Consolidated List of Resources
Project Document Number: HL-1998-08
Publication Date: 7 September, 1998
Task: 2.3
Deliverable: 2.3
Status: draft
Version: 0.2
Keywords: HeadLine Resource Compendium
Abstract: -
Copyright: LSE, LBS, UH
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London School of Economics · London Business School · University of Hertfordshire
Introduction *
Scope of Report *
Aims *
Resource Characteristics *
Types of resource *
CD-ROMs *
Networked CD-ROMs *
Standalone CD-ROM *
Online (via Internet and online servers) *
Dial up services *
Subscription based Internet services *
Freely available Internet services *
Local and course information available via the Internet or intranet *
Scope/Depth *
Freely available *
Academic use *
Local network *
Password protection *
IP restrictions *
Appendix 2 - LBS resources *
Appendix 3 - UH resources *
Appendix 4 - Typical access hurdles *
This working paper presents a list subject relevant resources, for possible inclusion within the HeadLine system/service. This document will be reviewed by partner sites, in order to amend and add resources, so this compendium may change as the project progresses. This document is in two parts, firstly, an introduction to the resources and relevant issues, followed by tables of resources at each site.
Other relevant documents are the Technical Workplan, which places this task in context of other library resource tasks, and the Framework for Prioritising Resources document (due August 98), which will document the criteria and decision making process for selecting which materials to include and exclude from this initial compendium.
This compendium seeks to be as wide ranging as possible and will necessarily be reduced when resources are prioritised, but it is important to note that this list is not exhaustive and new resources may be added throughout the project's lifespan as they become available. All the items on this list, will not necessarily be made available to all users of the service, as the review process and resource prioritisation will necessarily exclude lower priority items and those which are impractical to include.
For instance, licensing agreements may mean that some products may be accessed through HeadLine but are only available to users at one site. Some products may be unsuitable for use via the system altogether, due to technical problems, inflexible licenses, and so must be left out of the system. The project may not, in three years, be able to incorporate all material, and may need to exclude unpopular resources or those that duplicate material found elsewhere. These decisions will be facilitated by the Resource Prioritisation Framework, which will outline criteria for including resources in the model.
Existing fields may prove insufficient to describe resources and so it is possible that additional fields will be added, for instance copyright information, help and FAQs for each resource.
Appendices 1-3 have access hurdles included for each resource, however some of the freely Internet sites are not included on this list, as they are available in the public domain and, excepting the library catalogue, are not resources offered by the sites. These can be added at a later date, if any seem appropriate to the project.
The aim of this Workpackage is to produce a list of potential resources for inclusion in the HeadLine project. Factors to consider are:
All material has been chosen for its relevance to the subject focus of HeadLine - economics and business studies, which is relevant to the three institutions. London Business School concentrates on business studies, while UH has business and economic interests; the LSE focuses on economics although there some demand for business and company information.
Problems may be encountered with company information as commercial publishers generally provide this, and data is usually expensive with prohibitive licensing. So it may not be viable to include some products from this category, although the system could nevertheless provide information about locating and using the resource.
Economics is treated in its widest sense, and statistical resources are included here, as they are often relevant to users at the partner sites. The resource prioritisation Workpackage should narrow the field down to most appropriate and most needed resources.
Resources from various types are included in this list, ie:
Material currently used within the partner sites is available in various media, ie:
Local catalogue - the local catalogue at each site enables access to hard copy material available there. Whilst the system will not provide these texts on-screen, it may provide information about locating and loaning such material, which would be relevant to the user, particularly if he or she was searching at the library holding this material, or was prepared to make a trip to the library.
Remote or consortium catalogues, may also be relevant as material can be made available via inter-library loan.
CD-ROMs contain full text and bibliographic material as well as company and financial data and statistics. They are usually provided with a campus licensing agreement, so they can be used anywhere in the institution which holds the license, although this may not be the case in UH where CDs are usually networked and licensed through one site only.
It may be necessary to determine how many concurrent users the CD-ROMs allow. There is some overlap of resources between the sites in this area, as many have the same newspaper CDs and FAME is networked throughout two of the sites. ABI/Inform is available at all three sites.
These CDs may also contain a variety of information types such as statistics, bibliographic data and full text material. These are accessible only from one terminal at each site, this is not always due to stringent licences, but often because it may be a less popular resource, or may be technically difficult to network. Also some sites make a decision not to network some resources due to cost and time, particularly if the resource duplicates material available on the network, isn't very popular, or is quite specialised.
These CDs are relevant for HeadLine, even if they cannot be networked, as, like the hard copy material, they will be relevant for users searching from the library where they are held.
It may also be useful to determine licence arrangements for these CDs, to determine whether they can be networked or incorporated into the system.
Online (via Internet and online servers)
Online material may be accessed through direct dial services, telnet, or Internet sites. All the sites are moving towards providing seamless access to networked CD-ROMs, Internet sites and online services, making the distinction irrelevant to users.
Traditional online services such as FT profile and Datastream are still used in the partner sites, particularly in the LBS, where financial and company information is central to electronic resources. These often require specialised software (and even hardware), and are not always networked due to the high cost of subscriptions. Nevertheless they are extremely popular resources and so may be relevant to HeadLine users searching from a site library, and HeadLine could provide help, FAQs, as well as access, or links to these services.
