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