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JacksonLine - March 2009

 

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new Easy Access to Databases

Remote access to Jackson Library Databases is quick and easy. Just click the link to the database you wish to use and you will be prompted to enter you SUNet ID. Once you have entered the ID the database will open. For example if you wish to use Factiva click on the link, enter your SUNet ID and Factiva will open. If you need to use a different resource just click the link and the database will open. You only need to authenticate once. Webapps is no longer needed to use Jackson Library resources.
 

 

Communications Corner

We have added a new communications section to the reference area of the library. The Communications Corner was added at the request of faculty in order to support courses in communication. In this section you will find a wide range of books on the subject from new, such as Understanding American Business Jargon and Beyond Bullshit to the classics, Chicago Manual of Style and Strunk and White's Elements of Style.

 

 

logo imageFacelift for Business Source Complete

EBSCO interface has a brand new look and feel. Based on extensive user testing and feedback the new interface offers users:

  • The ability to preview an abstract or image from the results list. Simply hover over the magnifying glass icon beside any item’s title for an instant preview of the article’s citation, directly from the list of results.
  • Limit your results using the date slide bar, full text, scholarly (peer-reviewed) or other database limiters in the right-hand column.
  • The left-hand column allows you to narrow your results by source type, subject, author or journal.
  • Search history tab at the top of the page.
  • Image Quick View (IQV) - The thumbnail of the image(s) in articles can be found below the citation on the results list. These images can be pictures, illustrations, charts, and graphs.

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    Access the Point in Time Historical Data and
    Preliminary History Data

    You can now access Standard & Poor's Compustat Point In Time (including Unrestated Quarterly) and Preliminary History datasets via WRDS. These resources were funded by the GSB the Corporate Governance Research Program and the Rock Center for Corporate Governance, a joint initiative of Stanford Law School and Stanford  Graduate School of Business. To access the datasets, use Compustat (via WRDS). Select Compustat North America and look toward the left. Under Other Products, you will see Point in Time and Preliminary History. For Unrestated Quarterly, use Point in Time instead of the link Unrestated Quarterly.



image waving goodbyeBusiness Insights & MarketLine

Business Insights and Marketline will no longer be offered through Jackson library site as of March 31st. You can access the Datamonitor Company and Industry reports previously found in MarkeLline through ORBIS, Business Source Complete, and OneSource US Business Browser, all available on Jackson's A-Z Database list. Send a messsage to ask-a-librarian if you need alternatives to these two databases.



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. Three of this month's additions:

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Go green, live rich : 50 simple ways to save the earth and get rich trying David Bach and Hillary Rosner are here to tell you that you can both ‘go green’ and make the big bucks.  The book outlines fifty ways to make your life, home, shopping and finances greener.  The authors focus on helping the reader take advantage of the green wave in personal finance without the difficult work of evaluating individual stocks.  And Bach, author of seven national bestsellers, will also get you to think about starting your own green business. Among the 50 ways to save the earth :  grow a greener lawn, get a green credit card, get an energy audit, ‘green your holidays’,  and  --  my favorite  --  get rid of junk mail. GF78.B33 2008

 

book coverA Class With Drucker:  The Lost Lessons of the World’s Greatest Management Teacher by William A. Cohen puts you in the lecture hall with the legendary guru.  Cohen reveals many of Drucker’s teachings that never made it into  his many books and articles. A pupil of Drucker and the first graduate of his doctoral program, Cohen  expands on lessons with personal anecdotes about Drucker’s personality, lack of pretension and interactions with students and others.  “Bill Cohen brings that laboratory of learning alive to those of us who didn’t have the pleasure, privilege, or opportunity to sit at the feet of the master in Peter’s classroom,” writes Ira Jackson, Dean of the Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management at Claremont. “One can feel the energy, the humor, the discipline, the interaction, the edge, the simplicity, and the relevance of Peter’s practice of teaching." HD31.C589 2008

 

book coverWhat Have You Changed Your Mind About?  Today’s Leading Minds Rethink Everything edited by John Brockman, challenges the reader to engage with provocative questions about life, love and everything.  150 high-powered thinkers were asked to discuss their most telling missteps and reconsiderations, and the answers are eye-opening, fascinating and occasionally shocking.  Join in the dialog as Richard Dawkins muses on the mysteries of courtship, Nassim Nicholas Taleb on the irrelevance of probability, Chris Anderson on global warming, Irene Pepperberg on learning from parrots, Alan Alda on the existence of God, Brian Eno on what it means to be a ‘revolutionary," Ray Kurzweil on the possibility of extraterrestrial life, and more. HM901.W45 2009

 

book cover"Inspired and inspiring”. So writes Jim Collins (Good to Great) about Forces for Good:  The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits by Leslie R. Crutchfield and Heather McLeod Grant.  Asking ‘What makes great nonprofits great?’, the authors spent four years surveying thousands of nonprofit leaders and conducting hundreds of interviews. What they found surprised them. At a time when the social sector has grown to over $1 trillion, understanding what leads to real impact is essential. Whether you are an entrepreneur or a profit leader, this book can inspire you as it did Jim Collins. As political consultant and Harvard Professor David Gergen says, “For people who want to change the world  --  and who doesn’t?  --  this book provides an invaluable road map.  Bravo!” HD62.6.C78 2008

 

Jack's Favorite Quote of the Month

Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position fails, your ego goes with it.



~Colin Powell~

 

American Statesman
former Four-Star General, United States Army

 

 

Send your comments, questions, suggestions to [icon-email] Jan Driscoll.