Hi All
Business Source Complete now has an additional interface that can be accessed from the BSC entry on the EBSCO list. This is the enhanced business searching interface which can be used to provide easy access to company profiles, country reports, industry profiles and market research reports. These can still be accessed using the main interface, but are a little more hidden.
These reports and profiles contain information that is likely to be very useful to many other subject areas. For example the country reports contain quite detailed information, (economic, investment, social and environmental) about a wide range of countries. The industry profiles have many reports about specific industries in different countries. These could be good for answering the type of queries about automotive industry in nigeria etc etc.
Sue
Friday, 1 August 2008
Wednesday, 30 July 2008
Palgrave Dictionary of Economics
I have recently taken on a subscription for the Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. It is a reference work, so is listed in the electronic books sub-section of Business & Economics as well as being with the databases.
It contains many articles about all aspects of economics, so may have wider appeal than just economics students. Although it is called a dictionary, the articles are really quite detailed, so give much more than just a basic outline of the topic. It is also really easy to use and has search and browse facilities.
Sue
It contains many articles about all aspects of economics, so may have wider appeal than just economics students. Although it is called a dictionary, the articles are really quite detailed, so give much more than just a basic outline of the topic. It is also really easy to use and has search and browse facilities.
Sue
ScienceDirect and Scopus schedule outage August 2-3
Hi Everyone,
Please see the following message from Elsevier about access to ScienceDirect & Scopus.
Thanks,
James.
From 05:30 EDT on Saturday August 2, to 01:30 EDT on Sunday August 3 (09:30 UTC to August 3, 05:30 UTC), ScienceDirect and Scopus will be unavailable due to an upgrade of the administrative system that will improve the access and entitlements process to both platforms.
As a consequence, Email alerts and RSS feeds for ScienceDirect and Scopus will not be sent from 11:30 EDT on August 1 (15:30 UTC) until the downtime has finished. Email alerts and RSS feeds can still be created until 05:30 EDT on August 2 (09:30 UTC), but they will not be sent until after the upgrade is completed.
One of our largest back-end upgrades, the new system will cater to your needs in what is now a more complex scientific community due to increasing internationalization and cross-border collaboration.
The main tangible benefit for you and your users will be simplified access to Scopus and ScienceDirect. For instance, individuals will have single login details for access to all of their entitled content regardless of access point.
We apologize for any inconvenience this downtime may cause you and look forward to offering you this superior service in the future.
Please see the following message from Elsevier about access to ScienceDirect & Scopus.
Thanks,
James.
From 05:30 EDT on Saturday August 2, to 01:30 EDT on Sunday August 3 (09:30 UTC to August 3, 05:30 UTC), ScienceDirect and Scopus will be unavailable due to an upgrade of the administrative system that will improve the access and entitlements process to both platforms.
As a consequence, Email alerts and RSS feeds for ScienceDirect and Scopus will not be sent from 11:30 EDT on August 1 (15:30 UTC) until the downtime has finished. Email alerts and RSS feeds can still be created until 05:30 EDT on August 2 (09:30 UTC), but they will not be sent until after the upgrade is completed.
One of our largest back-end upgrades, the new system will cater to your needs in what is now a more complex scientific community due to increasing internationalization and cross-border collaboration.
The main tangible benefit for you and your users will be simplified access to Scopus and ScienceDirect. For instance, individuals will have single login details for access to all of their entitled content regardless of access point.
We apologize for any inconvenience this downtime may cause you and look forward to offering you this superior service in the future.
Wednesday, 23 July 2008
Business Source Premier becomes Business Source Complete
Hi
We have upgraded Business Source Premier. It is now called Business Source Complete and we have this for a year's trial - ending September 2009.
The new database has greater coverage with some titles extending back as far as 1886, but this is for abstracts only. It has other full-text content, as well as journal articles and includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more.
Gill
We have upgraded Business Source Premier. It is now called Business Source Complete and we have this for a year's trial - ending September 2009.
The new database has greater coverage with some titles extending back as far as 1886, but this is for abstracts only. It has other full-text content, as well as journal articles and includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more.
Gill
Thursday, 10 July 2008
informaworld downtime: 04.00 - 06.00 GMT July 15th
Hi All,
Please see the following information about informaworld downtime next week...
James
Dear account administrator,
A short period of downtime is scheduled on informaworld on Tuesday 15th July 2008, 04.00-06.00 GMT (05.00-07.00 BST) to allow us to complete some essential maintenance. This replaces the downtime on 12th July.
Some users may experience impaired performance for a short time after the downtime has been completed. The informaworld team would like to apologise to our customers for any inconvenience this might cause.
