Join us for a community Wikipedia editing event, as we update and create articles in the world’s largest crowdsourced encyclopedia. No Wikipedia editing experience is necessary! We’ll provide tutorials for the beginner Wikipedian, reference materials, and a pizza lunch. When: Wednesday, October 11, 12-2:00pm Where: Thurman Center (lower level of GSU), Makechnie... Read the rest of this entry »

The Pardee Management Library provides access to the Bloomberg Market Concepts (BMC) program.  BMC is an eight hour self-paced e-learning course that provides users with an introduction to the financial markets and basic Bloomberg functionality.  This program consists of four modules: Economic Indicators, Currencies, Fixed Income and Equities.  Upon completion... Read the rest of this entry »

We'd like to introduce some new features in the BU Libraries Search to help streamline and personalize your search results. It's now easier to limit searches and filter your results. Start with your search, then select a filter such as Peer-Reviewed Articles. You can then lock this filter to apply this... Read the rest of this entry »

The Pardee Library will be offering a series of 4 research sessions during the fall semester: (1) Intro to Pardee Library Resources (2) Company & Industry Information (3) Marketing & Demographic Data (4) Financial Databases The first session Intro to Pardee Library Resources will provide an overview of library sources available to students and will... Read the rest of this entry »

Data Services is offering the following workshops. All of the workshops are open to the entire BU community and are free! All of the workshops will be in the Estin Room (room 302) in the Mugar Library (771 Commonwealth Avenue).   Date Title Time Location Register More Information 9/20 Increasing Openness and Reproducibility 9:00-12:00 Estin Room (302), Mugar Library Register More Information 9/21 Data Organization in... Read the rest of this entry »

This edition includes: More than 10,000 journals; Tracked title changes; More than 100 subject categories. To view an impact factor, simply enter our Journal Citation Reports database, and follow the instructions on screen.

Pardee Library will be offering two overview sessions to provide a refresher on library resources available to students, faculty and staff.  These sessions are open to all BU affiliates and will include the following: How to find the online full-text of journal, magazine or newspaper articles and how to locate... Read the rest of this entry »

Did you know that BU Alumni have remote access to many electronic resources including ebooks and full text journal articles? To access these resources, alumni may visit the Alumni Services webpage on the main library website. Databases currently available to BU alumni include ABI/Inform, Business Source (EBSCO Alumni Edition), JSTOR, Read the rest of this entry »

In the spring of 2016, the Boston University libraries surveyed BU faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students to determine their use of and satisfaction with library services and resources. This report covers findings from the survey about the libraries’ collections, including opinions on the resources provided by the libraries, their use, Read the rest of this entry »

The newly reorganized International Business & Country Information guide is a great starting point for conducting international business research.  This guide includes a wide variety of country information sources such as country snapshots and statistics, finance, and global trade.  The resources can be searched by country or by region.  The... Read the rest of this entry »