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Library 1:1 Sessions

Feeling overwhelmed by the task of navigating SOLO to find books and journal articles, or exploring multiple business and management related databases and eresources?

You now have the option to book a personalised consultation session with one of our experienced librarians at the Sainsbury Library, either online or in person. This tailored session will provide you with the guidance and support your need to streamline your search and make the most out of the available resources. Don’t hesitate to reach out to us.

  • Session: Selecting business databases for your research:
    Contact: Hal Kirkwood, Bodleian Business Librarian: hal.kirkwood@sbs.ox.ac.uk
  • Session: Help with using and searching the business databases:
    Contact: Heidi Smithson, Senior Information Librarian: heidi.smithson@sbs.ox.ac.uk
  • Session: How to make the most of resources and services at the Bodleian Libraries via SOLO:
    Contact: Cui Cui, Circulation and Customer Services Librarian: cui.cui@sbs.ox.ac.uk
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Self-help e-books

Trinity Term is a particularly stressful time of year for our students but support is available. The University Health and Welfare team are on hand to provide a variety of resources and assistance. In addition to University services, Nightline provides a completely independent listening, support, and information service run for and by students.

From a library perspective, we feel we have a pastoral duty of care to our readers. We seek to provide a safe, welcoming space where students can achieve what they set out to achieve. The Bodleian as a whole has been carefully collecting and curating a selection of self-help books for students, staff, and any other interested users. The majority of these books are e-books, which we feel adds an element of discretion for those who wish for it. These e-books are available to view at any time of day, from any location; all you need is an internet connection and your Single Sign-On.

The full list of titles is available as a Reading List on ORLO. If you feel there are any titles or topics we may have missed, please do get in touch with our disability librarian.

Christmas Vacation Opening Times 2022

As Michaelmas term draws to a close, here is a run-down of useful information about our opening hours and staffing across Christmas and the New Year.

Library Staffed hours:

The library will be unstaffed from 5pm on Thursday 22nd December until 9am on Tuesday 3rd January. Once the library is unstaffed, access will be for SBS members only until the building closes for the holiday.

Building Opening hours:

The Park End Street building (including the Sainsbury Library) will be closed from 6pm on Thursday 22nd December and will re-open at 7am on Tuesday 3rd January. Normal opening hours will then resume.

Have a great vacation and we’ll see you in the new year!

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Sainsbury Library Closure 11th-15th July 2022

As part of our efforts to improve library study spaces, the Sainsbury Library at the Saïd Business School will be closed for the week of 11th July for the installation of new desks and revised study layouts across the first floor reading room.

  • Books required from the Sainsbury Library can be fetched by library staff on request to library@sbs.ox.ac.uk. Library staff will be working from home but will aim to have the book ready for you to collect on the next working day.
  • Sainsbury Library book returns can be made to the main Oxford Saïd reception desk, for later collection by library staff.
  • Bodleian stack books that have been ordered to the Sainsbury Library will not be available during this period. These books should be ordered to other Bodleian reading rooms across Oxford during the closure.
  • Access to the library’s Bloomberg terminal will be unavailable during this week. Other financial databases including Eikon are available remotely, more information is available on our subject guide.

Alternative study space will be available for Saïd Business School students in the old Careers office off reception. The Common Room, Dining Room and Marquee spaces will also be available to SBS students as usual.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused and thank you for your patience while these improvements are carried out. If you have any questions, please email us at library@sbs.ox.ac.uk

Get Software

Did you know that as an Oxford University member you can obtain a variety of software products? We have put together the guide below to direct you to all the software available at Oxford!

Software for University of Oxford members

The University of Oxford provides a wide variety of software for staff and students including SPSS, STATA, ArcGIS, NVivo, Windows, EndNoteMATLAB and Overleaf.

Library iMacs

The iMacs in the library have Orchard Software Centre installed, which is similar to the App Store. You can use the Orchard Software Centre app to install apps from the Orchard software list (some apps may require a licence).

How do I actually borrow a book?

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This is something Sainsbury Library staff get asked a lot! So we’ve decided to make a quick guide to borrowing from the Sainsbury Library. First thing to remember is members of SBS can borrow books in the Sainsbury Library any time during the Park End Street building’s opening hours. Just tap in and out of the library with your SBS access card.

Find the book in SOLO

You can search for books in the library search tool SOLO. Enter keywords into the search bar, such as the title and author of a book. Filter in the pane on the left by library to see just Sainsbury Library items. Click the ‘Find & request’ button to see more information including an alphabetical list of the libraries that have a copy of the book. Click the arrow button to the right to see further details for each library. This book is available, as shown on the right.

