1. Copyright © 2006 President and Fellows of Harvard College Getting an Edge at HBS: Leveraging Baker Library MBA Class of 2008 Orientation presentation, August 2006 Andrea Schulman, Baker Library Services This version of the slides has been modified based on the live presentation on August 29 and 30, 2006 to support those who were not at the presentation.

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3. Copyright © 2006 President and Fellows of Harvard College Professor David A. Garvin C. Roland Christensen Professor of Business Administration “Knowing where and how to find critical information is often the difference between successful and unsuccessful decisions.”

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5. Copyright © 2006 President and Fellows of Harvard College MBA KEY ACTIVITIES 1.Stay informed – know what’s happening in business 2.Prepare for class discussion 3.Complete field study, course paper, or participate in Business Plan Contest 4.Career development

6. Copyright © 2006 President and Fellows of Harvard College Stay Informed Set up news/article alerts via http://www.library.hbs.edu/tools/http://www.library.hbs.edu/tools/ Baker Industry Highlights Biweekly newsletters containing links to articles from newspapers and industry publications on business trends in selected industries. Articles are handpicked by Baker librarians from Factiva and targeted for MBA students. ABI/Proquest Search the database of academic, business and trade publications. Click on Set Up Alert to receive emails when new articles that match your search are added to the database. Factiva Click on the News Pages tab near the top of the screen and choose a geography or industry to scan the headlines of the major business news publications. RSS feeds on major industries also available.

7. Copyright © 2006 President and Fellows of Harvard College Recommended resources for definition of Key Concepts Business Dictionaries –Oxford Reference Online http://www.library.hbs.edu/howdoi/#definitionshttp://www.library.hbs.edu/howdoi/#definitions –QuickMBA http://www.quickmba.com/http://www.quickmba.com/ Encyclopedias –Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management Stamps Reading Room – Reference HD30.15.B55 2005 –International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences http://www.library.hbs.edu/howdoi/#definitions http://www.library.hbs.edu/howdoi/#definitions Textbooks –Baker Online Catalog http://voyager.library.hbs.edu/catalog.htmhttp://voyager.library.hbs.edu/catalog.htm Prepare for Class Discussion

8. Copyright © 2006 President and Fellows of Harvard College Prepare for Class Discussion Recommended resources for background information on a topic Industry surveys and profiles –Standard & Poor’s Industry SurveysStandard & Poor’s Industry Surveys –Business Source CompleteBusiness Source Complete Country economics and emerging markets –Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) Country ReportsEconomist Intelligence Unit (EIU) Country Reports –ISI Emerging MarketsISI Emerging Markets

9. Copyright © 2006 President and Fellows of Harvard College Field Study, Course Paper, or Business Plan Recommended resources Consumer market data –Global Market Information Database http://www.library.hbs.edu/go/gmid.htmlhttp://www.library.hbs.edu/go/gmid.html –Mintel http://www.library.hbs.edu/go/mintel.htmlhttp://www.library.hbs.edu/go/mintel.html Financial market data –Bloomberg (In the Exchange and Financial Databases Room) –Datastream (In the Financial Databases Room) Competitive landscape –Capital IQ http://www.library.hbs.edu/go/capitaliq.htmlhttp://www.library.hbs.edu/go/capitaliq.html –Hoovers http://www.library.hbs.edu/go/hoovers.htmlhttp://www.library.hbs.edu/go/hoovers.html

10. Copyright © 2006 President and Fellows of Harvard College Career Development Recommended resources MBA Career Services Web site http://my.hbs.edu/mbadocs/admin/career_services/research/ http://my.hbs.edu/mbadocs/admin/career_services/research/ Baker research guides http://www.library.hbs.edu/guides/http://www.library.hbs.edu/guides/

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