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    Jul

    6

    Changes to RefWorks

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    If you use RefWorks, you may have noticed that the RefWorks interface has a new look: http://resources.library.ubc.ca/901. Our understanding is that most of the changes are cosmetic (intended to improve the interface) and do not affect the functionality.

    To allow users some time to adjust, the old interface is still available until the end of the year, but is no longer the default when you log in to RefWorks. If you prefer to use the old interface for now, you can do so by logging into your RefWorks account and clicking on the “RefWorks Classic” link at the top. We recommend trying the new interface before the end of the year so you can get used to it before it is no longer available.

    We are familiarizing ourselves with the new interface over the summer and will offer a workshop in the fall. In the meantime, take a look at the RefWorks 2.0 Quick Start Guide  to learn more about using the new interface.

    Also, if you have any specific questions about the functionality of the new interface, please contact us.

    May

    9

    Entrepreneurial Studies Source – Trial access

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    UBC users have trial access to Entrepreneurial Studies Source, an EBSCO database, until May 31.

    This database offers full text for more than 125 key periodicals, 135 reference books, numerous case studies, thousands of company profiles and over 600 videos with transcripts and related articles from the Harvard Faculty Seminar Series and Vator.TV, one of the world’s largest social network sites for high-tech entrepreneurs.

    Subjects covered in the database include:

    • Business Planning
    • Communications
    • Innovations
    • Management
    • Marketing
    • Organizational Behavior
    • Product Development
    • Raising Capital
    • Risk Taking

    Click here to access the database and access the feedback form.

    Apr

    19

    New additions to the David Lam Library FAQs database

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    The David Lam Library’s Business FAQs database was launched in December 2010, with FAQs relating to business databases, the David Lam Library and the Canaccord Learning Commons.

    We have just added two new categories of to the FAQs:

    1. Labour: FAQs relating to the labour market and industrial relations research
    2. Management: FAQs relating to researching executive compensation, executive recruitment, leadership, and other management topics

     Click here to browse or search the FAQs database.

    In addition a new OBHR research guide lists books, articles and other resources for researching a variety of OBHR topics, including organizational behaviour, human resource management, industrial relations, the labour market and leadership.

    Dec

    15

    New Business FAQs Database

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    The David Lam Library has launched a new Business FAQs database today. Designed to answer commonly asked questions relating to the David Lam Library and to business research, the FAQs can be searched by keyword or browsed by category.

    The database is based on the Business FAQs at the Lippincott Library at the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania. We would like to acknowledge and thank the Lippincott Library for providing us with a copy of the database and assisting with the technical set up of our FAQs.

    There are currently 3 categories of questions:

    1. Business Databases: questions relating to accessing business databases available through the library
    2. David Lam Management Research Library: questions relating to facilities and services
    3. Sauder School of Business: questions relating to Sauder publications

    New categories will be added in the New Year, including FAQs relating to new services and spaces in the Canaccord Learning Commons, which is due to open in early 2011.

    Click here to access the database. We encourage you to explore the FAQs and to let your students know about this resource. 

    Your feedback on the FAQs is welcome. Please send any feedback to Lindsay Ure

    Oct

    28

    Management Information Systems Research Guide

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    A new research guide for management Information Systems has been added to the David Lam Library website. The guide lists books, library databases, journals, associations and other resources for researching MIS related topics.

    Click here to access the guide, which can also be found from the David Lam Library homepage (http://www.library.ubc.ca/lam) under Research Guides.

    If you have questions or feedback about the guide, please contact the David Lam Library

    Sep

    15

    Current awareness for business researchers

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    A new guide to current awareness tools and resources for business researchers is now available on the David Lam Library website.  The guide highlights the types of alerts that researchers can set up to keep up to date with:

    – Latest business news
    – New books at the David Lam Library
    – Latest issues of scholarly journals
    – New articles in library databases on a specific business topic

    Click here to access the guide or visit the David Lam Library homepage at http://www.library.ubc.ca/lam and select the Current Awareness link.

    For further questions about current awareness tools or how to set up alerts, please contact a David Lam librarian

    Apr

    8

    April: New Database – Oxford Handbooks Online

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    UBC Library now provides access to the newly launched Oxford Handbooks Online collections, thanks to funding from UBC Okanagan.

    The complete collection includes 72 peer reviewed handbooks in four subject modules:

    • Business & Management
    • Philosophy
    • Political Science
    • Religion

    New Handbooks titles will be added three times per year as they are published in print, and the site will also expand to include new subject areas.

    MARC records for the individual handbooks will be added to our catalogue soon.

    Click here to access the collections. Access is also available in the Lam Library’s Databases A-Z list.

    Apr

    8

    April: New Database – GREENR

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    UBC Library now provides access to the GREENR (Global Reference on the Environment, Energy and Natural Resources) database, thanks to funding from UBC Okanagan.

    GREENR is a new web portal product from Gale that is intended to provide authoritative content on the development of emerging green technologies and discussion of issues on the environment, sustainability and more.   It is truly cross-disciplinary in scope offering research and perspectives from science, technology, law, politics, social and human interactions plus much more.

    In addition to full-text content from a variety of sources, the resource also offers multimedia and interactive features such as podcasts, videos and mapping tools.

    Click here to access the database via the library website. The database is also accessible in the Lam Library’s Databases A-Z list.

    Dec

    10

    December – Lam Library’s “Jump-Start Your Research Guide” Wins an Award

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    The David Lam Librarians have been recognized by their colleagues in other academic libraries in BC for their Jump-Start Your Research Guide. The guide, created to assist students with the critical thinking process necessary for approaching secondary market research, has won a prize in the ALPS LINK Gold Medal Contest. The contest invites academic librarians to submit learning objects which can be used by librarians at other universities and colleges in BC.  ALPS (Academic Librarians in Public Service) is part of the BC Library Association.

    Developed this summer after a discussion about how best to help students apply critical thinking skills to secondary research, the guide has been handed out to undergraduates and graduates in library presentations and at our reference desk. It can save students time by helping them create an effective research strategy and also helps the librarians to understand their research topics more clearly.

    There are two versions of the tool; one for undergraduate students and one for graduate students. Click here to access the guides  on David Lam Library website.

    Dec

    10

    December – New Books

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    The following books on sustainable business topics are available at the David Lam Library:

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