Subscription based Internet services
Many online services are moving to Internet access, although they still impose access restrictions and charging mechanisms. The web interface allows seamless access to resources, and a more user-friendly interface, with easy printing of results. Full text articles can be delivered by Adobe Acrobat, allowing them to be downloaded and printed easily.
Access and licensing mechanisms vary for these services, as will be discussed later. Services use a combination of IP restrictions and passwords (either individual or generic) to control and monitor use of their services.
Freely available Internet services
Some Internet services are available to the academic community only and so must be accessed from an IP address with ac.uk, which means that a student with a commercial ISP could not gain access from home to these services.
Most freely available Internet services are not restricted in any way, for instance NetEc and Wopec etc. These can be accessed by any user with the Internet, and so will not provide any licensing or networking problems (as HeadLine will be based on a web interface).
Local and course information available via the Internet or intranet
Course information, reading lists, exam papers, and other material is often made available to students (and sometimes externally). This is usually on the local Internet or intranet and access may be restricted to users on campus by IP restrictions, or may be freely available.
Depth of media available depends on the source, however HeadLine aims to provide a wide range of material and also the most appropriate information for users' needs. Where possible the system will aim to indicate where copies of the material can be found (if a bibliographic record is retrieved), with the overall aim of getting the user to the full text of the material, rather than providing bibliographic records which are not as useful in themselves. In order to achieve this the following levels of depth will be included:
Access mechanisms and license agreements
The project also seeks to demonstrate flexibility in accessing material, and so will select resources with differing access mechanisms. For instance material may be held locally, (either in one location or via a local network), made available through the HeadLine environment (eg material from one site available at the other two), or accessed through the global network infrastructure, ie the Internet
Material may be provided freely - ie in the public domain (or in the academic domain as many resources are free to any .ac.uk sites), or materials available under national, campus or consortium licenses, and materials available on a pay-per-view basis.
Access hurdles and mechanisms for each resource are included in the tables. For more general information about authentication and access to resources, see Jonathan Eaton's paper, Authentication and Authorisation for Access to Networked Information Services: issues for Project HeadLine (due on the team Website by September 98).
Licenses and access mechanisms and restrictions fall into the following categories. This issue will be explored further in the Model Access Consortium Agreements working paper (due in August 98). Some services allow the institution to choose which access and authentication method to use, and so a service may be available at the three sites, but may be accessed differently in each.
Users are often required to sign a copyright agreement before they may be issued with the password, those resources that require users to sign a copyright agreement are indicated on the list. Access hurdles will be explored further in the Workpackage on access agreements (due August 98).
A list of different type of access hurdles which confront the user are found in Appendix 4.
This generally applies to catalogues, course material and Internet sites - material is available to any user, with no access restrictions. Users can view and print from these freely.
Some sites and services are only available to academic users, for instance if a service is paid for by HEFC or on a national academic agreement. As long as the user accesses material from within the academic sites, there are no access restrictions. This is enforced by allowing access only from .ac.uk sites
Some services, particularly CD-ROMs are mounted on the local or library network and are only available within the campus or local area network (LAN). These do not have IP restrictions, rather they are only available to users who are logged on to the network.
Passwords are a common form of authentication and mechanisms vary between individual passwords, and one or several generic passwords, issued by the institution to users according to their status and department. This measure can be combined with IP restrictions so that the service can only be used with the correct ID within the boundaries of the institution, or a service can use passwords only and allow users access from anywhere which is very convenient for those studying part time, who may wish to access material from their place of work.
As in the case of academic use, when a license allows access for the whole institution, the IP restriction will only allow use within that campus. Users can therefore only access the service from within a specified IP range (usually the campus). This is particularly the case for materials accessed from a source which is outside the institution (for instance an online or Internet service) rather than a locally mounted CD-ROM.
