Strategies for busy researchers

The balanced researcher: strategies for busy researchers: http://www.vitae.ac.uk/CMS/files/Vitae-Balanced-Researcher-June-2008.pdf

Now find the time to read it

Research Works Act (US) seeks to curtail open access

The Research Works Act would deny taxpayers access to federally funded research: http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/crude-matter/2012/01/07/the-research-works-act-would-deny-taxpayers-access-to-federally-funded-research/

The Research Works Act (http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c112:H.R.3699:) argues that publishers have intellectual property invested in work that they publish so making research available open access are illegal.

While a press release by the Association of American Publishers (AAP) states:
…. The Research Works Act will prohibit federal agencies from unauthorized free public dissemination of journal articles that report on research which, to some degree, has been federally-funded but is produced and published by private sector publishers receiving no such funding. It would also prevent non-government authors from being required to agree to such free distribution of these works. http://www.publishers.org/press/56/

History, multicultural studies & contemporary culture resources

ABC-CLIO Academic Editions are available until the 31st of December 2012 as a paid etrial at http://www.library.qut.edu.au/db/6058f

This is a collection of online reference works and educational resources in history, multicultural studies, and contemporary culture.

Includes:

• Issues: Controversy and Society: an online database aimed at helping students develop an in-depth understanding of how society shapes and is shaped by controversy, providing authoritative historical context, expert perspectives, and carefully selected primary and secondary sources on today’s most important issues.
• Pop Culture Universe: Icons, Idols, Ideas: a comprehensive and authoritative collection of information on popular culture in America and the world, both past and present.
• World at War: Conflict and Society: provides authoritative insights into the military conflicts that have defined our world from its beginning to today. Includes complete overviews of 27 wars, with timelines, causes and consequences, portraits of opponents, and links to supporting facts, figures, primary sources, and audiovisual content.
• World Geography: Understanding a Changing World: provides essential knowledge of the geographical, political, social, economic, and cultural forces that are increasingly important in our globalized world. Contains almost 200 overviews of countries around the world, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, providing a portrait of each nation’s location and people culture, recent and early political history, and economy, plus more than 500 maps, including political and topographical by country and world region.
• World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras: reference work covering Ancient and Medieval Eras of early human history around the globe from prehistoric times to the beginnings of the Renaissance. Contains nearly 8,500 primary and secondary sources, including selections from the Code of Hammurabi, the Edict of Milan, and Marcus Aurelius’s The Meditations; and more than 1,500 biographies of important historical figures.
• World History: The Modern Era: electronic history reference materials covering a broad range of topics in depth from the evolution of modern Europe since the Renaissance; concurrent developments in Asia, Africa, and the Islamic world; the global impact of the Industrial Revolution; and the last 100 years of conflicts and international cooperation.
• Daily Life through History: this service explores ordinary life through time and across the globe; it supports courses in American history and literature and is a cross-disciplinary resource for researching historical topics such as food and cooking, celebrations, clothes, romance, work, religion, housing, language, and social customs.
• American Indian Experience: provides in-depth historical accounts and cultural information about the indigenous peoples of North America. Content includes hundreds of primary documents and media, including treaties, speeches, and captivity narratives as well as traditional storytelling, a wealth of maps, photographs, and video.
• World Religions: a comprehensive reference resource covering religion across the globe, encompassing matters of belief, practice, celebrations, and holidays; important individuals and events; significant and sacred places; and much more.

Also provided separately by ABC-CLIO via the Daily Life Online platform is:

· World Folklore and Folklife : a multidisciplinary, multimedia electronic reference work covering folklore traditions and the development of traditional cultures worldwide. Intended to support curriculum in the areas of world culture, history, arts, literature and language. Folktales are searchable by subject, tale type, region, and country.

Feedback about any of these resources is welcome at http://www.library.qut.edu.au/find/databases/feedback.jsp

Obtaining ISBNs for publications

How they can get an ISBN for your publications?

The website at http://www.thorpe.com.au/isbn/ provides information on the process including a link to request an ISBN or Barcode.

2011 Census Data Release Dates

News about the release dates for the 2011 census data: http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/2011.0.55.001

Emerging Markets Case Studies (via Emerald)

Emerging Markets Case Studies (via Emerald) is available until the 31st of December 2012 as a paid etrial at http://www.library.qut.edu.au/db/6038f

Emerging Markets Case Studies is an online collection of teaching cases offering local perspectives with global impact. It contains internationally inclusive emerging market coverage from: Latin America; Africa; Middle East; Eastern Europe, and Asia. Cases are written primarily by local academics and practitioners to provide real emerging market insight. Emerging Markets Case Studies covers a diverse range of subject coverage including International Business, Entrepreneurship, Accounting & Finance and Tourism.

