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    • New David Lam Library website launched

    Posted on Aug 03, 2011 by lindsayu
    Today we launched the new David Lam Library website. The new website is part of a UBC Library wide move to the WordPress platform. The website has a new URL: http://www.lam.library.ubc.ca. Although there is a redirect from the old site, we encourage you to update your links. We have taken this as an opportunity to […]

    Teaching in August

    Posted on Aug 02, 2011 by janwallace
    Although the library and learning commons are quiet during August, Lam librarians are working hard to prepare and update their instructional sessions for fall. Upcoming classes and orientations that we are currently working on include the MBA Precore, The MBA Core, the JumpStart orientation for international students, the Early Career Master’s orientation, and the MBA […]

    Database Freedonia adds country reports

    Posted on Jul 28, 2011 by janwallace
    Freedonia Focus, a market research database subscribed to by the UBC Library, is adding considerable international content over the next year. Freedonia content has traditionally been US-focused. New country reports will cover 14 countries including Canada, China, India and Brazil. Access Freedonia Focus here.

    New Healthcare Administration Research Guide Published

    Posted on Jul 22, 2011 by janwallace
    The David Lam Management Research has published a new research guide on Health Care Administration, for use by MBA and EMBA students at the Sauder School of Business who are researching topics related to business plans, marketing, operations, efficiency, purchasing, etc. in the healthcare industry.

    Changes to RefWorks

    Posted on Jul 06, 2011 by lindsayu
    If you use RefWorks, you may have noticed that the RefWorks interface has a new look: http://resources.library.ubc.ca/901. Our understanding is that most of the changes are cosmetic (intended to improve the interface) and do not affect the functionality. To allow users some time to adjust, the old interface is still available until the end of the […]

    Fully downloadable books are available via Palgrave Connect

    Posted on by janwallace
    New full-text, downloadable, academic, business books are being added each month to Palgrave Connect’s 2011 Business & Management Collection. Palgrave employs permissive Digital Rights Management, which allows authorized users to download ebook content without any physical restrictions. Books in this collection can also be downloaded in EPUB format, which is compatible with most reading devices, […]

    Two new entrepreneurial database trials

    Posted on May 26, 2011 by janwallace
    We currently have two trials running of databases with market research content for business planning: EBSCO’s Entrepreneurial Studies Source http://resources.library.ubc.ca/1736/ offers users full text for more than 125 key periodicals, 135 reference books, numerous case studies, thousands of company profiles and over 600 videos with transcripts and related articles Proquest Entrepreneur http://resources.library.ubc.ca/1742/ includes scholarly journals, […]

    Entrepreneurial Studies Source – Trial access

    Posted on May 09, 2011 by lindsayu
    UBC users have trial access to Entrepreneurial Studies Source, an EBSCO database, until May 31. This database offers full text for more than 125 key periodicals, 135 reference books, numerous case studies, thousands of company profiles and over 600 videos with transcripts and related articles from the Harvard Faculty Seminar Series and Vator.TV, one of […]

    Two streaming video collections available during May

    Posted on May 06, 2011 by janwallace
    UBC Library users have trial access during May to two streaming video collections from the Alexander Street Press, an electronic publisher of award-winning online collections in the humanities and social sciences. Filmakers Online Library (http://resources.library.ubc.ca/1735/) is an award-winning, cross-disciplinary collection of over 913 global documentaries, covering  race and gender studies, human rights, globalization and global studies, multiculturalism, international relations, criminal justice, […]

    New additions to the David Lam Library FAQs database

    Posted on Apr 19, 2011 by lindsayu
    The David Lam Library’s Business FAQs database was launched in December 2010, with FAQs relating to business databases, the David Lam Library and the Canaccord Learning Commons. We have just added two new categories of to the FAQs: Labour: FAQs relating to the labour market and industrial relations research Management: FAQs relating to researching executive […]