Brunel Business School Librarian
@bbslibrarian.bsky.social
Alice Cann, Academic Liaison Librarian for business at Brunel University London. Updates about resources, services, training & support, & occasionally about my working day. Happy to chat with others at Brunel also on BlueSky, & advise on getting started.
I (Alice, business librarian), will be doing the librarian drop-in at the @brunellibrary.bsky.social Help desk today, Monday, 1-2. Looking forward to chatting with students & researchers.
Warning: I’ll be coming straight from teaching a Bloomberg class 12-1, & leaving promptly for a meeting at 2pm!
Warning: I’ll be coming straight from teaching a Bloomberg class 12-1, & leaving promptly for a meeting at 2pm!
December 1, 2025 at 10:46 AM
I (Alice, business librarian), will be doing the librarian drop-in at the @brunellibrary.bsky.social Help desk today, Monday, 1-2. Looking forward to chatting with students & researchers.
Warning: I’ll be coming straight from teaching a Bloomberg class 12-1, & leaving promptly for a meeting at 2pm!
Warning: I’ll be coming straight from teaching a Bloomberg class 12-1, & leaving promptly for a meeting at 2pm!
I (Alice, business librarian) will be doing the librarian drop-in at the @brunellibrary.bsky.social Helpdesk twice this week. Weds 1-2pm & Thurs 2-3pm. Speak to my colleagues & they can refer you to me for the likes of Bloomberg (& other data sources!), structured searching, reference management…
November 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I (Alice, business librarian) will be doing the librarian drop-in at the @brunellibrary.bsky.social Helpdesk twice this week. Weds 1-2pm & Thurs 2-3pm. Speak to my colleagues & they can refer you to me for the likes of Bloomberg (& other data sources!), structured searching, reference management…
I (Alice, business librarian…) will be doing the librarian drop-in at the @brunellibrary.bsky.social Helpdesk, ground floor, today 1-2pm (Thursday). Come by & my colleagues will direct you to me if needed. On topics like literature searching, market research, secondary data, reference management.
November 20, 2025 at 10:00 AM
I (Alice, business librarian…) will be doing the librarian drop-in at the @brunellibrary.bsky.social Helpdesk, ground floor, today 1-2pm (Thursday). Come by & my colleagues will direct you to me if needed. On topics like literature searching, market research, secondary data, reference management.
I (Alice, business librarian) will be doing the librarian drop-in at the LibSmart point at the side of the @brunellibrary.bsky.social Helpdesk today (Thursday) 1-2pm. Come & see me for in depth subject enquiries-literature searching, databases, market research, data sources, reference management…
November 13, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I (Alice, business librarian) will be doing the librarian drop-in at the LibSmart point at the side of the @brunellibrary.bsky.social Helpdesk today (Thursday) 1-2pm. Come & see me for in depth subject enquiries-literature searching, databases, market research, data sources, reference management…
The next Getting Started with Bloomberg class is tomorrow. There are spaces left if anyone has been thinking of registering…
October 21, 2025 at 6:52 PM
The next Getting Started with Bloomberg class is tomorrow. There are spaces left if anyone has been thinking of registering…
The first Getting Started with Bloomberg class of the year was held earlier this week in the Financial Resources Suite at @brunellibrary.bsky.social. This was fully booked, with a waiting list. Book a space now for the next class, coming up on Wednesday 22nd October.
Getting started with Bloomberg
Bloomberg is a global financial markets database providing economic, company and industry data, and reports. It includes business news, analytics and real time pricing for over 5...
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October 10, 2025 at 10:35 AM
The first Getting Started with Bloomberg class of the year was held earlier this week in the Financial Resources Suite at @brunellibrary.bsky.social. This was fully booked, with a waiting list. Book a space now for the next class, coming up on Wednesday 22nd October.
I (Alice, the business librarian) am on call today, Thursday 9th October, 1-2pm. If you come to the Library Helpdesk at this time my lovely Customer Services colleagues will help you, and call me to come out from my office for more complex queries. If not I will be working away on teaching prep!
October 9, 2025 at 11:01 AM
I (Alice, the business librarian) am on call today, Thursday 9th October, 1-2pm. If you come to the Library Helpdesk at this time my lovely Customer Services colleagues will help you, and call me to come out from my office for more complex queries. If not I will be working away on teaching prep!
As I do every year at this time, I’ve been admiring the autumn leaves on the trees in the John Crank Gardens.
October 7, 2025 at 8:35 AM
As I do every year at this time, I’ve been admiring the autumn leaves on the trees in the John Crank Gardens.
