Archive for the ‘New Resources’ Category

New ESG Data Sets From Ford Library

Wednesday, September 21st, 2022

Ford Library is pleased to announce subscriptions to the new ESG-focused data sets below. All of these data sets are hosted on the WRDS (Wharton Research Data Services) platform, and are available to all Duke University students, faculty, and staff.

Refinitiv ESG Data – via WRDS

ESG Scores from Refinitiv are designed to transparently and objectively measure a company’s relative ESG performance, commitment and effectiveness across 10 main themes (emissions, environmental product innovation, human rights, shareholders, etc.) based on publicly-reported data. Data modules include: company screening data, company summary data, industry aggregates, category data, driver & outcome data, and board member data. After connecting to WRDS, select Get Data > Thomson/Refinitiv > Refinitiv ESG

S&P Global ESG Scores via WRDS

An environmental, social and governance dataset that provides company level, dimension level, and criteria level scores based on the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA) process and publicly available sources, allowing research on impact to a company’s business value drivers, including growth, profitability, capital efficiency, and risk exposure. After connecting to WRDS, select Get Data > Compustat-Capital IQ > Trucost and S&P Global ESG Scores

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Director’s Blog – November 2021

Tuesday, November 9th, 2021

Has a return to work or the in-person learning experience left you open to distractions that are driving you to … distraction?

These 3 Wall Street Journal articles offer some useful advice on overcoming distractions while adjusting to in-person work, as well as tips to avoid burnout.

All of the linked articles below require a WSJ.com account which you can create hereFord Library and Goodson Law Library have co-funded your access to personal accounts on WSJ.com.

Ford Library Honors Juneteenth

Friday, June 18th, 2021

In this blog post, Ford Library honors the Juneteenth holiday by sharing some selected e-book acquisitions and articles from our online collections and subscribed resources that focus on related timely and important topics.

Ford Library remains committed to pursuing a strong collection of resources that concentrate on the interrelationship of business with diversity, equity, and inclusion.

The titles below are only a sample of our newly added holdings, and we encourage our Fuqua faculty, staff, and students to send suggestions for additional new acquisitions to library-requests@fuqua.duke.edu, attention: Julie Harris.

E-Books

Articles

All of the linked articles below require a WSJ.com account which you can create hereFord Library and Goodson Law Library have co-funded your access to personal accounts on WSJ.com.

Suggested By Faculty

New Scholarly Journal – Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion: an international journal
Many thanks to Fuqua Prof. Angelica Leigh for her recommendation!

Thank you for reading! — please send suggestions for additional new acquisitions to library-requests@fuqua.duke.edu, attention: Julie Harris.

New Movies for March

Thursday, March 12th, 2020

Here are the latest titles in our DVD collection:

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Color Out of Space
Ford v Ferrari
Frankie
Frozen II
The Good Liar
Jojo Rabbit
Knives Out
Last Christmas
Midway
21 Bridges
The Twilight Zone, season 1 (2019)
Waves
Wild Nights With Emily

You may browse the entire DVD collection via the library catalog.

New Movies for November

Monday, November 18th, 2019

Here are the latest additions to our DVD collection:

American Woman
The Art of Self-Defense
Haunt
The Haunting of Hill House, season 1
The Lion King
Luce
Midsommar
Satanic Panic
Toy Story 4
The Wedding Guest
Angel of Mine
Door in the Woods
Them That Follow

New Movies for September

Thursday, September 26th, 2019
Ma (with Octavia Spencer)

Avengers: Endgame
Booksmart
Brightburn
A Dog’s Journey
Finding Steve McQueen
Godzilla, King of the Monsters
The Hustle
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Ma
Mary Magdalene
Plus One
Rocketman
The Secret Life of Pets 2
Tolkien
The Tomorrow Man

You may browse the entire DVD collection via the library catalog.

New Movies for August

Monday, August 19th, 2019

Here are the latest additions to our DVD collection:

Alita : Battle Angel
Dumbo
Family
Fast Color
Hellboy
The Intruder
Little
Long Shot
Missing Link
Pet Sematary
Rock, Paper, Scissors
Shazam!
UglyDolls
We Have Always Lived in the Castle

You may browse the entire DVD collection via the library catalog.

New Movies for June/July

Wednesday, July 17th, 2019
US DVD cover

Here are the latest additions to the DVD collection:

Apollo 11
Ashes in the Snow
Cold Pursuit
Fighting with my Family
Gloria Bell
Happy Death Day 2U
J.T. LeRoy
The Kid
The Least of These
The Little Mermaid
The Upside
What Men Want
Woman at War
The Aftermath
The Best of Enemies
Captain Marvel
Captive State
Five Feet Apart
Hotel Mumbai
Killing Eve: season 2
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
The Mustang
The Public
Us
Wonder Park

You may browse the entire DVD collection via the library catalog.

New Movies for May

Thursday, May 16th, 2019

Here are latest additions to our DVD collection:

Arctic
Destroyer
A Dog’s Way Home
Glass
The Hole in the Ground
Holmes & Watson
Level 16
On the Basis of Sex
Patrick
Replicas
Rust Creek

You may browse the entire DVD collection via the library catalog.

New Movies for April

Friday, April 19th, 2019

Fantastic Beast DVD cover

Here are the latest additions to our DVD collection:

Aquaman
Bumblebee
Fantastic Beasts: The crimes of Grindelwald
Green Book
If Beale Street Could Talk
Instant Family
Mary Poppins Returns
Mortal Engines
The Mule
Spider-Man, Into the Spider-Verse
Stan & Ollie
Vice

You may browse the entire DVD collection via the library catalog.