1. Welcome to MBS Library Services

2. We are here (roughly).

3. Opening Hours Mon – Friday:09:00 – 20:00 Saturday:10:00 – 18:00 Sunday:13:00 – 18:00 The Precinct Library is home to the largest collection of business and management textbooks in the University… Precinct Library

4. Home to a huge collection of books, journals etc & a wide variety of services… Opening Hours: Mon – Fri: 08:00 – 20:00 Sat: 09:00 – 17:00 Sun: 12:00 – 17:00 Other sites: Joule Library - Science, Engineering & Technology The Main Library

5. Alan Gilbert Learning Commons Brand new building provides you with a world class 21 st Century learning space:  PC / Wi-Fi access  Multi-media facilities  Printing, Scanning, Copying facilities  Group / Individual Study Spaces  Indoor / outdoor café space  Social meeting spaces Open 24/7 - 364 days a year!!

6. Getting Started PGT: 25 books 4 weeks (normal) 7 day loan High Demand (24 hrs)

8. You can also book study rooms here…

9. Off campus access… Download the University of Manchester VPN software - Assigns your PC / device a University of Manchester IP address. - Allows you to access resources as if you were on campus. - Software available from the IT services section of the University website: http://www.itservices.manchester.ac.uk/vp n/ http://www.itservices.manchester.ac.uk/vp n/ Download the University of Manchester VPN software - Assigns your PC / device a University of Manchester IP address. - Allows you to access resources as if you were on campus. - Software available from the IT services section of the University website: http://www.itservices.manchester.ac.uk/vp n/ http://www.itservices.manchester.ac.uk/vp n/ Use your University of Manchester username and password - Resources can also be accessed using your University username & password. - You will need to enter this EVERY time you access a resource! Instructional videos available from the library website

10. www.mbs.ac.uk/library

11. Remember the name… www.mbs.ac.uk/library For access to:  Books / ebooks  Journal articles  Business information databases  Specialist help and support…

15. Library databases  We provide access to over 50 databases/datasets from leading business information providers.  These provide access to high level quality data not freely available online.  1000’s of statistical datasets – 1000’s of analysis reports.

17. Databases are grouped by the type of research they contain. Look through the different categories to view details and link to available databases Databases are grouped by the type of research they contain. Look through the different categories to view details and link to available databases

18. Specialist Financial databases available in the PrecinctLibrary Training courses on Bloomberg, Bloomberg certification and other databases (e.g. Datastream) run all year

19. Getting help…

22. Need Help? Ask us…  libdesk@mbs.ac.uk libdesk@mbs.ac.uk  0161 275 6507 @MBS Library