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Category archive for: Research
March has seen a buzz of activity in CRO, with 190 new research publications being uploaded from across the university. These new additions bring the total number of City’s research outputs available for download or request to nearly 14,000. The infographic below details a breakdown of upload and download figures for the month. Over 20,000 visitors from 168 countries have visited CRO this month, highlighting the global appeal of research published by our academics, and resulting in over 73,000 items from across the schools being downloaded. For the second month this year, the most accessed paper was Sociology lecturer Dr…
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More Books: You choose, we’re all ears
Posted in Cass Business School, City Law School, Library Loves, More books, New titles, Read For Research, Research, School of Arts and Social Sciences, School of Health Sciences, and SMCSE
Since 2013, CityLibrary has given students the chance to help choose the books we have through the More Books scheme. So far, just over 2000 books have been bought. You can find a selection of these on display on Levels 4 and 5 of the Northampton Square Library, as well as below in our virtual display. Books on all kinds of subjects have been bought covering many courses taught at City. From health sciences to law to engineering, psychology, history, English, maths, computing and beyond, there is something for everyone. You can get in on the act by filling out…
CRSP: Center for Research in Security Prices Survivor Bias Free US Mutual Database
Posted in Cass Business School, Online Resources, and Research
Do you want a large amount of historical time series data covering security prices, returns and volume data for stock exchanges in the US like the NYSE, AMEX, ARCA and NASDAQ? CRSP is the dataset for you. It is usually pronounced ‘crisp’ and is hosted on WRDS (pronounced like ‘words’), along with research datasets like Compustat, Audit Analytics, IBES and more. Use the ‘Register’ button and your City email address to create an account. WRDS is a serious research tool for data and gives you access to a range of powerful analytics tools. Additional files in CRSP provide stock indices, beta- and…
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Changes to Literature Online
Posted in Online Resources, Research, and School of Arts and Social Sciences
Literature Online (LION) has moved to the Proquest platform and is now cross-searchable with ProQuest journals, newspapers, and other relevant content. The new Literature Online site will be available in parallel with the legacy Literature Online site until August 1, 2019. The new site will be accessible via A-Z Database List and Subject Guides but records in CityLibrary Search will continue to link to the legacy platform until July 2019. Our other Proquest collections include The Guardian and Observer Archive, The New York Times Archive, Vogue (US) Archive, British Periodicals I and II, Music Periodicals Database and The Annual Register…