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JacksonLine - June 2007

 

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Your Library After Graduation

 

The library is always open to you virtually and physically.

Logon to the Jackson Library web page to access Library Catalogs, Research Guides, Business Websites, learn "What's New" at the library, "Ask a Librarian", get the latest business buzz from the Jackson Blog and read the latest issue of the ever intriguing Jacksonline. Pick up an Alumni Library card before you put on that cap and gown. Signup for Life membership and access 7 premium databases.

 

Lifetime Library Privilege

Lifetime courtesy access and borrowing privileges are extended to GSB Alumni for personal and professional advancement. If you plan to stay in the area area or just plan to visit from time to time, apply for a Jackson Library Alumni card at the Library Access Desk. While in the library stop by the Reference Desk where staff are always ready to help with your research needs. Browse the wall of business journals or check out the latest popular business book.

 

Access 7 Premier Library Databases
with a SBSAA Life Membership

Access these premier databases from you desktop or laptop with a paid subscription to the Alumni Association

  • ABI Inform ( Access to Periodicals & WSJ)
  • Business Monitor Online (International)
  • Business Source Premier (Periodical & Company Info)
  • Factiva (Newspaper, Periodical and Company Info)
  • Reference USA (Business Directory)
  • Tablebase (Statistical Tables)
  • Wetfeet Press (Info for job seeker and employers)

For details contact Allison Schwarz or Laura Moore

 

For All Things Alumni - Download the Alumni Toolbar

Download the Stanford GSB Alumni Toolbar, designed by Jackson Library staff specifically for alums with quick links to alumni resources and services. The toolbar allows alums to access email, search the directory, read news about GSB reunions and events and Lifelong Learning opportunities. The toolbar also links alums to the library resources such as “ask a librarian”, catalogs, business websites, library databases and search the web with Google.

 

noForrester and Capital IQ

Forrester and Capital IQ will not be available to students after June 15th. Returning students can re-register during the fall quarter for access to these databases. Students will be notified about the registration process before the start of the fall quarter.

 

Popular Business Books 

        

wooden The Essential Wooden

 

You don’t have to be a UCLA alum to admire the outstanding career of the The Wizard of Westwood   --  John Wooden  --  or “Coach”, as everyone on campus called him during the still unsurpassed glory years of Bruin basketball.  A sports legend and acknowledged authority on team-building, Wooden is also a widely regarded inspirational figure.  His new book The Essential Wooden:  A Lifetime of Lessons on Leaders and Leadership, co-written with Steve Jamison, is a primer of Wooden’s opinions and observations on achieving exceptional leadership in any organization.  Wooden shares rarely seen preseason letters to his players, and includes previously unpublished analyses from former players, including Bill Walton and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.  Imbibe the Wisdom.

 

Iaccoca "Where Have All the Leaders Gone?”

 

No, it’s not Pete Seeger, it’s Lee Iacocca.  In his new book Where Have All the Leaders Gone,  Iacocca takes America to task, summoning citizens back to traditional virtues of hard work, common sense, integrity and optimism.  Peppering his book with anecdotes from acquaintances from Bob Hope to Fidel Castro to Snoop Dogg to Ronald Reagan, Iacocca asks what Americans are giving back to their country, whether we are too fat and satisfied for our own good, if we truly love democracy, and who will save the middle class.  As an added bonus, Iacocca sizes up current presidential candidates such as Hillary, Barack, Rudy and Mitt.

 

friedman Dismal Scientist ?  Not !!!
 

The late Milton Friedman, master economist, influential American conservative, Nobel laureate and Stanford institution, is the subject of Milton Friedman by Lanny Ebenstein. The son of immigrants, Friedman’s life is a remarkable success story, from his struggle during the Depression, to a scholarship to Rutgers, to the University of Chicago  --  where he met his wife and fellow collaborators who created the world-renowned ‘Chicago school’ of economics. Perhaps more interesting is the evolution of his thought, from New Deal liberalism to libertarianism and laissez-faire economics, and his rise from an academic in the ‘dismal science’  to public scholar, social commentator and advisor to presidents. Ebenstein also explores some of the more controversial aspects of Friedman who, like any influential figure, has his detractors.

 

New additions to Business Web Sites

Each month we review business web sites and add the best to our Business Web sites. This month's additions are:

 

Business Plans and Profiles Index lists different types of small businesses and a corresponding sample business plans, profile or book about the business with sources provided after each entry.  Entries that refer to actual sample plans are in bold print. If the plan or profile is online, a link is provided.  Looking to start an Aircraft rental and Instruction business, a Butterfly and Moth Retail business or a Graphic Design business? The site has a plan for that and much more. >Small Business

 

Climate Biz is a free Web-based resource to help companies of all sizes and sectors understand and address climate change. The site provides hands-on tools, action steps, and other resources companies can use to successfully pair environmental responsibility with business success.
> Energy >Alternative Energy

Energy Information Administration offers policy-independent data, forecasts, and analyses regarding energy and its interaction with the economy and the environment. > Energy >Alternative Energy

 


[image- library logo]Jack's Favorite Quote of the Month

 

"Never try to be better than somebody else, but never cease trying to be the best you can be. You have control over that. Not the other."

~Joshua Wooden to his son John Wooden

 

Send your comments, questions, suggestions to Jan Driscoll.