| Type | Resource | Description | Depth | Media | Coverage | Date | License | Access Hurdles | IP Restrictions | Source of IP | Who keeps pswds | No. users registered |
| Catalogue | Catalogue | Library catalogue UNICORN | Bibliographic | Internet Access | LSE library holdings (books, periodicals, CD-ROMs, theses) | Public domain | none |
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| Catalogue/ Internet | BIRON | Catalogue of holdings at the Essex Data Archive | Statistical resource | Internet Access | http://155.245.254.46/cgi-bin/biron | available to HEIs | none - but to order information have to be a member of HE (and have to pay? Depending on status) |
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| Networked CD-ROMs | ABI/Inform | Business and management periodicals index (with abstracts) | Bibliographic reference database | Networked CD-ROM | Accounting, banking, finance, computers, business, economics, energy etc | 1971 - | Campus licence | not password protected - available on LSE campus network only |
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| Networked CD-ROMs | Econlit | Index for journals, books dissertations and working papers in economics & associated fields (with abstracts) | Bibliographic reference database | Networked CD-ROM | similar to above | 1969 - | Campus licence | not password protected - available on LSE campus network only | IP restricted |
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| Networked CD-ROMs | Economist | the Economist journal | Full text | Networked CD-ROM | Full text articles from the Economist | 1991 - | Campus licence | not password protected - available on LSE campus network only | IP restricted |
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| Networked CD-ROMs | Financial journals index | Index to journals in finance and related fields | Bibliographic reference database | Networked CD-ROM | database includes articles published in British insurance, pensions and banking journals | find out | Campus licence | not password protected - available on LSE campus network only | IP restricted |
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| Networked CD-ROMs | Financial times | Financial Times newspaper | Full text | Networked CD-ROM | Full text articles from the FT | 1993 - | Campus licence | not password protected - available on LSE campus network only | IP restricted |
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| Networked CD-ROMs | Guardian CD-ROM | Guardian newspaper | Full text | Networked CD-ROM | full text of articles from the Guardian | 1997 - | Campus licence | not password protected - available on LSE campus network only | IP restricted |
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| Networked CD-ROMs | Independent CD-ROM | Independent newspaper | Full text | Networked CD-ROM | full text of articles from the Independent | 1997 - | Campus licence | not password protected - available on LSE campus network only | IP restricted |
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| Networked CD-ROMs | IntlEc | Index of articles and papers on economics, development and finance | bibliographic index | Networked CD-ROM | References to journal titles and research papers covering the fields of international economics, development and finance. The info is provided by the Joint international monetary fund/world bank library | 1981 - | Campus licence | not password protected - available on LSE campus network only | IP restricted |
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| Networked CD-ROMs | PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) | Indexes the contents of journals, books, theses, government documents, statistical compilations, committee reports, directories, reports of public, intergovernmental and private organisations | Bibliographic reference database | Networked CD-ROM | covers subjects of public policy, social policy and the social sciences in general | 1972 - | Campus licence | not password protected - available on LSE campus network only | IP restricted |
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| Networked CD-ROMs | Sociofile | Indexes journals covering sociology and related subjects | Bibliographic reference database | Networked CD-ROM | covers sociology and related subjects | 1974 - | Campus licence | not password protected - available on LSE campus network only | IP restricted |
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| Networked CD-ROMs | Times/Sunday Times on CD-ROM | Times and Sunday Times newspaper | Full text | Networked CD-ROM | Full text of articles from the Times/Sunday Times | 1997 - | Campus licence | not password protected - available on LSE campus network only | IP restricted |
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| Networked CD-ROMs | World data 1995 | Time-series | Statistical data | Networked CD-ROM | Contains time series on national accounts, balance of payments, trade, international finance, external debt, social, government and public sector finance. Also complete text of "Trends in Developing Economies" (TIDE) – brief reports on most of the World Bank’s borrowing member countries as of May 1995. | 1960 - 1994 with debt projections to 2000 | Campus licence | not password protected - available on LSE campus network only | IP restricted |
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| Stand-alone CD-ROMs | Accounting standards on disk | All extant accounting standards boards and accounting standards committee documents | Full text | Stand-alone CD-ROM | also drafts, working papers, discussion papers and technical recommendations | ? | ? Perhaps only allowed on one PC | no access control - standalone |
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| Stand-alone CD-ROMs | COMEXT | EU trade stats | Statistical data | Stand-alone CD-ROM | 1988 - | ? | no access control - standalone |
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| Stand-alone CD-ROMs | EUDOR-STAT | Eurostat data from 1995 to date | statistical data | Stand-alone CD-ROM | 1995 - | standalone license (I think) | no access control - standalone |
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| Stand-alone CD-ROMs | Eurostat CD | statistical yearbook of the European union | statistical data | Stand-alone CD-ROM | up to 1994 | no access control - standalone |
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| Stand-alone CD-ROMs | FAME | financial analysis made easy | Company information (financials) | Stand-alone CD-ROM | On public and major private British companies | current last 5 years | Standalone license | no access control - standalone |
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| Stand-alone CD-ROMs | Family spending | UK stats on family expenditure | Statistical data | Stand-alone CD-ROM | 1989 - 1995 | Standalone license | no access control - standalone |
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| Stand-alone CD-ROMs | Helecon (Helsinki School of Economics index) | Index of articles on business, management, labour and economics | bibliographic index | Stand-alone CD-ROM | 1980 - | ? | no access control - standalone |
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| Stand-alone CD-ROMs | OECD statistical compendium | Overview of the economies of OECD member countries | Statistical data | Stand-alone CD-ROM | 1980 - | Standalone license | no access control - standalone |