Feedback about this resource is welcome at http://www.library.qut.edu.au/find/databases/feedback.jsp

Morningstar Direct | New Version Available

Morningstar Direct version 3.11 We are pleased to announce that Morningstar Direct version 3.11 is released! The following new features are available: Presentation Studio – Improved performance and speed, Enhanced Pie Chart options, and Inception time period returns Performance Reporting – Savings & Withdrawal Plan Calculations, Historical Scorecards, and Universal Grouping options Total Portfolio Attribution – Presentation Studio components, and Multiple Portfolio Analysis Portfolio Management – Snapshot report for Transaction Accounts, and Management Fee for Custom Accounts/Portfolios Custom Database – Automated FTP import, and historical time series for Custom Data Points Data – Global Fund Report, Value at Risk, numerous ETF Data Points, and Portfolio Level Equity Statistics And many other features, click here for a full list of enhancements. You will be prompted to automatically update to this newest version once available. Otherwise, you can download and install Morningstar Direct 3.11 here. As always, please follow the protocol outlined by your IT department regarding downloads. Important: Please Read. New Fixed Income Sectors: Once you upgrade to version 3.11, you will not be able to select the old Morningstar Fixed Income Sectors from Data Sets, Search Criteria, Presentation Studio components, or Performance Reporting. However, your existing saved Data Sets, Search Criteria, Presentation Studio reports, and Performance Reports that include the old Morningstar Sectors will continue to be supported. Also, Quicktake reports for versions 3.9 and higher will display the new Sector methodology upon release. Report Builder retired from Direct 3.11: Once you upgrade, you will not have access to the Report Builder function that is currently available under the Tools menu or your previously saved report templates built from the tool. We will continue to support Report Builder in existing versions of Direct. Please contact your client support team or Sales Account Manager with questions. Thank you for choosing Morningstar Direct! Kind Regards, Morningstar Direct Team © Copyright 2011 Morningstar, Inc. All rights reserved.

Orbis via Bureau Van Dijk

ORBIS now at QUT

· Over 90 million listed and unlisted companies across the globe

· Public and private companies (over 99% are private companies)

· Financial strength indicators

· Directors and contacts

· Detailed corporate structures

· Original filings/images

· Industry research, business related news and M&A deals and rumours.

Orbis company reports are comparable across countries with up to 10 years of history. The ownership database has over 30 million shareholder/ subsidiary links.

Access also available to Orbis from your iPhone, iPad, Blackberry or Android powered device.

Feedback about this resource is welcome at http://www.library.qut.edu.au/find/databases/feedback.jsp

CHAOS Knowledge Center

We have subscribed to the CHAOS Knowledge Center for 2012. Access is now available via http://www.library.qut.edu.au/find/databases/fullrecord.jsp?id=6053

The CHAOS Knowledge Center contains 100 best practices needed to develop and maintain a successful project management environment. It is fresh and always up-to-date with the latest thinking on the most important things that your organization can do to foster greater project management leadership.
The CKC offers four major deliverables:

1. Best Practices: The best practices collection is organized around the 10 CHAOS Success Factors or Lessons Learned. Each lesson has 10 focus points.
2. HowTos: Supporting each of the points are suggestions on how to use the best practices and implement them in your organization.
3. CHARTS: Supporting the points is a collection of over 400 charts on data collected with the CHAOS research project.
4. More CHAOS: Additional support for the points includes the CHAOS Activity Newsletter, case studies, commentaries, definitions, and other supporting papers and documents.

The CKC offers four major benefits:

1. Success Rates: Organizations that have adopted the CHAOS Best Practices have seen remarkable increases in their success rates. One firm went from 34% to 94% in just a few years.
2. Crowd Knowledge: The CKC is developed from a massive collection of knowledge from IT professionals over an extended of period time. This collected wisdom will help your organization to more rapidly adopt best practices that will increase your success rate.
3. Multiple Views: Since a CHAOS research project uses a multitude of instruments, it provides different views that will allow you to better match your situation to find answers.
4. Data: The CKC is chock full of data from around the world to help build internal and external presentations.

Also includes DARTS (Demand Assessment Tracking Survey). DARTS is one the oldest and most used survey for IT best practice and buyer behavior.

CHAOS Knowledge Center is a relevant resource in the Technology in Business and Industry database subject guide.

Feedback about this resource is welcome at http://www.library.qut.edu.au/find/databases/feedback.jsp

Reminder – Business Research Seminar – Wednesday 23rd November 2-4pm

Hello everyone, this is a reminder for next week’s session: The seminar is designed to complement QUT Library’s existing generic program of research seminars and give you an opportunity to engage with other researchers in the Business School.  The Business Librarians will highlight recent enhancements to research tools, bibliographic software, new models in publishing (for example Sage Open Access Publishing) and the social survey datasets now available via the library. More information below:
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Please register to secure a place.

Business Research Seminar

Time: 2pm-4pm

Date: Wednesday 23rd November

Venue: V714, Level 7, Library, Gardens Point

Content

• Overview of programme – Janet Baker
• Getting involved in a CRC Grant – Dr Robin Keast
• Advantages of using Social Survey Datasets – Dr Tony Beatton
• Social Marketing in research – Dr Judy Drennan
• Tea Break 15 mins
• New Data: latest products for your research – Maria Thompson
• Showcasing your work in QUT ePrints – Maria Thompson
• Building a Researcher Profile: current trends – Sue Collins
• Which is better for collaborative research – Endnote / Mendeley/ Zotero- Janet Baker

Coffee, Tea and Biscuits provided

Please register to ensure you have a seat.