How Do I Start Using the Online Library?

Many students ask this question, and the answer is to follow the instructions on the How to Use the Library web page. If you have any further questions or just want a chat about using the Library, please contact me - Stephanie Allen, Online Librarian. Email: Online_Librarian@embanet.com; telephone: +44 (0) 151 794 4345.

E-Resources News and Trials: TRIAL: Investext Plus

E-Resources News and Trials: TRIAL: Investext Plus
Take a look at this new Library trial and don't forget to post a comment. Thanks!

31,000 e-books available from ebrary Academic Complete

The Library now provides access to a collection of over 31,000 e-books through ebrary Academic Complete. Ebrary includes books in a range of subject areas, including business & economics, computing and health.

You can search the full-text of all of the titles available to us on ebrary, or browse or search specific fields (e.g. title, author) to find books in your chosen area.

When you are reading an ebrary e-book, you can highlight any word and look it up in free online resources like dictionaries, thesauri and search engines. We will add the ability to search paid-for resources such as the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), Scopus and Web of Knowledge.

You can register to create a personal ebrary account which will allow you to create a personal bookshelf, and add highlights, annotations and bookmarks.

The interface appears to be quite intuitive, but please note that if you want to browse subject areas you will find computing subjects listed under:

Science

Mathematics

Mathematics

Instruments and machines

The subject areas that MBA staff and students will mainly be interested in are listed under Social Sciences and are more obvious. The Library will be feeding back to ebrary the need to list computing subjects in a more obvious place!

See ebrary's Getting started guide to get the most out of ebrary.

You use ebrary:

To read ebrary e-books you must first install ebrary Reader. To do this download ebrary Reader. It is available for a variety of web browsers on both Windows and Macintosh computers. You will only need to do this once (unless you use another PC to access ebrary).

Go to the Laureate Library management collections page, computing collections page or the public health collections page. Using the blue Library login box to the left of the page, login to EZproxy using your Managed Windows Service (MWS) username and password. Close the pop up box once logged in (this authenticates you as a University of Liverpool user and allows you access).

Click on the Connect link for ebrary (ebrary is the second collection listed on the management collections page; and the fourth collection listed on the computing collections page).

Note: To ensure full access please make sure your browser allows pop-ups from site.ebrary.com, and your cookies are enabled.

E-Resources News and Trials: TRIAL: Business Monitor

E-Resources News and Trials: TRIAL: Business Monitor
Another trial from the University Library of interest to MBA staff and students. Business Monitor Online provides: in-depth country risk reports (155 Emerging Markets & 20 Developed Countries); industry analysis and forecasting (14 sectors across 80 countries); company intelligence (profiles of 60,000 corporate offices & 175,000 key personnel); financial markets forecasts. Please let us know what you think.

EBSCO's Business Source Premier available from Library - includes Harvard Business Review

A reminder for all MBA students and staff that the Library has a new subscription to EBSCO's Business Source Premier which includes Harvard Business Review, from 1922.

This excellent collection provides the full text for more than 8,800 serials, including more than 1,100 peer-reviewed business publications, including the world's top management and marketing journals such as:

Harvard Business Review, from 1922
California Management Review, from 1958
Academy of Management Journal, from 1958
Academy of Management Review, from 1976
Journal of Management Studies, from 1964 (latest 12 months not available)
Journal of Marketing Management, 1985 (latest 12 months not available)
Journal of Marketing Research, from 1964
Journal of Marketing, from 1936
Journal of International Marketing, from 1993

Additional full text, non-journal content includes market research reports, industry reports, country reports, company profiles and SWOT analyses. Business Source Premier contains PDF images for the great majority of journals; many of these PDF's are native (searchable) or scanned-in-colour. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost.

To access Business Source Premier:

Go to the management collections page.

Using the blue Library login box to the left of the page, login to Athens using your Managed Windows Service (MWS) username and password. Close the pop up box once logged in (this authenticates you as a University of Liverpool user and allows you access).

Click on the Connect link for Business Source Premier (Business Source Premier is the second collection listed on the management collections page). Once connected, Business Source Premier can be searched on the generic EBSCOhost platform, or on the Business Searching Interface designed especially for it.

Do ask if you have any questions about using Business Source Premier, or wish to give any feedback. I will be happy to help. Contact details: Stephanie Allen, Online Librarian at Online_Librarian@embanet.com; +44 (0) 151 794 4345

TRIAL: Snapshots Market Research Series

TRIAL: Snapshots Market Research Series
Until 27th November, the Library has a trial of this resource that provides up to date, statistical overviews of industries by country, demonstrating market trends with historical market size data, key company shares, segmentation, distribution and forecasts.

Please post your comments!

NEWS: Library News and Trials Blog!

In place of the 'What's New' web page for the Online Library, there is now a new blog for any Library news and trials of new e-resources available for University of Liverpool online students and staff.

This is an interactive tool so please post comments about the news and trials. You can also subscribe to the blog so you can be kept in touch with new postings. Register at a RSS reader web site, such as Bloglines. Select this link Atom RSS Feed. Copy the feed and subscribe to it through Bloglines.

Let me know what you think!

Stephanie Allen, Online Librarian

TRIAL: Mideastwire

TRIAL: Mideastwire
The Library is running a trial of this new database until 15th November - please take a look and let us know what you think.

TRIAL: Library PressDisplay

TRIAL: Library PressDisplay
This is another trial for online students and staff to try out until 30th November. We rely on the feedback from University students and staff to assess new Library resources, so please leave a comment. Don't forget to mention that you are an Online student or member of staff. Thanks.