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| Stand-alone CD-ROMs | Panorama of EU industry | data on EU industry and service sectors (1995-1996), also financials on 500 largest enterprises in EU from 1992 - 1995, time series on manufacturing and service industries from 1980 - 1997 | Full text | Stand-alone CD-ROM | variable | ? | no access control - standalone |
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| Stand-alone CD-ROMs | Regiomap 1995 | European regional data | Full text | Stand-alone CD-ROM | 1995 | ? | no access control - standalone |
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| Stand-alone CD-ROMs | Regional Trends | Stats relating to regions of UK | Statistical data | Stand-alone CD-ROM | ? | Standalone license | no access control - standalone |
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| Stand-alone CD-ROMs | Social Sciences Citation Index | same as BIDS but CD-ROM version up from 1981 - 1994 for visitors to use | bibliographic data | Stand-alone CD-ROM | References to journal articles in the social sciences published world-wide since 1980 | 1981-1994 | Standalone license | no access control - standalone |
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| Stand-alone CD-ROMs | Social Trends | Accumulated data from annual volumes of UJ economic and social stats | Statistical data | Stand-alone CD-ROM | 1970 - | Standalone license | no access control - standalone |
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| Stand-alone CD-ROMs | SociBase | EU social database | Stand-alone CD-ROM | 1992 - | ? | no access control - standalone |
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| Stand-alone CD-ROMs | UN Statistical Yearbook | find out more? | statistical data | Stand-alone CD-ROM | Standalone license | no access control - standalone |
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| Stand-alone CD-ROMs | UrbaDisc | Index to UK and European literature on human geography, social policy and demography | Index | Stand-alone CD-ROM | 1976 - | ? | no access control - standalone |
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| Stand-alone CD-ROMs | Who Owns Whom | Data on subsidiaries and affiliated companies of UK companies | company info (ownership) | Stand-alone CD-ROM | Business | 1994 - | ? | no access control - standalone |
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| Stand-alone CD-ROMs | World Development reports | World bank text and data on development | Stand-alone CD-ROM | 1978 - | ? | no access control - standalone |
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| Online | BIDS (includes ISI Citation Indices and IBSS) | Bibliographic indexes of journal articles, chapters in books and research papers. (some full text and a document ordering facility) | Internet Access | Campus licence (National HE license), only LSE academics and students may use this. | Requires a password, users are part of a group (LSE), authentication provided by ATHENS (so they have the list of ids) although all one id, users have to prove membership of a group via identity card, shown at the desk, have to sign an agreement | no IP restriction NB THIS MAY CHANGE SOON WITH ATHENS | BIDS | |||||
| Old style bids was 1 name and password per department and status, they have the choice now to continue with access accounts or to create personal accounts (this option has been chosen for LSE). User name and password will be the library card number and pin number, rather than having users choose their own. All users will therefore be registered, and passwords will be checked with Athens by BIDS when anyone logs in. Think they will be able to access from other places, but BIDS administrator at LSE has to specify IP address in case policy changes in the future. One thing that isn't certain is the copyright document that all users had to sign, don't know if Athens supersedes this. LSE pays for individual services, ie ISI, IBSS = free | ||||||||||||
| Online | BIDS - how it will be when ATHENS is implemented | Bibliographic indexes of journal articles, chapters in books and research papers. (some full text and a document ordering facility) | Internet access | Campus license (national HE license agreement) only LSE staff and students can use | id and password | none (I think) | library card and pin number | Athens (and also admin at LSE) | number of people at LSE | |||
| Online | Datastream | financial and economic information services | Statistical data and financials | Online | bonds, stock market indices, economic indicators, exchange rates, interest rates, commodity and financial futures | Current | Campus licence | not sure - think that it's loaded onto one machine (for academics only) | ||||
| Online | EDINA | Access to periodicals contents index (PCI) and Palmers index to the Times | bibliographic | Remote online database; Internet access | PCI provides refs to journal articles relevant to the social sciences and the humanities prior to 1990. Palmer’s is an index to articles in the Times newspaper published between October 1790 and December 1905 | 6) Pre-1990 for PCI; pre-1905 for Palmer’s | Site licence - (national HE agreement). Users register and are issued with passwords | Users register at Information desk and are issued with id and password - telnet session. Low number of users due to historical nature of material and difficulty in self-registration. After 31st August, EDINA will be governed by Athens procedures and all passwords will be the same as BIDS passwords | none? | (will be) library card and pin number | Athens (and also admin at LSE) | 50-60 users, difficult to register, and historical material |
| Online | FT Profile | News and press wires database | Full text | Online | newspaper articles, company info, trade press, etc. | variable | within library to LSE staff and students only (from one terminal) | 1 id and password for library (this can be broken down to individual accounts by the administrator - in windows version) | Loaded onto machines, so I think it is restricted by location as well |
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| Online | MIDAS | On-line provision of strategic research and teaching datasets, software packages, training and large-scale computing resources for the UK academic community. Hosts JSTOR and SuperJournal but other info as well that you have to register separately to use. | statistical data sets | Internet access (online) | Datasets include the 1991 UK Census of Population, 1991 UK Census Derived Datasets, 1981 UK Census of Population, Government and other large-scale Continuous Surveys, Macroeconomic Time Series Data, Digital Map Data, Miscellaneous Datasets, Scientific Databases | variable according to dataset | Free to UK academic community | Must just check for .ac.uk in the IP address, otherwise no hurdles | ac.uk in IP only. Not IP restricted but I think users can't access from commercial IP | generated at LSE and then MIDAS send the password | MIDAS but users can change their own | 132 but less actually use it |
