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Electronic resources & the WWW

Explore a wide range of online databases available through the library's electronic resources. Access scholarly articles, business information, and research reports for your academic needs.

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Electronic resources & the WWW

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  1. Electronic resources & the WWW February 2006

  2. Agenda • Electronic resources homepage • Emerald • Marketline • Infotrac • Other useful resources • Information retrieval & the WWW • Search engines & subject directories • Search tips and evaluation • Citing styles and referencing

  3. Library home page This page is your link to library services on the web http://library.ittdublin.ie

  4. My TallCat Single log on for: • Renewing books • Accessing electronic resources • Online book requests/holds • Accessing online exam papers • Reading history • Booking a study room

  5. Library electronic resources Lists the selection of online databases available in the library http://library.ittdublin.ie/screens/er.html

  6. How to access electronic resources To log on to any subscription database enter your name, student or staff number and then your PIN number

  7. Guides to electronic resources Individual guides to each online database

  8. Introducing Emerald

  9. Introducing Emerald • Emerald full text is a growing database of leading business and management journals • It offers 42,000 searchable articles from more than 100 journals including the disciplines of managment • Key journals include - Management Decision - Journal of Management Development - Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research • Emerald provides you with full text from 1994 • Search articles by title, author or keyword

  10. Register with Emerald

  11. How can Emerald help you? • Instant access to the very latest business and management publications. Weekly updating in advance of the hardcopy publication • Access to over 90% peer reviewed material with contributions from renowned international editors and authors • Access to a host of global business & management case studies

  12. Introducing InfoTrac

  13. InfoTrac • Online multidisciplinary full-text database of over 5000 full-text titles (more than 9,200 in all) • Full indexing of over 150 international newspapers • Backfile coverage from 1980 • Subject coverage • Business, management and marketing • Key journals include - European Journal of Innovation Management - Strategic Management Journal - Journal of Small Business Management

  14. How can InfoTrac help you? • Worldwide periodical coverage – with refereed academic journals in the marketing/business arena • Daily newspaper articles from international newspapers including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal. • Full-text articles may be printed, saved or e-mailed. • Cross referencing provides links to other relevant material

  15. Marketline business information • Global business information database providing company, industry and country profiles • Full text, in depth reports covering 10,000 companies worlwide, 2500 industries and 50 countries • SWOT analysis on the most important companies in each industry sector • Live feed of news, comment and analysis • Enhanced search functionality – users can search by keyword across the entire database

  16. How can Marketline help you? • Keeping ahead of the very latest industry developments, issues and research • Invaluable research tool – expert analysis and quality information at your fingertips • In depth market research reports and insight into the competitive landscape of industries • New product development – understanding the environment, assessing the opportunity and positioning within a sector

  17. Ireland.com

  18. Other databases of use • TaxFind - source for tax information in Ireland, providing access to the Irish Tax Review & publications on taxation, legislation, case law, revenue material. • Reuters Business Insight - strategic management reports providing market / company analysis in key industry sectors including finance and consumer markets.

  19. Subject services

  20. Subject internet gateways

  21. Management websites

  22. Management websites

  23. The World Wide Web

  24. The World Wide Web • Launched in 1991 • Growing at an approximate rate of 5 million web pages per day. • Accessing information on the Web is easy; finding the correct information is more difficult. • Information available on the Web is both free and fee based (pay per view). • Availability of so many web sites poses challenges to students (information overload).

  25. The World Wide Web • High quality information v dubious information • How do you navigate through the masses of information and access the information you require? • To navigate successfully – • You need to be aware of the different search tools available.

  26. Information Search Tools

  27. Search tools • Search engines & subject directories • There is no one best search engine, or subject directory • ” If you want to do a thorough search, you should become familiar with a few of the different search engines…it is important to understand the major search features” ” (Ackermann and Hartman 169).

  28. Search engines • Searchable database of websites • Best means of searching for information on the Web • May be browsed or searched by formulating a search query. • Only search a portion of the Web

  29. www.google.com www.teoma.com www.altavista.com

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