London Business School Library Induction slides for 2016-17 academic year

1. Library@london.edu

2. portal.london.edu
This authenticates you to our e-journals, e-books
and subscribed websites and databases
Nearly all are available off campus.
Login for premium
access

3. Databases that need
pre-registration
Capital IQ - global company data (& PE)
E-Financial News - banking & PE
F.T.com - the Financial Times
Factset - global company data
Forrester - new media/technology
Roubini - global economics
SNL Financial - banking, insurance, financial services,
Vault - careers & top employers
WRDS - research databases in finance
Register in
the A-Z list
in Portal
The Economist is in our database list – but no need to register

4. Capital IQ
registration request
A-Z list of databases

5. Page 5
Locate them in the Library catalogue.
Look for the URL
Books and E-Books
Use the Library catalogue - or SUMMON

6. Page 6

7. Browse e-journals
Find it in the A-Z list in Portal Library services
Find it on the Library home page
See if we have an e-journal...

8. They list
subscribed and key
web resources
Research Guides!

9. Page 9
Research Training
Bloomberg, CIQ, Top 5 databases, M&A, Job search, Market research
“…thank you for running
the session today. I know I
certainly learnt a lot from it
and, frankly, wish I had taken
it sooner. “
“..your tips have saved
me quite a bit of time…”
Find the training
calendar or email us!

10. Library help desk hours
Hours may vary during vacations and Bank Holidays
Monday-Friday 09:00 - 20:00hrs
Saturday-Sunday 11:00 - 17:00hrs

11. Library Self issue
Kiosks are on the ground & 1st floor
Borrow, renew and return books
Check your account
Settle any charges

12. and out candy to
trick or treatersPage 12
https://twitter.com/LBS_LibraryTeam
Follow us on
Twitter….

13. A quick quiz
Pick one of 2 answers
Hold up one hand for answer 1
and 2 hands for answer 2

14. Year to date which (target)industry has had the
largest market share of deals ?
1.Financials
2.Energy

15. 2 - Energy 11.2% (Finance 10.4)
Thomson One> Market views> Deal activity

16. How many e-journals do we have that
contain the word leadership in the title?
1. 33
2. 67

17. 1. 33
Use the A-Z of E-journals in Portal to find them.

18. Pokemon Go
Users are spending on average how long each day
on the app?
1. 33 minutes
2. 43 minutes

19. 1. 33 minutes According to CNET news (sourcing Sensor
Tower) – see the global news database Factiva

20. Which company has the greatest number of
analysts tracking it?
1. Netflix Inc
2. LinkedIn Inc.

21. To read the full text of analyst’s reports use Thomson One and
Bloomberg
1. Netflix Inc. with 47 LinkedIn has 43, Source: Bloomberg
Capital IQ also has more for Netflix.

22. CAGR 2010 – 2015 Which has had the greatest
overall increase in tobacco consumption per capita?
1. India
2. China

23. 2. China with 6.44% (India has 4.58%)
From the database: Marketline by Datamonitor

24. 1. 26%
2. 38%
According to Frost and Sullivan what % of
American homes have some form of
smart home solution?

25. 2. 38% - with 24% likely to adopt in the next 12 – 18 months

26. Tie break…
How many employees does
Tesco PLC have?
Year end 27/02/2016

27. 482,152– source Fame (UK company)
(or CIQ, Amadeus or Mergent)

28. All enquiries:
library@london.ed
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Thank you for listening.
Any questions?