Entrepreneurship takes center stage at Marymount Library

"The best way to predict the future is to create it." 

- Peter Drucker

This month Marymount Library is emphasizing all things entrepreneurial. This includes showcasing library resources for entrepreneurs available both electronically and in print.  Here are a few of the resources we have on this exciting topic:

 Books:  We have several entrepreneur books, including: Bill Gates Business @ the Speed of Thought, The Search for Social Entrepreneurship, and The Entrepreneur Next Door. These titles represent just a small sample of the more than hundreds  available resources on this subject in our catalog.

eBooks:  We have several about entrepreneurship that are available electronically through the library. Titles include: In The Name of Entrepreneurship, Linking Entrepreneurship Education to Graduate Education, and Making Ecopreneurs: Developing Sustainable Entrepreneurship. The library has access to over 1,200 eBooks related to entrepreneurship available through ebrary.

We also have access to over 300 audio/visual items on the subject of entrepreneurship available through streaming via Films on Demand. Film titles like Eco-preneurs: business goes green, Capitalize on your Investment: Veterans in Business, still serving America, and Collaborative Entrepreneurship, represent just a few to choose from. All of these great resources can be found via the library catalog.

e-Resources:  You have access to multiple databases for finding business related information, including company profiles (e.g. Hoover's, First Research, Lexis Nexis); industry data and statistics; (e.g. Statistica, Statistical Insight); and databases for business reference and news (e.g. Business Source Elite, Credo Reference, ProQuest Library: Business).                    

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This library's recognition of Entrepreneurship also coincides with Marymount California's partnership with the San Pedro Chamber of Commerce in bringing you the Munch & Learn lecture: Five Qualities of Successful Entrepreneurs. This lecture is on Thursday, November 14, 2013 - 11:45 am to 1:00 pm. Information on the event can be found at here.

Trial Access to Music Online

The Library is currently running a trial of Music Online, a streaming audio collection that supports the teaching and research of music. It currently provides streaming access to over 900,000 tracks across all genres of music. In addition, Music Online contains a wealth of textual material for the study of music, including reference works, scores and lyric sheets, and primary sources such as oral histories and interviews with musicians.  Trial access to Music Online is available through May 23, 2013.

After reviewing Music Online, please let us know what you think by filling in this feedback form.  Your response will help us determine whether to subscribe to this resource in the future.



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Trial Resource Summarizes Medical Research Results

The Library is currently running a trial of the Cochrane Library, an online source of evidence on the effectiveness of a wide range of health care interventions.  Its content comprises full text Cochrane systematic reviews published online which summarize and interpret the results of medical research, abstracts of other systematic reviews published in medical and health journals, and a register of controlled clinical trials. Among the comprehensive medical topics covered, researchers will find information on issues dealing with mental health, public health, and the treatment of substance abuse. Trial access to the Cochrane Library is available through April 6, 2013. 

To access the trial, please visit the Library's Trial Resources page.  After reviewing the Cochrane Library, please let us know what you think by filling in this feedback form.  Your response will help us determine whether to subscribe to this resource in the future.

New Statistics Resource Available

Last semester, the Library tested out a new statistics portal called Statista.  Feedback from students and faculty was very positive, and we're happy to announce that the we now offer access to this impressive resource.  The database provides statistics on over 85,000 diverse topics of data and facts from over 18,000 sources. Categorized into over 20 market sectors, Statista provides access to quantitative facts on technology, finance, politics, and many more areas of interest. Sources of information include North American, European, and Asian market researchers, trade publications, scientific journals, and government databases.  You'll find a link to Statista under the Business & Economics and Social Sciences tabs of the e-Resources page.  If you need help using Statista, just ask a librarian!

Trial Access to Statistics Portal

The Library is currently running a trial of a new statistics portal called Statista.  The database provides statistics on over 85,000 diverse topics of data and facts from over 18,000 sources. Categorized into over 20 market sectors, Statista provides access to quantitative facts on agriculture, finance, politics, and many more areas of interest. Sources of information include North American, European, and Asian market researchers, trade publications, scientific journals, and government databases.  The Library’s trial is available through November 27. 

To access the trial, please visit the Library's Trial Resources page.  After reviewing Statista, please let us know what you think by filling in this feedback form.  Your response will help us determine whether to subscribe to this resource in the future.

New e-Resource Helps Identify Leading Sources for Research

Oxford Bibliographies is a new e-Resource available from Marymount College Library that helps researchers quickly identify the most important writings on hundreds of topics.

With all the information that one can quickly find on a topic, one of the biggest challenges researchers face is knowing where to start.  What is considered essential reading, those books and articles that break new ground and are fundamental to understanding the contours of a topic of inquiry?  Oxford Bibliographies is a collection of annotated bibliographies on hundreds of topics in five broad subject areas:  biblical studies, philosophy, psychology, sociology, and education.

The subject areas include a growing list of key topics in their respective fields of study.  Each of these topical entries gives the reader overviews of the topic as well as an understanding of various sub-topics.  Most importantly, the entries provide an annotated bibliography for all aspects of the topic, enabling the researcher to quickly learn which works are considered seminal and why.  Links to the library's catalog make it easy to find the cited works at Marymount or to borrow them from another library.

To begin using Oxford Bibliographies, click here.  Links to the bibliographies are also available from the library's e-Resources guide.

Marymount Library Rolls Out New Catalog

Marymount College Library is pleased to announce the roll out of a new catalog for finding books, articles and other formats.

With the start of the new academic year, students, faculty and staff at Marymount College now have an easier way to discover library resources available to them.  The new catalog improves on the Library's previous catalog by showing users not only what is in the Library's print collection, but also retrieves relevant results from many of the electronic resources the Library subscribes to, giving researchers convenient access to the content of thousands of electronic journals, magazines and newspapers.


The new system also searches the holdings of libraries around the world.  While users will first see results available to them from Marymount College, they can also easily discover additional items located at other libraries and can then request to borrow or get a copy of those items through Interlibrary Loan.

Users will also find it much easier to manage their library account using the new system.  Once logged into, they can check the due dates of books, renew items online, keep track of books placed on hold and see if they have any overdue fines.

To get started with the new catalog, check out this quick video on how to search for books.


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Library Announces New Global Issues in Context Resource

Curious about Kony 2012?  Trying to understand the European Debt Crisis?  Whatever the issue you're researching, getting a global perspective helps to deepen your understanding and appreciate different viewpoints.

This is where the Library's new electronic resource Global Issues in Context comes in.  Global Issues in Context offers global perspectives on issues of international importance and current world events and topics in the news related to these issues. Not a pro and con database, Global Issues in Context is a non-U.S. centric resource that ties together a variety of sources to present a rich analysis of issues — providing information seekers with a framework to better understand 21st-century issues and events while highlighting global connections and the interdependence of all nations.

For help searching Global Issues in Context or any of the Library's resources, Ask-A-Librarian.