1. Awesome World of Electronic Resources @ the Bentley Library Lisa Curtin, Reference Librarian Bentley Library September 18, 2006

2. Library’s Online Databases What’s all the Fuss About?

3. Databases at Bentley Library 70+ online databases = $700,000+ per year 70+ online databases = $700,000+ per year All databases are accessible from on-campus. All databases are accessible from on-campus. Most, but not all, databases are accessible from off-campus. Most, but not all, databases are accessible from off-campus. Off-campus access requires current Bentley College username and internet password. Off-campus access requires current Bentley College username and internet password. Some databases require registration (using Bentley email address) for both on & off campus access. Some databases require registration (using Bentley email address) for both on & off campus access. Some databases require special password – given at point-of-use at the Reference Desk. Some databases require special password – given at point-of-use at the Reference Desk.

4. Why not just Google?

5. The Internet is the world's largest library. It's just that all the books are on the floor. The Internet is the world's largest library. It's just that all the books are on the floor. - John Allen Paulos

6. Library databases offer content from publishers of business and scholarly information. That information has been organized through indexing, allowing it to be searched efficiently. Library databases have been reviewed and selected for the quality information that they provide by the Bentley Reference Librarians. Bottom line: Use the databases and you’ll be a more successful researcher!

7. Online Access To… 30,000+ periodicals – including scholarly & peer reviewed journals 30,000+ periodicals – including scholarly & peer reviewed journals Conference proceedings Conference proceedings Books & encyclopedias Books & encyclopedias Market & industry reports Market & industry reports Annual reports & SEC filings Annual reports & SEC filings Stock prices and investment reports Stock prices and investment reports Legal, Accounting & Tax Information – laws, codes, rulings & cases Legal, Accounting & Tax Information – laws, codes, rulings & cases

8. Full-text access to newspapers and academic journals spanning the past 175 years.

9. For example… Wall Street Journal: 1889 – Wall Street Journal: 1889 – New York Times: 1851 – New York Times: 1851 – Harvard Business Review: 1922 – Harvard Business Review: 1922 – JSTOR archive of scholarly journals contains journals dating: 1831 - JSTOR archive of scholarly journals contains journals dating: 1831 -

10. You can… Read today’s Newspapers Read today’s Newspapers Newspapers from the 1800’s Newspapers from the 1800’s Newspapers from other countries Newspapers from other countries

13. Jump right to the database you want OR Browse databases by subject

14. Figuring Out Which Database to Use to Find a Specific Periodical: Use the Full Text Journals Finder…..

16. Did you Know? The Library’s Databases Deliver!

17. The Library’s Databases Deliver Journal Search Alerts Journal Search Alerts –Be alerted when your favorite periodical becomes available online! Saved Search Alerts Saved Search Alerts –Be alerted when new articles in your research area are published and become available online! Citation Alerts Citation Alerts –Be alerted when an article you are interested in (perhaps one you’ve written) are cited by another article.

18. Get alerted by: ACM Digital Library ACM Digital Library CSA Illumina Databases: CSA Illumina Databases: –Sage Management & Organization Studies, Worldwide Political Abstracts, MLA Bibliography EBSCOhost Databases: EBSCOhost Databases: –Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, Communication and Mass Media Complete, ERIC, MEDLINE Elsevier Elsevier

19. Emerald Emerald IEEE Digital Library IEEE Digital Library ProQuest Databases: ProQuest Databases: –ABI Inform, Accounting and Tax Index, ProQuest Computing, ProQuest Research Library, ProQuest Psychology Journals, PsycARTCILES, Wall Street Journal ISI Web of Science ISI Web of Science –Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI), Social Science Citation Index (SSCI)

20. Are you an RSS Junkie?

21. These databases make it Really Simple to stay current…. EBSCO EBSCO ProQuest (ABI Inform only) ProQuest (ABI Inform only) Emerald Emerald IEEE Digital Library IEEE Digital Library Project Muse Project Muse ISI Web of Science (A&HCI and SSCI) ISI Web of Science (A&HCI and SSCI)

22. Library Databases that Create your Bibliographies

23. EBSCO & ProQuest Save your citations in APA, MLA and Chicago Styles. Save your citations in APA, MLA and Chicago Styles.

24. Library Database that GROKs! Visual Search the EBSCO databases….

25. Visual Searching… Organizes hundreds of search results from a single query into an intuitive, easy to navigate content map using Grokker technology. Organizes hundreds of search results from a single query into an intuitive, easy to navigate content map using Grokker technology. GROK: GROK: –A Martian word found in Robert A. Heinlein's 1961 sci- fi classic "A Stranger in a Strange Land”. To grok something is to understand something so well that it is fully absorbed into oneself. It is to look at every problem, opportunity, action, and point of view from any and all perspectives.

27. eBooks

28. 3 eBook Collections Safari Books (5 user limit) Safari Books (5 user limit) –access to over 100 tech books, including titles from O'Reilly press. –access to over 100 tech books, including titles from O'Reilly press. Books 24x7 Books 24x7 –IT Pro  4200 IT-related eBook titles, in full-text. –Business Pro  2400 Business-related eBook titles, in full-text. netLibrary netLibrary netLibrary –full-text access to over 3,400 titles.

29. Questions? Ask a Reference Librarian.

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