The Kirstein Business Library offers career and job hunting information, entrepreneurial resources, assistance to investors, and maintains a variety of business directories and industry statistics. For more information about the programs and resources at Kirstein:
Welcome to the Kirstein Business Library
Posted on May 7th, 2012 by Gregor Smart in Kirstein Business Library
Audiobooks on the financial crisis.
Posted on May 15th, 2012 by Gregor Smart in Kirstein Business Library
Poorer J.P. Morgan, those pesky credit derivatives caused a bit of trouble no? Reminds me of the financial meltdown of 2008. If you’re looking for something to listen to on your way into work consider checking out one our audiobooks on the topic.
by Suzanne McGee
Chasing Goldman SachsHillary Huber
How the Masters of the Universe Melted Wall Street Down…and Why They’ll Take Us to the Brink Again
by Roger LowensteinErik Synnestvedt The roots of the mortgage bubble and the story of the Wall Street collapse-and the government’s unprecedented response-from our most trusted business journalist.
The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System from Crisis—and Lost
Coincidentally, I happened to be watching Margin Call when the story about J.P. Morgan hit. Great movie, but what movie with Stanley Tucci isn’t? It was nominated for an Academy Award for best original screenplay, but lost to Midnight in Paris. If you’re looking for a fictionalized behind the scenes look at an investment firm in crisis, this is recommended watching.
Margin Call
(DVD – 2011)
Set in the high-stakes world of Wall Street, Margin Call is an entangling thriller involving the key players at an investment firm during one perilous 24-hour period in the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis.
Resources for creating personal news alerts.
Posted on May 10th, 2012 by Gregor Smart in Kirstein Business Library
Looking for ways to track a particular company or person in the news? There are several resources available to you.
1. Create a Google News Alert:
Creating a Google news alert is a great way to automatically scan the web for updates on companies or topics of interest to you. Once you have entered your search term, you will receive a confirmation email to verify your Google search alert request. Search results can include news stories, blog postings, and even video. The frequency of results can be managed so that results come into your email as news hits the web or they can be consolidated into one email per day or per week.
2. Create a Yahoo Keyword News Alert:
Similar to Google, you can also create alerts using Yahoo. To create a Yahoo keyword alert you will first need to register yourself as a Yahoo user. Once you have registered, click on the image below to log in and to create your alert.
3. Create a Gale General OneFile Alert:
BPL users can also use our Gale database to search for news and to create alerts. If using the service remotely you will need your library card to log into the database to conduct a search. If you would like to create an alert you will also need to create a Gale new user id (click on image below.)
After you have created your User Id you will need to enter your search term. In this example I will create a news alert for the term “pinterest.”
Next, select Save this search:
Now name your search. I have named my alert Pinterest News Alert. The alert has now been created. I will now receive Gale news Alerts for Pinterest to my designated email. Keep in mind that while results will be sent to your email, you will need to be on a library computer to view the linked news stories.
Advertising Industry Resources
Posted on May 7th, 2012 by Gregor Smart in Kirstein Business Library
I’m loving this season of Mad Man. That Don Draper may be a cad but he sure has a head for business. Here in the Kirstein Library we have several resources available to get you up to speed on the advertising industry.
Need an industry report on the Advertising Industry?
Check out our S&P Publishing and Advertising Industry Survey.
(This resource is only available via our in-house wi-fi or library computer)
Run an industry screening using our D&B Million Dollar Database: (sample listing below)
Also try our RDS Business Suite TableBase rankings or News resource. Review the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook if you think you might want to become an Advertising Sales Agent. If you are curious about the number of Advertising Agencies through the years click here.
Magazines available in print/electronic:
Print Materials:
We also have eBooks:
Dahl, Gary
2007
eBook
BrandwashedTricks Companies Use to Manipulate Our Minds and Persuade Us to Buy
Lindstrom, Martin
2011
eBook
By the way, have you noticed how Don’s always got a cocktail going and a cigarette is never far away? Maybe it has something to do with one of these resources located at our 2nd Floor Delivery Desk:
By Pennock, Pamela E.
HF6161.L46 P46 2007
2nd Floor Delivery Desk
What’s your Poison? Addictive Advertising of the ’40s-’60sBy Blount, Kirven
HF6161.T6 B57 2005
2nd Floor Delivery Desk
Need to catch up on seasons 1-4 of Mad Men? Click on any of the DVDs below to check availability.
And finally…if you’re looking for a little something to enjoy while watching the show…
Inside the Kitchens, Bars, and Restaurants of Mad Men
Gelman, Judy
Book – 2011
Real World Retirement Planning
Posted on April 30th, 2012 by Melissa Andrews in Kirstein Business Library, Programs
Join us on Tuesday, May 8th for the final installment of our Fiscal Fitness for 2012 series. This presentation explores the universal reality of retirement, as well as the many savings and investment options individuals can rely on when planning for the future. Offers information relevant to each stage in a working adults professional life-from twenty somethings to the final years before retirement.
Date: Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
Time: 6:00-7:00pm
Location: Central Library in Copley Square, 700 Boylston Street, Conference Room 05/06 (lower level of the library)
Cost: Free
Contact: Kirstein Business Library at 617-859-2142
No advance registration is required for this event.