Because of the volume of printing we’ve been
experiencing in the Reference Dept., we’ve been flying through toner
cartridges. Even with the amount of printing, though, there has been some
question about whether toner cartridges were really full, because they had to
be changed rather suddenly sometimes.
To help measure the productivity of our toner cartridges, we
will now be tracking how many pages are printed out for each cartridge. What
does this mean for you? Probably nothing more than printing out a page whenever
you change a toner cartridge. I’ll be keeping track of the stats. We just
need a Print Usage Page created every time a toner cartridge is printed.
Instructions are included below, are saved in the Reference
folder on BUFiles/Library, and are posted on the bulleting board behind the
Reference Desk. If the toner cartridge runs out on your watch and you need
help, talk to any of the Reference Librarians.
Thanks.
Scott
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Changing
Toner
When changing toner, please print out the Usage Page
so we can track how many copies have been made with each toner cartridge.
Press the Menu button, then go down one to Information (down arrow, then P),
then down three to Print Usage
Page (down arrow 3 times, then P).
Menu à
Information à
Print Usage Page
Please write the date on these sheets and file them in the back of the
Reference Procedures Manual notebook in the middle drawer.
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When working on documents on library lab computers, whether MS Word, PowerPoint, or anything else, the best place to save those documents is on your H: drive, which is typically mapped to BU Files. That’s your own personal space on the network and is accessible from anywhere on campus.
Do NOT save your documents on “My Documents” on the C: drive of the local computer. Those files will automatically be deleted every time the computer is rebooted.
Rebooting the computers is necessary to “clean them up” and delete the large numbers of profiles, which are created every time anyone logs on. This is normally done about once a week, but at this busy time of year, so many people are using the library computers that it’s necessary to reboot them all a couple times a week to ensure smooth operations for everyone.
So please do not save any important files on the local C: drive on lab computers. The libraries cannot be responsible for them and they WILL be deleted.
To find basic industry information about the industry in which your company operates in please follow these steps:
- Go to our subject-based
list: http://www.butler.edu/library/index.aspx?pg=287
- Click on “business”
- Review the “info.
icons”
because the business-related ones are “value
added.” Pay particular attention to
what areas of the business environment each database deals with. For
example, Business Source Complete can be used to gather information for
the following business environments:
Economic Environment, Industry/Competitive
Environment, Market Customer Analysis, & Global Environment.
Two
databases with industry information are Business Source
Complete and Market Insight.
Using
Microsoft as an example…
Business Source Complete:
- Type “Microsoft” (or your company’s name) in the find
window
- Click on the blue “Industry
Profile” link
- You should see several reports
Market Insight:
- Click on the “Company” tab
- Click “lookup”
- Type “Microsoft” (or the name of your company) in the “Name”
window and click search
- Select Microsoft in the list
and click on the Go! button.
- Close the search box by
clicking on the X. At this point the
interface should have changed to “Microsoft” (upper left corner)
- Under “Related Links” click on “Systems
Software” (will be different for each company)
- Top middle of screen should say
“Industry Research” which indicates you are in the Industry Portion of
this database
- Look for bottom left under “S&P
Industry Surveys” and you will see a report titled “Computers: Software”
in .pdf format. (not all companies will have an industry report; usually
90% do)
- Clicking on the report will
open it at which point students can print, save, or e-mail.
Business
Source has shorter reports while Market Insight’s are more thorough. Please review both if they are available.
Questions? Contact one of the business liaisons or the Reference Department.
Thanks,
-Brad
Irwin Library subscribes to
the Wall Street Journal Eastern Edition. Current issues are in print format
while older issues are in microfilm format.
We currently do not subscribe to an electronic database that provides full-text
access to the Wall Street Journal. Databases like Business Source Complete,
Lexis-Nexis, etc., provide access to abstracts only. (i.e., a brief description
of the actual article)
The confusing part is that some of our databases will contain abstracts from the
Western Edition. Seeing this, students and faculty often think that the
article they are looking for will not be in our Eastern Edition print or
microfilm holdings.
However, often this is not true. The majority of feature articles, opinion
pieces, etc., are the same no matter which edition you are reading. The only
thing our Eastern Edition may not have is a story or information that is specific
to the Western half of the country.
So, before submitting an Interlibrary Loan request for Wall Street Journal articles be sure to 1) Read the
abstract with care and 2) Check our print and microfilm holdings to see if the
article you seek is there. More often than not it is.
If you have any questions please contact the Subject Liaisons for Business or Ask a Librarian.
Thanks,
-Brad
We now have at the Reference Desk some forms for reporting errors people get when accessing databases from off campus. This will help collect all the information we need to be able to troubleshoot the problems.
These forms are also available in Library on BUFiles, under Departments-Library, Reference, Forms. If you use our library databases from home at all, please feel free to print some of these forms out and take them home, so you can report if there are any problems.
Thanks!
Scott
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