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Unique method of searching SSRN.com
The Social Science Research Network (SSRN.com) disseminates scholarly papers in the social sciences and provides an abstracting service which sends out announcements of new papers, typically long before they are published. SSRN.com is a premier venue for business faculty research, and contains many working papers published at the Sauder School of Business. One database subscribed to […]
Great Reads in the David Lam Library
This summer the David Lam Library joined UBC Library’s Great Reads, a program which highlights the Library’s collections of popular and leisure reading materials. Lam’s Great Reads includes popular and recommended business books. Look for the green Great Reads sign in the David Lam Library/Canaccord Learning Commons to browse and sign out these books in […]
New dataset – KLD via WRDS
Effective today, the University of British Columbia has access to the KLD (STATS) dataset from MSCI, via WRDS. STATS, originally created by KLD Research, is a time series database of ESG ratings covering over two dozen datapoints. It has been updated annually since 1991 and is delivered to clients in Excel format. Company coverage initially included […]
Demand for forensic accountants growing
According to a new report in IbisWorld, a proprietary database subscribed to by the David Lam Library, demand for forensic accountants has surged in recent years, driving the growth of jobs, companies and opportunities within the industry. Spurred by financial reform following scandals such as WorldCom and Enron, the industry will prosper even during periods of […]
Enhance your classwork with streaming videos
Two streaming video databases are available to Sauder School instructors for use in preparing courses. Films on Demand is a multidisciplinary database of videos on various topics including business. Instructors can create playlists, easily clip segments from longer videos, embed those segments in Connect, show segments in class, create persistent links, etc. VAST is Alexander […]
New database trial
A trial has been arranged by a Sauder faculty member to the WRDS SEC Analytics Suite via WRDS. WRDS SEC Analytics Suite simplifies research by allowing researchers to quickly and easily develop tailored datasets from all SEC filings, parsing millions of regulatory reports based on custom criteria. WRDS SEC Analytics Suite is positioned for broad business […]
Statistical Support for Grad Students
This fall, graduate students will be able to receive one-on-one consultations and workshops related to statistical software support. The UBC Library has equipped Koerner 217 with Statistical Product and Service Solutions (SPSS) software on all workstations, which allows the new services to be rolled out beginning in the fall term. Details of workshops and one-on-one […]
Year-long trial access to streaming videos from the Alexander Street Press
UBC Library has negotiated trial access for a year to the Alexander Street Press’s VAST: Academic Video Online, a multi-disciplinary streaming video collection: http://resources.library.ubc.ca/page.php?id=2140 This database currently contains over 17,000 titles and coves a wide range of subject areas, including business and economics and current affairs. 5,000 new titles will be added during this next […]
Database Trials: Mergent Online and Mint Global
Sauder School researchers and students have trial access for the next month to two important databases of international public and private company information. Mergent Online provides access to comprehensive business and financial information on public and private companies worldwide. Researchers can display and download up to fifteen years of detailed financial information for public companies, […]
Spotlight on SpringerLink
SpringerLink is a multidisciplinary database of full text publications published by Springer. It provides access to over 2,700 ejournals and more than 55,000 ebooks, as well as reference works, monographic series and lecture notes. Disciplines covered include Business & Economics, Mathematics & Statistics, Computer Science, Behavioral Science, and Professional & Applied Computing.There are over 5,000 […]