Chicago EMBA Orientation:

Spring 2005

Orientation session
A lot of information. This presentation is
on the BIC website to review at your
leisure.
Efficient information finding.
You will not be experts please ask us for
assistance when starting.

Goals
Orient to staff and service
Getting connected and problem solving
Professional Literature & finding and
searching in specific journals

Mahaffey Business Information

Center
Partnership between Mendoza College of
Business and University Libraries of Notre
Dame.
College supplies space
University Libraries supplies staff,
databases, resources, and workstations.

Staff
Stephen Hayes
Christian Poehlmann
Scott Gaglio
Beata Frelas
Andy Boze

Who to call
]
BIC Staff and services (574-631-9098)
Professional Staff 8:00am to 5:00pm.
Check http://bic.library.nd.edu/ for hours

Stephen Hayes (574-631-5268) or Christian

Poehlmann (574-631-9099)
Advanced information & research questions, data needs, search
suggestions, staff and service problems, service requests, special
needs.

Scott Gaglio (574-631-9097) or Beata Frelas (574631-7176)

Technical Support Issues

More Contact Suggestions

I cant seem to get connected to
1st, your local technical support, especially if you are
using your business PC

I cant find anything on

Chris, Steve, or faculty member, well help you
formulate your search and select the best resource to
search

I keep being asked for a password

Scott or Beata, you may have an firewall issue or
timeout problem

More Contact Suggestions

Where would you look for.?
Chris or Steve, well suggest the best place to look

Can you .. for me?

Chris, hell let you know if we can meet your special
need

When in doubt call

Chris or MBA office, a proper referral will be made

Contact Methods
Telephone:
Christian Poehlmann 574-631-9099
Stephen Hayes 574-631-5268
General Number (BIC staff) 574-631-9098

E-mail
Bic.1@nd.edu

Services
Answers
Advice
Interlibrary Loan
Fax machines
Typewriter

Career Materials and Services

MBA career office provides materials BIC
houses and maintains collection
Libraries does not offer an extensive collection of
career materials
Print materials and directories
Wetfeet press publications
Directories (i.e. Executive recruiting, consulting firms)
Job hunters guide to (Chicago Job Bank)

Fax machine for career and job placement

Electronic Resources
The URL for the BIC
http://bic.library.nd.edu/

Printing
Printers are part of the Pharos system.
All students allocated $100 worth of printing credits.
The charge for printing (10 cents a side) will be
deducted from your allocation.
When your allocation is exhausted, you may purchase
more credits from the OIT.

Data and collections

Data and collections

Academic information products
differ from corporate products in price and content

Ask for information by content not product

name -- i.e. investment reports vs. First Call
reports

Data and collections

Library provides databases and information
resources
Staff expertise in finding information
Some information is still in paper and only
in Hesburgh Library
Directories (Manufacturing USA )
Misc. (Valueline )

ID & Passwords
To access library resources you must use
your NetID and password.
NOTE: This is the same as your general university email. This is distinct from your e-Project ID and
password.

Factiva
Dow Jones & Reuters joint venture
5 concurrent users campus wide
Publicly traded companies
Company vs. industry comparisons
Factiva industry grouping information
Historic market data
Publication Library of 8000 full text titles
By title, industry, and region
Wall Street Journal full text

Factiva
http://trials.proquest.com/ptc?userid=1058176
Password: welcome

Business and Company Resource Center

5 concurrent users campus wide
19,031,863 articles
many full text many back to 1980

Investment reports and forecasts for more than

11,000 US and international companies
and for 53 industries
prepared by Wall Street and international brokerage firms

Profiles of more than 100,000 public and private

companies
Article Search allows limiting searches to Peerreviewed journals and by journal name

Business and Company Resource Center

http://trials.galegroup.com/pubacd/
Username:
new
Password:
beginings

Web Resources - Airlines

International Air Transport Association (IATA)
IATA is the trade association of the world's international airline industry.
http:www.iata.org

Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)

BTS is a statistical agency engaged in data collection and analysis and a
national source for transportation data.
http:www.bts.gov

