JacksonLine - June 2008: Jackson Library: Stanford GSB

Lifetime Privileges
Databases for Alums
Alumni Toolbar
No Forrester or Capital IQ
IBISWorld
Summer Reading
Free Books
Business Websites

The new Palgrave Dictionary of Economics Online [electronic resource] edited by Steven N. Durlauf and Lawrence E. Blume DATABASE

This classic four volume dictionary has moved to an electronic format allowing for a better and easier searching. The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics can be found on our library database page. This second edition is updated from the 1987 edition and “contains over 1,850 articles by more than 1,500 of the world’s leading economists.” The online interface is excellent, providing a table of contents on the left side of each entry linking to abstracts, keywords, article, references, and a bibliography. A wonderful addition to our collection of outstanding resources.

What Does Somebody Have to Do to Get a Job Around Here?: 44 Insider Secrets That Will Get You Hired by Cynthia Shapiro HF5382.7.W38 2008

Read this book before you start your job search. Cynthia Shapiro, former Human Resources executive turned employee advocate, reveals best kept job search secrets that will help you get hired. The book is broken down into 44 insider secrets starting with Insider Secret 1: You're not being hired, you're being excluded and ending with Insider Secret 44: You have the power. Ace your resume and your interview!

Why is June considered the perfect month for a wedding?

Answer:

Once again we must look to the Romans and their gods. June is the month dedicated to the Roman god Juno the goddess of marriage, finances, and households, so it was considered good luck to be married in the month of June. But there may also be a more practical reason for June weddings aside from superstition, luck or the gods. If a couple was married in June, it meant that if a wife conceived, she would give birth before harvest time and thus she would be well enough to work the fields come harvest time.

JacksonLine - June 2008

Your Library After Graduation

You may no longer be a student, but you will always be part of the Jackson Library and the GSB Community. Jackson Library is always open to you virtually and physically.

Log on to the Jackson Library Website from your home or office to access catalogs, business websites, research guides, blogs and answers to FAQ's.

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 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 Seven Premier Library Databases
with a SBSAA Life Membership

Access these premier databases from your 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 as well as a quick link to google from the toolbar.

Forrester 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.

Market Research - IBISWorld

We have purchased a subscription to IBISWorld, a comprehensive collection of Industry Market Research. The database will be available on our website in early June. Our subscription to IBISWorld will have three components: Industry Research, Business Environment, and China Reports.

Summer Reading

It’s summertime, and the time is right for some easy readin’. Our popular book shelf has just the thing...

Doing What Matters by James M. Kilts
HD31.K4674 2007

This account of how Gillette CEO Jim Kilts achieves success garnered praise from Warren Buffett, Larry Bossidy, Jack Welch and others. Doing What Matters is billed as an action plan for identifying and tackling what’s important -- and ignoring the rest. Whether you’re a multinational CEO or an entrepreneur starting a small business, this book offers practical ideas to get results.

The CEO Within: Why Inside Outsiders are the key to succession planning by Joseph L. Bower HD38.25 U6B69 2007

Bower notes that many chief executives brought in from outside a firm deliver disappointing results. He is here to show how companies can put chief executives in place who deliver. But what is the secret? Groom ‘inside outsiders’ -- leaders who come from within the organization but who can view their role as if they’d just bought the company. Unencumbered by the baggage that comes with long tenure in the firm, they can bring a fresh perspective.

Death to All Sacred Cows: How successful business people put the old rules out to pasture by David Bernstein, Beau Fraser, Bill Schwab HD31.F718 2007

Activist Abby Hoffman famously declared, “Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburger.” These authors might agree. Steak lovers all, they nevertheless show you how to identify and kill the ‘cows’ that litter your workplace. They also reveal alternatives to revivify your career and make your business more innovative and profitable by putting old rules out to pasture.

Lessons from Private Equity any company can use by Orit Gadiesh, Hugh MacArthur HG4751.G33 2008

For present and future CEOs, the authors offer a little book on how to borrow techniques used by successful private equity firms. They reveal how the most talented PE firms have discovered a formula for value creation that is reaping success and is outstripping corporations. Six private equity disciplines your company can adopt are outlined.

Free Books

Jackson Library is giving away books from Monday, June 2nd through Friday, June 6th. Books will be displayed in the Student Lounge area of the library. The majority are donated books on business subjects. Please come in and help yourself! For more information, please contact our Library Resources Manager, Mihoko Hosoi.

Business Websites

Each month librarians meet to review websites to determine their business value. These sites offer relevant information at no charge, though some offer additional information for a fee. This month's selections are:

Research Round Up is a Business Filing Databases, with links to business registration sites for the states.

Gallery of Graphic Design contains advertising images from the past, indexed by advertiser, magazine, product, etc.

Jack's Favorite Quote of the Month

"The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it."

~John Rushkin ~

1819-1900

English critic, poet, author and artist

Send your comments, questions, suggestions to Jan Driscoll.

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