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

• c.carroll@londonmet.ac.uk• Based at Holloway

Sabri Dikmen• s.dikmen@londonmet.ac.uk

• 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