Awesome World Awesome World of Electronic Resources of Electronic Resources @ the Bentley Library@ the Bentley Library

Lisa Curtin, Reference LibrarianLisa Curtin, Reference Librarian

Bentley LibraryBentley Library

September 18, 2006September 18, 2006

Library’s Online Library’s Online DatabasesDatabases

What’s all the Fuss About?What’s all the Fuss About?

Databases at Bentley Databases at Bentley LibraryLibrary

70+ online databases = $700,000+ 70+ online databases = $700,000+ per yearper year

All databases are accessible from on-campus.All databases are accessible from on-campus. Most, but not all, databases are accessible Most, but not all, databases are accessible

from off-campus. from off-campus. Off-campus access requires current Bentley Off-campus access requires current Bentley

College username and internet password.College username and internet password. Some databases require registration (using Some databases require registration (using

Bentley email address) for both on & off Bentley email address) for both on & off campus access.campus access.

Some databases require special password – Some databases require special password – given at point-of-use at the Reference Desk.given at point-of-use at the Reference Desk.

Why not just Google?Why not just Google?

The Internet is the The Internet is the

world's largest library. world's largest library. It's just that all the It's just that all the

books are on the books are on the floor.floor.

- John Allen Paulos- John Allen Paulos

Library databases offer content from Library databases offer content from publishers of business and scholarly publishers of business and scholarly information. That information has information. That information has been been organized organized through indexing, through indexing,

allowing it to be searched allowing it to be searched efficientlyefficiently. . Library databases have been Library databases have been reviewed and selected for the reviewed and selected for the

quality information that they provide quality information that they provide by the Bentley Reference Librarians. by the Bentley Reference Librarians.

Bottom line: Use the databases and Bottom line: Use the databases and you’ll be a more successful you’ll be a more successful

researcher!researcher!

Online Access To…Online Access To…

30,000+ periodicals – including 30,000+ periodicals – including scholarly & peer reviewed journalsscholarly & peer reviewed journals

Conference proceedingsConference proceedings Books & encyclopediasBooks & encyclopedias Market & industry reportsMarket & industry reports Annual reports & SEC filingsAnnual reports & SEC filings Stock prices and investment reportsStock prices and investment reports Legal, Accounting & Tax Information – Legal, Accounting & Tax Information –

laws, codes, rulings & caseslaws, codes, rulings & cases

Full-text access to Full-text access to newspapers and newspapers and

academic journals academic journals

spanning the past spanning the past 175175 years.years.

For example…For example…

Wall Street Journal: 1889 –Wall Street Journal: 1889 – New York Times: 1851 –New York Times: 1851 – Harvard Business Review: 1922 – Harvard Business Review: 1922 – JSTOR archive of scholarly journals JSTOR archive of scholarly journals

contains journals dating: 1831 -contains journals dating: 1831 -

You can…You can…

Read today’s Read today’s NewspapersNewspapers

Newspapers Newspapers from the from the 1800’s1800’s

Newspapers Newspapers from other from other countriescountries

Jump right to the database you want

OR

Browse databases by subject

Figuring Out Which Database to Use to Figuring Out Which Database to Use to Find a Specific Periodical:Find a Specific Periodical:

Use the Full Text Journals Finder…..Use the Full Text Journals Finder…..

Did you Know?Did you Know?The Library’s Databases The Library’s Databases

Deliver!Deliver!

The Library’s Databases The Library’s Databases DeliverDeliver

Journal Search AlertsJournal Search Alerts– Be alerted when your favorite periodical Be alerted when your favorite periodical

becomes available online!becomes available online! Saved Search AlertsSaved Search Alerts

– Be alerted when new articles in your research Be alerted when new articles in your research area are published and become available online!area are published and become available online!

Citation AlertsCitation Alerts– Be alerted when an article you are interested in Be alerted when an article you are interested in

(perhaps one you’ve written) are cited by (perhaps one you’ve written) are cited by another article.another article.

Get alerted by:Get alerted by: ACM Digital LibraryACM Digital Library CSA Illumina Databases:CSA Illumina Databases:

– Sage Management & Organization Sage Management & Organization Studies, Worldwide Political Abstracts, Studies, Worldwide Political Abstracts, MLA BibliographyMLA Bibliography

EBSCOhost Databases:EBSCOhost Databases:– Academic Search Premier, Business Academic Search Premier, Business

Source Premier, Communication and Source Premier, Communication and Mass Media Complete, ERIC, MEDLINEMass Media Complete, ERIC, MEDLINE

ElsevierElsevier

EmeraldEmerald IEEE Digital LibraryIEEE Digital Library ProQuest Databases:ProQuest Databases:

– ABI Inform, Accounting and Tax Index, ABI Inform, Accounting and Tax Index, ProQuest Computing, ProQuest Research ProQuest Computing, ProQuest Research Library, ProQuest Psychology Journals, Library, ProQuest Psychology Journals, PsycARTCILES, Wall Street JournalPsycARTCILES, Wall Street Journal

ISI Web of ScienceISI Web of Science– Arts & Humanities Citation Index Arts & Humanities Citation Index

(A&HCI), Social Science Citation Index (A&HCI), Social Science Citation Index (SSCI)(SSCI)

Are you an RSS Are you an RSS Junkie?Junkie?

These databases make it These databases make it Really SimpleReally Simple to stay current…. to stay current…. EBSCOEBSCO ProQuest (ABI Inform only)ProQuest (ABI Inform only) EmeraldEmerald IEEE Digital LibraryIEEE Digital Library Project MuseProject Muse ISI Web of Science (A&HCI and SSCI)ISI Web of Science (A&HCI and SSCI)

Library Databases that Library Databases that Create your Create your

BibliographiesBibliographies

EBSCO & ProQuestEBSCO & ProQuest

Save your citations in APA, MLA and Save your citations in APA, MLA and Chicago Styles.Chicago Styles.

Library Database that Library Database that GROKs!GROKs!

Visual Search the Visual Search the

EBSCO databases….EBSCO databases….

Visual Searching…Visual Searching…

Organizes hundreds of search results from a Organizes hundreds of search results from a single query into an intuitive, easy to single query into an intuitive, easy to navigate content map using Grokker navigate content map using Grokker technology.technology.

GROK:GROK:– A Martian word found in Robert A. Heinlein's 1961 A Martian word found in Robert A. Heinlein's 1961

sci-fi classic "A Stranger in a Strange Land”. To sci-fi classic "A Stranger in a Strange Land”. To grok something is to understand something so grok something is to understand something so well that it is fully absorbed into oneself. It is to well that it is fully absorbed into oneself. It is to look at every problem, opportunity, action, and look at every problem, opportunity, action, and point of view from any and all perspectives.point of view from any and all perspectives.

eBookseBooks

3 eBook Collections3 eBook Collections

Safari Books (5 user limit) Safari Books (5 user limit) – access to over 100 tech books, including titles access to over 100 tech books, including titles

from O'Reilly press.  from O'Reilly press.  Books 24x7Books 24x7

– IT Pro IT Pro 4200 IT-related eBook titles, in full-text. 4200 IT-related eBook titles, in full-text.

– Business ProBusiness Pro 2400 Business-related eBook titles, in full-2400 Business-related eBook titles, in full-

text. text. netLibrarynetLibrary

– full-text access to over 3,400 titles.full-text access to over 3,400 titles.

Questions? Ask a Questions? Ask a Reference Librarian.Reference Librarian.

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