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New Tourism Books - week of July 27th

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

Below is a list of new Tourism titles received at the library over the last week. To find out more about a book or journal, click the title.

Cover of new book 'Hospitality & travel marketing'

LOCATION CALL NUMBER TITLE
SSH DP43.2 .S64 2005 Spain inside out [videorecording]
SSH G155.A1 P49 2009 Philosophical issues in tourism / edited by John Tribe.
SSH, IPW G156.5.E26 B838 2009 Ecotourism : principles and practices / Ralf Buckley.
SSH HQ1063.2.L29 M39 2009 Residential tourism : (de)constructing paradise / Mason R. McWatters.
SSH, IPW TD195.T7 T746 2009 Transportation in a climate-constrained world / Andreas Schafer et al.
FRY TX907.5.A82 Q44 1925 Queensland hotel and boarding-house directory of the tourist resorts and the principal cities and towns, 1925 / compiled and issued by the Queensland Government Intelligence and Tourist Bureau.
IPW, SSH TX911.3.M27 W3515 2010 Introduction to hospitality management / John R. Walker.
IPW, SSH TX911.3.M3 K68 2010 Marketing for hospitality and tourism / Philip Kotler, John T. Bowen, James C. Makens.
IPW, SSH TX911.3.M3 M67 2010 Hospitality and travel marketing / Alastair M. Morrison.

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New Economics Books - week of July 27th

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

Below is a list of new Economics titles received at the library over the last week. To find out more about a book or journal, click the title.

Cover of new book 'Political economy now!'

LOCATION CALL NUMBER TITLE
SSH HB74.9.A8 B87 2009 Political economy now! : the struggle for alternative economics at the University of Sydney / Compiled by Gavan Butler, Evan Jones and Frank Stilwell.
ECO HC415.I55 T685 2000 Towards knowledge-based economies in APEC : Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation : report / by APEC Economic Committee.
SSH HC435.3 .I62428 2009 Indian economic superpower : fiction or future? / edited by Jayashankar M. Swaminathan.
SSH, NET HC681.A1 P4 no. 380 Is foreign aid a vanguard of foreign direct investment? : a gravity-equation approach / Hidemi Kimura and Yasuyuki Todo.
ECO HG1496 .H36 1994 Currency boards for developing countries : a handbook / Steve H. Hanke and Kurt Schuler.
SSH HG195 .D476 2009 Developing essential financial markets in smaller economies : stylized facts and policy options / Herve Ferhani et al.
SSH HG3881 .R437 2008 Reaping the benefits of financial globalization / Giovanni Dell’Ariccia et. al.
ECO HG5892 .F66 1999 Foreign direct investment : the benefits for Australia.
SSH HG905 .M337 2008 Macroeconomic implications of financial dollarization : the case of Uruguay / edited by Marco Piñón, Gaston Gelos, and Alejandro López-Mejía.
ECO HG930.5 .K458 1995 Economic and monetary union in Europe : moving beyond Maastricht / Peter B. Kenen.


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New Tourism Books - week of July 20th

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

Below is a list of new Tourism titles received at the library over the last week. To find out more about a book or journal, click the title.

Cover of new book 'Cultural heritage and tourism in the developing world'

LOCATION CALL NUMBER TITLE
FRY BX9225.C8 A37 1903 The story of my trip to Queensland / by J. Cumming.
FRY DU104 .A69 Australia beyond the cities.
SSH G155.C2 G46 2009 Rural tourism development : localism and cultural change / E. Wanda George, Heather Mair, and Donald G. Reid.
SSH G156.5.H47 C853 2009 Cultural heritage and tourism in the developing world : a regional perspective / edited by Dallen J. Timothy and Gyan P. Nyaupane.
SSH, IPW G156.5.S66 H54 2009 Sport and tourism : globalization, mobility and identity / James Higham and Tom Hinch.
SSH GN345 .J43 2010 An introduction to intercultural communication : identities in a global community / Fred E. Jandt.
NET LB1629.5.A8 Hospitality 2006 (Updated 2008) : Study area specification
NET LB1629.5.A8 Recreation 2004 [electronic resource] : Study area specification
NET LB1629.5.A85 Tourism senior syllabus: 2008 pilot.
NET LB1629.5.A85 Hospitality studies : senior syllabus 2009.
SSH, ECO, IPW TX911.3.M27 L435 2009 Entrepreneurship and small business management in the hospitality industry / Darren Lee-Ross, Conrad Lashley.

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New Economics Books - week of July 20th

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

Below is a list of new Economics titles received at the library over the last week. To find out more about a book or journal, click the title.

Cover of new book 'Free market madness'

LOCATION CALL NUMBER TITLE
SSH, ECO HB139 .G84 2009 Basic econometrics / Damodar N. Gujarati, Dawn C. Porter.
SSH HB171.5 .B322 2009 Economics : principles and policy / William J. Baumol, Alan S. Blinder.
SSH HB171.5 .E358 2010 Economics and contemporary issues / Ronald L. Moomaw et al.
SSH HB172.5 .L36 2009 Macroeconomic policy : demystifying monetary and fiscal policy / Farrokh K. Langdana foreword by W. Michael Cox.
SSH HB90 .L42 2009 A history of heterodox economics : challenging the mainstream in the twentieth century / Frederic Lee.
SSH HB95 .U24 2009 Free market madness : why human nature is at odds with economics and why it matters / Peter A. Ubel.
SSH HC447 .L553 2008 Bridges to new business : the economic decolonization of Indonesia / J.Thomas Lindblad.
SSH HC610.C3 A66 2009 Annual review of regulatory burdens on business : social and economic infrastructure services.
SSH HC79.E5 S4395 2009 Ecological debt : global warming and the wealth of nations / Andrew Simms.
SSH HC800 .M52 2009 Africa’s turn? / Edward Miguel foreword by William Easterly.
SSH HG230.3 .B35 2009 Monetary economics : policy and its theoretical basis / Keith Bain and Peter Howells.
SSH HG4910 .M667 2008a The two trillion dollar meltdown : easy money, high rollers, and the great credit crash / Charles R. Morris.
SSH HX73 .D622 2008 The development of socialist economic thought : selected essays by Maurice Dobb / edited and introduced by Brian Pollitt.


