College of Business Library Update, January 2020

Below is a small selection of books and ebooks acquired during the fall 2019 semester. Click on book covers to access location.

The code: Silicon Valley and the remaking of America (print)

Essentials of business analytics: An introduction to the methodology and its applications (print)

Hospitality finance and accounting: Essential theory and practice (print)

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How finance works: The HBR guide to thinking smart about the numbers (print)

Inside blockchain, Bitcoin, and cryptocurrencies (online)

Market mover: Lessons from a decade of change at Nasdaq (print)

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The purpose of the business school: Alternative views and implications for the future (online)

The ride of a lifetime: Lessons learned from 15 years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company (print)

Smart retailing: Technologies and strategies (online)

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Stay the course: The story of Vanguard and the index revolution (print)

Tech boss lady: How to start-up, disrupt, and thrive as a female founder (print)

Trillion dollar coach: The leadership playbook of Silicon Valley's Bill Campbell (print)

October 2019 marked the publication of the seventh edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (the library owns two copies). Now, when citing webpages, users no longer need to preface the url with "Retrieved from" (there are exceptions). Also, for an article without a doi from a database, users cite that article like they would cite an article in print. Here's an example—

Online journal article with no doi taken from the library's ABI/INFORM Collection database: New APA style

Stull, M. (2009). Balancing market and mission: A nonprofit case study. Business Renaissance Quarterly, 4(3), 129-152.

The APA portion of Purdue University's Purdue OWL is scheduled to reflect these changes (and others) in "early Spring 2020." The CSUMB Library's Citing Business Information Sources APA Style handout will be revised once Purdue Owl has been updated.

IBISWorld Industry Reports is moving to a new search interface called My IBISWorld. The move is scheduled for Wednesday, January 15, 2020. The new interface includes additions in content. Most notable changes are:

New industry SWOT section added to each report
Interactive charts
An expanded industry Technology & Systems section

Despite the name—My IBISWorld—personal customization is not available for university subscribers. A link to the old version of IBISWorld (now called Classic IBISWorld) will be available until mid-2020. Click here to get a preview of My IBISWorld.

My IBISWorld homepage

There are now eight informal how-to business videos available on the CSUMB library's YouTube channel. Videos are:

I'm available to embed videos within customized Google Forms to create extra credit assignments for your classes. Here's an example: An introduction to the CSUMB library website for business students.

There were twenty-seven instruction sessions held during fall 2019 for College of Business classes. If you would like to schedule instruction, feel free to contact me, Stephen Fadel—I'd be happy to meet with your students.

Macro Economics, BUS-201

Instruction sessions: 1

Business Communication, Ethics, and Critical Thinking, BUS-304

Instruction sessions: 18 (2 sessions per class section)

Principles of Management, BUS-305

Instruction sessions: 4

Fundamentals of Marketing, BUS-306

Instruction sessions: 1

Entrepreneurship, BUS-310

Instruction sessions: 1

Strategic Management, BUS-499

Instruction sessions: 2