Ryan Academy

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Feb 2011

Ryan Academy

Jack HylandBusiness [email protected]

This class will cover

Presentation and demonstrations:

Intro to Citing & Referencing and RefWorks

Finding journals, articles

Literature searches in library databases: BusinessSource Complete

Other databases: company and market info etc.

Exercises

Citing and Referencing

Tutorial and comprehensive guide available viaLibrary homepage - www.library.dcu.ie

RefWorks

Saves article and book details automatically fromweb and database searches

Create your personal online RefWorks account

Safe, secure and stable access from any computer

Organise your collection:

Searchable

Create folders

Add notes

Fast, automatic citing and referencing with MS Word

Demo: http://vimeo.com/19212723

Learning to use RefWorks

Library website: help guides, video tutorials, FAQsetc.

Accessing Library Resources

Three starting points

1. Library Catalogue: books and other print materials,e-books

2. A-Z of Journals: a searchable directory of our printand online journal titles, with links

3. Business portal: links to all relevant businessdatabases and websites


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Library Catalogue

Records of all materials in the Library building(books, theses, DVDs, print journals), plus e-books

Library catalogue: e-books

Login needed for off-campus access

Library Catalogue

Finding and borrowing print books

Ask the library information desk for help

Off-campus access

Access resources via www.library.dcu.ie

Use your DCU computer login when prompted

Off-campus access

One login per session

If a third-party asks for a login, it means we dont

have subscribe to it

Login problems? Contact DCU computer helpdesk

[email protected], 01-700-5007

A-Z of Journals

A searchabledirectory of our

print and onlinejournal titles, with

links

Use it when you

are looking for aspecific article orjournal, e.g. from

a modulesreading list


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A-Z of Journals

How do I find this article?

New, S., 2010. The Transparent Supply Chain.Harvard Business Review, 88(10), 76-82.

A-Z of JournalsNew, S., 2010. The Transparent Supply Chain.Harvard Business Review, 88(10), 76-82.

Author: New, S.

Year: 2010

Article: The Transparent Supply Chain

Journal: Harvard Business Review

Volume: 88

Issue: 10

Pages: 76-82

demo


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Library Databases

A library database is usually an online collection ofacademic journals

Use journal databases when doing a topic searchand you dont yet know what articles are out there,

e.g. when you dont have a reading list

We also have databases of company information and

economic & financial data

Library Databases

Lists of databases available from the BusinessSubject Page on www.library.dcu.ie

Library Databases

Lists of databases available from the BusinessSubject Page on www.library.dcu.ie

Searching databases for articles:

Business Source Complete


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Advanced Searching

Im searching for papers on:

The use of RFID in supply chains in thepharma industry

Advanced Searching



Why not just do this?

Advanced Searching

Google

Most quality business publications are not publiclyavailable

No quality control

Google isnt designed for complex, comprehensive

searches

Advanced Searching



Identify keywords and variations:

RFID

Supply chain

Pharma

Advanced Searching




RFID | Radio-frequency identification

Supply chain

Pharma

Advanced Searching





Supply chain | supply chain management

Pharma


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Advanced Searching





Supply chain | supply chain management

Pharma | pharmaceutical | drugs

Finding the right search terms

Test each search term one at a time

Tips for better search terms

climate change returns specific phrase only

manage* - returns management, managerial,manager, managersetc.

Finding the right search terms

Scan the search results

Is your term to broador too narrow?

Finding the right search term

Scan individualpapers what

terms are theyusing in the titles,

abstracts, subjectterms

Finding the right search term

Also see a databases thesaurus


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Combining search terms


Supply chain | supply chain management | logistics

Pharmaceutical | pharma | drugs

Link these search terms using Boolean operators(AND, OR, NOT) see this videohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tm-sDKCnO4

(RFID OR Radio-frequency identification)

AND

(supply chain* OR supply chain management)

AND

(Pharmaceutical* OR pharma OR drug*)

By default, BSC searches all fields (title, author,subject terms, abstract etc.)

If a term is used inthe thesaurus, orin articles subjectterms, try beingsearching by

subject terms

If its a new term or brand name, try searching thearticle title or abstract


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Or searching by company name


Or searching by company name

Or person

Refining your Search

See the tool bar onthe left of your search

results

Refine by:

Publication type

Date

Country Subject

etc.

Other Journal Databases

Emerald ManagementXtrta:

ScienceDirect

Scopus

these and others are allavailable via Librarys

Business Subject Page

Other Databases

Also see the

subject pagefor..

Company info.

Irish and

international

newspapers

And more


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Non-journal DBs

Data & Statistics

Company Information

Country Reports

Market Reports

Accounting & Taxation

Non-journal DBs

Global Market Information Database (Euromonitor)

international business intelligence on countries,consumers and industries


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Non-journal DBs

FAME: Company accounts, ratios, activities,ownership and management for the largest 2.6

million UK and Irish companies


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add or remove columns: financials & ratios, brandnames, shareholders etc.

Save data in a personal account or export to Excel

FAME e-tutorials available from Library businessportal

E-tutorials and help guides

See business subject page

Non-journal DBs

NexisUK

Extensive newspaper coverage, including manybusiness and financial titles

Reports, profiles, analysis and news classified by

country or region

Access to a number of market research sources

Company profiles

Exercises

Work on your own or with others

Ask questions!

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