
Friday, April 4, 2008
Thank you

Welcome back!
Emerald Author Guidelines

It is available to Emerald subscribers. To subscribe please register on the Emerald website once you've entered it via the Library's databases.
Here is what to expect as well as the links to the guidelines:
How to... write a case study
How to... write for a practitioner audience
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Trial Database: World Competitiveness Centre Online
Please use the User name and Password I sent in my email to you.
Both the user name and password are case sensitive. The access will be available until March 24 and is restricted to the users of our Library.
World Competitiveness Online is unique to:
- Analyze a country’s competitiveness performance over time
- Select a group of countries to benchmark, display just the data you need
- Download the results in Excel or PDF for your own research
- ”My Rankings”: choose some criteria of special interest to you, for example on health, or intellectual property and construct your own index
- For an optimal use of the software, World Competitive Online recommends that you use Internet Explorer, allowing Java script and pop up windows
Please give me feedback on whether or not you think this could be a valuable asset to yourself and your students.
Friday, February 8, 2008
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Now you need a PIN
You may have noticed that between 06.00 and 18.00 tomorrow (07.02.08) the databases will not be available.
Students (and staff) wanting to access the databases will be prompted to create a PIN.
Students and staff who have forgotten their PIN number can contact the Circulation Desk who will then detail the PIN field and assist clients to create a new PIN.
Those who want to change their PIN can do so via MyUJLINK. The process is similar to that of changing passwords where one will be prompted first for the old PIN and then the creation of a new PIN.
The PIN is 6 characters long and is alpha-numerical.
Another New Database: Blackwell Synergy
Blackwell Synergy
We've recently subscribed to Blackwell Synergy's publisher database (i.e. they publish all the journals listed in their database).
I'm very excited about this recent purchase as we now have access to more than 850 online journals, including access to a wide range of Accounting, Finance & Economic journals through the Library.
Accounting and Finance journals available include:
- Abacus
- Accounting and Finance
- European Financial Management
- Financial Accountability and Management
- Financial Markets, Institutions & Instruments
- The Financial Review
- Fiscal Studies
- International Finance
- International Journal of Auditing
- International Review of Finance
- Journal of Accounting Research
- Journal of Business Finance & Accounting
- The Journal of Finance
- The Journal of Financial Research
- Journal of International Financial Management & Accounting
- Journal of Money, Credit and Banking
- Journal of Risk & Insurance
- Public Budgeting & Finance
- Risk Management & Insurance Review
- World Banking Abstracts
Economics journals available include:
- Africa Research Bulletin
- Economic, Financial and Technical Series
- American Journal of Agricultural Economics
- The American Journal of Economics and Sociology
- Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics
- Asian Economic Journal
- Asian Economic Policy Review
- Asian-Pacific Economic Literature
- Australian Economic History Review
- Australian Economic Papers
- The Australian Economic Review
- The Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
- Bulletin of Economic Research
- Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics
- Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique
- China and World Economy
- Contemporary Economic Policy
- The Developing Economies
- Econometrica
- The Econometrics Journal
- Economic Affairs
- The Economic History Review
- Economic Inquiry
- The Economic Journal
- Economic Notes
- Economic Outlook
- Economic Policy
- The Economic Record
- Economica
- Economics & Politics
- The Economics of Transition
- Eurochoices
- The German Economic Review
- International Economic Review
- International Journal of Economic Theory
- The Japanese Economic Review
- Journal of Agricultural Economics
- Journal of Economic Surveys
- The Journal of Industrial Economics
- Journal of Public Economic Theory
- Kyklos
- LABOUR: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations
- The Manchester School
- Metroeconomica
- OPEC Review
- Oxford Bulletin of Economics & Statistics
- Pacific Economic Review
- Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik
- Real Estate Economics
- Review of Agricultural Economics
- Review of Development Economics
- The Review of Economic Studies
- Review of Income and Wealth
- Review of International Economics
- The Scandinavian Journal of Economics
- Scottish Journal of Political Economy
- South African Journal of Economics
- The World Economy
Many articles in these journals are available in both PDF and HTML formats and are fully searchable. They also include reference links to cited articles in ISI, and in other journals through CrossRef. In many cases, there are also ‘forward links' to citing articles and the service is compatible with a range of different Reference Management software, including RefWorks.
