know about e-books!

Come along to our e-book event at Marylebone library and discover 1000's of books just a click away...

Monday 20th February                   1-2pm            Marylebone Library Welcome Area
Tuesday 21st February                  1-2pm            Marylebone Library Welcome Area
Wednesday 22nd February           1-2pm            Marylebone Library Welcome Area
Thursday 23rd February                1-2pm             Marylebone Library Welcome Area
Friday 24th February                      1-2pm            Marylebone Library Welcome Area

The Library Welcome Area is situated on the first floor of Marylebone Library to the right of the Library counter.

Looking for case studies?

Here's how to search for case studies in Business Source Complete...

(You can access Business Source Complete via Library Search)

New e-books

 Find these new e-books on Library Search:

• Understanding cross-cultural management­  / Marie-Joëlle Browaeys, Roger Price- 2nd ed.

• Reclaiming development­ : an alternative economic policy manual / Ha-Joon Chang and Ilene Grabel

• The political economy of development­ : ­ the World Bank, neoliberalism and development research / ­edited by Kate Bayliss, Ben Fine and Elisa Van Waeyenberge

• The business of investment banking­ :­ a comprehensive overview /­K. Thomas Liaw 3rd ed.

• Essentials of business law­ / Ewan MacIntyre 3rd ed.

• Cross-cultural marketing­ : theory, practice and relevance / Dawn Burton

• Corporate strategy­  / Richard Lynch 4th ed.

• Socialnomics­ : how social media transforms the way we live and do business  /­ Erik Qualman

• Differentiate or die­ : survival in our era of killer competition  / Jack Trout, with Steve Rivkin 2nd ed.

• Managers not MBAs­ : a hard look at the soft practice of managing and management development / Henry Mintzberg
   
• Human resource management­ : a contemporary approach /­ edited by Julie Beardwell and Tim Claydon 6th ed.

• Human resource management in Europe­ : evidence of convergence? / edited by Chris Brewster, Wolfgang Mayrhofer and Michael Morley

• The new strategic brand management­ : advanced insights and strategic thinking /­ Jean-Noël Kapferer 5th ed.

• Business law and practice­. ‑  ­2011/12 [ed.] /­ Alexis Marvrikakis