Worldscope

New question

How do I access Worldscope?

(since Worldscope is not a distinct database in the list of subscribed resources.)

GDP (Gross Domestic Product)

New question about access to GDP statistics.

Where can I find historical and current statistics on GDP?

This doesn’t cover all the possible sources, so let us know if there are other important ones.

Careers in International Affairs

Carland, Maria Pinto and Faber, Candace (eds)

Careers in International Affairs, 8th edition

Eddie Davies Library 327.02373/CAR

Brilliant Answers to Tough Interview Questions

Hodgson, Susan

Brilliant Answers to Tough Interview Questions, 3rd edition

Eddie Davies Library 650.144/HOD

ABI Inform (Proquest) off-campus access

If accessing ABI Inform (Proquest) off-campus and you get this screen:

DO NOT TRY TO LOGIN!

This login screen relates to the Athens access scheme that the University of Manchester no longer uses.

See below for alternative.

Probably best first to use your browser back button to go back to the link that took you to this page. Open a new browser tab or window and select http://proquest.umi.com/login?  (should give screen below)

Select login through your library or institution.

Select UK Federation

Select University of Manchester

Supply your central username and password

You should now be logged into ABI Inform (Proquest) as an authenticated University of Manchester user.

If you now return to the link (e.g. in a reading list) and select again you should get straight into ABI Inform (Proquest) at the relevant article, since the relevent credentials are now cached in your browser for its current session.

Rather than http://proquest.umi.com/login you can goto the University of Manchester ABI Inform page and select the off-campus access link (same steps as above but can be in different order).

There is a demo video of off-campus access in the answer to:

How do I access e-resources using my central username and password?

If in your browser session you have already accessed another e-journal database (Business Source Premier/Ebsco, Emerald, Science Direct …) you may not be prompted for your central username and password as this is already cached. However, you will have to select the links to indicate where you are from.

Manchester Business Answers 24/7 journal article

Interested in finding out more about the Manchester Business Answers 24/7 service?  Read our case study recently published in Business Information Review (2009, 26, 3, pp 182-189)

http://bir.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/26/3/182

References – Harvard style and Endnote

Starting with updating information about Harvard citation style ( references-harvard-citation-style)

The information on Manchester Business Answers 24/7 ( www.mbs.ac.uk/bizlib247 ) was getting long so collated it into a draft document. Harvard referencing and EndNote (PDF) – Jan 2010 draft

This tries to explain why using Harvard referencing is harder than you might think, particularly when using EndNote.

Now have updated several EndNote related questions based on what I learned writing this document (using EndNote of course).

EndNote related questions

Please leave a comment if you find Harvard referencing and EndNote useful.

Mark

Stats December 2009

Stats for December 2009: 706 Questions Accessed, citation style and company strategy most common.  Questions on share price return and UK gilts added in response to zero hits. 

How do I find data on total returns for stocks, bonds, and indexes?

Where can I find historical rates for UK Government bonds (Gilts)?

Ranking Business and Management Journals

Updated -

Where can I find a ranking and rating of business and management journals?

Added the easy-to-use SJR SCImago Journal and Country Rank at the top, and included a link to FT 40 Journals list.

Mark

PS. The article Methods of Demonstrating Article and Journal Impact by Karen Chapman, from Journal of Business and Finance Librarianship 15(1), Jan 2010, may also be of interest.

Transforming Management – MBS online journal

Updated Where can I find research in business and finance done at Manchester Business School? to include link to Transforming Management – the MBS online journal.

Interesting not just for the discussion of new business and management ideas and their application, but also to see how Web 2.0 tools are being used. For example:

http://hough.tm.mbs.ac.uk/web-2-0-tools/charts/

http://sniukas.tm.mbs.ac.uk/about/ (and http://www.slideshare.net/sniukas/the-future-of-management-presentation?type=powerpoint)