Business Information Alert articles from October 2005

Business Information Alert archives from October 2005

Researching financial services: a global perspective Part 2: sources for glossaries and reports.(Glossary)
October 1, 2005... This is the second of three articles providing an overview of the financial services sector and the research resources on financial services for business information professionals. Working from a global perspective, I have selected a series of...

From the editor.(Editorial)
October 1, 2005... Sylvia James continues her series on researching financial services in this issue. Here she covers glossaries, which will give you definitions of financial services terminology and explains how these are an essential part of research since...

It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that SWING!(News and Trends)
October 1, 2005... Numbers. Rankings. Facts and Figures. Statistical Appendixes. Tabular obsession is an occupational hazard for business researchers and can lead to a quagmire of inconsistencies. Sure, we brake for "official" or reputable sources of data, but...

The Accidental Library Manager.
October 1, 2005... Rachel Singer Gordon. 2005. Information Today, Inc. Softcover. 362p. ISBN: 1-57387-210-5. $29.50. Rachel Singer Gordon has added a very practical, yet thoughtful and even theoretical title to the Information Today "Accidental Librarian"...

The Management of Innovation.(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... John Storey, ed. 2004. Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc. Hardcover. 2v. ISBN: 1-84376-429-6. $495. This two-volume work is a collection of 53 research articles from the business and economic literature published in the last 30 years in which...

Directory of periodicals online.
October 1, 2005... Nuchine Nobari, ed. 2005. Library Technology Alliance, Ltd. Humanities & Religion Softcover. 1,686p. ISBN: 0-9745845-2-5. $249. Science & Technology 2v. Softcover. 2,929p. ISBN: 0-9745845-1-7. $279. Medical & Pharmaceutical...

The Future Demographic: Global Population Trends and Forecasts to 2010 and Beyond.(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... 2004. Euromonitor International. Softcover. 478p. ISBN: 1-84264-275-8. $475. Published November 2004, Future Demographic offers projections of the world's population for the next 15 years based on various marketing segments. The book is...