Remote Access to E-resources - some useful tips!

 If you are working at home or are remote from Cambridge here are some tips to help you.

DOWNLOAD BROWSER PLUG-INS

1.  LEAN LIBRARY - Download Lean Library to help you access book chapters and articles. It should also flag alternative access to ebooks where we have access to ebooks via different routes. Once installed in your browser links you automatically to your article via IP and subscription access. If a subscription is not available it will link you to suitable Open Access versions
   https://www.libraries.cam.ac.uk/eresources/access-full-text-anywhere 
2. BROWZINE - a new tablet application (iOS & Android) where you can browse, read and follow thousands of scholarly journals available to you thanks to the University’s subscriptions or on open access.  You can also use Browzine on your desktop.https://browzine.com/libraries/603/subjects You can download Browzine for iOS or Android devices via the App store.
   
3. BROWZINE LIBKEY NOMAD is a browser extension that links you to full text articles available from Cambridge University Libraries, like Lean Library it will offer OA alternatives where subscriptions are not available but it does not provide this service for ebooks.https://thirdiron.com/downloadnomad/

Accessing Bloomberg and EIKON Live Financial Data

At the Marshall Library we have two Live Financial Data Terminals available for staff and students in Economics and Development Studies: Bloomberg and EIKON.

Bloomberg

Bloomberg is a computer software system  that enables professionals in the financial service sector to access Bloomberg Professional Services through which users can monitor and analyze real-time global financial market data. It also provides excellent news feeds. If you would like to book a session using our Bloomberg terminal please fill out our online from on the Marshall Library website:

https://www.marshall.econ.cam.ac.uk/contactus/eikon-bloomberg-booking-form

We will email a confirmation. Please come to the front doors of the Marshall Library and telephone us on 01223 335217. A member of Library staff will come down to let you in and escort you to the terminal. 

During Covid-19 restrictions you must -

    1.     Wear a face mask at all times inside the Marshall Library

    2.     Sanitise your hands with sanitiser provided

    3.     Scan the NHS QR Track and Trace code on entry

    4.     Sanitise the Bloomberg keyboard before you leave the Library

N.B. There are no toilet facilities available on the Marshall Library side of the Austin Robinson Building

Introductory Bloomberg videos and tutorials

The terminal is available during our current opening hours of 9am-4pm -so the last bookable session each day is from 3pm.

Bloomberg Video Tutorials

If you have not used the Bloomberg Terminal before we recommend you download and read the Bloomberg Getting Started Guide: https://data.bloomberglp.com/professional/sites/10/Getting-Started-Guide-for-Students-English.pdf

Bloomberg: Our Top 25 Tips and Tricks - CJBS video from 2013

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anOUEiraEtg

Three Bloomberg tutorial videos by Eric from May 2020

Part I - Quick Introduction to Basic Functions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ee-x6IXWK8

Part II - Advanced Function Exploaration

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ia158DGKnhU

Part III - Additional Economic Stock

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKNUxOmQrgw

EIKON

Like the Bloomberg Terminal, Eikon is a software system used to monitor and analyze financial information. Eikon provides financial professionals with access to market data, analytics, and messaging tools. Information can also be exported to Microsoft Excel for continued data analysis.

During the Covid-19 restrictions we are making access to our terminal remote access only. To access the Marshall Library EIKON licence please email 

infolib@jbs.cam.ac.uk

explaining you are an Economics/Development Studies student (which year) or Economic/Development Studies member of academic staff. You will be granted a day long access to the EIKON data and they will send you details on how to access EIKON.

Please note you should allow plenty of time for any data downloads as all sessions end at 4pm.

Email marshlib@hermes.cam.ac.uk if you want to use the EIKON licence remotely and you have not used it before. We can send you a guide in PDF format.

Cambridge Judge Business School Video Tutorials

These video tutorials have just been made available

Eikon Essentials: Introduction and Searching

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ0F2CXOU6U&list=PLelOK3RiNhb35ipTOfMmVoAYDnR9bTmbJ&index=1

Eikon Essentials: Financial Charts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdmzqlJwjfQ&list=PLelOK3RiNhb35ipTOfMmVoAYDnR9bTmbJ&index=2

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Lean Library: Accessing Cambridge E-resources from anywhere!

The Marshall Librarian recommends that you set up the Lean Library browser extension. This is a way of accessing e-resources that are available through Cambridge quickly and efficiently. You don't even need to have your VPN working for this!

Lean Library is a browser extension that delivers an article to you regardless of where you are linking from. It does not matter where you started searching: Google, Google Scholar, Bing, PubMed, JSTOR or iDiscover etc. If you download the browser extension Lean will automatically detect when you are on a website and there is access via a Cambridge University Library subscription. Where Cambridge does not have subscription access Lean Library will automatically redirect you to an Open Access version of the article if it is available.

Download Lean Library from leanlibrary.com/download

Accessing The Economist remotely during the Covid19 Emergency

Since the Library closed I have received a few enquiries from Economists asking about getting into The Economist (full text and graphics version) now we are all off campus. I have tried it myself on my home laptop and I also had problems - now resolved!

Here is my advice:

Follow the link from either the eresources AZ list or the link from the CJBS Information Centre databases page. This is the link you need: https://proxy.jbs.cam.ac.uk/login?url=https://www.economist.com/

Access is authenticated through our proxy server - unless you go through the link the Economist has no way of knowing who you are. This link is the only way for them to pick up Raven credentials from your computer. So clicking here in a new browser window should prompt you to login via Raven and you should no longer see a request to login half way down the page as you scroll through an article. N.B. Even when logged in this way you will always see subscribe and login buttons at the top but if you can click on an article and read it all the way through you are in.

If you are still having problems open a different browser - it works best in Chrome or Firefox. Try clearing cookies and cache and try again. I have a Mac and I understand many people are accessing it with no problem via Safari. However, in the end, what worked for me was downloading Chrome to my MacBook.

Remember you can always access the text only Proquest access to  The Economist. Just go into iDiscover and login. Search for 'The Economist' and it should be one of the first hits - follow the links through. Unfortunately this subscription will not show images, graphs and graphics.