6 August 2008
A number of new eBooks are available from the Library:

Managing with Microsoft Project 2002, by Lisa A. Bucki and Gary Chefetz

Language interrupted: signs of non-native acquisition in standard language grammars, by John McWhorter

The changing languages of Europe, by Bernd Heine and Tania Kuteva.

Expression in speech: analysis and synthesis, by Mark Tatham and Katherine Morton

Constructions at work: the nature of generalization in language, by Adele E. Goldberg.

The multilingual Internet: language, culture, and communication online, edited by Brenda Danet and Susan C. Herring

Mind as machine: a history of cognitive science, by Margaret A. Boden

Fighting over words: language and civil law cases, by Roger W. Shuy
For on and off campus access to these titles an Athens username and password is required.
Roddy MacLeod
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31 July 2008
Added to the library recently were books on innovation management, market research, numerical earth models and several other topics.
For the full list of new books, go to the New Books section of the Catalogue.
Added to Riccarton Library were two more copies of the 4th edition of Innovation management and new product development, by Paul Trott. You can search inside this book at Amazon.

Added to the library at Galashiels was a copy of Market research in practice: a guide to the basics, by Paul Hague, Nick Hague & Carol-Ann Morgan. You can search inside this book at Amazon.
Added to the Petroleum Engineering Library were two titles, Numerical earth models, by J.-L. Mallet, and Arabian plate sequence stratigraphy, by Peter R. Sharland and others
Information on how to place a reservation for a book is available.
Information on suggesting books for the library is also available, or you can let the Subject Librarians know if you have any suggestions for new titles.
Roddy MacLeod
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23 June 2008
A number of new eBooks are available from the Library:

Global industrial relations, edited by Michael J. Morley, Patrick Gunnigle and David G. Collings.

Write great essays!: a guide to reading and essay writing for undergraduates and taught postgraduates, by Peter Levin.

Sail through exams!: preparing for traditional exams for undergraduates and taught postgraduates, by Peter Levin.

Racialized boundaries: race, nation, gender, colour and class and the anti-racist struggle, by Floya Anthias, Nira Yuval-Davis and Harriet Cain.

Principles of retailing, by John Fernie, Christopher Moore, and Suzanne Fernie.

Marketing across cultures, by Jean-Claude Usunier and Julie Anne Lee.
4th ed.

Managing change: a strategic approach to organisational dynamics, by Bernard Burnes.
4th ed.

Logistics and supply chain management: creating value-added networks, by Martin Christopher.
3rd ed.

Logistics and retail management: insights into current practice and trends from leading experts, edited by John Fernie and Leigh Sparks. 2nd ed.

Living supply chains: how to mobilize the enterprise around delivering what your customers want, by John Gattorna.

Global strategic management, by Philippe Lasserre.

Financial and management accounting: an introduction. by Pauline Weetman.

International business: themes and issues in the modern global economy, by Debra Johnson and Colin Turner.

The travels of a t-shirt in the global economy: an economist examines the markets, power and politics of world trade, by Pietra Rivoli.
For on and off campus access to these titles an Athens username and password is required.
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2 June 2008
New eBooks available from the Library are:

Economics, 6th edition, by John Sloman.

Economics: Student workbook, 6th edition, by John Sloman and Peter Smith.

Economics, 6th edition, by Michael Parkin, Melanie Powell, and Kent Matthews.
For on and off campus access to these titles an Athens username and password is required.
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22 May 2008
Added to the library recently were books on new urbanism, shipping, maritime economics, management accounting and several other topics.
For the full list of new books, go to the New Books section of the Catalogue.


Selected new titles in Riccarton Library include Invisible city: poverty, housing and new urbanism, by John Ingram Gilderbloom, and Modern transport geography, edited by Brian Hoyle and Richard Knowles. You can search inside this book at Amazon. Both books are on standard loan.

A further copy of the 5th edition of Operations management, by Bigel Slack, Stuart Chambers and Robert Johnston has also been added to Riccarton Library.
Information on how to place a reservation for a book is available.
Information on suggesting books for the library is also available, or you can let the Subject Librarians know if you have any suggestions for new titles.
Roddy MacLeod
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