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New Tourism Books - week of July 13th

Thursday, July 16th, 2009

Below is a list of new Tourism titles received at the library over the last week. To find out more about a book or journal, click the title.

Cover of new book 'OSoutheast Asian culture and heritage in a globalising world'

LOCATION CALL NUMBER TITLE
SSH BL1225.S59 S58 1986 Sitala in spring [videorecording] : festival of the Bengali goddess of health and illness / Center for South Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin.
IPW, SSH DS43 .H863 2009 Lonely Planet: Middle East / Anthony Ham et al.
GAT, SSH DS523.2 .S53 2009 Southeast Asian culture and heritage in a globalising world : diverging identities in a dynamic region / edited by Rahil Ismail, Brian J. Shaw, Ooi Giok Ling.
SSH DU270 .O64 2009 150 years [videorecording] : Queensland.
GAT TL686.A43 A57 2009 Airbus A380 [videorecording]
GAT TL794.5 .S62 2009 Space travel and culture : from Apollo to space tourism / edited by Martin Parker and David Bell.

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New Economics Books - week of July 13th

Thursday, July 16th, 2009

Below is a list of new Economics titles received at the library over the last week. To find out more about a book or journal, click the title.

Cover of new book 'Internationalisation and economic institutions'

LOCATION CALL NUMBER TITLE
SSH GV716 .S993 2009 Playbooks and checkbooks : an introduction to the economics of modern sports / Stefan Szymanski.
NET HC276 .T48 2007 Internationalisation and economic institutions : comparing European experiences / Mark Thatcher.
SSH HF1379 .I573 2009 International economics, globalization, and policy : a reader / Philip King, Sharmila King.
SSH HF1625 .G66 2009 Negotiating free-trade agreements : a guide / Walter Goode.
NET HF2580.9 .E95 2001 External liberalization, economic performance, and social policy / edited by Lance Taylor.
HML RA395.A3 M3415 2005 Health politics : power, populism and health / Mike Magee.
HML RA441 .L48 2004 Millions saved : proven successes in global health / by Ruth Levine and the What Works Working Group with Molly Kinder.


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Endnote Express classes in the Graduate Economics & Business Library

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

If you have any problems keeping track of all the information resources you are collecting for projects/ assignments/ research papers, you might want to try using a software package designed for this purpose.

Come and learn how to use Endnote X2 at one of our hands-on training sessions:
When: Tuesday August 25, 2009, 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
OR Thursday September 24, 2009, 10:00 am to 12:00 noon
Where: St Lucia - Graduate Economics & Business Library, eZone

Please book by going to https://www.library.uq.edu.au/training/index.phtml and by selecting Endnote Express. Click the button for the class schedule to choose a class and book. Be sure to choose the offering held in the Graduate Economics & Business Library!

Feel free to invite any friends or colleagues from other disciplines who would also like to learn Endnote.

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Bloomberg Extended

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

The trial of Bloomberg in the Graduate Economics & Business Library has been extended to Friday July 24th. If you have not already had a chance to come and try out this resource and give your feedback, please visit us for a look!

Book your 1-2 hour session on Bloomberg now - visit the Graduate Economics & Business Library in person, or phone us on 334 63553.

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New Tourism Books - week of July 6th

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

Below is a list of new Tourism titles received at the library over the last week. To find out more about a book or journal, click the title.

Cover of new book 'Operations management in the travel industry'

LOCATION CALL NUMBER TITLE
SSH DK29.2 .R86 2009 Russia [videorecording] : a journey with Jonathan Dimbleby.
IPW, SSH G155.A1 M2615 2009 Operations management in the travel industry / edited by Peter Robinson.
SSH G155.A1 R443 2010 The economics of tourism / William S. Reece.
SSH, GAT, NET GE40 .B45 2008 Sacred ecology / Fikret Berkes.
IPW T174.5 .H35 2009 Risk modeling, assessment, and management / Yacov Y. Haimes.

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New Economics Books - week of July 6th

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

Below is a list of new Economics titles received at the library over the last week. To find out more about a book or journal, click the title.

Cover of new book 'Experiments and competition policy'

LOCATION CALL NUMBER TITLE
SSH HB74.P8 T53 2008 Nudge : improving decisions about health, wealth, and happiness / Richard H. Thaler, Cass R. Sunstein.
SSH HD41 .E97 2009 Experiments and competition policy / edited by Jeroen Hinloopen and Hans-Theo Normann.
NET HD72 World Bank research digest.
SSH HG173 .F29 2010 Foundations of financial markets and institutions.
ECO, NET HG221 .B5 no.277 China’s financial conundrum and global imbalances / by Ronald McKinnon and Gunther Schnabl.
ECO, NET HG221 .B5 no.279 The pricing of subprime mortgage risk in good times and bad : evidence from the ABX.HE indices / by Ingo Fender and Martin Scheicher.
SSH HJ7537 .I68 2009 I.O.U.S.A. [videorecording].


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