Doriot Library Blog

Please click here for the complete new acquisitions list.

If you have read and liked - or disliked - one of these titles, feel free to leave a comment on the blog.

Hundreds of books are for sale at the Doriot Library

from Monday June 23rd to Sunday June 29th.

Don’t miss this opportunity to enrich your own personal library for only 1€ per book!

ISI Web of Knowledge is providing free access to EndNote Web to its subscribers

EndNote Web is the recently released web version of the desktop software that some of you maybe familiar with.  Just like RefWorks, this citation management software lets you store references as your browse online resources and pick from over 2000 publishing styles to create bibliographies.

Here is a fact sheet to read a bit more, you can start using EndNote web today; users who already have a login with Web of Knowledge can use the same information. 

Researchers who have purchased a desktop application to the Endnote licence can transfer their entire library to the web version.

Note that this free access to EndNote Web is possible because the Libraries subscribe to the Web of Knowledge, if you are interested in the destop version you would still need to purchase a licence directly with EndNote.

More information about citation tools.

What are the top 10 journals in your discipline?

What is the impact factor of the Journal of Research in Personality vs. the Journal of Personality?

Which is the most cited title in Economics?

Was the Journal of Marketing still #1 in 2007?

Use ISI’s new Journal Citation Reports tool and find out! The new release came out yesterday and ranks citation activity for the past year. ISI uses their universe of 9100 scholarly and technical journals and the information can be searched by category or by a specific title. You can retrieve impact factor info, but also total cites, immediacy index or cited half-life.

Definitions and methodology are available online.

P5s: this is for you!

Attend a 30 minute session to discover what research resources are available to you after graduation day! 

Tuesday June 17, 2008 - 12pm to 12:30pm
Wednesday June 18, 2008 - 10am to 10:30am
Thursday June 19, 2008 - 2pm to 2:30pm
Friday June 20, 2008 - 3pm to 3:30pm

All sessions will take place in Amphi R (Doriot Library)

Doriot Library has purchased:

“Creative capital: Georges Doriot and the birth of venture capital”, by Spencer E. Ante

Read a New York Times book review and learn more about Doriot’s life!

Find this book on our shelves with this call number:

HG4751 .A68 2008 or check the New Acquisitions display.

If you are searching for articles in our bibliographic databases, look for this icon next to a reference:

This new tool called LinkSource, will bring up full text from other library resources when available, saving you the trouble of repeating your search.

If there are no full text options, you will still have the option to check Google Scholar or to order the article via the interlibrary loan (ILL): 

When you click on the link to use the ILL service, the article information will automatically be entered, just fill out the personal details on the form and submit it.

LinkSource is available in the following databases:

• Business Source Complete
• EconLit
• ISI Web of Knowledge
• PsycARTICLES
• Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
• PsycINFO
• Sociological Collection 

Read the vendor’s fact sheet and if you have any questions, please contact the Library. 

Please click here for the complete new acquisitions list.

If you have read and liked - or disliked - one of these titles, feel free to leave a comment on the blog. 

Discover the sites, customs and tips for living and working in Abu Dhabi and the Gulf region using the Doriot Library’s guidebooks.

You may be interested in checking out this new Economist Blog: Gulliver (April 08).

“Gulliver is tailored to professionals whose working life involves frequent travel, and its feisty writing and broad scope will appeal to anyone craving a digest of interesting, relevant stories delivered with clarity and wit. With its in-depth coverage extending from Mumbai to Montreal-and points in between-Gulliver will be of interest to all but the most sedentary.”

It has useful tips and information for world travelers such as the INSEAD community! Find out how starving yourself before boarding a plane can help with jetlag or which are the best places in the world to go on business!

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