Management, Economics, and Government Information

Our MEGI Site Wins National Competition!

June 24th, 2008

Our Business Library Website (MEGI), won the Best of Show Award in a competition sponsored by ALA’s Library Administration and Management Association (LAMA) with over 360 entries, MEGI’s was chosen as the one which best reflected expertise in public relations and marketing. A team of experts in librarianship, public relations and marketing judged the promotional materials. Winning entries were displayed, and winners were recognized during the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference Swap and Shop program’s “Hot Ideas for Cool PR” in Anaheim, California. Our sincere thanks to Tom DeForest, designer and programmer.

Encyclopedia of Business Ethics & Society now available online!

June 9th, 2008

encyclopedia2.jpg Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and SocietyRobert W. Kolb, ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications Inc., 2008.  2437 pp.  All 5 volumes available online. 

Spring Writing and Research Labs

June 3rd, 2008

Writing Center Tutors and Library Instruction TA’s are available to help every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 6-8 p.m. 2231 HBLL

Come Get Help!

  • Writing your paper
  • Doing research
  • Finding books and articles
  • Citing your sources

New Journals in Economics

April 16th, 2008

jhc.jpgJournal of Human Capital
A forum for theoretical and empirical work on human capital—broadly defined to include education, health, entrepreneurship, and intellectual and social capital—and related public policy analyses.  Coverage begins with v1.1, Winter 2007.  Access this journal. 

 

jebo.gifJournal of Economic Behavior and Organization
How human cognitive, computational and informational characteristics influence the working of economic organizations and market economies and how an economy’s structural features lead to various types of micro and macro behavior, to changing patterns of development and to institutional evolution.  Coverage begins with v41.1, Jan 2000.  Access this journal.

 

epsy.gifJournal of Economic Psychology
Economic behavior in connection with inflation, unemployment, taxation, economic development, as well as consumer information and economic behavior in the market place.  Coverage begins with v21.1, Feb 2000.  Access this journal.

 

Bloomberg Clinic

February 29th, 2008

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Clinic Handout: brc-bloomberg-handout.pdf

Wharton Research Data Services

February 21st, 2008

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New Books

February 19th, 2008

Know-how : the 8 skills that separate people who perform from those who don’t. Ram Charan with Geri Willigan. HD 57.7 .C4737 2007

Results that last : hardwiring behaviors that will take your company to the top. Quint Studer. HD 57.7 .S787 2008

Adland : a global history of advertising. Mark Tungate. HF 5823 .T83 2007

Brand it yourself : the fast , focused way to marketplace magic. Lynn Altman. HF 6161.B4 A48 2006

Advertising Clinic

February 19th, 2008

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The All-Request Hour

February 6th, 2008

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VITA Site now Open

January 31st, 2008

Location & Hours

The VITA site at BYU is now located in the Harold B. Lee Library MEGI area in room 1820 (the Accounting Lab). The site operates on a first-come first-served basis. Open to the general public February 4th - April 4th at the following times:

Monday, Wednesday and Friday 9:00 am-4:30pm
Tuesday and Thursday 12:00pm-4:30pm

Services Provided

Free Federal and State tax preparation services for returns with total income under $40,000. All returns are e-filed, which allows you to receive your refund in 2-3 weeks. For more information, please visit http://vita.byu.edu/