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The New York Review of Books

(Trial Access)

The NYRB has explained the latest discoveries in science, reviewed major art exhibits, and has brought a remarkable freshness, clarity, and vision to current politics and the living dramas of the past. No wonder that it has established itself as the "preeminent intellectual newspaper in English"
 

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Subscription to selected Sage Journals

Following journals published by Sage are now accessible (current and back issue) at IBA campus-wide network.

1. Asia-Pacific Journal of Management Research and Innovation
2. Asian Journal of Management Cases
3. Global Business Review
4. Journal of Emerging Market Finance
5. The Journal of Entrepreneurship
6. Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Emerging Economics
7. South Asia Research
8. South Asian Journal of Business and Management Cases
9. South Asian Journal of Human Resource Management
10. Vision: the Journal of Business Perspective
 

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Pakistan Library Association (PLA)- Asian Libraries Conference (5-6 September 2016)

Mr. Muhammad Anwar, Head Librarian participated in Asian Libraries Conference held on 5-6 September 2016 in Islamabad, organized by Pakistan Library Association in collaboration with National Library of Pakistan & AIOU, as invited speaker in the very first session of the conference.

Sadia Yaseen, Assistant Librarian, Research Service and Nusrat Jabeen, Assistant Librarian, Collection Services also attended the conference, around 600 library and information professionals throughout the country participated in the conference.
 

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Library Orientation Sessions for Undergraduate Students- Fall 2016

The library orientation session for BBA was conducted on August 31, 2016, between 08:30 am to 09:45 am and 10:00 am to 11:15 am course being taught by Dr. Irfan Nabi, around 105 students were facilitated.

Session Highlights: The session covered an introduction to the use of library systems, resources and services along with a detailed overview about information retrieval tools and basic information about databases.

Library Orientation Session can be held on demand, any faculty interested in arranging similar session for his/her class, inbox us at library@iba.edu.pk, with course and schedule details
 

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Library Orientation Sessions for Undergraduate Students- Fall 2016

The library orientation session for BBA was conducted on August 30, 2016, between 10:00 am to 11:15 and 11:30 am to 12:45 pm course being taught by Ms. Nida Aslam Khan, around 70 students were facilitated.

Session Highlights: The session covered an introduction to the use of library systems, resources and services along with a detailed overview about information retrieval tools and databases specifically Business Intelligence resources such as Euromonitor, WARC, and so on.

Library Orientation Session can be held on demand, any faculty interested in arranging similar session for his/her class, inbox us at library@iba.edu.pk, with course and schedule details
 

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Library Hours (Ramadan Timings)

Main Campus
Mon to Sat 08:00 am – 6:00 pm
Sunday: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

City Campus
Mon to Sat 08:00 am – 6:00 pm
Sunday: Closed
 

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Library Timings during Exams May 12 - 23, 2016

Dear Students,

We are pleased to extend library operational timings during exams - starting from Thursday May 12 to Monday May 23, 2016. The closing time of main campus library has been extended till 11:00 pm, during normal working days.

IBA Libraries (main & city) will also remain operational on Sunday May 15 & May 22 (main - 11:00 am to 11:00 pm & city 11:00 am to 07:00 pm). Please visit [library.iba.edu.pk]library website for further details or refer to attached file.

We request all of you to help staff on duty in maintaining library discipline and keeping library clean by taking care of your surroundings. Please make best use of library facilities & services. Click here for details
 

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Library extended timings | Exam week |22- 27 February 2016

We are pleased to inform you that to help you to prepare for exams library operational timings are being extended during exam week. Now Mian Abdullah Library will remain operational from 08:30 am to 11:00 pm starting from Monday February 22, 2016 to Saturday February 27, 2016.
 

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Library Timings during long weekend

Mian Abdullah Library at main campus will remain opened on Friday October 23, 2015 (9th Muharram 1437) & Sunday October 25, 2015 (11th Muharram 1437) from 10:00 am to 06:00 pm, Saturday 24 October (10th Muharram 1437) will be observed as closed holiday.
 

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MS-Economics Session

The library orientation session for MS Economics was conducted on March 28, 2015, between 10:00 am to 12:30 pm as part of scheduled activity of ‘Research Methodology’ course being taught by Dr. Mohammad Nishat, around 20 students were facilitated.

Session Highlights: The session covered an introduction to the use of library systems, resources and services along with a detailed overview about information retrieval tools and databases specifically Business Intelligence resources such as Euromonitor, WARC, Datastream and so on.

 
The major highlight was step by step techniques of gathering information for literature review, sources that are available and their utilization, use of EndNote was also a prominent feature of the session in which how to cite literature, referencing style etc was discussed, then formatting of the projects/thesis (approved by IBA) was demonstrated to the participants.


>> Library Orientation Session can be held on demand, any faculty interested in arranging similar session for his/her class, inbox us at library@iba.edu.pk , with course and schedule details <<
 

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Learning Session with EBSCOhost Team- April 02, 2015

The learning session with EBSCOhost team will be held with IBA Faculty and Students in coordination with IBA Libraries on April 02, 2015 between 10:00 am to 11:30 am.


The learning session with EBSCOhost team will be held with Library Professionals invited from Karachi’s renowned Institutions/Organization followed by Lunch in coordination with IBA Libraries on April 02, 2015 between 1200 to 1400 hours.
 

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Upcoming Sessions

February 2015


- The upcoming library orientation session will be held with BS-VIII Students in coordination with Mr Muhammad Mazhar Khan on 21st February 2015.

