University Libraries

New Wall Street Journal subscription and other fall news for Faculty

Greetings Faculty!

Given that we are well past the dog days of summer, I wanted to update you on a few things for the fall.

Wall Street Journal now available

Ohio University Libraries has entered into a 3-year pilot subscription to the Wall Street Journal.  Once you create your WSJ account, you can read the content on your computer or via smartphone app.  Access the WSJ via my Business Databases page or in the ALICE Catalog.   At the end of the 3-year pilot we will review usage stats and available funds to determine next steps for the subscription.

Get business cases for your courses

If you're a professor looking for business cases to use in the classroom, check out Sage Business Cases.  The collection spans a wide range of business and management disciplines and includes teaching notes and discussion questions.  Contact me and I will send you the special instructor code to access the teaching notes. 

Tutorial for new business researchers

This summer I built a short tutorial to help first year business students Get Started With Business Research.  The 15-minute learning experience helps students learn how to find our business database, introduces their business librarian, and shows them how to get help.  Feel free to use the tutorial in your UC 1900 or other introductory courses.

Consultations and classes

If your students are struggling with their business research projects, encourage them to schedule an in-person or online research consultation with me.  If there's overall room for improvement with your students' research projects, I'm also available to give research workshops in your classes.  Just contact me with your research assignment and we can set something up. 

Last year was different, but productive

• Business researchers accessed my business research guides over 150,000 times last year
• I answered more than 200 questions from faculty and student via email, chat, and consultation
• 150+ students took my Sport Market Research Tutorial
• My business research YouTube videos were viewed over 21,000 times by OHIO researchers and beyond

As always, let me know if you have any questions.

Have a fantastic fall!

--Chad

Image above from yours truly.  My dog, Calvin, and I spent lots of mornings on the bike path this summer.