Economics & Public Policy Extra

We now have a trial to the Sustainable Organization Library 2013 until 11^th June.  “The Sustainable Organization Library (SOL) is a focused library of key texts (almost 400 volumes) in governance, sustainability and environmental management.  Available either to own outright or to rent on an annual basis, SOL gives instant access to the world’s best writers in the area; case studies on best practice from international organizations; evidence-based research and in-depth analysis from thinkers around the globe.  Partner publishers included in SOL include Greenleaf Publishing, Practical Action Publishing, and the United Nations Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME).”

We have a trial to International Historical Statistics until 11th May.

“The IHS series is a unique collection of statistics covering a wide range of socioeconomic topics. It is a collection of data sets taken from hundreds of disparate primary sources, including both official national and international abstracts – back to 1750. The new online edition provides updated statistics to 2010 – covering 260 years. The collection is a truly interdisciplinary resource; it will be of interest to academics, researchers and students in sociology, politics, history, economics, business, environment, international relations, geography and statistical studies and related professional services alike.”

We have a trial to over 400 titles on ElgarOnline mainly in the areas of economics & finance and business & management.

The trial runs until 30th April 2013.  To access follow this link:

http://elgaronline.com/browse?access=user

We now have trials to two e-book platforms – ebray and Safari Business Books.  Ebray provides to access over 12,000 economics & business titles: http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucl

Safari Business Books Online includes over 1,630 professional textbooks, “delivering instant, reliable answers to important topical business questions and research needs.  It covers a wide range of critical business skills ranging from communication and problem-solving to leadership, customer service and employee performance.  Safari Business Books Online includes imprints from well-known publishers such as Addison Wesley, Alpha Books, Financial Times – Prentice Hall, Prentice Hall PTR, QUE and Sams Publishing”: https://www.proquest.com/trials/trialSummary.action?view=subject&trialBean.token=N6CC9X0RADOYWVEYKNXP

The trials will end on 18th April.

A trial of EMIS will be available until Wednesday 27th February.  Please go to http://site.securities.com/ and then select a country of interest on the right side of the screen.

“ISI Emerging Markets was founded in 1994 and acquired by Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC in 1999. Specialising in the emerging markets we deliver hard-to-find information on more than 100 emerging markets across CEE, SEE, Asia, LATAM, Middle East and Africa. We aggregate data from over 20,000 sources (including our own proprietary news service) our core strength lies in the local knowledge; we have a network of 29 offices through these regions enabling us to provide local information sourced by local people.

This is our flagship product and delivers information from a company, sector, and macroeconomic viewpoint, together with the latest news and financial data directly from the local offices. 　

On the top of the news, you can compare the performance of companies between each other and access research and analysis articles, ratings, analytical commentaries…

The product covers both public and private companies (over 1.7 million companies) and all information is delivered via an extremely user-friendly interface.　

Furthermore, there are various options to customise searches and personalise e-mail alerts. 　

The news is available in both English and the local language. We translate the local articles and reports into English.

Information provided in EMIS are aggregated from different local and international sources, including reports from Datamonitor, Euromonitor, Business Monitor International, Dun & Bradstreet, Esmerk, Intellinews…

Dealwatch Add-on

M&A and ECM news and deals, widely considered as the most comprehensive emerging markets deal available. Also unique DealMonitor application summarizes and projects future emerging market M&A activity, and goes a step further by providing a list with company profiles of possible matches for bidders and targets!

In short, EMIS offers comprehensive business information and market intelligence in a convenient and easy to use way.”

UCL has a trial of UKPress Online until 16th November.

Our trial includes the Daily Mirror, the Daily Express and the World War II collection.  The latter includes wartime editions of the Daily Mirror, Daily Express, Fascist Week, Action!, Blackshirt, Yorkshire Post and Daily Worker.

Please send feedback on this trial to ejournals@ucl.ac.uk

‘The Gallup Brain is a searchable, living record of more than 70 years of public opinion. Inside, you’ll find answers to hundreds of thousands of questions, and responses from millions of people interviewed by The Gallup Poll since 1935.

This unparalleled public opinion database also houses Gallup Poll and Gallup Management Journal articles that feature in-depth public opinion and management data analyses.’

Access here: http://institution.gallup.com/home.aspx from UCL. Access isn’t available off site unless you are using Remote Cluster WTS, see: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/isd-extra/common/windows/wts-web/

Feedback on this service is very much welcomed.  Please contact:  kieron.jones@ucl.ac.uk

UCL has a trial of a package of ejournals from Henry Stewart Publications.  For further details please view the Electronic Resources Blog:

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/blog/ejournal/2008/09/25/business-finance-and-management-journals/