The first @brunellibrary.bsky.social Getting Started with Bloomberg class this year will be running next Monday (6th October 12-1pm). There are currently four spaces left, available to all Brunel students, staff and researchers.
October 3, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The first @brunellibrary.bsky.social Getting Started with Bloomberg class this year will be running next Monday (6th October 12-1pm). There are currently four spaces left, available to all Brunel students, staff and researchers.
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Introduction sessions for new students across the Brunel Business School College. It was lovely to see people, and to hone my ideas for what I will be talking about in information literacy classes over the coming semester (a work in progress!)
September 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Introduction sessions for new students across the Brunel Business School College. It was lovely to see people, and to hone my ideas for what I will be talking about in information literacy classes over the coming semester (a work in progress!)
It’s been a busy Welcome Week for this business librarian:
Staffing the @brunellibrary.bsky.social stall at the Welcome Village several times (along with colleagues). We saw hundreds of new students.
Glad to be doing this as a team, and collaborating on setting up and take down.
Staffing the @brunellibrary.bsky.social stall at the Welcome Village several times (along with colleagues). We saw hundreds of new students.
Glad to be doing this as a team, and collaborating on setting up and take down.
September 26, 2025 at 4:34 PM
It’s been a busy Welcome Week for this business librarian:
Staffing the @brunellibrary.bsky.social stall at the Welcome Village several times (along with colleagues). We saw hundreds of new students.
Glad to be doing this as a team, and collaborating on setting up and take down.
Staffing the @brunellibrary.bsky.social stall at the Welcome Village several times (along with colleagues). We saw hundreds of new students.
Glad to be doing this as a team, and collaborating on setting up and take down.
I often recommend creating an account when using EBSCO databases, such as Business Source Premier. It's useful for saving searches to come back to, eg for Systematic Literature Reviews, or searching in selected journals. We've had issues lately with access to EBSCO accounts - here's a workaround.
How can I access my EBSCOhost account for saving searches and results, and accessing things I've saved in the past? - LibAnswers
libanswers.brunel.ac.uk
May 1, 2025 at 10:25 AM
I often recommend creating an account when using EBSCO databases, such as Business Source Premier. It's useful for saving searches to come back to, eg for Systematic Literature Reviews, or searching in selected journals. We've had issues lately with access to EBSCO accounts - here's a workaround.
A new FAQ, with links to video sections libanswers.brunel.ac.uk/faq/280350
Is there training and demonstrations for business students on how to use the market research databases? - LibAnswers
libanswers.brunel.ac.uk
April 1, 2025 at 11:38 AM
A new FAQ, with links to video sections libanswers.brunel.ac.uk/faq/280350
Did you know? In addition to all our wonderful Brunel resources, as a member of the University of London (which we are part of), you also have access to lots of online journals, books and databases via Senate House Library. See the recently created FAQ for more details, including how to sign up
How do I join Senate House Library? - LibAnswers
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January 21, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Did you know? In addition to all our wonderful Brunel resources, as a member of the University of London (which we are part of), you also have access to lots of online journals, books and databases via Senate House Library. See the recently created FAQ for more details, including how to sign up
The next Systematic Literature Review workshops, for social sciences researchers, are now open for booking. There are 3 parts, on 24th & 25th February:
1 Structure & Planning
2 Scoping, Searching & Search Results
3 Screening, Following up, Reporting & Later stages
(Links to parts 2 & 3 in part 1)
1 Structure & Planning
2 Scoping, Searching & Search Results
3 Screening, Following up, Reporting & Later stages
(Links to parts 2 & 3 in part 1)
Introduction to Systematic Literature Review: Part 1. Structure and Planning
Systematic Reviews are a type of literature review which are comprehensive and replicable, ensuring that all relevant research is considered for inclusion. This research method,...
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January 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The next Systematic Literature Review workshops, for social sciences researchers, are now open for booking. There are 3 parts, on 24th & 25th February:
1 Structure & Planning
2 Scoping, Searching & Search Results
3 Screening, Following up, Reporting & Later stages
(Links to parts 2 & 3 in part 1)
1 Structure & Planning
2 Scoping, Searching & Search Results
3 Screening, Following up, Reporting & Later stages
(Links to parts 2 & 3 in part 1)
Business students and researchers can learn about effectively searching for books, journal articles, market research and secondary data in this new video on Business Specific Resources brunel.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Page...
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October 10, 2024 at 9:39 AM
Business students and researchers can learn about effectively searching for books, journal articles, market research and secondary data in this new video on Business Specific Resources brunel.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Page...
