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You will need to choose a location (Pardee or Mugar); Pardee if your course focuses more on the business/marketing side of things, Mugar if your students will need communications or economics books. Mugar has both VCR and DVD players for personal copies of videos that you might want to make available to your students through Reserve Services.

The Reserve Services page will allow you to both select the right form and fill it out online.

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Suggest a Library Purchase

Arrange a library class

Faculty members are welcome to request instruction in library research for their classes. Please allow sufficient lead time for us to schedule your class.

For e-mail or telephone requests for instruction, please include the following:

Your name and an e-mail address or phone number.
Course name and number.
Number of students in the class.
Day, date and time you would like to bring classes to the library.
Specific research tools you wish to include in the instructional session.

For information about class instruction please contact:

Mugar Memorial Library

Tom Casserly
617-353-5034
or
Diane d'Almeida
617-353-9240
dalmeida@bu.edu

Pardee Management Library

Kathleen Berger
617-353-4312
bergerkm@bu.edu

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Whom do I talk to about...

...Library Collections. Using the Suggest a Library Purchase form will allow us to get your request to the right librarian. Diane d'Almeida is the librarian choosing material for Communications, and would be happy to discuss any potential purchases with you personally. (Diane is also available to introduce your students to Mugar - just send a quick email and she'll get right back to you!)

The Collection Policy for Communication provides guidelines for selections.

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Additional Pardee faculty services...

Using Krasker and Geddes

Krasker Film/Video Services provides instructional support to Boston University faculty, staff, and current students. Films and videos owned by Boston University are listed in the on-line catalogue. The collection is not available to outside organizations, student groups, or the public. Krasker is part of the BU Media Group, which also provides classroom support services such as projection equipment.

The Geddes Language Center has two rooms dedicated for video viewing in large groups. Classes often meet in these rooms for showings, either during or outside class time.

Video Studio - The larger of the two screening rooms, equipped with a TV and projector.
Viewing Room - The smaller movie theatre style screening room with surround sound and a plasma HDTV.

Instructors may also place personal copies of videos on Reserve at this location.

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ILL/Virtual Catalog (borrowing beyond BU)

Request through the Virtual Catalog for book delivery in 3-5 days.

InterLibrary Loan Services can get free article copies, less-widely-held books, documents and dissertations in approximately 2 weeks.
(You can choose to have articles delivered to either Mugar or Pardee).

A BLC Consortium Card will allow you to borrow material directly on site from our BLC partners.

A Boston Public Library eCard will give you free access to databases and collections of BPL (for example, Early American Newspapers).

Classes and Tutorials

Take a virtual Tour of Mugar Library

Come into Mugar for an orientation - any Wed. @ 2!

Business Tutorials

Mugar and Pardee - locations and hours

Pardee Library Floor Plans

Map - University Libraries

Hours - All Libraries

Where is Pardee?

Where is Mugar?

Study Space and Computers in Mugar and Pardee

Where can I study in a group?

Mugar Library has the PAL Study Lounge on the 3rd floor of the library for group study. The Martin Luther King Reading Room may also serve this purpose (although it closes at 4:30pm M-F).

Are power outlets available for laptops? Will I have internet access?

Mugar has power outlets at every workstation on the 2nd and 3rd floors.
All the BU Libraries provide wireless service, but it is available only to BU students, staff and faculty. VPN (Virtual Private Network) software is required to access the BU wireless network. (download here)
Ethernet ports are no longer available in Mugar Library.

Is printing available at Mugar or Pardee?

Mugar has a Resnet Lab, which allows printing from your ACS print quota.

Printing Services at Mugar
Printing Services at Pardee

Viewing Films/Videos

Mugar Library has both VCR and DVD players for viewing videos placed on Reserve.

Krasker Film/Video Services provides instructional support to Boston University faculty, staff, and current students. Films and videos owned by Boston University are listed in the on-line catalogue, and may be viewed on-site. Full-feature films may be rented for 2 nights ($3.15/film), and arrangements can be made through a TA or Instructor to borrow videos for classroom use. Krasker is part of the BU Media Group, which also provides classroom support services such as projection equipment.

Videos are also available at the Geddes Language Center for viewing on-site only.

Library Catalog

Renewals Reserves

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Research

Article Databases

Alternative Press Index ChRiv-px

Communication & Mass Media Complete BU-px Partial full text.

FIAF Film & TV Indexes BU-px

Film Indexes Online ChRiv-px

more communications databases

all databases

Marketing/ Business Databases

Business Source Premier 1965+ BU-px

MRI+ Mediamark Internet Reporter
Detailed product and media demographics

SRDS Media Solutions ChRiv-px
Circulation, advertising rates, etc..

TableBase ChRiv-px
Demographic and other marketing related statistics from a variety of magazines and reports.

more business databases

Scripts/ Broadcasts/ Images

Vanderbilt Television News Archive TVNEWS Database ChRiv-px

World News Connection BU-px

American Film Scripts Online BU-px

Research Guides

Business Research Guides

Film and Television

Journalism

Marketing and Advertising

Newspapers

Oral History & Family History

Polls and Public Opinion

more research guides

Find historical newspapers

Browse current newspapers in PressDisplay

Find news articles in

LexisNexis Academic BU-px
World News Connection 1995+ BU-px

more...

News

Improved Interlibrary Borrowing System Begins Soon!

All the (television) news fit to view

A Few Starting Points for Business Research