| Midas is used for government datasets and statistics, when a user wants to use one of these services they pick which they want and then see ST who gives them all the forms (usually one for each service or provider), then ST generates a user name based on department etc, and sends it to MIDAS. They send a password and intro pack which is passed on to the user. Each dataset has license restrictions, and the user has to register for each one. Also if they register for one at a site, they don't get all of them. It's free and usage is more or less indefinite. Not IP restricted, but need x windows to run the software over the network. It is quite user unfriendly, so MIDAS are looking at web interfaces, etc. Have an LSE account and list of users, users can change their passwords and if they forget them can ask ST or MIDAS to sort it out. Policy really happens on an ad hoc basis, one tutor wants access for his class, and MIDAS are looking into whether they'll allow this, but ST hopes for a more flexible policy, soon. | ||||||||||||
| Online | Reuters business briefing | news database | Full text | Remote online database | newspaper articles, company info, trade press, brokers reports (some) | last 10 years | available to LSE academics only, must be installed individually on their PCs | user name and password, and restricted to machine it's loaded onto | Loaded onto machines, so I think it is restricted by location as well |
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| Electronic Journals | Decomate | Internet access to full text of journal articles. Campus license, heavily used. | full text | Internet | Economics and information systems | ? | ? Within sites and LSE | several shared passwords for LSE members only - according to department etc. | not IP restricted (at present) | Same as BIDS | Decomate system | no way of telling |
| Electronic Journals | IDEAL | Full text of all titles (over 175) published by Academic press, access to all, regardless of whether we have a paper subscription | Full text | Internet | all 174 Academic Press journals. | available as part of HEFC pilot site licence initiative which ends dec 98 | one password for LSE members only, not sure whether it's IP restricted as well as password, IDEAL site says it can be either | IP restricted | from library desk | IDEAL | No record | |
| Electronic Journals | Journals online | full text of titles the BLPES subscribes to, abstracts of others. Mainly Blackwells and Academic Press titles at present | Full text | Internet | By various publishers | ? | Can get info if institution subscribes to the title, or order it and pay through the system | part of BIDS, uses BIDS user name and password | not sure if it's IP restricted | Same as BIDS | will it be ATHENS? | same as BIDS? |
| Electronic Journals | Jstor | Full text electronic journals JSTOR contains the full text of the electronic versions of a number of leading American Social Science journals, including the American Economic Review and Econometrica | Full text | Internet | ? | between 2 -5 years behind the present day | Campus license (national HE license agreement) | not password protected - available on LSE campus network only | IP restricted |
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| Electronic Journals | SuperJournal | Full text of electronic journal in a number of subject clusters includes culture and communication and politics. From 1996 onwards. It is a research project and ends Dec 98 | Full text | Internet | The journals are grouped into:Communications & Cultural Studies, Molecular Genetics & Proteins, political science, and materials chemistry | ? | LSE staff and students only | students/staff are initially given a standard LSE password at the information desk. They must then log on to the system and set their own individual password | registration appears to be IP restricted | from library desk | SuperJournal | approx 95 - limited subject appeal |
| Course information | Exam papers | exam papers | Full text | Internet | all subjects covered in LSE | ? | campus wide | not password protected - available on LSE campus network only | IP restricted |
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| Course information | Guides to library etc | also training courses listed here, so a source of communication | Full text | Internet | none |
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| Course information | Reading Lists | From various tutors in the LSE | bibliographic (part of unicorn) | Internet | all subjects covered in LSE | recent? | Public domain | none |
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| Internet | BibEc | Bibliographic information on printed working papers in economics published on the Internet | Bibliographic data | Internet | http:netec.mcc.ac.uk/BibEc.html | Current | freely available | none |
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| Internet/ Journal | The Brookings Review | Full text Internet journal covering economic, political and foreign policy issues | Full text | Internet | http://www.brook.edu/pub/review/rev_des.htm | current | freely available | freely available? |
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| Internet | Enterprise Zone | (see also Biz Ed) | gateway | Internet | http://www.enterprisezone.org.uk/ | freely available? |
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| Internet | Index to theses | The electronic version of Index to Theses contains abstracts from theses accepted for higher education institutions based in Great Britain and Ireland | Index | Internet | Those submitted at LSE can be found on library catalogue, London ones from Senate house and others via inter-library loan | from 1970 onwards. | campus licence | not password protected - available on LSE campus network only | IP restricted |
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| Internet | IMF papers on policy analysis and assessment | Full text of IMF working papers on policy analysis and assessment | Full text | Internet | http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/CAT/ppaa.cfm | Current | freely available | freely available? |
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| Internet | IMF Staff country reports in full text | Full text reports on various countries | Full text | Internet | http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/CAT/scr.cfm | Current | freely available | freely available? |
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| Internet | MathsSciNet | It provides access to the AMS publications 'Mathematical Reviews' and 'Current Mathematical Publications' | bibliographic data -abstracts | Internet | These provide abstracts of books, journal articles and proceedings relating to the study of Mathematics. | 1940 to present day | Campus licence | not password protected - available on LSE campus network only - there is a facility for personal subscriptions with passwords | IP restricted |
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| Internet | NetEc or WebEc | Freely available economics resources (useful sites/journals etc) | Internet | some searchable but not full text http://netec.mcc.ac.uk/NetEc.html | Current | freely available | none |
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| Internet | SOSIG | The Social Science Information Gateway (SOSIG) provides academic researchers access to selected high quality Internet sites which are relevant to any area of the Social Sciences. | gateway | Internet | The resources are organised under subject headings and for each topic there are sections for worldwide or UK only resources. All the resources are regularly checked for accuracy and quality and new items are added weekly. A description of content is available for each entry. | current | all academic users | .ac.uk only | IP restricted |
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| Internet | WoPec | Full text of international working papers in economics | Full text | Internet | http:netec.mcc.ac.uk/WoPEc.html | Current | freely available | none |