Yours faithfully,
informaworld support
support@informaworld.com
Please see the following information about informaworld downtime next week...
James
Dear account administrator,
A short period of downtime is scheduled on informaworld on Tuesday 15th July 2008, 04.00-06.00 GMT (05.00-07.00 BST) to allow us to complete some essential maintenance. This replaces the downtime on 12th July.
Some users may experience impaired performance for a short time after the downtime has been completed. The informaworld team would like to apologise to our customers for any inconvenience this might cause.
Yours faithfully,
informaworld support
support@informaworld.com
Friday, 27 June 2008
Grove Dictionaries of Art and Music Relaunched
The Grove Dictionaries of Art and Music have recently been relaunched.
They are now part of larger gateways called Oxford Art Online and Oxford Music Online.
Both gateways are being marketed as the most substantial electronic reference resources available in these two subject areas.
The dictionaries are still there along with other electronic reference tools as follows:
Oxford Art Online includes:
Grove Dictionary of Art, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms. You can also search over 5000 images.
Oxford Music Online includes:
Grove Dictionary of Music, The Oxford Companion to Music and The Oxford Dictionary of Music. We also appear to have access at the moment to the Encyclopedia of Popular Music, but according to JISC and the Oxford website, this is supposedly a separate subscription.
Both will use Athens off campus. The gateways have been made live in the appropriate areas, but Athens access off campus can only go ahead on James's return as he has admin access.
You can click here for more info on the art or music gateways.
Gill
They are now part of larger gateways called Oxford Art Online and Oxford Music Online.
Both gateways are being marketed as the most substantial electronic reference resources available in these two subject areas.
The dictionaries are still there along with other electronic reference tools as follows:
Oxford Art Online includes:
Grove Dictionary of Art, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms. You can also search over 5000 images.
Oxford Music Online includes:
Grove Dictionary of Music, The Oxford Companion to Music and The Oxford Dictionary of Music. We also appear to have access at the moment to the Encyclopedia of Popular Music, but according to JISC and the Oxford website, this is supposedly a separate subscription.
Both will use Athens off campus. The gateways have been made live in the appropriate areas, but Athens access off campus can only go ahead on James's return as he has admin access.
You can click here for more info on the art or music gateways.
Gill
Thursday, 19 June 2008
Blackwell Synergy journals merging into Wiley InterScience June 30, 2008
Hi Everyone,
Please see the message below about Blackwell Synergy titles moving to Wiley Interscience at the end of this month...
Thanks,
James.
PLEASE NOTE: All journal content on Blackwell Synergy is merging into Wiley InterScience
As of Monday, June 30th 2008, all Blackwell journal content - including all full-text HTML and PDF versions of articles from current issues, backfiles, and issues published online before print - will be incorporated into Wiley InterScience.
We plan to close Blackwell Synergy at the end of business (Pacific Standard Time) on Friday June 27th and we anticipate that the migration will be completed by Monday June 30th. Over the weekend of June 28th and 29th, there will be a period when both Blackwell Synergy and Wiley InterScience will be unavailable while we transition and re-index data.
After June 30th, Blackwell Synergy will no longer be available.
Please forward this message to any library colleagues in your institution who need to know and help us to inform your patrons. We have written to all registered users on Blackwell Synergy and you will also see banners informing about the change on both sites.
Details about the actual downtime period will be posted on each site prior to June 27th, and you can find other essential information and FAQs about the change in service here:
* http://www.interscience.wiley.com/transition - for Librarians and Institutional Customers
* http://www.interscience.wiley.com/transition-users - for Individual End Users
* http://www.interscience.wiley.com/support - Customer Support contact information
* http://www.interscience.wiley.com/training - to sign up to a free webinar about using Wiley InterScience
=================================================================
Some important things to remember:
* No new Wiley-Blackwell content will be published online from June 21st until July 7th. After July 7th, publication schedules will resume as usual.
* Links to journals on Blackwell Synergy will automatically redirect to Wiley InterScience. There is no need for you to change your links.
* Subscriptions for Blackwell journals on Synergy will migrate to Wiley InterScience, with the terms of all existing licenses honored.
* These access options will continue to function seamlessly:
- IP authentication
- Athens authentication
- Username and password access
* If you have activated TPS access for your institution, see http://www.interscience.wiley.com/transition for details on updating your TPS script.
* For the Library/Customer Administration area, we have matched Synergy and Wiley InterScience accounts so you will be able to manage all your Wiley and Blackwell journals using your existing Wiley InterScience Administrator login. If you do not already have a Wiley InterScience administrator ID, you will receive further instructions after the transition.
