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Finding and Using Library Resources for Your Final Year Project

Finding and Using Library Resources for Your Final Year Project. Samantha Halford Subject Librarian (Cass Business School) samantha.halford.1@city.ac.uk. www.city.ac.uk/library. What I’m going to cover: . What sort of information you might need to find

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Finding and Using Library Resources for Your Final Year Project

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  1. Finding and Using Library Resources for Your Final Year Project Samantha Halford Subject Librarian (Cass Business School) samantha.halford.1@city.ac.uk www.city.ac.uk/library

  2. What I’m going to cover: What sort of information you might need to find Which databases and resources you’ll use to find information How to search the databases effectively Where to find out how to reference what you’ve found How to get help when you’re stuck! www.city.ac.uk/library

  3. Refresher: what will you need to find and read? Journal articles Market research News articles Books Company reports Financial data … and anything else that you and your supervisor/tutors identify: government documents, corporate websites, conference proceedings, etc. www.city.ac.uk/library

  4. Where can you find all this stuff? Books: in the library – University Library at Northampton Square and the specialist Learning Resource Centre at Bunhill Row. Online, via the Library homepage: we’ve got access to millions of articles, reports, ebooks, market research, newspapers, etc. through our extensive library subscriptions. Financial Resources Suite: Bloomberg, Eikon and Datastream available on the 5th Floor of the University Library and in the Financial Resources Zone at Bunhill Row. www.city.ac.uk/library

  5. Databases contain journal articles, reports, case studies, company information, country information, financial data, market research and more. It’s good quality, authoritative information that you can only find through these subscription resources. Using these databases to find information will help you get great marks. You need to log into the databases to find this information: it’s not available for free just on the internet. Use your subject guide to work out which database is best for what you’re looking for: http://libguides.city.ac.uk/businessstudies Databases: where the good stuff is www.city.ac.uk/library

  6. Use the search box on the Library website: look for subject words or company names. CityLibrarySearch will search across our books, articles and reports for you. Use the facets on the left-hand side to narrow your search: ‘Full Text Online’ gives you just things you can read over the internet. General Starting Point: CityLibrarySearch www.city.ac.uk/library

  7. More Specific: use Business Studies Subject Guide Hover over the ‘Finding Eresources’ tab. Click on the type of information you’re looking for www.city.ac.uk/library

  8. Key General Databases Business Source Complete Use for articles, market research, company, industry and country profiles, case studies, trade magazines, peer reviewed research, Harvard Business Review, images. ProQuest New database: peer-reviewed articles, newspapers, data, reports, trade journals... All sorts of stuff, not just business-specific. Wide-ranging and useful. Science Direct Huge database focused on academic, peer-reviewed articles. Also contains actual science, but huge amount of business and management information as well. Financial Times – FT.com Everyone can have a subscription to the excellent FT.com website, phone and tablet apps. The sign-up link is on the Library Services Moodle page – use your city.ac.uk email to sign up. There’s loads more resources available: see the Eresources section of the Business StudiesSubject Guide. www.city.ac.uk/library

  9. Tips for accessing databases Log in using your IT username and password. Use the subject guide or the library catalogue for the right link. In rare cases, you might need a special username and password… check the catalogue for details. Most databases can be used from anywhere with an internet connection. A few need special computers in the library, e.g. Bloomberg – see the subject guide for more information. www.city.ac.uk/library

  10. Tips for searching databases Think about a search strategy before you begin. Consider making a “map” of your ideas to help Helps you see connections between ideas to make search terms: Example Books/website on this by Tony Buzan, available in our libraries Make a list of the terms you try out as you search. Stops the frustration of searching the same phrase repeatedly! You can use the list to search the next database more quickly Writing a list allows you to make new connections between concepts Helps identify synonyms, alternative words/phrases www.city.ac.uk/library

  11. SCONUL card: reference access to other UK universities. Apply online – takes a few working days. • City Business Library: a public library in the City (not affiliated with us!) with a great current business collection. • British Library: near King’s Cross Station. Amazing research collection – see their website for full details. • - You’ll need ID to register, check before setting off! Using Other Libraries www.city.ac.uk/library

  12. Samantha has organised Intro to Bloomberg Training – next sessions will be in November and booking will be opened in a few weeks. • Sessions will continue throughout the year as they did last year. • New for 2013-2014: Finding Great Information Using Online Library Resources. This session will be an in-depth look at some of the resources you’ll want to use for your literature review. • Tickets are available to book – click the ‘Eresources’ tab on the Subject Guide for the link. Training www.city.ac.uk/library

  13. Referencing and Citation Help Books in the library: Neville, C. (2012) Complete Guide to Referencing and Avoiding Plagiarism, 2nd ed. Maidenhead: Open University Press. Pear, R., Shields, G. (2010) Cite Them Right: the Essential Referencing Guide, 8th ed. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Subject Guide Citing and Referencing Tab: http://libguides.city.ac.uk/business/referencing Contains links to guidance from Cass and the actual Harvard Business School referencing guide for this year. Tools to help: New tool: Cite Them Write Online: really useful! Automated citation software: RefWorks, Mendeley. A bit complicated but helpful for storing & reusing references. Note: contact the library for the RefWorks code. Mendeley is free. Word has built-in functions as well. www.city.ac.uk/library

  14. Help In Person: • Library desks on the 2nd and 5th Floor, and at Cass • Contact Samantha: samantha.halford.1@city.ac.uk or 020 7040 4151 • General enquiries email for Cass: cklib@city.ac.uk • Enquiries phone number: +44 (0) 207 040 8191 Help Online: • Library Website: http://www.city.ac.uk/library/ • Subject Guide: http://libguides.city.ac.uk/business Any Questions? www.city.ac.uk/library

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