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| Catalogue | Catalogue | Library catalogue | Bibliographic | Internet Access | LBS library holdings (books, periodicals, CD-ROMs, theses) | from 19?? Onwards | Public domain |
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| Course information | Forum | course information, user groups, individual and group file space, addresses and contacts for LBS members, interest groups, guides to library and LBS | Full text | internet | under IT servies, not library | current | via lbs website | LBS members can access it from anywhere - but only LBS members. | ||||
| Course information | Guides to library etc | See forum | via forum | not IP restricted | forum | forum |
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| Course information | IT guides etc | self help guides - how to use word, etc | full text | internet | under IT servies, not library | current | via LBS Website | public domain | ||||
| Course information | Reading Lists | On Forum - access for members to course information etc | not IP restricted | forum | forum |
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| Networked CD-ROMs | ABI/Inform | Business and management periodicals index | Bibliographic reference database | Networked CD-ROM | Accounting, banking, finance, computers, business, economics, energy etc | 1971 - | Campus licence | available on LBS campus network only. (for current students, faculty and staff) |
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| Networked CD-ROMs | Amadeus | Financial data on European companies | financials | Networked CD-ROM | Company financials | 5 years of info (will be 10 soon) - updated monthly | Campus licence | available on LBS campus network only. (for current students, faculty and staff) |
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| Networked CD-ROMs | Econlit | Index for journals, books dissertations and working papers in economics & associated fields | Bibliographic reference database | Networked CD-ROM | economics and finance. | 1969 - | Campus licence | available on LBS campus network only. (for current students, faculty and staff) |
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| Networked CD-ROMs | Economist | the Economist journal | Full text | Networked CD-ROM | Full text articles from the Economist | 1991 - | Campus licence | available on LBS campus network only. (for current students, faculty and staff) |
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| Networked CD-ROMs | Extel company analysis | international company data on an 'as reported' basis for 14,500 companies listed on world's stock exchanges | Full text | Networked CD-ROM | raw company accounts | updated weekly | Campus licence | available on LBS campus network only. (for current students, faculty and staff) |
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| Networked CD-ROMs | Extel company and Equity research | international company data on an 'as reported' basis for 11,000 companies listed on world's stock exchanges | Full text | Networked CD-ROM | news, announcements, historica accounts data and capital history | updated weekly | Campus licence | available on LBS campus network only. (for current students, faculty and staff) |
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| Extel This is going to be replaced by SEQUENCER CD-ROM which will be quite similar - more details will be sent to us when available | ||||||||||||
| Networked CD-ROMs | FAME | financial analysis made easy | Company information (financials) | Networked CD-ROM | On public and major private British companies | 5 years of info (will be 10 soon) - updated monthly | campus licence | available on LBS campus network only. (for current students, faculty and staff) |
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| Networked CD-ROMs | Financial times | Financial Times newspaper | Full text | Networked CD-ROM | Full text articles from the FT | 1988 - | Campus licence | available on LBS campus network only. (for current students, faculty and staff) |
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| Networked CD-ROMs | ICC KeyNote | Keynote market research | Full text | Networked CD-ROM | Over 250 report titles covering major consumer markets (in the UK) | Updated monthly | campus licence | available on LBS campus network only. (for current students, faculty and staff) |
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| Networked CD-ROMs | Mintel | Market research | Full text | Networked CD-ROM | Contains finance, retail, market and leisure intelligence report series but excludes Special Reports | Updated monthly | Campus licence | available on LBS campus network only. (for current students, faculty and staff) |
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| Online | Bloomberg | Menu driven information system providing news and analytical functions for international financial markets | financials, and full text news | Online | Coverages encompasses equities, indices, bonds, currencies, futures and optoins, macroeconomic data, news | Real time but does have historical data | standalone licence | on its own computer with special hardware and software, staff log in once and leave it for the day | also IP restricted | just one ID from staff | staff |
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| Online | Datastream | financial and economic information services. It has yesterdays's closing prices on it. | Statistical data and financials | Online | bonds, stock market indices, economic indicators, exchange rates, interest rates, commoditiy and financial futures. Historical data from 1964 for blue chip uk companies and from 1974 for US companies | Current but good for historic data | within library only | 5 lib bays, SG, JE and others. | also IP restricted | automated login | behind the scenes (SG and JE) |
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| Online | Dow Jones News Retrieval | Access to Wall St Journal and many other US business magazines, newwpapers and trade journals as well as newswires | Full text news | Online | News retrieval also provides delayed current price quotations for US listed stocks and the full text of key documents filed with the US SEC such as 10-K and 10-Q statements | Current | within library only | 5 lib bays and others, (some staff) | no | automated login | behind the scenes (SG and JE) |
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| Electronic journals | IDEAL | full text journal articles, PDF format | full text | internet | available on LBS campus only | IP restricted |
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| Online | Investext | brokers reports on industry and companies | full text | internet | 1995 onwards | available on LBS campus only | IP restricted |
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| Online | IBSS and ISI Citation Indexes (BIDS), | Bibliographic indexes - NB only BIDS requires users to sign an agreement before they can access it. | bibliographic databases | Internet Access | Subject includes science, engineering, medicine, social sciences, education, arts and humanities | 1980 - | Campus licence | available on LBS campus only. (for current students, faculty and staff, IP restricted but no passwords) | IP restricted at present | generic password | staff | only offered to phds and academics |