- On 26th February 2015, the library session will be conducted for BSCS-I students with the coordination of Dr. Irfan Nabi.

>> Library Orientation Session can be held on demand, any faculty interested in arranging similar session for his/her class, inbox us at library@iba.edu.pk , with course and schedule details <<

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Library Orientation Session


BBA VI

The library orientation sessions were conducted for the students enrolled in ‘Marketing issues in Pakistan’ course of BBA-VI; around 250 students were facilitated who got first-hand overview of services and resources offered by the library. The sessions were conducted in five different sections of MIP course being taught by Ms. Farah Naz Baig, Ms. Nida Aslam Khan, Ms. Saima Husain, and Ms. Fatima Akhund.

Highlights: The sessions comprised of an introduction to the general use of library systems, resources and services along with a detailed overview about information retrieval tools and techniques.

The sessions were conducted by Ms Sadia Yaseen, Executive Research Support Services and Ms Sumera Gul, Deputy Librarian Public Services on February 3rd 2015 and February 9th 2015.

>> Library Orientation Session can be held on demand, any faculty interested in arranging similar session for his/her class, inbox us at library@iba.edu.pk , with course and schedule details <<

MBA II

The library orientation session for MBA II was conducted on 11th February 2015, as part of scheduled activity of ‘AABR’ course being taught by Dr. Huma Samir Amir, around 75 students were facilitated for the utilization of IBA Library and its resources and services.
 
Highlights: The session covered an introduction to the use of library systems, resources and services along with a detailed overview about information retrieval tools and databases specifically Business Intelligence resources such as Euromonitor, WARC, Datastream.
 
>> Library Orientation Session can be held on demand, any faculty interested in arranging similar session for his/her class, inbox us at library@iba.edu.pk , with course and schedule details <<

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Library Orientation Session For EMBA Participant


The library orientation session was conducted for the students of “EMBA Batch Spring 2015”, on Saturday Jan 24, 2015 at 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm, at TABBA Academic Block, North Wing, Ground floor, Main Campus.

Numerous features of library services/ resources were discussed which would be helpful for students for their basic and advanced knowledge of library and its resources.

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Library timings during Ramzan (Main & City both)


Mon to Sat 08:00 am – 6:00 pm
Sunday timings would be announced separately

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Emerald's new-look websites

Emerald has launched it new website by separating the existing site into two, dedicated research platform by taking off corporate information and putting it to a new site, featuring the products and services. This means that emerald now have two websites delivering a much more focused user experience:


  • www.emeraldinsight.com has now evolved into a dedicated research platform, giving users quick and easy access to the most relevant research.
  • www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com is a new site, featuring information about Emerald and our products and services, including support resources.

By separating its research content and corporate sites Emerald is able to give each site a clear identity and purpose, making it easier for you to find information relating to products and services and for users to find the most relevant research information and articles.

View this message online for further details

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Passport GMID by Euromonitor is now available

Passport is a global market research database providing statistics, analysis, and reports on industries, countries and consumers worldwide. Passport can help in finding:


  • Detailed analysis of consumer and industrial markets around the world across countries, and industries with historic data from 1997 and forecasts through 2020. Passport data is completely cross-country comparable.
  • Industry analysis across fast moving consumer goods and services, including market performance, market size, company and brand shares and profiles of leading companies and brands.
  • Industrial composition of the world's largest economies, examining business to business economic influences and the forces behind strategy development, production and supply chains, economic modeling and forecasting, econometrics, data mining, scenario planning.
  • Data and analysis on consumer lifestyles, population trends, and socioeconomic analysis for every country, lifestyle and consumer types.


To get started, click on this link:
http://portal.euromonitor.com/portal/default.aspx

Passport Academic Brochure donwload | Passport User Guide donwload

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Datastream Professional for Academics by Thomson Reuter is now accessible

Datastream Professional is one of the leading products of Thomson Retuers. Datastream is considered as "one single solution where top down macro research meets bottom up analysis for greater insights and profits". Huge range of global financial data is accessible through Thomson Reuters custom information and intuitive charting together and helping researchers to find profitable insights from a deluge of data and to generate bigger investment research ideas with streamlined access to sophisticated macroeconomic tools. Datastream facilitates researchers to stay on the top of global developments, identify risks and target the right assets, sectors and countries to invest. Interested to know more about Datastream or to get first hand information about the database, visit http://thomsonreuters.com

To facilitate our researcher, one dedicated terminal at each campus library has been fixed to provide access to Datastream, you may contact following library officials for an appointment or to book a slot to access the database:

 

Main Campus: Ms Sadia Yaseen, Research Services Executive, , Ext. 2281

City Campus: Ms Sumera Gul, Deputy Librarian, Public Service, , Ext.2278

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IEEEXplore campus-wide trial access…

After successfully participating in ScienceDirect's 'Quiz for Science' and getting full text access to SceinceDirect digital library for almost three months, against our participation to this program. We take another step to partner with IEEEXplore to participate in 'IEEE Quiz for Engineering and Technology'. The partnership with IEEEXplore has been reciprocated with full-text access to IEEEXplore Digital Library (huge repository of information which covers almost a third of world's electrical engineering and computer science literature) for a limited period of time starting from November 18, 2013 to February 28, 2014 throughout campus-wide network.

 

Click on IEEEXplore to access IEEE digital library or http://ieeexplore.ieee.org copy/paste to your browser.


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list Newly added books in the month of October……

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