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Learn how to get the most out of Google for your assignments in this one hour hands-on workshop running today (Monday, March 1st) at Moorgate Library at 2pm in room 407.  It covers loads of tips and tricks for searching for information on the web and will show you time-saving ways to sift through the junk to find the gems.

The workshop will also run on Thursday, March 4th at Holloway Road Library at 1pm in room LC2-03.

There’s no need to book a place - just turn up!

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The City Business Library is a public reference library specialising in current business information.  The library has recently moved to Guildhall at Aldermanbury, London EC2V 7HH (map).

City Business Library’s collections include:

• electronic and printed information on both British and foreign companies;
• business directories, economic background reports, business periodicals, financial and trade statistics and guides to doing business in other countries;
• market research reports for both the UK and foreign markets, with an emphasis on consumer goods and services.

The library’s electronic resources can be accessed for free in the library.  See their website for further information.

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Looking for new academic research on an economics topic?  Why not check out Economists Online?

The newly launched Economists Online portal provides free access to academic publications from 16 of the world’s leading economic universities.  It includes journal articles, working papers, conference papers and book chapters.  Much of the content is available in full text and free of charge.

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New to LondonMet?  Why not come to a Library Welcome Session this week to learn all about how to get started using the library.

Tue 2nd - Fri 5th February 2010

1.15pm - 1.45pm

• Calcutta House Library Seminar room, and
• Holloway Road Library LCG-35

No need to book, just turn up

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Remember to pay all your outstanding library fines by 5 Feb 2010.  You will not be able to borrow, renew or reserve items online until your fines are paid.  Your access to online resources will also be blocked until your account is cleared.

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This is a great site for accessing scholarly articles in the social sciences online: http://www.ssrn.com.  Coverage includes articles on Accounting, Corporate Governance, Economics, Management and Marketing.

The SSRN eLibrary consists of two parts: an Abstract Database containing abstracts on scholarly working papers and forthcoming papers and an Electronic Paper Collection containing downloadable full text documents in Adobe Acrobat pdf format.  Most articles are available for free directly from the website.

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Welcome back!  Warm wishes for a successful new year to all LMBS students from the LondonMet Business Librarian team.

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Datastream offers online training workshops that are FREE for LondonMet business students.  Go to the Thomson Reuters training website and look for training sessions for the product ‘Datastream’.

Training is offered for all levels - from beginner to advanced.  You don’t need to be on campus or have access to Datastream to participate in the training.  You just need to have access to a phone and the internet.

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The library no longer subscribes to the Bankscope database.  However, you can use the ORBIS database instead to find financial data on banks.  Orbis lists thousands of banks and financial institutions worldwide and provides balance sheets, income statements, ratios and ownerhip information. You can compare companies and download data into spreadsheets, graphs and charts.

Find Orbis and login at: http://catalogue.londonmet.ac.uk/record=b1562651~S1

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