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JacksonLine - October 2008

 

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Welcome to Jackson Library

We hope you find the library a welcoming and comfortable place to study, work and collaborate. Jackson Library is nationally known for its commitment to excellence. We work hard to ensure that you will reach new heights by offering you the best tools, resources and information. Our research experts are available for consultations in person or online, saving you valuable time on class projects and job search preparation. Stop in for a tour or just to say hello.

 

Find an eBook

We have thousands of electronic books available at Jackson electronic book resources. eBooks have many features that traditional paper books may be missing:

  • You can search through the text for a specific word or phrase
  • You can shrink or enlarge the text size
  • You can add digital bookmarks
  • You get instantaneous delivery
  • You help the environment by not using paper or requiring packaging
  • You can download books to computers, PDAs and mobile phones

Search via Socrates or directly through the ebook packages listed here: Books24x7 - Books on computing and information technology;  ebrary - Offers over 16,000 titles in various disciplines; MyLibrary - Books from Springer, Oxford University Press, and Cambridge University Press, etc.; Oxford Scholarship Online covers books from Oxford University Press; Safari Tech Books, SCI-TECHnetBASE - Books from CRCPress/Taylor and Francis; SpringerLink covers books and Journals from Springer.

 

Do you have a Personal Blog?

Let your friends and classmates find your blog quickly. Send a message to "Ask a Librarian" requesting to have your blog posted and voila, it's done. Your words will quickly be accessible to the GSB community and beyond. Want to see what your classmates, alums and faculty have to say? Go to GSB Blogs/Podcasts to find their blogs.

Jackson Library Toolbar

Download the FastJack Toolbar and quickly access all of the Jackson Library resources: databases, catalogs, study room reservations, research guides, class guides, Google and your very smart, resourceful and witty librarians.

 

Jackson is a-Twitter

Jackson Library is now Twittering! If you would like to follow the GSB Library Twitter, covering the newest library developments and announcements at the library, become a Twitter follower at GSB Library.

History in Time

Philosopher and poet, Georges Santayana, said "Those who do not study history are doomed to repeat it." See history repeated in the Time Magazine Covers. (Click on the cover to view large image)


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Popular Business Book Shelf  

Read the latest business books from the New York Times and Business Week best sellers list. New titles are added monthly. This month's additions:

 

image-book jacket29% solution : 52 weekly networking success strategies by Ivan R. Misner, with Michelle R. Donovan.

Not born a schmoozer or networker and don't know where to begin? Or do you just need to improve your networking techniques?  The authors have to set up a plan that will get you started, organized, and ultimately, networked.  HD69.S8 M576 2008


book jacketAhead of the curve : two years at Harvard Business School by Philip Delves Broughton

Philip Delves Broughton abandoned a post as Paris bureau chief of the London Daily Telegraph to join nine hundred other would-be tycoons on HBS’s plush campus. He gives you a good sense of Harvard Business School's day-to-day workings, everything from the over-achieving students to the merits of each lecturer to impressions of business titans such as Warren Buffett and Jack Welch, who move through the hallowed halls of Harvard. HF1134.H4 B76 2008

 

book jacket A whole new mind : why right-brainers will rule the future by Daniel H. Pink.

Uses the two sides of the human brain as a metaphor for understanding how the information age came about throughout the course of the past generation, counseling readers on how to survive and find a place in the information society. BF408 .P49 2006

 

book jacket A sense of urgency by John Kotter

"John Kotter reveals a distinctive view of the kind of urgency needed in every organization. He also highlights the insidious nature of its nemesis - complacency - in all its guises. He explains the crucial difference between constructive, true urgency, and the frantic wheel-spinning that is so often mistaken for urgency. He provides key tactics for increasing urgency, as well as exposing and rooting out complacency.
HD58.8 .K673 2008

 

New additions to Business Web Sites

Each month we review business websites and add the best to our Business Websites. This month's additions are:

Global Wind Energy Council provides quality information, expertise, analysis and data about the wind energy industry.

Payscale.com - Planning an upcoming move or just curious about the cost of living in other cities, the PayScale Cost of Living Calculator is the place to begin your research Enter your salary and job title as well as your current location and the city you’re considering. PayScale will show you the cost of living difference, and let you know how much you need to make in your new location to maintain your current standard of living.

Muckety.com uses visual analysis applications from open sources to show known and unknown connections for any given news item or public personage. Muckety employs professional journalists and researchers to be a part of the software analysis “magic”. Must have JAVA.

CFO.com covers magazines (Asia, Europe, U.S.) white papers, conferences, webcasts and careers in the finance sector.


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Jack's Favorite Quote of the Month

"A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may never get over."

~Benjamin Franklin ~

 

 

Send your comments, questions, suggestions to Jan Driscoll.