academic skills for management
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Academic Skills For Management
LIBRARY SERVICES
Aim of today's sessionAn introduction to library resources
Using the library catalogue to find books
Using databases
Finding journals
Libraries
Calcutta House Commercial Road Holloway Road
Ladbroke House Moorgate
Finding Books: Keyword
e.g. Management
Library Catalogue: http://catalogue.londonmet.ac.uk/
Finding Books: With A Reading List
• Search by:
Author and TitleLast nameFirst word of title
Reading List:Torrington, D., 2011. Human resource management Harlow : Financial Times Prentice Hall
Finding Books: With A Reading List
Finding Books: Classmarks
• Change Management 658.406 Cross Cultural Psychology 155.8• Decision Making 658.403 Disabled People: employment 331.59• Diversity: employment 331.133 Employee Reports 658.13 • Employment & Technology 303.4834 Equal Opportunities 658.31244 • Gender and Work 331.4133 Health and Safety 658.382 HRM 658.3 • Industrial Economics 338 Industrial Relations 331• Industrial Relations Britain 331.0941I Industrial Relations: Europe 331.094• International Management 658.18 Labour Law 344.01 • Multinational law(HRM aspects) 658.30091 Organisation Theory 302.35 • Public Policy 354.41 Racial Discrimination in Employment 331.6 • Research Methods 3 00.72Recruitment 658.311 Social Class 305.5• Trade Unions 331.8 Training 658.3124Unemployment 331.137• Women in Employment 331.4
Reserving a book
You can reserve a book if:
• All the copies are on loan to other people (except for Short Loan copies)
• The book is at another London Met library (except for Reference books)
Journals: what are they?• Search by Journal title on the catalogue and databases
• Up to date information
• Analysis of topics in detail
• Written & reviewed by experts
• Printed & electronic journal articles available from the Library
• = good quality information
.
Charlwood, A. and Terry, M. (2007) ‘21st-century models of employee representation: structures, processes and outcomes’,
Industrial Relations Journal, 38 (4), pp. 320-337.
Journal Article
Journals
Databases
• Use databases to find:• Newspaper articles - Nexis • Journal articles – Search by title OR use
Business Source Premier, Emerald, Sage Journals, Science Direct, Xpert HR
• Company information - Orbis• Market Research - GMID, Keynote, Mintel• Statistics – ESDS, World Bank elibrary
Why use databases?• Good quality, reliable information• Up-to-date• Subject specific searching• Many provide information & articles online
Finds information not available on Google! (The Invisible Web)
Databases: How to find them
Planning your search• Think about your keywords:• e.g. Financial institution = HBOS
• Service = Mortgages
• Combine your keywords:
• HBOS AND Mortgages
Planning your search• Think of Alternative keywords:
• e.g: HBOS, Halifax, Home Loans, Mortgages
Combine your alternative words:
HBOS OR HalifaxSearch on Business Source Premier
Keywords
Keywords
Databases: Jstor
Use Jstor to search for historical information only – the most recent articles will be at least 5 years old
JSTOR
Other Sources Other sources you may wish to use include: Reports Working Papers Conference Proceedings Statistical Data
Bloomberg & Datastream are specialist Economics & Finance databases at Moorgate Only.
Don't forget the Library Subject pages too!
Citing Your References
Special Collections
• The Women’s Library
• Trades Union Congress Library Collections
Academic Liaison LibrarianCarmel Carroll
• [email protected]• Based at Holloway
Sabri Dikmen• [email protected]
• Based at:Holloway (Mon to Wed)Moorgate (Thurs, Fri.)
Business Drop-in Enquiry Sessions
• Student Teaching Studio (STS), Room LC2032nd floor lobbyLearning Centre
• Monday – 4pm-6pmTuesday – Thursday – 4pm-5pmFriday – 12pm-1pm
• Expect a queue at busy times• Get there at least 15 minutes before the end of
the session