Patricia Berens

Socrates Database now called ESG Manager

ESG Manager tracks companies’ and industries’ environmental, social, and governance activities and issues.  Those used to using Socrates will now find a new platform but the same information about sustainability efforts, ethics, labor issues, community relations, and much more.  ESG Manager can be accessed from the Library’s Databases A-Z page.  Please be aware that there [...]

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Emily Bullitt

Extended Library Hours

The library will have extended hours until the end of exam week!! Friday, 4/26: 7:30am – 12:00am Saturday, 4/27: 8:30am – 12:00am Sunday, 4/28 – Saturday 5/11: open 24/7 (closing 5/11 at 5:30pm)   Good luck with your exams!

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Patricia Berens

Lean In, The End of Sex, and many more new books

Come check out the library’s New Books section to find titles spanning all disciplines. Recent acquisitions include Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo Creating Room to Read: A Story of Hope in the Battle for Global Literacy by John Wood Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will [...]

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Power Search is working again

The vendor has resolved the issue.  If you experience any further issues with Power Search please contact the library; library@babson.edu, 781-239-4596.  Thank you. Currently we are experiencing technical issues with Power Search.   The problem is on the vendor end.  They are aware of the problem and working to fix it.  All other functionality on the library [...]

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Patricia Berens

New Online Language Learning Program Available

From Arabic to Vietnamese, and even including Pirate as well as Biblical Hebrew, Mango is a self-paced online language learning system offering 50 languages or language variations.  For each language there are two levels: Mango Basic teaches simple, practical skills for common, polite conversation situations in only a few hours, and  Mango Complete 2.0 teaches in-depth and [...]

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Patricia Berens

Friday, 4/5: BLOOMBERG PORTFOLIOS FIXED INCOME BASICS

Come to the Cutler Center in Horn Library on Friday at 2:00 p.m. to learn about the basics of fixed income portfolios, using Bloomberg.  This sesssion is being taught by Peter Manning.

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Patricia Berens

“Bloomberg Fridays” training sessions in Cutler Center

Take an hour and learn some relevant and unique applications in Bloomberg that can be used in Babson classes such as OEM, MCE, Security Valuation, Investments, and more! Fridays at 2:00 p.m. in the Cutler Center, Horn Library: FRIDAY, 3/8     PORTFOLIO CREATION & ANALYSIS (BONDS AND STOCKS)  taught by Peter Manning FRIDAY, 3/29  BLOOMBERG EXCEL [...]

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Patricia Berens

Economist.com full functionality restored

For all those who had experienced issues with downloading articles from Economist.com under our site license, these issues should now be resolved. If you still experience problems, please email research@babson.edu.  Please remember to access this resource via the Library homepage or Databases A-Z list.  Please keep in mind that article links can be posted and emailed, [...]

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ThomsonONE not compatible with Internet Explorer 10

ThomsonONE database is not compatible with the latest version of Internet Explorer, IE10.  If you experience issues with accessing ThomsonONE such as logging in and only seeing a blue screen, no menu or search options, please contact the library for technical support, research@babson.edu.  Internet Explorer is the only browser that is compatable with ThomsonONE but [...]

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Patricia Berens

Web of Science iPhone App from Thomson Reuters

INTRODUCING REFSCAN for iPhone powered by Web of KnowledgeSM and EndNote® Scan, search, and save scholarly literature on the go!  RefScan lets you search for and capture your references.  Scan a DOI (digital object identifier), access the references’ bibliographic information and times cited counts from Web of Knowledge, and save them to an EndNote Web account — [...]

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