Air Transport Association (ATA)

The ATA is an organization that focuses on supporting and assisting US
airlines by promoting the air transport industry and the safety, cost
effectiveness, and technological advancement of its operations.
http:www.airlines.org

Travel Industry Association of America (TIA)

TIA represents all components of the US travel industry; promoting US
travel and tourism. It is also the source for travel industry research,
analysis and forecasts.
http:www.tia.org

Web Resources - Continued

Statistics Canada
Statistics Canada, the country's national statistics agency, is the
officialsource for Canadian social and economic statistics, and products.
http:www.statcan.ca

Air Transport Association of Canada (ATAC)

The ATA promotes safe and reliable air transportation of people and goods
to the benefit of Canada.
http:www.atac.ca

Association of European Airlines (AEA)

The AEA is an umbrella organization for the major air carriers of Europe,
representing member airline interests at the international and European
level.
http:www.aea.be

Web Resources - Continued

European Low Fares Airline Association (ELFFA)
ELFAA is a non-profit making organization that represents and protects
the needs of low-fare airlines and their customers.
http:www.elfaa.com

European Regions Airline Association (ERAA)

ERAA is an association of more than 230 companies, representing the
entire industry, including 70 airlines and over 160 associate and affiliate
members comprising aircraft and engine manufacturers, international and
regional airports and avionic suppliers and service providers.
http:www.eraa.org

Library Resources http://bic.library.nd.edu/

Market insight (Standard & Poors Industry Surverys)
Browseable and searchable interface to a variety of finance-related
information, including profiles of companies, industries and nations.
Includes information from EDGAR, CIA World FactBook, and
DRI/WEFA.

Mergent online (Industry Reports)

Successor to FIS online, provides access to fully searchable data on more
than 10,000 companies on the NYSE, AMEX and Nasdaq exchanges,
including SEC filings and annual reports. Replaces print products from
Moody's (Mergent): Bank and Finance Manual, Transportation Manual,
International Manual, Public Utility Manual, OTC Unlisted Manual, OTC
manual. Access info: You must be using a PC and Internet Explorer or
Netscape 6 or greater to use FIS/Mergent Online.

Library Resources http://bic.library.nd.edu/

Business source premier (EBSCO)
Comprehensive business database of scholarly journals
and business periodicals. Indexes and abstracts more than
4,500 business titles with coverage from 1965; of these,
3,600+ with full text.
Datamonitor Company & Industry Reports

Questions
?

FAQ 1
Why is there only 1 Bloomberg?
COST, MONEY, DOLLARS.
The Bloomberg stations cost $612/month for ONE workstation
SEE: But Bloomberg won't budge on pricing (THE
BLOOMBERG MACHINE: If he runs for mayor of New York,
what happens to his empire?, Tom Lowry, 04/23/2001, Business
Week p.76

Why cant I download from Bloomberg?

Because Mike discourages it.
It would cost us $1700 per month, per workstation.

FAQ 2
How come the Libraries doesnt have a
subscription to the electronic version of
(insert favorite journals name here)?
Usually no individual subscriptions to electronic
business journals.

FAQ 2 - continued
Rely on electronic full text aggregators

Factiva (8000 titles)

Business and Company Resource Center (19 million articles)
ABI Inform/Global (1616 publications)
Business Newsbank (500 newspapers, newswires and business
journals )
Business Source Premier (2,140 scholarly business journals)
Lexis/Nexis Academic (5,000 publications)

FAQ 3
How do I know which aggregator has the
journals I want?
Electronic Resources Gateway web page
Electronic Journals (e-Journal Locator)

FAQ 4
What is the password for Factiva?
No individual passwords
Logging onto the campus network validates as
authorized user
Prompted for a password?
Go back to the Libraries Electronic Resource Web page and
re-launch the product.

FAQ 5
Can I get these databases and resources
from off campus, in my office, or
elsewhere?

FAQ 5 - continued
Yes!
Computer cluster or branch library logon is like the
BIC
Campus housing has a direct connection to the campus
network
Off-campus and dialing into the OIT modem pool
connects directly to the network.

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