| ISI (BIDS) this is changing, (Like LSE), going over to Athens, but not sure if it'll be one ID each or a generic one - will know by the end of August) | ||||||||||||
| Online | NBER working papers | LBS subscribe to the hard copy version so get electronic version free at the moment | full text | internet | 1994 onwards | All PCs on the LBS Campus network | IP restricted |
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| Online | ProQuest Direct - ABI/INFORM | ProQuest Direct - ABI/INFORM covers over 1,400 sources, including Academy of Management Review, Harvard Business Review, Journal of Finance, Journal of Marketing etc. With the ProQuest Direct - ABI/INFORM service on the World-Wide-Web, the complete text of articles are available for more than 600 of the most popular and significant journal titles | Full text | Internet | The ProQuest - ABI/INFORM database covers management techniques and case studies,corporate strategies, business conditions, personnel issues, product information, and manymore business topics. | Current | available to all students, staff and faculty (and alumns for a trial period). Available either in the library, or through forum | no - through forum, but yes within the school | je does and it is automatic behind the scenes | staff (JE and SG) |
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| Online | Reuters business briefing | news database | Full text | Remote online database | newspaper articles, company info, trade press, brokers reports (some) | last 10 years | within library only | similar to DJ, 5 lib bays and others, (some staff) | no | automated login | behind the scenes (SG and JE) |
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| Online | Reuters Securities 2000/3000 service | Delayed and real time price data for UK and international equities andf leading market indices. | Full text | Online | Real time Reuters news feeds are also available, the Reuters 3000 service offers analytical tools for fundamental equity research. R 3000 has historical analysis (5-10 years) | Real time | On a dedicated PC in the library | 1 machine - needs hardware like Bloomberg | probably IP restricted as well | log in in the morning each day | staff |
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| Online | Uncover | Combined bibliographic database, current awareness services and document supply system | bibliographic | Internet | Contents pages of 15,000 journal and magazine articles, also may be used to order documents, not in library which are required urgently (for a charge) | Campus | available on LBS campus only. (for current students, faculty and staff, IP restricted but no passwords) | IP restricted | you register and then create your profile with your own id and password |
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| online | Uncover Reveal Service | creates a profile of the journals you wish to monitor for current awareness and they are forwarded to you automatically | bibliographic | Internet | campus | available on LBS campus only. (for current students, faculty and staff, IP restricted but no passwords) | you register and then create your profile with your own id and password | only for phds and academics? As they pay per profile | ||||
| Online | University of Warwick abstracts | working paper | bibliographic | internet | abstracts then you order via inter library loan | 1992 onwards | available on LBS campus only | IP restricted |
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| Online | Vestek Global Asset Allocation | Calculates historical statistics and optimat allocations for multi-asset portfolios | Statistical data | Online | also historical returns for many currencies and asset classes | only available within library | available within Library only. IP restricted but no passwords) | IP restricted |
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| Catalogue | Catalogue | Libertas catalogue | Bibliographic | Within library and internet access | UH library holdings (books, periodicals, CD-ROMs, theses), also links to telnet, BIDS etc | Current | Public domain | none |
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| Course information | exam papers | exam papers | Full text | Internet | all subjects | Current (business back to '93) | all sites - but only within sites | not password protected available on UH campus network only |
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| Electronic Journals | IDEAL | Full text of all titles (over 175) published by Academic press, access to all, regardless of whether we have a paper subscription | Full text | Internet | all 174 Academic Press journals. | available as part of HEFC pilot site licence initiative which ends dec 98 | UH = IP restricted | IP restricted |
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| Electronic Journals | Journals online | full text of titles the BLPES subscribes to, abstracts of others. Mainly Blackwells and Academic Press titles at present | Full text | Internet | By various publishers Can get info if institution subscribes to the title, or order it and pay through the system | ? | part of BIDS, uses BIDS user name and password | IP restricted | IP restricted |
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| Electronic Journals | Jstor | Full text electronic journals JSTOR contains the full text of the electronic versions of a number of leading American Social Science journals, including the American Economic Review and Econometrica | Full text | internet | ? | between 2 -5 years behind the present day | not password protected - available on UH campus network only, Campus licence (national HE licence agreement) | IP restricted |
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| Internet | Communication systems | on line questionnaire about the LRC | Full text | internet | This appears on business school pages, part of a student dissertation | Current | Public domain | none |
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| Internet | course information - the F files | lots of information about courses - with course programme, reading lists etc | Full text | internet | rather dependent on enthusiasm of individual tutors. This one is for financial management. | Current | Public domain | none |
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| Internet | Financial journals index | part of current legal information | Index | internet | 1992 - | St Albans, All campuses | all campuses, password controlled |
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| Internet | journals information | list of journals available in Hertford with format (ie some full text via Business Disc and some hard copy in the library) | List of journals | Internet Access | Current | Public domain | none |
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| Internet | Research Index | Index to business information in national press and business journals | Index | Internet Access | search for a company or industry and it gives the paper and date so you can find it. | Previous 18 months | Hertford and all sites |
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| Internet | Guides to library -Self help guides | book renewal, binding, email, webpages, etc etc, also training courses listed here, so a source of communication | Full text | internet | IT and 'how to do it' guides - comprehensive guides for how to loan and renew books etc | Current | Public domain | none |
