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…

February 28, 2019

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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…

February 19, 2019

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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…

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Take a closer look at e-books

Posted in Accessibility, Online Resources, Recommended by our library staff, and Research

You’ve probably noticed that many of the items on your reading lists come as e-books. E-books are great in several ways: They’re available 24/7 They can be accessed on and off campus They’re often great for readers using assistive software You won’t ever have to worry about forgetting to renew them on time You can search within the text of an e-book to find the thing you want really quickly. You’ve probably also noticed that different e-books look and function differently. That’s because we purchase titles from different publishers and providers and so the rules about access and use can…

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What happened in City Research Online (CRO) in March?

More Books: You choose, we’re all ears

CRSP: Center for Research in Security Prices Survivor Bias Free US Mutual Database

Changes to Literature Online

Take a closer look at e-books