You can find Blackwell Synergy listed under B on the list of databases.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
What SA Sector covers:
Here are some of the industries SA Sectors cover:
(this is not all of the 203 industries, but should give you an idea of what is available)
AGRICULTURE, HUNTING, FORESTRY & FISHING
Cattle Farming
MINING & QUARRYING
Includes: Mining of Gold & Uranium Ore; Coal & Lignite; Platinum Group Metals and Diamonds etc
MANUFACTURING
Includes: Various Food Industries such as Abattoirs Canned, Preserved, Processed & Dehydrated Fruit & Vegetables, Fresh Milk; Soft Drinks, Production Of Mineral Preparation & Spinning Of Textile Fibres, Weaving Of Textiles; Various Paper And Pulp Industries; Various Publishing Industries; Perfumes, Cosmetics & Other Toilet; various Tyres & Tubes ; Accumulators, Primary Cells & Primary Batteries; Motor Vehicles - Local Manufacture; Jewellery & Related Articles; Sports Goods Etc
BUILDING OF COMPLETE CONSTRUCTIONS OR PARTS THEREOF; CIVIL ENGINEERING
WHOLESALE & RETAIL TRADE; REPAIR OF MOTOR VEHICLES; MOTOR CYCLES & PERSONAL & HOUSEHOLD GOODS; HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Includes: Carbonated Soft Drinks; Textiles & Woven Fabric; Retail Trade in non-specialised Stores; Retail Trade in Textiles, Clothing and Footwear; Retail of Household Furniture and Appliances; Hotels & Inns; Fast Food Franchises -Restaurants, Bars & Canteens; Restaurant and Take-Away Franchises etc
TRANSPORT, STORAGE & COMMUNICATION
Includes: Railway Transport; Mini Bus Taxi; Bus Services Industry; Freight Transport; Ocean Shipping; Low Cost Airlines; Cargo Handling; Ports and Related Activities; Travel Industry; Telecommunications; Cellular and Fixed Line Telephony; Infrastructure, Including Hardware, Networking and Convergence Technology etc
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE & BUSINESS SERVICES
Includes: Discount Houses & Commercial & Other Banking Services & Building Society Activities; Other Credit Granting; Loyalty and Reward Programmes; Property Fund Managers; Other Financial Intermediation n.e.c: Private Equity; various Life Insurance industries; The Retirement Fund Industry; Medical Aid Funding; various Insurance; Security Dealing Activities; Property Owning & Letting; Developing Real Estate, Subdividing Real Estate into lots & Residential Development on Own; Leisure & Tourism - Sun International & Southern Sun; Leisure & Tourism – Other; Software Consultancy; Information Technology Outsourcing; E-Commerce Enablers; Internet Service providers; Market Research and Public Opinion Polling etc
COMMUNITY, SOCIAL & PERSONAL SERVICES
Includes: General Hospitals; Preferred Provider Networks; Pathology Practices in South Africa; Waste Management; Motion picture and video production and distribution etc
ADHOC REPORTS
Includes: Tertiary Book Publishers; Sasol & Engen Retail Distribution; The South African Automotive Component Industry Aftermarket; Energy In South Africa
Brand New Database: SA Sectors
- a detailed profile of all the significant players in the sector
- an organogram giving a snapshot structure of the sector
- an overview of the industry and issues facing it.
The reports provide:
- an overview of the industry
- the use of the product that is the main focus of the industry (in the case of mining)
- the infrastructure
- legislative environment
- production environment
- corporate social responsibility
- state of the industry in South Africa
- smaller upcoming companies in the industry
- summary of major role players
- references
- organogram of the industry with percentage holding of market
- companies profiles included contact details (updated annually)
- shareholders
- history of the business
- description of the products
- general comments.
Access:
We are busy loading the URLs onto the Library's list of databases, however, you can gain access to SA Sectors via the Who Owns Whom website. You will find SA Sectors listed on the left side of your screen, as well as in the middle section. The sectors listed on the home page are the newest ones added.
Passwords:
When you click on an item (industry, search function or list) you will be prompted for a user name and password: please use the password provided in my email. Once SA Sectors is listed a password will no longer be needed.
Who Owns Whom also offers two FREE services:
This list Mergers & Acquisitions by: * Date *Target *Acquisitor *BEE Deals *Key Positions (appointments/resignations) *Foreign Deals
TakeOver Talk is updated weekly.
Corporate Action
This section lists: * New listings on the JSE (providing JSE code and abbreviation) *Delistings (provides the reason for the delisting) *Company Name Changes (provides the old and new name and the JSE codes)
Monday, January 21, 2008
To access The Economist Historical Archive 1843-2003 please click here. You will be asked to enter your name, institution and email address to gain access to the trial.
