Business Library News http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/biz Thu, 07 May 2009 16:47:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en Job Hunting? http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/biz/2009/05/07/job-hunting/ http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/biz/2009/05/07/job-hunting/#comments Thu, 07 May 2009 16:43:52 +0000 Kimberly Bloedel http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/biz/?p=246 Check out the Biz Library’s new employment guide “Get Hired!” http://guides.lib.uiowa.edu/gethired

]]> http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/biz/2009/05/07/job-hunting/feed/ New Guide: Dissertations and Theses http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/biz/2009/03/03/new-guide-dissertations-and-theses/ http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/biz/2009/03/03/new-guide-dissertations-and-theses/#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:11:29 +0000 Todd Degraff http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/biz/?p=236 The University Libraries have published a guide to Dissertations and Theses. Users can find links to many online resources, with full-text downloads or copies available via Interlibrary Loan. Foreign publications, music theses, and new University of Iowa dissertations also figure in the guide.

]]> http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/biz/2009/03/03/new-guide-dissertations-and-theses/feed/ SciBX Trial Extended http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/biz/2009/03/02/scibx-trial-extended/ http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/biz/2009/03/02/scibx-trial-extended/#comments Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:28:10 +0000 Todd Degraff http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/biz/?p=234 The trial for SciBX has been extended to April 22, 2009.  It was originally to expire in February.

Nature’s SciBX provides a unique scientific and commercial perspective on today’s breakthrough science.  SciBX distills the weekly flood of over 400 scientific articles down to the 25 most significant developments each week and provides in-depth analysis and commentary on the most important findings. SciBX will help the scientists and policy makers at your institution save time and resources by tracking and highlighting emerging translational science.

- Publisher Info.

Please send comments to David Martin.

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]]> http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/biz/2009/02/26/new-books-page/feed/ New Books Update: February 9, 2009 http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/biz/2009/02/09/new-books-update-february-9-2009/ http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/biz/2009/02/09/new-books-update-february-9-2009/#comments Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:43:59 +0000 Todd Degraff http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/biz/?p=227 New books are located on the tall book shelves in the corridors behind the information desk. This list is ordered by call number.

In addition, see Books24×7, an online collection focusing on business and computer science, as well as the University Libraries’ complete selection of E-books.

Smart world : breakthrough creativity and the new science of ideas /
by Ogle, Richard.
Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business School Press, c2007.
Table of contents:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip074/2006035420.html
BF408 .O35 2007

The new industrial state /
by Galbraith, John Kenneth.
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2007.
Publisher description:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0704/2006052864-d.html
Contributor biographical information:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0708/2006052864-b.html
HC106.6 .G35 2007

Throwing sheep in the boardroom : how online social networking will transform your life, work and world /
by Fraser, Matthew.
Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, c2008.
Publisher description:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0901/2008041507-d.html
Table of contents:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0902/2008041507-t.html
HD30.37 .F73 2008

Forced out : older workers confront job loss /
by Root, Kenneth.
Boulder : FirstForumPress, 2009.
HD5708.55.U6 R65 2009

The ideology of home ownership : homeowner societies and the role of housing /
by Ronald, Richard.
Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Publisher description:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0829/2008015861-d.html
Table of contents:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0829/2008015861-t.html
HD7287.8 .R66 2008

Technological turf wars : a case study of the computer antivirus industry /
by Johnston, Jessica R.
Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2009.
HD9696.63.U62 J57 2009

Capital ideas evolving /
by Bernstein, Peter L.
Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2007.
Table of contents:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip077/2006102237.html
Publisher description:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0741/2006102237-d.html
HG173 .B473 2007

Debt, innovations, and deflation : the theories of Veblen, Fisher, Schumpeter, and Minsky /
by Raines, J. Patrick.
Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, c2008.
HG229 .R346 2008

Do they walk on water? : Federal Reserve chairmen and the Fed /
by Santow, Leonard Jay.
Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2009.
HG2563 .S26 2009

Fooling some of the people all of the time : a long short story /
by Einhorn, David.
Hoboken, N.J. : J. Wiley, c2008.
Publisher description:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0828/2008011992-d.html
Table of contents:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0828/2008011992-t.html
HG3729.U5 E44 2008

The future of the financial exchanges : insights and analysis from the Mondo Visione Exchange Forum /
by Skeete, Herbert C.
Burlington, MA : MondoVisione/Elsevier, c2009.
HG3821 .S54 2009

Your money and your brain : how the new science of neuroeconomics can help make you rich /
by Zweig, Jason.
New York : Simon & Schuster, c2007.
Table of contents:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip076/2006100986.html
Sample text:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0728/2006100986-s.html
HG4515.15 .Z84 2007

A behavioral approach to asset pricing /
by Shefrin, Hersh.
Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press/Elsevier, c2008.
HG4637 .S54 2008

Behavioral public finance /
New York : Russell Sage Foundation, c2006.
Table of contents:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0611/2005044938.html
HJ141 .B425 2006

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Would you like to learn more about the Financial Crisis?