* From September 2008 onwards, usage data for Blackwell journals will be available on Wiley InterScience, presented in a separate report but in the same format as that offered for Wiley journals. Usage data for Blackwell journals for the period prior to December 2005 will not be transferred to Wiley InterScience and is no longer be available.
=================================================================
New Online Service Launching in 2009
This transition to Wiley InterScience is in preparation for the launch of our next-generation online service for all Wiley-Blackwell journals, books, reference works, databases, laboratory protocols, and other Wiley resources in 2009. This will include many of the best features of the current platforms and more, enabling us to deliver even greater publishing capabilities and customer value for the future. More information about the new service, will be provided well in advance of the launch date in 2009.
If you have any queries, please contact our Customer Support service (Regional contact details are posted here: http://www.interscience.wiley.com/support) or your usual Wiley-Blackwell Account Manager.
We will do our very best to ensure a smooth change and thank you for your patience and support during this transition time.
Best wishes,
Emily Gillingham
Director, Library and Institutional Marketing Wiley-Blackwell John Wiley & Sons
Tel: +44 1865 476425
Fax: +44 1865 471425
emily.gillingham@wiley.com
Please see the message below about Blackwell Synergy titles moving to Wiley Interscience at the end of this month...
Thanks,
James.
PLEASE NOTE: All journal content on Blackwell Synergy is merging into Wiley InterScience
As of Monday, June 30th 2008, all Blackwell journal content - including all full-text HTML and PDF versions of articles from current issues, backfiles, and issues published online before print - will be incorporated into Wiley InterScience.
We plan to close Blackwell Synergy at the end of business (Pacific Standard Time) on Friday June 27th and we anticipate that the migration will be completed by Monday June 30th. Over the weekend of June 28th and 29th, there will be a period when both Blackwell Synergy and Wiley InterScience will be unavailable while we transition and re-index data.
After June 30th, Blackwell Synergy will no longer be available.
Please forward this message to any library colleagues in your institution who need to know and help us to inform your patrons. We have written to all registered users on Blackwell Synergy and you will also see banners informing about the change on both sites.
Details about the actual downtime period will be posted on each site prior to June 27th, and you can find other essential information and FAQs about the change in service here:
* http://www.interscience.wiley.com/transition - for Librarians and Institutional Customers
* http://www.interscience.wiley.com/transition-users - for Individual End Users
* http://www.interscience.wiley.com/support - Customer Support contact information
* http://www.interscience.wiley.com/training - to sign up to a free webinar about using Wiley InterScience
=================================================================
Some important things to remember:
* No new Wiley-Blackwell content will be published online from June 21st until July 7th. After July 7th, publication schedules will resume as usual.
* Links to journals on Blackwell Synergy will automatically redirect to Wiley InterScience. There is no need for you to change your links.
* Subscriptions for Blackwell journals on Synergy will migrate to Wiley InterScience, with the terms of all existing licenses honored.
* These access options will continue to function seamlessly:
- IP authentication
- Athens authentication
- Username and password access
* If you have activated TPS access for your institution, see http://www.interscience.wiley.com/transition for details on updating your TPS script.
* For the Library/Customer Administration area, we have matched Synergy and Wiley InterScience accounts so you will be able to manage all your Wiley and Blackwell journals using your existing Wiley InterScience Administrator login. If you do not already have a Wiley InterScience administrator ID, you will receive further instructions after the transition.
* From September 2008 onwards, usage data for Blackwell journals will be available on Wiley InterScience, presented in a separate report but in the same format as that offered for Wiley journals. Usage data for Blackwell journals for the period prior to December 2005 will not be transferred to Wiley InterScience and is no longer be available.
=================================================================
New Online Service Launching in 2009
This transition to Wiley InterScience is in preparation for the launch of our next-generation online service for all Wiley-Blackwell journals, books, reference works, databases, laboratory protocols, and other Wiley resources in 2009. This will include many of the best features of the current platforms and more, enabling us to deliver even greater publishing capabilities and customer value for the future. More information about the new service, will be provided well in advance of the launch date in 2009.
If you have any queries, please contact our Customer Support service (Regional contact details are posted here: http://www.interscience.wiley.com/support) or your usual Wiley-Blackwell Account Manager.
We will do our very best to ensure a smooth change and thank you for your patience and support during this transition time.
Best wishes,
Emily Gillingham
Director, Library and Institutional Marketing Wiley-Blackwell John Wiley & Sons
Tel: +44 1865 476425
Fax: +44 1865 471425
emily.gillingham@wiley.com
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