Features and benefits of The Economist Historical Archive includes:
- Authoritative ˜leaders" (editorials), news coverage, commentaries and letters on British, American and world politics and business
- Special surveys and supplements on Countries and Industries
- Renowned sections including 'Science and Technology'
- Classified and display advertising profiling major companies, job opportunities, etc
- Detailed topic search, facsimile pages, hit-term highlighting
- Searchable 'covers gallery'
- Searchable financial data. Key economic indicators post-1983 available in exportable format
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Faulty URL linkages from your Alerts
We are currently experiencing some problems with faulty links to articles from the database alerts that are emailed to you (if you've registered for them)
While we are waiting for the databases to fix the faulty links to articles, there is a way of manually fixing the URL to retrieve the article.
This can be useful for if you want to include links on web pages or Library Live or Edulink
You need to insert the UJ code into the article URL.
The code is in 2 parts: one part (0-) comes directly after the http:// and the other (ujlink.uj.ac.za) comes directly before the first stroke /
So you need to change this:
https://apkmail.uj.ac.za/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://web.ebscohost.com./ehost/detail?vid=2%26hid=12%26sid=38613024-f154-4a9c-8d09-4abfd1bdfd1c%2540sessionmgr7
To this:
http://0-web.ebscohost.com.ujlink.uj.ac.za/ehost/detail?vid=2&hid=12&sid=38613024-f154-4a9c-8d09-4abfd1bdfd1c%40sessionmgr7
Do not change anything else in the URL, only insert the coding.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
More Information on the Emerald Author Workshop
I've also had numerous requests for more info on:
- the venue for the workshop
- the costs involved
- the amount of participants that can attend
- more information on what the workshop actually entails
The venue will only be finalised and communicated to me at the end of March, however, Eric Broug (Emerald Business Manager - Africa) indicated that due to the positive response of UJ we have quite a strong case to host it.
Costs
It's free!
Amount of participants that can attend
"I don’t have a maximum amount of attendees for the workshop, the more the merrier!" - Eric Broug's answer to this question.
More info
Although I do not know what Eric will be addressing specifically, I was able to find an Introduction to Emerald Author Workshops available on Emerald's database in the section dedicated to authors (and well worth a click.)
Here is what the introduction says: The main part of the session is the presentation that includes:
- background information on Emerald
- what being published means to the author
- the people (editors, their advisors and reviewers, publishers and authors themselves) involved throughout the process
- advice for authors on preparing and submitting articles
- the review process in detail
- how to get involved with your publisher
It is common for the presentation and workshop to be tailored to the audience (particularly if it is to take place at a conference) or reflect the subject coverage of a journal or range of journals if an editor is to give the presentation. The presentation will always include a question and answer session; they have occasionally (where the presenter has experience of journal editing) featured a clinic for a handful of one-on-one consultations with students or delegates. Emerald also supply a booklet - the "Author Workshop Resource" - for delegates to take away. This can also be customised to suit either audience or presenter and aims to back-up some points made in the presentation and broaden others.
I hope that this answers any immediate questions that has come up.
As always I will keep you informed of any change in detail or if more information becomes available.
Library training for your students
In these typically one hour-sessions I provide the students with an overview of:
- How to search for books
- Which databases are suitable for their subject area
- Using Bibliographic as well as Full Text databases
- Finding the full text article from a citation/reference/abstract
- Reference techniques
- RefWorks (if time permits and if asked for specifically)
If you have a specific topic that you would like me to focus on I am more than happy to do that.
As the Masters and especially the PhD students research are very topic specific it requires more intense research (from them) and Library training (from me), I prefer to train them in one-on-one sessions.In the one-on-one sessions I cover all of the items mentioned above, but focus specifically on the individual topic the student has to research. I also explain:
- the Interlibrary Loan process
- the Letters of Introduction allowing them access to other universities
- RefWorks
To the right of this blog you will find my Office calender where I indicate the dates/times that I am already booked for training - please consult the calender when you plan to schedule Library training.
I look forward to seeing your students this year!
Monday, January 14, 2008
Enhancement & Changes to RefWorks
Write-N-Cite III for Windows with Offline Capabilities (Beta)
Windows users can now write and format a paper completely offline with this new version of Write-N-Cite. Simply download your RefWorks database from within Write-N-Cite while online, then feel free to disconnect from the internet. Click here for all the details from the online help section Working Offline.
Improved APA Bibliography Formatting
RefWorks is the first to automatically detect whether a reference has a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) or other electronic information and print the appropriate information in your bibliography when an APA output style is selected – meeting the new APA guidelines.