All ready to meet with the new Brunel Business School undergraduate students!
September 24, 2024 at 10:32 AM
All ready to meet with the new Brunel Business School undergraduate students!
New business students & researchers can learn about the Library through the newly updated Library Basics & Getting Help video.
Includes:
Finding & borrowing books
Basic searching for journals & articles
Reading Lists
Subject Guides
Getting Help (FAQs, workshops, appointments, training
Referencing
Includes:
Finding & borrowing books
Basic searching for journals & articles
Reading Lists
Subject Guides
Getting Help (FAQs, workshops, appointments, training
Referencing
brunel.cloud.panopto.eu
September 23, 2024 at 8:44 AM
New business students & researchers can learn about the Library through the newly updated Library Basics & Getting Help video.
Includes:
Finding & borrowing books
Basic searching for journals & articles
Reading Lists
Subject Guides
Getting Help (FAQs, workshops, appointments, training
Referencing
Includes:
Finding & borrowing books
Basic searching for journals & articles
Reading Lists
Subject Guides
Getting Help (FAQs, workshops, appointments, training
Referencing
I'm working on slides for an updated library intro for new students - this one a Library basics, another to come later on Business specific resources. I'm aiming to have this recorded and edited and ready for Welcome week, coming up soon!
September 9, 2024 at 3:24 PM
I'm working on slides for an updated library intro for new students - this one a Library basics, another to come later on Business specific resources. I'm aiming to have this recorded and edited and ready for Welcome week, coming up soon!
I'm preparing for the new academic year, and have updated the LibAnswer FAQ on Systematic Literature Reviews. This now has links to the edited recordings of the two classes I ran on this topic in June, 1. SLR Structure and Planning, 2. SLR Searching, Screening & Reporting. Links to sub-sections too!
I am a business/social sciences student/researcher and want to use the Systematic Literature Review research method. How can I learn about this? - LibAnswers
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September 3, 2024 at 4:22 PM
I'm preparing for the new academic year, and have updated the LibAnswer FAQ on Systematic Literature Reviews. This now has links to the edited recordings of the two classes I ran on this topic in June, 1. SLR Structure and Planning, 2. SLR Searching, Screening & Reporting. Links to sub-sections too!
I've set up some appointments for tomorrow (Tuesday) & Wednesday this week, & a bit for next week (I hope to add more for next week too libcalendar.brunel.ac.uk/appointment/... Available to help with literature searching, systematic reviews, secondary data collection, market research, referencing...
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June 10, 2024 at 1:42 PM
I've set up some appointments for tomorrow (Tuesday) & Wednesday this week, & a bit for next week (I hope to add more for next week too libcalendar.brunel.ac.uk/appointment/... Available to help with literature searching, systematic reviews, secondary data collection, market research, referencing...
As well as all our academic books & journal articles, we have popular reading-good for inspiration & general interest. I'll post highlighting these every so often. 1st an ebook, access for 3 simultaneous users, Hysterical: Exploding the Myth of Gendered Emotions, by Pragya Agarwal #PopularReading
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June 8, 2024 at 8:40 AM
As well as all our academic books & journal articles, we have popular reading-good for inspiration & general interest. I'll post highlighting these every so often. 1st an ebook, access for 3 simultaneous users, Hysterical: Exploding the Myth of Gendered Emotions, by Pragya Agarwal #PopularReading
Business researchers often want to focus on high ranking journals. I recommend searching across many journals, assessing with multiple criteria, but it can be useful to do a search within 3 & 4 star journals in your field. This can help avoid missing key articles libanswers.brunel.ac.uk/faq/245924
I need to search within journals rated 3 or 4 stars by the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS) - LibAnswers
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June 7, 2024 at 9:20 AM
Business researchers often want to focus on high ranking journals. I recommend searching across many journals, assessing with multiple criteria, but it can be useful to do a search within 3 & 4 star journals in your field. This can help avoid missing key articles libanswers.brunel.ac.uk/faq/245924
Did you know... that even when you're a librarian with 20 years experience, you sometimes forget which EBSCO database you're in (or meant to be in). Business Source Premier & Academic Search Complete-they look nearly the same but have very different content!
Access both databases via the LibGuide
Access both databases via the LibGuide
LibGuides: Business and management: Databases
LibGuides: Business and management: Databases
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June 6, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Did you know... that even when you're a librarian with 20 years experience, you sometimes forget which EBSCO database you're in (or meant to be in). Business Source Premier & Academic Search Complete-they look nearly the same but have very different content!
Access both databases via the LibGuide
Access both databases via the LibGuide