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New Tourism Books - week of September 21st

Thursday, September 24th, 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 'Sports Tourism'

LOCATION CALL NUMBER TITLE
IPW, SSH DA679 .Y35 2008 Lonely Planet London : city guide / Tom Masters, Steve Fallon, Vesna Maric
IPW, SSH DJ16 .D75 2008 Lonely Planet Amsterdam : city guide / Jeremy Grey.
IPW, SSH DS556.25 .F56 2009 Lonely Planet Vietnam / Nick Ray, Yu-Mei Balasingamchow, Iain Stewart.
SSH DT1717 .M53 2009 South Africa : the insider’s guide / Ian Michler & Tessa van Schaik.
SSH, IPW DU622 .K39 2009 Lonely Planet Fiji / Dean Starnes, Nana Luckham.
SSH, IPW G155.A1 W367 2009 Sports tourism : participants, policy and providers / Mike Weed and Chris Bull.
SSH, IPW GV706.5 .M364 2009 Marxism, cultural studies and sport / edited by Ben Carrington and Ian McDonald.
SSH, IPW HD62.7 .S27 2009 Effective small business management : an entrepreneurial approach / Norman M. Scarborough, Douglas L. Wilson, Thomas W. Zimmerer.
SSH, LAW, IPW KF3989 .H37 2009 Sport, physical recreation and the law / Hazel Hartley.
SSH TX911 .I579 2009 An introduction to hospitality [videorecording]
IPW TX911.3.M27 T69 2008 Tourist satisfaction and complaining behavior : measurement and management issues in the tourism and hospitality industry / Atila Yuksel, editor.
SSH TX911.3.Q34 S68 2006 Quality recognition schemes in the hotel industry / Marios Soteriades.

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New Economics Books - week of September 21st

Thursday, September 24th, 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 'Economic growth : a unified approach'

LOCATION CALL NUMBER TITLE
SSH H97 .H35 2009 The public policy process / Michael Hill.
SSH HB71 .O64 2009 Open economics : economics in relation to other disciplines / edited by Richard Arena, Sheila Dow and Matthias Klaes.
IPW HC605 .G545 2009 The Australian economy : a student’s guide to current economic conditions / Ross Gittins et al.
IPW HC605 .P76 2009 Australian economic statistics : trends, objectives and policies : includes 2009-2010 budget / Robert Prince, Anita Forsyth and Maree Prince.
SSH HC79.E5 R654 2009 The economics of climate change policy : international, national and regional mitigation strategies / Adam Rose.
SSH HD5701.3 .L328 2009 Labour markets and economic development / edited by Ravi Kanbur and Jan Svejnar.
SSH HD75 .L295 2009 Economic growth : a unified approach / Olivier De La Grandville with two special contributions by Robert M. Solow.
NET HJ101 Government finance statistics online
SSH JC578 .S424 2009 The idea of justice / Amartya Sen.
SSH JZ1318 .L357 2008 Globalization : the juggernaut of the 21st century / Jan-Erik Lane.


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New Tourism Books - week of September 14th

Thursday, September 17th, 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 'Domestic tourism in Asia'

LOCATION CALL NUMBER TITLE
IPW, SSH G155.A74 D66 2009 Domestic tourism in Asia : diversity and divergence / edited by Shalini Singh.
IPW, SSH G155.7 .S24 2009 The SAGE handbook of tourism studies / edited by Tazim Jamal and Mike Robinson.
SSH, GAT GV199.44.A8 C53 2009 Classic walks: Australia [videorecording] / Australian Geographic.
NET HD30.28 .B55 2008 How to prepare a business plan / Edward Blackwell.

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New Economics Books - week of September 14th

Thursday, September 17th, 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 'Foreclosed'

LOCATION CALL NUMBER TITLE
SSH HG5095 .I45 2009 Foreclosed : high-risk lending, deregulation, and the undermining of America’s mortgage market / Dan Immergluck.
SSH PN1992.77 .M547 2009 Million dollar traders [videorecording]. Episode 3, People vs. profit.
SSH QC903 .N49 2009 The new energy crisis : climate, economics and geopolitics / edited by Jean-Marie Chevalier.
SSH RA784 .M382 2009 Fat economics : nutrition, health, and economic policy / Mario Mazzocchi, W. Bruce Traill, Jason F. Shogren.
SSH RS380 .K66 2006 Knowledge accumulation and industry evolution : the case of pharma-biotech / edited by Mariana Mazzucato and Giovanni Dosi.
SSH TK3001 .M87 2009 Power markets and economics : energy costs, trading, emissions / Barrie Murray.