To do this, RefWorks made changes to the Output Style Editor. Now when you create or modify an output style in RefWorks, there’s a new option in the Bibliography Settings area that allows you to Apply APA Rules for Electronic Source field inclusion. This option can be used in any output style. Here's how it works: When this option is selected, RefWorks will look for Digital Object Identifier (DOI) information for the reference and print that first. If there is no DOI in the reference, then the RefWorks will print the information in the Links field. If there is no DOI or Links information, RefWorks will print the Retrieved Date and Database information for a particular reference. Note: This setting only applies to references where the Source Type field is set to Electronic.
Automated Marking of Duplicate References for Deletion
When using the Exact Match or Close Match duplicate detection features, RefWorks now pre-selects (marks) for deletion the newest duplicate reference. Only one reference per matched references is selected (so if you have three versions of the same reference only the most recently added is pre-selected). This can help make the deletion of duplicate records even easier!
Improved RefGrab-It Results For PubMed and Amazon
RefGrab-It will now retrieve all the related articles for a record when looking at the detailed record view in PubMed. When used with Amazon, related books will also be included. This provides users with even more supplemental information to import directly into their RefWorks database.
Deleted References Folder
References deleted from your account are now automatically stored for 30 days in the Deleted References folder. This folder is accessible by selecting Folders, View, Deleted References from the toolbar. References can be restored to their original location in your database from within this folder. File attachments, RefShare comments and folder designation all remain until the reference is permanently deleted.
Miscellaneous Enhancements
Reference Type Name Change
The current reference type Journal has been changed to Journal Article to better reflect the type of information being cited.
Reorganized Help File
The online help file has been reorganized to make it easier to find and locate information. Topics have been consolidated into fewer, more logical groupings.
Emerald Author Workshop Invitation
The workshops will be held either at WITS or here at UJ. A time/venue has not been discussed yet - I think Eric wants to test the response to this invitation.
Emerald publishes in the following subject areas:
- Accounting, finance & legal
- Human resource management
- Industry sector management
- Innovation and enterprise
- Information & knowledge management
- International business
- Library management and library studies
- Management science, economics and social policy
- Managing quality
- Marketing Operations management
- Property and real estate
- Strategy and general management
A full title list of all Emerald journals is available here. These workshops are not only for lecturers, but also for postgraduate students and staff who would like to venture into scholarly publishing.
I will give you more details as and when it becomes available closer to the date.
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
My new email address
All emails sent to sophievn@uj.ac.za will be routed to the new address.
New book titles from Springer

Kagermann, H.; Kinney, W.; Küting, K.; Weber, C.-P. (Eds.) 2008, XXVIII, 608 p. 111 illus. in color., Hardcover
ISBN: 978-3-540-70886-5
2008, XII, 275 p., Hardcover
ISBN: 978-3-540-47689-4
Requirements Engineering
Related subjects
Business for Professionals
Business Information Systems
Programming, SWE & Operating Systems
New in THES this week
Melanie Newman
Academic freedom includes the right to criticise university managers, a High Court judge has ruled. Although the case was heard in the South African courts, the ruling has been welcomed by UK campaigners, who argue that academics' right to question received wisdom must not be restricted to cover only their area of research expertise.
http://www.thes.co.uk/current_edition/story.aspx?story_id=2039630
Feedback must be top priority
Tariq Tahir
While student satisfaction overall is high, survey shows improvements are needed. It is students' single biggest gripe, and universities are rapidly waking up to the fact that, if they want to enhance that all-important "student experience", their lecturers must provide better feedback.
The Higher Education Academy's assessment team has confirmed that it gets more requests for help to improve the system of feedback in universities than on any other issue.
http://www.thes.co.uk/current_edition/story.aspx?story_id=2039638
Next Week in THES:
In the new relaunched Times Higher Education: Are schools failing universities? Plus: A new research section including the latest grant winners and top citations
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
How to get to the Full Text of an article
You will need to use a database called A-Z list (the very first database on our list).
A-Z list is an index of all the journals we are subscribed to plus in which database you will be able to find the journal in full text. So when we do a search in A-Z list we do NOT do an author search or an article title search or a topic search. You have to do a JOURNAL TITLE search as it is only an index of journal titles. (This will not be a problem as the reference will include the journal title)
Here are the instructions:
* Go to UJ library list of database
* Click on A-Z list (a list of all our electronic journals)
* Your surname is your user id and your student number your password.
* Click on Search
* Type in the journal name that you are looking for and click on search
* A list of journal titles that contain the words you type in will be displayed
* Click on the blue database title and the journal will open (If your journal is NOT listed i.e. you get a 0 matches found reply, then we do not have a copy in our library ~ please request the article through an Interlibrary Loan)
* Click on the volume and issue
* Click on the article you are looking for (blue and underlined) and it will open up