The David Lam Management Research Library

What they are saying 19

janwallace — Tue, 08 May 2012 16:16:02 +0000

“The support the MBAs receive from the dean, the library staff, the career center, and the MBA office is unbelievable.”

Princeton Review’s Best 294 Business School Rankings
2012

McGraw-Hill ebook library

csylka — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:10:33 +0000

The David Lam Library recently subscribed to three years of access to three modules from McGraw-Hill’s ebook library

Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management (30 titles)
Finance & Investing (134 titles)
Leadership & Management (99 titles)

Many of the books are useful as introductory texts. Users can read full-text content online, as content cannot be downloaded. Printing is available, one page at a time, for the first 10% of the book.

Once you connect to the database you can browse or search for books, as well as register to access personalized features like note-taking and bookmarks.

What they are saying 18

Lianna — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:30:03 +0000

“I have had great fun mining the links you sent and have found tons of great stuff. It is amazing how much material there is when you find the right words, and have a great Librarian to steer you in the right direction.”

EMBA student
March, 2012

UBC Library Home Page Design Survey

csylka — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:19:17 +0000

The main UBC Library Homepage provides access to library-wide services and collections, including the catalogue, online databases and journals, and many local digitization projects.UBC Library wants to ensure that students and researchers can use this page to easily find their way to relevant, high quality content. In order to improve its homepage design the Library is gathering feedback from members of the UBC community (students, faculty, staff, alumni and those with an affiliation to the University) through an online survey.

Please visit http://www.library.ubc.ca/survey/ to fill out the survey. It will be available until April 20, 2012 and should only take between ten and fifteen minutes to complete. To provide additional feedback on the homepage, please contact John Chan, Interaction Designer, UBC Library Systems and Information Technology.

Three new transportation-related research guides

csylka — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 21:30:16 +0000

Three new transportation-related research guides have been added to the David Lam Library website. David Lam librarians designed these guides to provide researchers and students with credible starting points for researching transportation related topics.

The guides identify relevant books and media, article sources, databases, industry associations, government agencies, and scholarly resources. They also include tips on effective search strategies for transportation topics, by using appropriate search terms and subject headings.

Click on individual guides for access, or visit the David Lam Library homepage (http://www.library.ubc.ca/lam) and find them by clicking on the Research Guides link.

If you have questions or feedback about the guide, please contact the David Lam Library.

Current Awareness for Business Researchers Workshop: March 8

lindsayu — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:25:23 +0000

Are you looking for additional ways to keep current with the latest literature in your field? Did you know that you can set up alerts within many resources available through the library that will notify you about new content in your research area?

In support of Celebrate Research Week, the David Lam Library is offering a Current Awareness for Business Researchers workshop on Thursday March 8 from 9.30-11.00am in the Canaccord Learning Commons, Rm 222.

In this workshop, we will cover how to set up e-mail or RSS alerts for:

Latest business and finance news
Articles published in your research area
Latest issues of important journals
Business books at UBC Library

We will also look at how to use RefWorks as current awareness tool.

This session is for graduate students at the Sauder School of Business.

International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) – Trial Access

lindsayu — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:09:30 +0000

UBC Library is running a trial of the International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS):http://resources.library.ubc.ca/1814

IBSS “includes over two million bibliographic references to journal articles and to books, reviews and selected chapters dating back to 1951. It is unique in its broad coverage of international material and incorporates over 100 languages and countries. Over 2,800 journals are regularly indexed and some 7,000 books are included each year.”

Please submit your feedback via the feedback form linked from the information page, or directly to Barbara Sobol.

The trial runs until March 15.

Business Expert Press collection

csylka — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:42:37 +0000

The David Lam Library recently purchased access to the Business Expert Press Digital Libraries e-book collection.

This collection of over 150 practical and concise e-books on diverse business topics, such as supply and operations management, international business, social media, finance, accounting, public relations, and marketing strategy includes introductory textbooks for entry-level students, and numerous sources of primary research materials for doctoral candidates. The books available are published from 2010 to present, with 2012 titles being added throughout the year.

Once connected to the database, you can search for, identify, read and download selected pages or an entire book. While your book is open on screen, go to the InfoTools tab, choose Business Expert Press Options, and choose Download this title. The book is downloaded in Adobe Digital Editions format and accessible on most computers and devices (except the Kindle) for 14 days. This resource also enables you to sign in with your campus-wide login (CWL) to access additional features.

Films on Demand: a database of high-quality streaming videos now available

csylka — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:37:47 +0000

Films can be used effectively in classrooms to illustrate concepts, to spark debates and to frame discussions. UBC Library has recently purchased access to Films on Demand, a database of over 7,300 high quality streaming video titles suitable for both undergraduate and graduate level courses in a variety of disciplines within the arts, humanities, medicine, science and social sciences. Films on Demand contains over 680 titles in the areas of business & economics, including videos from PBS’s Frontline, the Clios, Open University, BBC, and Bill Moyers Journal. Business subjects covered include ethical markets, sustainable growth, advertising, consumer behaviour, jobs and careers, finance and investing, as well as profiles of global superpowers like India and China.

This digital delivery system makes it easy to bring video directly into the classroom. Videos can viewed in their entirety, or in selected segments. In addition to viewing the videos, more customizable tools are available via a free user account which enables viewers to create and share customized playlists, save favorite videos for quick access, and set default preferences.

Relevant business videos can be found in Films on Demand by browsing by subject collection or searching by keyword.

Role of equities may diminish as emerging markets shift focus – McKinsey

janwallace — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:10:01 +0000

According to The emerging equity gap: Growth and stability in the new investor landscape, a new report from the McKinsey Global Institute, the role of equities in the global financial system will likely be reduced in the coming decade. The reason postulated is that emerging market households tend to spend their newly-earned household assets deposit accounts and fixed-income instruments, more than in equities. the authors predict that by the end of this decade, investors in developing economies will hold as much as 36 percent of global financial wealth, or between $114 trillion and $141 trillion. They say that global equities could decline from 28 percent of global financial assets in 2010 to 22 percent in 2020.
Source: McKinsey Quarterly Member Edition, December 2011.