Finding Business Information

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Finding Business Information

• Elaine Blaxter
• Andersonian Library

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How do we organise printed material in the
Library? (1)

• Every subject is represented by a specific number
  code
• Most academic libraries use a subject number code
  system
• Find the number assigned to the book by using the
  Library catalogue.

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How do we organise printed material in the
Library? (2)

• Local notes for Strathclyde
• Find the number on the shelves, noting if it has
  D for Dewey section.
• All books on same subject are filed at same
  number, and then alphabetically by 3 letters
  appearing at end of number
• Serials filed by number and then title

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Which floor of the Library?

• Level 1 Computer Science, Information Science,
  Psychology, Government Publications
• Level 2 Business, Politics, Economics,
  Sociology
• Level 3 Entry point and Short Loan
• Level 4 Science, Engineering
• Level 5 Arts Humanities, Planning,
  Architecture, Literature,Language

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Borrowing

• General lending books - 6 weeks
• Lending books with red label - 1 week
• Short loan items - 3 hours or overnight
• Serials - 1 week (latest issue is reference only)
• The Library does not post its printed material
  overseas

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What can I do if the Library does not have the
item I need?

• Check catalogues of other local libraries
  (reciprocal agreements)
• British Library Inter-Library Loan Service
  (Library administered)
• Vacation access to other UK Universities (SCONUL
  Agreement)
• Libraries of professional / trade associations
  use Directory of British Associations

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Printed Indexes Abstracting Services

• Identify subject keywords for your subject
• Find subject keywords in the index
• Refer to numbered paragraph highlighted
• Note reference details provided - journal title
• Check Library Catalogue for Library holdings of
  that Journal

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Overview of Electronic Services

• The Services are available via Library Web Pages
  www.lib.strath.ac.uk
• Links to other libraries
• Links to e-journals Services e.g Ingenta,
  Elsevier Science Direct
• Links to commercial databases
• Links to general websites

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Overview of Electronic Library Services
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Library Computer Catalogue

• Called Voyager
• Available on the Web for off-campus access
  www.lib.strath.ac.uk Look for the Library
  catalogues heading
• Look for the Voyager icon if you are using a
  library machine
• A useful bibliographic tool

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Library Catalogue Simple Search Option
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Library Catalogue Results List
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Library Catalogue Record Detail
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Library Catalogue Electronic Books

• Library subscribes to a selection of electronic
  business books via Net-Library service
• They are all listed on the Library Catalogue
• Simple Search option has electronic books limit
  and type fulltext online as Keywords anywhere
• System will link to Net-Library website
  register on site using a campus machine (library
  staff will help with this if you are permanently
  off campus)
• Many of the books are published by Harvard
  Business Press

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Library Catalogue combined search option

• Select for searching more than one search term
• Allows terms to be searched as a phrase
• Allows different indexes to be combined

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Library Catalogue Combined Search Option
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Username and Password Systems for Library
Databases

• Register with IT Services to obtain Strathclyde
  email address, network username and password
• Complete Library Database Use form return
  original signed document to Library
• If permanently off-campus, Library staff will
  establish an ATHENS password for you, and release
  any other relevant passwords

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ABI

• Business and management database information on
  best practice, theory, company or industry
  activities
• Approximately 900 full-text and 500 abstracted
  journals
• Available off-campus and overseas with an Athens
  username and password
• Printing, downloading or emailing results

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ABI choose how to search

• Basic
• Guided
• Advanced
• Natural Language
• Publication

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ABI guided search example

• The approved subject term entrepreneurs has
  been combined with the subject term success
• Search results have been restricted to full-text
  peer-reviewed articles
• The date range for the results is 1999 onwards

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ABI Guided Search
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ABI Search Results

• Results appear in numbered list, in date order
• Click on half page icon to view abstract
• Click on the full page icon or underlined title
  to view full-text with abstract
• Click on camera icon to view a digitised image

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Business Industry

• Covers companies, industries, products and
  markets
• Focuses on facts, figures, events and markets
• 1000 international trade and industry
  publications providing current business
  intelligence
• Over 70 in full-text

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Business Industry

• Available off-campus and overseas with a Business
  Industry password
• Facility to print, download or email results
• Extensive indexing to refine the search concept
  terms, industry names, product / SIC codes,
  marketing terms, geographic region

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Business Industry Simple Search
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Business Industry - Results
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Business Industry - indexes

• Use the indexes to refine the search
• Concept index includes terms such as trends,
  industry forecasts, market share
• Industry index restricts results to a specific
  industry e.g. alcoholic beverages
• Product index restricts to specific product
  within industry output e.g. sparkling wines

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Business Industry Refining the Search
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MCB Emerald

• Full-text articles on broad range of business
  topics from 1994 onwards
• Some abstracts back to 1989
• Covers journals published by MCB approximately
  120 titles
• Requires an Athens password and username
• Available off campus

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MCB Emerald advanced search

• Choose Full-text as Product Selection
• Provides a more flexible form of searching
• Restrict each search line to a specific field by
  using the drop down boxes
• Tick the truncation box or use a to search for
  variations of a word e.g. comput will find
  computer, computers, computerisation
• Enables a search to be limited by date

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MCB Emerald Advanced Search
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Indexed Gateway Services on the Web

• Surfing the Web can take a lot of time but not
  find information of high quality
• Use gateway services if possible
• Gateway services are usually organised by subject
  and quality checked by humans
• BUBL, Biz/Ed

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Sites selected by Subject Librarian

• Library web pages list relevant sites selected by
  the Subject Librarians
• Select Subject Services on the Home page and
  choose the relevant topic from the business list
• Click on Internet Resources for links to useful
  websites

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BUBLhttp//bubl.ac.uk
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Biz/edwww.bized.ac.uk
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Discussion lists

• Useful for finding expert information
• To find a relevant discussion list look at
  Loughborough University site
• www.lboro.ac.uk/library/subj/disclist.html

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Email business newsletters

• Some web services will deliver regular
  information to your email address
• Some allow you to specify a profile of interests
• I subscribe to 2 Freepint and Bnet
  (www.bnet.co.uk)

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Freepint - Newsletterwww.freepint.co.uk
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Non-traditional Publishers on the Web

• Organisations such as business consultants
  produce reports not easily available via normal
  retail outlets
• Reports may cover marketing, industry trends,
  management strategy
• Look at McKinsey (www.mckinsey.com)

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McKinseywww.mckinsey.com