Australian Financial Review database (afr.com) – Training

The afr.com database is the exclusive online source of full-text articles from:

• The Australian Financial Review;
• BRW;
• Asset;
• AFR Smart Investor;
• CFO
• MIS.

In addition, afr.com includes access to full-text articles from other Fairfax Media publications including:

• The Sydney Morning Herald;
• The Sun-Herald;
• The Age;
• Illawarra Mercury;
• The Newcastle Herald
• The Canberra Times;
• The Sunday Age;
• The New York Times.

It also includes  the AFR Market Wrap online daily investment report.

The  Library is holding a special Training Session on the usage of this product on :

DATE:       Tuesday 28/4/09

TIME:       3-4 pm

PLACE:     V712

Academic staff are welcome to attend the session. Please advise your Liaison librarian, by 24 April,  if you would like to attend……………….

Product Launch Analytics

Try the revamped Product Launch Analytics Database…….

An online database of new consumer packaged product launches. Broad product categories include health and beauty aids, food, beverages, household products, pet products and miscellaneous products with in-depth coverage of 145 individual product categories. Coverage in Product Launch Analytics (formerly Productscan) includes Canada and America.

Advanced functionality includes:

• Product statistics data and colour reports
• Full text and spreadsheet format reports
• Trend analysis data available over time
• Innovation ratings
• Direct access to manufacturers’ websites
• Searches can be saved and E-Alert e-mail alerts created

Library resource suggestions please

A gentle reminder that there are only 7 weeks until half of our yearly resource allocation needs to be spent for each school in the business faculty.  So if you’d like us to buy books, DVDs, computer software or games etc please let us know.  You can either send a list in the internal mail or via email please do asap.

Next Capacity Building for Research Workshop April 29

The Next Capacity Building for Research Workshop will be held Wednesday April 29 from 10am until 12pm in room V712.

Suggested topics include:

• Citation Analysis
• bibliometric measurement
• Building search strategies
• Open Access Repositories
• Specialist Databases
• Endnote

We are also keen to get your input as to what topics you’d like us to cover. So please send us an email any one of us with suggested topics.

Robyn Edmanson robyn.edmanson@qut.edu.au

Sue Collins s.collins@qut.edu.au

Maria Thompson mj.thompson@qut.edu.au

 

Please RSVP by Wednesday 15th April.

Morningstar Direct database now available

QUT has access to Morningstar Direct as part of our 2009 Etrials.  Morningstar is accessed via a desktop client which must be installed on your PC. You only need to install the client once, however students using Morningstar in the labs will need to install the client each time they log onto a lab PC. Morningstar also requires an active internet connection, so when on campus, staff and students must activate their IAS client to connect to the Morningstar server.  You will need to have admin rights to install this product on your desktop in the FOB, so you will need to log a job with the IT help desk to do this. Morningstar Direct provides the most complete and timely link to Morningstar’s global investment database and analytics. Designed for institutions, it’s optimized for competitive analysis, performance evaluation, investment selection, and portfolio creation.

We are currently organising training and will be in touch when details are to hand.

 

CARMA – International Programs Development Questionnaire

You may be interested in completing this questionnaire – it’s designed to assist CARMA to develop relevant research methods training programs for clients. The questionnaire is anonymous – go to the following link:

http://survey.vcu.edu/surveys/MWB9TD

And remember you can access the CARMA video library via our Library catalogue entry:

Title CARMA [electronic resource] / Center for the Advancement of Research Methods and Analysis. Publication Details Richmond, VA : Center for the Advancement of Research Methods and Analysis, Click to view online: How to access CARMA online Rating