How to access FAME if Library Search goes down

There have been a few problems accessing Library Search today so if you are unable to access FAME that way please try this link: https://fame2.bvdep.com/ukfederation.aspx 

You will then need to choose University of Westminster from the drop-down menu, as before, and you may be required to enter your university username and password.

Featured resource: FAME

Continuing on with our featured resource, FAME: today we look at how to do a simple company search.  See our previous post if you want to know how to access FAME. 

1. Once you are in FAME enter your chosen company name in the search box in the top left hand corner.

2. From the list of results click on the company your require, you can always check the registered number if you are unsure.

3. The standard report will be shown, to see the full report select "report format - full report" from the menu on the right hand side.  You can scroll down the report to view the different sections.

4.  The menu along the right hand side shows the contents of the report, from here you can navigate to each individual section of the report.  For example if you just wanted to see the "key financials and employees" click on the financials and ratios tab and select "key financials and employees".  To go back to the main report select "report format - standard report" from the menu.

5. You can export the data to a spreadsheet, Word or a PDF.  Click on the export button.  You can either do this for just one section of the report (see step 4 above) or all sections of the report (when you are displaying the standard report).

6.  You can also modify which sections are shown in the report by clicking on the sections button and choosing which elements you want to see in the report. 

7.  When viewing figures remember to note what currency and unit is being used- for example figures are often given in th GBP or mil GBP.

8.  You can also view a peer report for the chosen company or view diagrams such as the ownership structure by selecting these sections from the menu (near the bottom).

See also our post.....how to do a peer analysis in FAME

Database trial - PI Navigator

We have a trial to PI Navigator (from Perfect Information) until June 2011.

“PI Navigator is a financial and capital markets database providing access to over 15 million global company filings including annual reports, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), equity transactional documents (including Initial Public Offerings) and bond prospectuses. PI Navigator surfaces the value of the data buried within financial documents, providing the ability to significantly reduce the time taken when modelling company financials.”

Click here to access PI Navigator (you will need your University username and password if you are off-site). Check out the online tutorial with PI Navigator.

Please take a look and forward any feedback to Sara Goddard at s.goddard@westminster.ac.uk

Datastream Q&A session

Do you need help using Datastream?

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

To sign up, email training.uki@thomsonreuters.com stating the date, product (i.e. Datastream) and time of the session you would like to attend. Thomson Reuters will then email you with login details for the 1 hour session.

• 9th February, 10am (Wednesday)
  
• 23rd February, 3pm (Wednesday)
  

Management book of the year 2011

'Managing' written by Henry Mintzberg (Pearson Education) has been named as the CMI Management Book of the Year, as well as winning the Pratical Manager category.

If you would like to read the award winning book, just go to Library Search and do a "Books, journals & more" search for Managing Mintzberg to find our copy.

Featured e-resource: WARC

WARC (World Advertising Research Centre) contains full-text articles from a number of marketing journals (including Admap), case studies of successful marketing campaigns, worldwide advertising statistics and news.  A new interface for WARC has been launched offering a more powerful search and a more intuitive screen for browsing.  

Tip: Click on the forecasts & data tab to get global adspend data, adspend forecasts, global media costs and TV & newspaper trends. 

Tip: Under the case studies tab you can get access to campaign videos- search and view the videos then read the advertising effectiveness case study behind the campaign.  

You can access WARC via Library Search (search for WARC in the books, journals & more tab)

New year, new e-books

Check out our latest e-books, all available via Library Search

• Financial accounting for decision makers / Peter Atrill - 6th edition

• Management & organizational behaviour / Laurie Mullins - 9th edition

• Research methods for business students / Mark Saunders - 5th edition

• Organizational culture & leadership / Edgar Schein - 4th edition

• Operations management / Nigel Slack - 6th edition

• Accounting for non-accounting students / J. R. Dyson - 8th edition

• Marketing management / Svend Hollensen - 2nd edition