Emerald moves into book publishing

Emerald Group Publishing Limited has recently launched Emerald Bookstore which allows visitors to browse through over 2,000 books by subject area and to order securely online at http://books.emeraldinsight.com

As part of the move into book publishing, Emerald now encompasses new areas of expertise, such as language and linguistics, sociology, psychology, and more, to add to its core portfolio of management titles.

Title examples include “Qualitative Research in the Study of Leadership” by Karen Klenke, a new edition of “An Introduction to the Physiology of Hearing” by James Pickles, and “International Handbook of Distance Education” by Evans, Haughey and Murphy.

Trends in Ethical and Sustainable Packaging

Trends in Ethical and Sustainable Packaging is a new management report published by Business Insights that examines new innovations in ethical and sustainable packaging by category, region and material. It profiles major innovations within ethical and sustainable food and drinks packaging, including the latest packaging technologies and materials. Discover the key trends impacting the ethical and sustainable packaging market and understand how these are changing packaging design.

To view this report login to the library web pages at www.dit.ie/library, select databases and Reuters Business Insights from the alphabetical database list.

2007 Data Now Available on JCR

The 2007 data for the Science and Social Sciences editions of Journal Citation Reports (JCR) is now available.

The new 2007 data ensures that you continue to have the most current information available to determine a publication's impact and influence in the global research community.

JCR is available on the library web pages at http://www.dit.ie/library. Select Databases and then Journal Citation Reports from the alphabetical list displayed.