A turning Technologies representative will be on campus July 9 at 9 am – LTC 219.  If you can make time, please join us!

This student response system is designed to help engage the computer generation.  It can be used for everything from taking attendance, checking if students understood the reading, verifying if students understood the main concepts, giving you a sense of students’ base knowledge, etc.  The two Semester Research project managed by the Reed Group, LLC in partnership with Thomson Learning, Turning Technologies and the University of Illinois found that 87% of students were more likely to attend class and 72% more students were likely to participate in class.

2 New Trials:
CQ Global Researcher and IBISWorld

Access these new trials directly from our trial databases page.

CQ Global Researcher: Modeled after the award-winning CQ Researcher, CQ Global Researcher provides students with definitive, in-depth coverage of global affairs from a number of international viewpoints. Available exclusively online, CQ Global Researcher offers focused, readable, single-topic reports on vital world issues.  During this trial CQ Global reports are available through our CQ Researcher platform, check the right hand sidebar.

IBISWorld: “…provides independent, accurate, comprehensive, and up to date research on over 700 industries, including statistics, analysis and forecasts. We also have reports on  8000 companies, as well as Risk Rating Reports on every industry.”

On Monday, June 23 the library will open at noon, not 9.  Due to a power outage, we will be opening later.

Beginning July 7, the library will have new hours:

Monday-Thursday: 9-6

Friday: 9-5

Saturday & Sunday: Closed

Instead of having to go back and forth on the Virtual Library page, you can install a toolbar in your web browser. This allows you to search straight from your home page. Right now it works with IE and Firefox (both pc and Mac versions).

http://concordiacspedu.ourtoolbar.com/

Are you looking for a free tool to help you manage your research? Try Zotero, a Firefox extension! http://www.zotero.org/

Do you prefer to use a feed reader to keep up with your web reading?

ProQuest now offers RSS in addition to it’s original Alert option.

Just look for these icons (at the top of your ProQuest search results page) to set up either service:

Access the new trial directly or from our trial databases page. Please contact the reference desk for the password.

“Marketline provides industry and company profiles (for both domestic and international businesses), as well as advanced navigation (for example, from a company overview page, link to competitors, financial deals, analyst updates, relevant industries, and industry lists) and additional, powerful geographical, political, business and market research and analysis tools:

- The Financial Deals tool allows users to research all acquisitions, IPOs, mergers, etc., as well as their status (Announced, Rumoured, Completed or Terminated), and in depth information about the nature of the deal and the involved companies.

- The Latest News tool is a live feed of articles from our analysts about late-breaking industry and business news. Roughly 70-100 new articles are added weeks, so one every few hours.

- The Country Quick View tool is a quick reference point for geographical, historical and political data for all countries in the database. This view is designed to provide context to the database by offering an overview of any country or geo-political grouping. Additionally, you can view the country profile reports for the top 60 global economies.

- The Country Dynamics tool allows users to select geographies and industry drivers (across a huge variety of indicators, such as disease prevalence, technology use, agriculture, etc.) and create and compare statistical tables and graphs which can be manipulated and downloaded into a number of different formats (Excel, Word, Powerpoint).

- The Consumer Markets tool also allows users to create informational and statistical tables and graphs covering historic market values, volumes, distribution channels, company, and brand shares for food, beverage, personal care, pet care, and tobacco industries worldwide.”

In celebration of National Library Week (13-18 April), Gale is offering free access to some of its electronic databases. Take a look and let us know what you think!Gale’s free National Library Week access includes the following resources: Academic OneFile, Biography Resource Center, British Library Newspapers, Gale Directory Library, Gale Virtual Reference Library, General OneFile, Health & Wellness Resource Center, History Resource Center: U.S., History Resource Center: World, Literature Criticism Online, LitFinder, Literature Resource Center, Nursing Resource Center, Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center: Critical Thinking, Popular Magazines, PowerSearch, Science Resource Center, Small Business Resource Center, Sources in U.S. History Online: The American Revolution, Sources in U.S. History Online: The Civil War, Sources in U.S. History Online: Slavery in America.

Books and Authors (GALE): Offers browesable menus and advanced visual search technology that can help you discover authors and literature to match your interests! Be sure to try the who/what/when/where browse option! You can access it via the link above or also go to our Trial Databases page.