Intute Business Resources

Knowledge for Business

UEL

17 January 2008

Angela Joyce

University of Bristol

Who are we?

• National service for HE

• Funded by JISC• Best of the Web• Business editors

based at Bristol and Newcastle universities

Photo of Ange & Pete to go here!

“Intute offers what search engines don’t – commitment to quality – by

using subject specialists in universities and colleges to hand-pick

web resources that will support education and research.”

The Guardian: Google eat your heart out, 12th December 2006

What do we offer?Free access to database of over 1,600 Business & Management records

Mainly free resourcesQuality controlled

Structured directory

DescriptionsSearchable and browsableBut NOT a search engine

http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/business/

How do we find stuff?

•Email alerts

•Google Reader and similar

•Web searching

•Via blogs

•Word-of-mouth

•From our users

Eg. Browse section for Entrepreneurship

And support materials…

See: http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/support.html

• Intute: Social Sciences leaflets

• Business subject booklets (PDF)

• Sample PowerPoint presentations

How can I use Intute Business?

• Help students find resources

• Keep up to date – blogs, new resources

• Contribute - suggest a site

• Teach students information skills

• Pull Intute content into your portal/VLE

• Contact us and also spread the word

Teaching Internet Search and Research Skillswith the Intute Business Managerhttp://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/he/tutorial/busman

– FREE online tutorial from Virtual Training Suite– Recently updated– Work at your own pace– Used by lecturers and librarians– Tour, discover, judge the Internet– See our Success Stories for ideas

Google or Intute?

Google:• Search engine• Good for precise

searches• Often massive

results

Intute:• STRUCTURED

directory• Quality controlled• Built by academic

community for academic community

Integrating Intute contentThere are several ways & you can choose…on website/ VLE/ MetaLib. Eg:

•Link to Intute

•Add Intute newsfeeds/search options

•Use MyIntute to customise content

•Contribute resources to Intute

http://www.intute.ac.uk/integration/

Examples of integrating..

Put Intute search box on your library webpage, eg. for Intute: Business resources

Put Intute search box on your library webpage, eg. for Intute: Business resources

List latest Business

resources added to Intute, on your

library webpage

List latest Business

resources added to Intute, on your

library webpage

For more real-life examples, see del.icio.us at:

http://del.icio.us/angejoyce

http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/subjects/economs/websites.php

Intute search box

MyIntute list

http://escalate.ac.uk/intute

Newsfeed

Intute Search box

Simple link

Intute on Moodle at LSE

Intute link

Newsfeed

Example of MyIntute screen with tag cloud

http://www.intute.ac.uk/myintute/index.php

We welcome feedback:

http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/feedback.html

Thank you!

Angela.Joyce@bristol.ac.uk