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Business & Management: Training and Workshops

Subjects: Business, Management

Introduction

The Sainsbury Library provides in-class, hybrid, and asynchronous instruction and workshops on supporting study and research. Topics include searching for a wide range of scholarly materials, keeping up to date with new research, reference management and bibliometrics.

1:1 sessions (prebook, all year round, online or face to face)

  • Selecting business databases for your research 

  • Help with using and searching the business databases

Contact: Hal Kirkwood, Bodleian Business Librarian: hal.kirkwood@sbs.ox.ac.uk

              Heidi Smithson, Senior Information Librarian: heidi.smithson@sbs.ox.ac.uk

  • How to make the most of resources and services at the Bodleian Libraries via SOLO  

Contact: Cui Cui, Circulation and Customer Services Librarian: cui.cui@sbs.ox.ac.uk

Current drop-in workshops (online or face to face)

Friday drop-in sessions 

Location: Sainsbury Library (in person)

  • Friday 18 October
    • 13:30-14:30 Introduction to Fame and Orbis Europe
  • Friday 25 October
    • 13:30 - 14:30 Introduction to Capital IQ
    • 15:30 - 16:30 Introduction to Bloomberg
  • Friday 8 November
    • 13:30 - 14:30 Introduction to Retail Market Research
    • 15:00 - 16:00 Introduction to Country Risk and Country Financials
  • Friday 15 November
    • 13:30 - 14:30 Introduction to WRDS (Wharton Research Data Service)
    • 15:00 - 16:00 Introduction to Mergers & Acquisitions Data
  • Friday 22 November
    • 13:30 - 14:30 Introduction to Broad-based Market Research Databases
    • 15:00 - 16:00 Introduction to Broad-based Market Research Databases
  • Friday 29 November
    • 13:30 - 14:30 Introduction to Financial Databases
    • 15:00 - 16:00 Introduction to Bloomberg
  • Friday 6 December
    • 15:00 - 16:00 Introduction to ESG Resources & Data

Embedded and group sessions

Some library induction sessions are embedded in your programme. Please check your programme timetables. Training materials and slides are available for download on the page.

If you are interested in arranging workshops in groups or for a particular programme for any specific topics, please contact us via email to enquire.

Online training videos

Our YouTube channel hosts a selection of videos introducing our services and key resources.

Database Certifications