Business Information Systems

The Library purchases high-quality subscription resources to support your assignments.

Use the University VPN system to access these resources any time, anywhere.

 

Getting Started

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New students might like to take a Virtual Tour of the Library.

For the briefest of introductions, see this slide set.

For an introduction to these Subject Pages see this video.

(pdf file 127 kb)

A short guide on how might legitimately use generative AI such as Chat GPT in your coursework, dissertations or research.

• Find your module readings in Moodle

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• Start researching your topic

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fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery

A variety of reference works, including dictionaries, which tutors may well prefer to Wikipedia, and it even tells you how to set out a reference to what you find. Try out the 'Mind Map' feature to see how your keyword links to others - useful for essay planning and dissertation work.

These short videos show you how Credo can speed up your research:

  1. Search tips
  2. Using the automated mind map

Additional access instructions:

For off campus access use this link

What

  • A variant of Google that searches for academic literature

Why

  • Provides access to articles, books, conference papers and preprints
  • Links to Full-text @ Portsmouth where available when settings are applied

How

  • Simple or advanced searching allowing refinement by date, author etc
  • A Library Guide to this resource is available

 

See this video for an introduction to the Library homepage and this video gives a brief tour of these subject pages.  Or try this Library Welcome interactive slide set.

• Use the EBSCO Discovery service

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Books

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Journals and Articles

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Company and Industry resources

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News Services

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Including our Financial Times and Economist subscriptions

Referencing

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Your Subject Team

 Timothy Collinson

Faculty Librarian

email timothy.collinson@port.ac.uk

 Marie Smith

Assistant Faculty Librarian

email Marie.smith@port.ac.uk