Institution:
Business studies Library - Sevilla University

Sevilla

Address:
Business studies Library - Sevilla University
Avda. San Francisco Javier
41005 Sevilla
Tel.: 954551609
Fax: 954551612

Contact persons: 
Paz Sánchez Baíllo (User education. Responsible for the service)
Tel.: 954551592   
Fax: 954551135
José Manuel Vinagre Lobo (Responsible for the Library)
Tel.: 954551609   
Fax: 954551612
Ana María Surián Ruiz
Tel.: 954 55 16 09   
Fax: 954 55 16 12

Specialised courses at the Business Studies Library of the University of Sevilla

Library instruction enhanced with hints of information literacy



Target groups: university (Business Studies and Tourism) students; graduates; university teachers; university researchers
Levels: advanced and specialised

1. Databases of legislation and jurisprudence: Aranzadi legislación, Tirant On line, EU databases and State Official Gazettes
Target groups: last-year students; graduates; university teachers; university researchers
Level: advanced and specialised
Duration: about 1 and half  hours

Contents:
To introduce the user to databases specialised in legislation and jurisprudence: LexisNexis, Tirant on line, Aranzadi legislación,  Aranzadi comunidades autonomas (autonomous regions), Aranzadi convenios colectivos (collective agreements), Aranzadi jurisprudence, State Official Gazette in DVD, online EU databases (The Official Journal of the European Union).

2. Electronic information sources for Business: specialized databases, e-journals, electronic abstracts, gateways, business directories
Target groups: last-year students; graduates; university teachers; university researchers
Level: advanced and specialised
Duration: about 1 and half  hours

Contents:
To introduce the user to databases specialised in business (directories, statistical yearbooks and reports) online (Abi/Inform, Business Source Premier, SABI). Access to Internet gateways  to business and economics sources.

3. Electronic information sources for Tourism: specialised databases for Tourism, e-journals, gateways to Tourism...
Target group: Tourism degree students
Level: advanced and specialised
Duration: about 1 and half  hours

Contents:
Electronic resources of the University Library for Tourism: databases, e-journals, electronic abstracts. Home page of the Business Studies Library. Directories and gateways  to Tourism on the web.

For more information, see the presentation of the course contents (in Spanish)
Main contents: 
The BUS home page
Library catalogues
Electronic resources
Electronic abstracts
Databases; reference databases; bibliographic databases; factual databases; numerical and text-numerical databases; full-text databases
E-journals
Dictionaries, enciclopaedias
E-books
Working papers
METABUS
Resources on the Internet.

4. Information sources for accounting and fiscality: Atlas Fiscal, Atlas Contable, Normacef fiscal, Xpertia Contable mercantil
Target groups: last-year students; graduates; university teachers; university researchers
Level: advanced and specialised
Duration: about 1 and half  hours

Contents: 
To introduce the user to the main databases specialised in accounting and fiscality (Atlas fiscal, Atlas contable, Normacef fiscal ,XPertia Contable mercantil) available through the Business Studies Library. Access to the gateways - available on the Internet - to business information.

5. Information sources for Tourism. A non-major (optional) course - 3 credits
Target group: Tourism degree students
Level: advanced and specialised
Duration: about 30  hours

Teaching methodology
30 hours blended learning: 22 hours classroom lessons + 8 hours teamwork (groups of 4-5 students). The teamwork consists of an information search on a topic facilitated by the course teachers.

Contents - Scheduled sessions
1. Presentation: general and specific objectives. Planning. Evaluation methodology and systems.  Introduction: information literacy. Characteristics of information. Documentary types. Tools for information retrieval.
2. The Library of the Sevilla University (BUS). The University Library: mission and objectives. The website of the BUS. The Business Studies Library. The library catalogues. The BUS  online catalogue Fama.
3. The collective catalogues in Spain: REBIUN, CBUA, CCUC. Foreign collective catalogues:BNE, British Library, Library of Congress; the BUS Recursos-e. Access and connections. Electronic abstracts: SUMMAREV, COMPLUDOC, DIALNET.
4. Reference databases. Bibliographic databases: CSIC, SCOPUS, TESEO, PROQUEST DISSERTATIONS AND THESES, WEB OF SCIENCE. Impact factor of journals:JOURNAL CITATION REPORTS, IN-RECS.
5. Full-text databases. Databases for Economics and Business available through the BUS: ABI/INFORM, BUSINESS SOURCE PREMIER.
6. Other  databases and e-journal packages: SCIENCE DIRECT, EMERALD FULL TEXT, BLACKWELL SYNERGIE, TAYLOR AND FRANCIS.
7. Numerical and text-numerical databases: SABI. Sources of economic and financial information: EDGAR ON LINE, CNMV, LEXIS-NEXIS platform, GUIAME, WORLDSCOPE  and webpages of companies
8. Legal databases. Online official gazettes: BOE, BOJA, Boletín Oficial de la Provincia de Sevilla (The Official Journal of Sevilla Province), The Official Journal of the European Union, ARANZADI, TIRANT ON LINE, IUSTEL.
9. Other electronic documents. Dictionaries/Enciclopaedias: ENCARTA, ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA ONLINE, ENCICLONET. E-books: E-LIBRO. Working papers.: REPEC. The press: LA VANGUARDIA, EL PAIS, LEXIS-NEXIS. The BUS search engine: METABUS.
10. Electronic resoruces on the Internet for Tourism: specialised search engines and gateways. National and international organisations and institutions.
11. Presentation of teamworks.

6. Web of Knowledge: the ISI web site. Impact factor of publications (ISI Journal Citation Reports)
Target groups: third-year students; university teachers; university researchers
Level: adavanced
Duration: about 1 and half  hours

Contents:
Introduction to the ISI gateway (Web of Knowledge), its different sections and search tools, focussing on ISI Current Contents and ISI Journal Citation Reports (IF of the most cited journals).

For more information, see the presentations, users' guides and handbooks freely available in Spanish:
· How to use Current Contents Connect
· The GreenData presentation of the Journal Citation Reports database
  Main issues: 
  Description of the ISI Journal Citation reports (JCR)
  General description 
  How to use the JCR
  Search options
  Subject search
  Processing of the list
  Importing records to Excel
  How to calculate the unified impact factor.
· How to use Journal Citation Reports
· The presentation of  What's New in ISI Web of Knowledge version 3.0
· The Guide to the Science Citation Index

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