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IMF e-Library

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

IMF e-Library Logo
UQ Library now has access to the IMF e-Library: this subscription provides online access to all IMF publications and statistics.

The statistics are available by going through the library catalogue at http://library.uq.edu.au/record=e1002232 and provide online access to:
• Balance of payments statistics
• Direction of trade statistics
• Direction of trade statistics yearbook
• Government finance statistics
• Government finance statistics yearbook
• International financial statistics
• International financial statistics yearbook

The publications are available by going through the library catalogue at http://library.uq.edu.au/record=e1002228 and provide online access to books, periodicals, working papers, and country reports.

Either collection can be retrieved by going to the library website, selecting title and entering “IMF e-library”.
We invite you to try out this new subscription and, if you like, provide some feedback via email or by commenting on this Blog.

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New Tourism Books - week of September 7th

Thursday, September 10th, 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 'Leisure programming for baby boomers'

LOCATION CALL NUMBER TITLE
IPW,SSH G155.A1 C674 2010 Tourism : the business of travel / Roy A. Cook, Laura J. Yale, Joseph J. Marqua.
SSH G155.A1 F73 2009 The framed world : tourism, tourists and photography / edited by Mike Robinson and David Picard.
SSH, IPW G155.A1 H349 2008 Tourism planning : policies, processes and relationships / C. Michael Hall.
SSH G155.S57 T687 2009 Tourism strategies and local responses in Southern Africa / edited by Petri Hottola.
SSH G465 .G4615 2009 Gendered journeys, mobile emotions / edited by by Gayle Letherby and Gillian Reynolds.
ARM GF41 .T724 2009 Travel, space, architecture / edited by Jilly Traganou and Miodrag Mitrasinovic.
SSH GT3405 .C56 2009 Confessions of an event planner [videorecording]
SSH, IPW GV181.43 .C63 2009 Leisure programming for baby boomers / Lynda J. Cochran, Anne M. Rothschadl, Jodi L. Rudick.
SSH GV703 .S66 2009 Sport and money [videorecording].
SSH GV716 .S42 2009 Sports marketing : a strategic perspective / Matthew D. Shank.
SSH GV722 1968 .W58 2008 Before the eyes of the world : Mexico and the 1968 Olympic Games / Kevin B. Witherspoon.
ARM GV722.2012 .L73 2007 London’s 2012 Olympics : a sustainable future? [videorecording]
GAT HD30.28 .H6762 2008 SUP.1 The one page entrepreneur’s tool kit: the fastest, easiest way to write a business plan / by Jim Horan
GAT SK35 .R3955 2009 Recreational hunting, conservation, and rural livelihoods / edited by Barney Dickson, Jonathan Hutton, and William M. Adams.

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New Economics Books - week of September 7th

Thursday, September 10th, 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 'A Failure of Capitalism'

LOCATION CALL NUMBER TITLE
SSH HB129.A2 S69 1989 A legacy of choice : economic thought and social policy in Australia, the early post-war years / Paul Smyth.
SSH HB139 .B35 2008 Econometric analysis of panel data / Badi H. Baltagi.
SSH HB172.5 .K78 2009 Macroeconomics / Paul Krugman, Robin Wells.
SSH HB3722 .P67 2009 A failure of capitalism : the crisis of ‘08 and the descent into depression / Richard A. Posner.
LAW HC240 .E8365 2009 A European economic recovery plan : detailed overview of progress across the EU in the specific macro- and micro-economic as well as the employment areas : Lisbon Strategy for growth and jobs / Commission of the European Communities.
SSH HC412 .T772 2009 Asia’s turning point : an introduction to Asia’s dynamic economies at the dawn of the new century / Ivan Tselichtchev and Philippe Debroux.
SSH HC462.95 .K667 2008 The Holy Grail of macroeconomics : lessons from Japan’s great recession / Richard C. Koo.
SSH HC800 .C245 2006 The trouble with Africa : why foreign aid isn’t working / Robert Calderisi.
SSH HD30.28 .B25 2010 Economics of strategy / David Besanko et al.
ECO, NET HG221 .B5 no.171 The role of the natural rate of interest in monetary policy / by Jeffery D. Amato.
NET HG3821 The future of financial markets / David G. Mayes with Iftekhar Hasan et al.
SSH, ECO HG3978 .G65 2009 The future of China’s exchange rate policy / Morris Goldstein and Nicholas R. Lardy.
SSH R855.3 .E29 2009 The economics of new health technologies : incentives, organization, and financing / edited by Joan Costa-Font, Christophe Courbage, