We get a lot of queries from students who want to know how to reference graphs, tables and diagrams in their work. These queries fall into three main categories, and we'll cover all of them in this post. You might want to know how to reference a graph, table or diagram that you have: found …
'Essay mills' - companies that offer to write essays on particular topics for students to buy - may soon be illegal in the UK. You can get in serious trouble for submitting work that is not your own, so please avoid using these companies! The Academic Integrity course gives lots of useful advice on how …
After a long semester, you might not be thinking about picking up a business book over the holidays! But in case you're interested, we have a list of some recently purchased popular business books (in e-book format) - we've chosen ones that are a good read as well as being educational! If you're getting an …
It's a good idea to start thinking about your career path early in your degree, and once you get close to graduating, you'll want to step up your research on potential careers and employers. We have lots of resources in the Library that can help, and this post will introduce you to some of them. …
We are delighted to have obtained a free trial of IBISWorld, a database with market information for a wide range of industries. Access will be available for one year from January 2021, and we would love to hear what you think of it via this short feedback form. What kind of information can you find …
Students often come to us asking for help when the URLs they have copied from articles they have found in Business Source Complete don't work. We have already written a blogpost showing how to ensure you get a stable url for an Business Source Complete article but, just in case you missed how to do …
Several assignments in the Business School require students to investigate the local business environment here in Oxford, for example to write a business plan for a start up or examine a particular market for goods or services. It can be difficult to get detailed consumer data at the local level. The best course of action …
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Our Library buildings are now reopened and business librarians are working from home to support you. Information about borrowing, returning and fines is available on our COVID-19 services page. All loans have now been set to unlimited auto-renewal, fines will be waived, and all loans have been extended to 25 September 2020 in the first …
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This one's a bit off topic for the Library, but we would like to take this opportunity to celebrate all the hard work that final year Hospitality and Tourism students are putting in to their themed events at Brookes Restaurant, which run throughout this spring semester. Each group of students are expected to apply everything …
There's a wide variety of online information sources for Hospitality & Tourism students, providing key insights on many aspects of the industry. As well as the Library databases (like Hospitality and Tourism Complete) there are lots of high quality free sources available online. But how do you know which ones to trust? We have put …
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