Audiobooks and Book Summaries for that long Road Trip
Did you know you can download e-audiobooks and book summaries through some of Horn Library’s resources? Find them in: Netlibrary Books 24×7 (Soundview Executive Book Summaries) BusinessSummaries
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Traveling Abroad This Summer? Country Information Available Through Global Road Warrior
Do you want a quick overview of the country you’ll be visiting? Do you want to understand their customs better, or know what adapters you’ll need so that your appliances will work? Maybe you just want to see a map? Then take a look at Global Road Warrior! It’s an online business travel guide that covers 175 countries and…
No Kindle or Nook Needed to Read our e-Books!
Horn Library has a large collection of e-books through several vendors: Books 24×7: Collection of 7,000+ e-books on IT and business topics through their ITPro, BusinessPro, FinancePro, ExecSummaries and ExecBluprints collections. Ebrary: Collection of 14,000+ e-books on all topics. Search the full-text, read online, & with a personal ebrary account, bookmark & highlight passages, add notes &…
Did You Know? In-depth Country Analyses in ISI Emerging Markets
ISI Emerging Markets pulls together business information from news sources, market research organizations, credit and risk rating agencies, equity analysts, and more for over 50 countries in Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America, and the MIddle East. This resource contains company, industry, and country profiles, business and political news, financial statements, economic statistics,…
Have a long commute? Want to listen to a good book?
Find downloadable e-audiobooks or book summaries via the following resources: Netlibrary Books 24×7 (Soundview Executive Book Summaries) BusinessSummaries
Need to look up a quick fact? Try our Virtual Reference Shelf!
Dictionaries, encyclopedias, directories across all disciplines — for quick topical overviews, concept look-ups, company listings, and more. It’s all in the Virtual Reference Shelf. Some sample resources are: Brands and Their Companies Business Plans Handbook Dictionary of Finance and Investment Terms Directory of Private Equity and Venture Capital Firms Encyclopaedia Britannica (Britannica Online) Encyclopedia of Emerging/Global…
Did You Know? Access Industry Reports in ProQuest!
If you thought that ProQuest was just an article database, you’re in for a big suprise! There’s so much more: The new BROWSE tab nicely categorizes available reports from such publishers as Datamonitor, Freedonia, First Research, Economist Intelligence Unit, and others. Dissertations are also included in the list as well as Hoover’s company profiles. The BROWSE tab only…
Harvard B-School faculty videos now on Business Source Complete
EBSCO’s Business Source Complete database now includes a business video collection with 55 videos from the Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series. The series features engaging video lectures from renowned professors and experts at the Harvard Business School. All lectures are captured from executive education programs, and offer groundbreaking ideas, insightful research, and practical advice…
Library InfoSession at the Blank Center
Thinking of starting a business plan? Come to a workshop to explore resources to help with your planning. Join us this Monday, October 19 at 5:15 in the Blank Center (Televideo Room, Ground Floor). This workshop will be a combination of resource overview, demonstration and hands-on training. Learn how to access: · Sample business plans…
NEW: Boston Business Journal and other local business papers
Read the Boston Business Journal right from the Library’s home page! Or access the whole collection of local business press via this link. Some of the cities covered are Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Philadelphia, San Francisco, St. Louis, Washington, and many more.