A screenshot of the library search tool SOLO, showing the collection and shelfmark for a Sainsbury Library book

 

 

Find the collection and shelfmark

To find the book on the shelf you will need two pieces of information, the collection and the shelfmark (sometimes called a call number). The collection here is Lower Reading Room. The Sainsbury Library has a few different collections: Lower Reading Room, Stack, Annexe and Careers.

The shelfmark here is HG4026 BER 2020. The Sainsbury Library uses the Library of Congress classification scheme to classify books by subject matter.

Find the book on the shelf

Lower Reading Room books are on the shelves on the first floor of the Park End Street building. Stack books are on the shelves on the second floor. Annexe and Careers collection books are in a separate room, ask library staff to fetch these for you.

Search for the shelfmark of the book you need. Books are arranged in an A-Z sequence within each collection, and there are posters by each set of shelves which show which shelfmarks are in each area. The Social Science Library has a guide to Library of Congress shelfmarks which can help you to understand the scheme.

Borrow the book

Once you have found the book, you can read it in the library or borrow it and take it home. Books can be borrowed and returned with library staff at the Enquiry Desk during staffed hours or using the self-issue kiosk next to the desk at other times. You will need your University/Bod card to do this (the one with the blue stripe across the top). Books are issued for a standard seven day loan and you will receive reminder emails the day before anything on your account is due back. Log in to your account on SOLO to renew items online, you will only be unable to renew if another reader has requested them.

Help

Library staff are here to help so if you get stuck and need a hand just ask!

Webinar: What does it mean to be a responsible company?

The Library Team is excited to offer you an exclusive opportunity to join Glenn Hall , Global chief director of Dow Jones Newswires and Borja Monforte, Leading Dow Jones’ ESG research team for an interactive discussion on corporate responsibility and the new environment during and after the global Covid-19 pandemic.

The seminar will take place on Wednesday 16th June.

Book your place: https://webinars.on24.com/…

The online event is free to attend.

Organised in partnership with our library provider ProQuest, this session will be particularly valuable to students currently enrolled in our business and management courses.

This is a great opportunity to hear from a world-leading experts on social and governance issues, global company responsibility, finance, capital markets, investments and investments.

Lockdown Business Resources

Whilst the Sainsbury Library is closed, you can still access all of our online resources.

Here are some handy summaries of the key resources. You can also check them all out on the Key Business Resources​ LibGuide or via #SainsburyLibResources on Twitter.


Bloomberg

Bloomberg provides access to financial data, including equities, fixed income, indices, commodities, currencies, and more.

  • Explore the equity market with:
    • KI (key insights)
    • FA (financial analysis)
    • EGRV (equity relative valuation).
  • Explore the fixed income market with:
    • FIW (fixed income worksheet)
    • BVAL (Bloomberg valuation)
    • LQA (liquidity assessment)

Bloomberg LibGuide


Mergent Online

Mergent Online provides access to:

  • Global analysis of a wide range of industries.
  • Decades of active and inactive company financial data
  • Investment analyst reports in the Investext tab

Access Mergent Online


Mergent Archives

Mergent Archives provides access to company annual reports.

Access Mergent Archives


Orbis

Orbis provides access to European financial data.

Access Orbis


Capital IQ

Capital IQ provides access to global financial data for public and private companies.

➜ Email library@sbs.ox.ac.uk to request access


Retail Insight

Retail Insight provides access to global insight, analysis, news and data covering more than 9,000 retail operations across 211 markets

Set up a Retail Insight account


Zephyr

Zephyr provides access to information on M&A, IPO, private equity and venture capital deals.

Access Zephr


IBISWorld

IBISWorld provides Brexit Impact Statements for over 400 industries. This includes over 30 pages of stats & analysis on the market, operating conditions, performance, and major participants. They have also developed both a Covid-19 Impact Tool and a combined Covid-19/Brexit Impact Tool to understand different industries’ vulnerability to exposure factors. Monthly updates are available.

Access IBISWorld

 

Bloomberg Webinars for Students – October 2020

This month Bloomberg are adding more student webinars to their range of resources. Click on the title links below to register for any of the webinars.

Upcoming Webinars For Students

Equity Screening and Back testing
27/10/20 Tuesday 12:00 PM GMT
FX Options
27/10/20 Tuesday 1:00 PM GMT
Commodity Derivatives
28/10/20 Wednesday 12:00 PM GMT
FI Derivatives
28/10/20 Wednesday 1:00 PM GMT
BQL
29/10/20 Thursday 11:00 AM GMT
PORT – Portfolio Risk and Optimization
29/10/20 Thursday 12:00 PM GMT
Islamic finance
29/10/20 Thursday 1:00 PM GMT