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New in the David Lam Library: Alumni online access to business research

Posted on May 05, 2015 by buschert
Did you know: Alumni have access to online business research through UBC Library ! This blog post from the Small Business Accelerator explains how to target the best business publications in Business Source Alumni Edition using your A-card: Business Research Resources for UBC Alumni


New in the Lam Library: the 2014 World Cup and the UBC Library

Posted on Jun 18, 2014 by Christina Sylka
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup is a worldwide competition of FIFA members’ senior men’s national soccer teams. It is the most widely followed sporting event in the world; the viewership even exceeds that of the Olympic Games. The 2014 World Cup is being hosted by Brazil during June 12 to July […]


New in the David Lam Library: Pass it On, Preservation Week at UBC Library

Posted on Apr 23, 2014 by Christina Sylka
UBC Library is hosting a series of events from April 28th to May 2nd to celebrate Preservation Week. Events include webinars on preserving family archives and scrapbooks, talks on digitization devices and strategies, and a bookbinding exhibition. To read more or to view all the events being hosted, please visit about.library.ubc.ca/2014/04/14/pass-it-on-preservation-week-at-ubc-library/ Webinars and talks will […]


New in the Lam Library: Free Portal of Entrepreneurship Videos and Podcasts

Posted on Apr 16, 2014 by Christina Sylka
eCorner, the Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP) Entrepreneurship Corner, is a  free archive of entrepreneurship resources, providing access to over 3,000 videos and podcasts featuring entrepreneurship and innovation thought leaders. The most popular videos currently on the site include: The Art of Teaching Entrepreneurship and Innovation / Tina Seelig The Power of Curiosity and Inspiration […]


New in the Lam Library: MOOCs in Business

Posted on Apr 11, 2014 by Christina Sylka
MOOCs, or Massive Open Online Courses, are free courses offered over the web, accessible to anyone, anywhere. There are no formal application processes, no prerequisites and no formal academic credits. MOOCs provide instruction via tools like videos, computer and peer-graded homework, and quizzes and exams. Students often interact with peers in online discussion forums. Jeff […]


New in the Lam Library: Free Access to Oxford University Press Online Products from April 13-19, 2014

Posted on Apr 08, 2014 by Christina Sylka
Oxford University Press is celebrating U.S. National Library Week and showing its appreciation of the work librarians do to support their patrons by offering free access to OUP online products for the duration of the week. Oxford UP online products include multidisciplinary reference tools like Oxford Bibliographies, the Oxford English Dictionary and Very Short Introductions, as […]


New in the Lam Library: International Women’s Day 2014

Posted on Mar 07, 2014 by Christina Sylka
Celebrated annually on March 8th, the official theme for this year’s International Women’s Day is “Equality for women is progress for all” (United Nations). The following is a selection of recently published online books acquired by the library which explore women’s achievements in business, entrepreneurship and leadership: Female entrepreneurship and the new venture creation: an […]


The Books Sauder Students are Reading

Posted on Dec 05, 2013 by Christina Sylka
David Lam Library’s Great Reads collection of popular business books was launched in late August, 2013. The books began getting signed out almost immediately. The following books were the most frequently circulated during the fall term: Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson. This biography of creative entrepreneur, Steve Jobs, is based on extensive interviews with Jobs, […]


Trial Access to New Databases: Genderwatch and Nikkei Telecom 21

Posted on Oct 28, 2013 by Christina Sylka
UBC Library is currently providing trial access to the following databases: Genderwatch: covers over 300 titles from an array of academic, radical, community and independent presses on issues related to gender and women’s studies, and gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) research. Researchers may access more than 219,000 full articles on wide-ranging topics like sexuality, […]


Worldscope added to Datastream

Posted on Sep 30, 2013 by janwallace
Thomson’s Worldscope database has been added to our corporate financial subscriptions. Worldscope offers fundamental data on the world’s leading public and private companies, including annual and interim/quarterly data, detailed historical financial statement content, per share data, calculated ratios, pricing and textual information. Components include: Full constituent coverage of the major benchmark indexes worldwide; as reported […]