Thursday, 22 May 2008

Industry Guides from the British Library

Of particular use and interest to academics and students concerned with entrepreneurship are these new(ish) guides from the British Library. Essentially they are mini-subject guides, packed with lists of printed and interweb resources. Information ranges from who the likely competitors will be to the suppliers concerned with your chosen industry.

httpp://www.bl.uk/collections/business/bisheets.html

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Friday, 9 May 2008

Keeping up to date with Leisuretourism.com


Do you need to keep up to date in the fields of leisure, tourism, hospitality and recreation?

Are you stretched for time due to the rigours of academia?

Well those dedicated leisure and tourism specialists at Leisuretourism.com may have the answer.

Each month, once you subscribe, they send you an information brimming email combed from the fields of leisure, tourism, hospitality and recreation notifying you of new 'In Brief and In Depth' articles from the last month on Lesuiretourism.com, forthcoming events, newly published CABI books and featured abstracts which support a recent article from Lesuiretourism.com.

The newsletter is useful for keeping up to date with matters in your area and for the database it is a useful 'hook' to draw you to use their information. Nevertheless with new abstracts added every week; the database does keep you in touch with the very latest developments in your field.

If you want to keep up to date it's a useful tool and may be worth subscribing so it can land in your inbox once a month and lead you to articles that you may not have found from pure googling.

Where else would you find proof that; the Glastonbury Festival generates big money for the local economy, that leading cricketers live longer lives and a paper to support the belief that referees do favour the home team!