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| Internet | University of Warwick working papers | Index to working papes | Index | Internet Access | users apply for a password | Hertford and all sites | password protected (generic) |
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| Internet | websites | lots for business information | Full text | internet | lots of sites, with links and | Public domain | none |
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| Networked CD-ROMs | ABI/Inform | Business and management periodicals index | Bibliographic reference database | Networked CD-ROM (looking at Internet Access) | Accounting, banking, finance, computers, business, economics, energy etc. LOOKING AT INTERNET ACCESS FOR THIS | 1987 - | networked CD-ROMs currently are only available at their 'home site' but should be freely available across all sites soon | available on Hertford campus network only. |
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| Networked CD-ROMs | Economist | the Economist journal | Full text | Networked CD-ROM | Full text articles from the Economist | 1991 - updated monthly | all networked CD-ROMS potentially available across all campuses but not at present due to technical difficulties | available on Hertford campus network only. |
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| Networked CD-ROMs | European Business disc (ASAP/EBA) | Full text journal articles/business index | full text | Networked CD-ROM | European business & management | 1993 - | 2 site network licences for Hertford and Hatfield | available on hertford and hatfield campus networks only |
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| Networked CD-ROMs | FAME | financial analysis made easy - company info | Company information (financials) | Networked CD-ROM | On public and major private British companies | Current last 5 years | Site network licence for Hertford | available on hertford and hatfield campus networks only |
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| Networked CD-ROMs | Financial times | Financial Times newspaper | Full text | Networked CD-ROM | Full text articles from the FT | 1992 - | Site network licence | available on Hertford campus network only. |
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| Networked CD-ROMs | FT McCarthy | Business, some full text | 93 - | networked CD-ROMs currently are only available at their 'home site' but should be freely available across all sites soon | available on Hatfield campus network only. |
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| Networked CD-ROMs | FT Prices | share prices | Statistical data | Networked CD-ROM | up to 10 years' info | Site network licence | available on Hertford campus network only. |
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| Networked CD-ROMs | Guardian CD-ROM | Guardian newspaper | Full text | Networked CD-ROM | full text of articles from the Guardian | 1990 - | Site network licence | available on Watford campus network only |
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| Networked CD-ROMs | IMID | Institute of Management's database | Networked CD-ROM | 1993 - | Site network licence | available on Hertford campus network only. |
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| Networked CD-ROMs | Independent CD-ROM | Independent newspaper | Full text | Networked CD-ROM | full text of articles from the Independent | 89-/93-qtrly | Site network licence | available on hatfield and watford campus networks only |
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| Networked CD-ROMs | INTLEC | Index to International Economics, Development and Fiannce | Index | Networked CD-ROM | 1981 - | Site network licence | available on hertford campus network only |
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| Networked CD-ROMs | Times & Sunday Times | Newspaper | full text | Networked CD-ROM | Full text of Times newspaper since 1990 | 1990 - | Site network licence | available on St Albans campus network only |
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| Online | Datastream | economics and equities data | Statistical data and financials | Online | bonds, stock market indices, economic indicators, exchange rates, interest rates, commoditiy and financial futures | Current | Hertford - Academic user licence - 1 terminal | no access control - standalone |
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| Online | IBSS and ISI (BIDS) | Bibliographic indices | bibliographic databases | Internet Access (or Telnet) | Subject includes science, engineering, medicine, social sciences, education, arts and humanities | all UH network licence | ID and password |
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| Online | Uncover Reveal Service | creates a profile of the journals you wish to monitor for current awareness and they are forwarded to you automatically | bibliographic | internet | available to academics only (perhaps like LBS they pay per profile) | like LBS id and password? All sites | ||||||
| Standalone CD-ROM | Accountancy | Journal | Full text | standalone CD-ROM | Accounting | current | Standalone machine | no access control - standalone, Hertford |
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| Standalone CD-ROM | AFP Doc sur CD-ROM | French news agency | Abstracts | standalone CD-ROM | current | Standalone machine | no access control - standalone - Hertford |
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| Standalone CD-ROM | Extel Company and Equity research; and company analysis | international company data | Company information (financials) | standalone CD-ROM | Company data going back 10 years | 1997 | Standalone machine | no access control - standalone - Hertford |
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| Standalone CD-ROM | ICC Key note | Keynote Market research reports | Full text | standalone CD-ROM | UK market research on industry sectors | updated monthly | Standalone machine | no access control - standalone Hatfield and Hertford |
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| Standalone CD-ROM | Kompass | Company information | company and product information | standalone CD-ROM | current | Standalone machine | no access control - standalone - Hertford |
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| Standalone CD-ROM | Twenty five years of Social Trends | Data compilation from Central Statistical Office | statistics | standalone CD-ROM | 25 years back? | Standalone machine | no access control - standalone - Watford and Hertford |
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Appendix 4 - Typical access hurdles
The list below defines some of the access hurdles faced by users of resources in the three sites, together with examples of where these hurdles appear.
IP restrictions or services limited to a network are not counted as hurdles, only those resources that offer a physical barrier to information, which must be overcome by the user.
This list may be altered as more details
become available from UH.
| Hurdle | Type | Source of Password | Any other details | Copyright agreement | examples |
| Password | Internet form | One per person, based on library card and pin number | Athens | Have to at the moment - not sure for the future | BIDS, Decomate, Journals online |
| Password | telnet session | From library desk - will be library card and pin number | Athens | No | Edina |
| Password | Internet form | Standard LSE password then users generate their own | From library desk | Superjournal |