We have the source for you. Consult our Financial Crisis research guide to find analyst reports, current news articles, books, and vodcasts pertaining to the current economic issues.

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Click here to search IDEA.

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In addition, see Books24×7, an online collection focusing on business and computer science, as well as the University Libraries’ complete selection of E-books.


Management in networks : on multi-actor decision making /
by Bruijn, J. A. de.
London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.
HD30.23 .B777 2008

Strategy, innovation, and change : challenges for management /
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Table of contents:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0804/2008000351.html
HD30.28 S7387 2008

The brand bubble : the looming crisis in brand value and how to avoid it /
by Gerzema, John.
San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, c2008.
HD69.B7 G43 2008

How to succeed in business using LinkedIn : making connections and capturing opportunities on the Web’s #1 business networking site /
by Butow, Eric.
New York : American Management Association, c2009.
HD69.S8 B885 2009

The analysis of firms and employees : quantitative and qualitative approaches /
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
Contributor biographical information:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0829/2008008259-b.html
Publisher description:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0829/2008008259-d.html
HD4901 .A652 2008

The changing face of women managers in Asia /
London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.
HD6054.4.A78 C45 2009

Who really made your car? : restructuring and geographic change in the auto industry /
by Klier, Thomas H.
Kalamazoo, Mich. : W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2008.
HD9710.3.U52 K55 2008

Frontiers of commodity chain research /
Published Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2009.
HF1040.7 .F76 2009

Strategies for the green economy : opportunities and challenges in the new world of business /
by Makower, Joel.
New York : McGraw-Hill, c2009.
HF5413 .M35 2009

Internet-enabled handheld devices, computing, and programming : mobile commerce and personal data applications /
by Hu, Wen Chen.
Hershey, PA : Information Science Reference, c2009.
HF5548.34 .H8 2009

Frontiers in quantitative finance : volatility and credit risk modeling /
Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2009.
HG106 .F76 2009

The snowball : Warren Buffett and the business of life /
by Schroeder, Alice.
New York : Bantam Books, 2008.
HG172.B84 S37 2008

Naked finance : business finance pure and simple /
by Meckin, David.
London ; Boston : Nicholas Brealey Pub., 2007.
Table of contents: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0719/2007021556.html
HG4026 .M433 2007

China : business opportunities in a globalizing economy /
[Frederiksberg, Denmark] : Copenhagen Business School Press ; Portland, OR : [Distributed in] North America [by] International Specialized Book Services, 2008.
HG5782 .C444 2008

The handbook of commodity investing /
by Fabozzi, Frank J.
Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2008.
HG6046 .F33 2008

RenGen, renaissance generation : the rise of the cultural consumer–and what it means to your business /
by Martin, Patricia.
Avon, Mass. : Platinum Press, c2007.
Table of contents:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip079/2007003078.html
HM851 .M375 2007

Remix : making art and commerce thrive in the hybrid economy /
by Lessig, Lawrence.
New York : Penguin Press, 2008.
KF3020 .L47 2008

Starting an Iowa charitable nonprofit corporation : a line-by-line walk-through of the legal documents to create a tax exempt Iowa nonprofit /
by Koontz, Richard.
[Iowa City, IA] : Iowa Nonprofit Resource Center, the University of Iowa, c2008.
KFI4411 .I595 2008

]]> http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/biz/2009/01/21/new-books-update-january-21-2009/feed/ Minneapolis Fed Offers Recession-Tracking Tool http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/biz/2009/01/09/minneapolis-fed-offers-recession-tracking-tool/ http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/biz/2009/01/09/minneapolis-fed-offers-recession-tracking-tool/#comments Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:45:48 +0000 Todd Degraff http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/biz/?p=202 The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis has developed a Web page that compares the current recession with the previous 10 post-World War II recessions.

Charts on the page allow users to track the length and the depth of the current recession in terms of employment and output versus changes in employment in output over past recessions.

The page will be updated as new data are released.

- Corridor Business Journal update for Jan.9, 2009

]]> http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/biz/2009/01/09/minneapolis-fed-offers-recession-tracking-tool/feed/ Library Books Delivered to Campus Offices http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/biz/2009/01/08/library-books-delivered-to-campus-offices/ http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/biz/2009/01/08/library-books-delivered-to-campus-offices/#comments Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:28:26 +0000 Todd Degraff http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/biz/?p=199 The University Libraries, with Central Mail Services, will now deliver books to campus offices.  Readers make their requests through the InfoHawk catalog.  Find out more about this service.

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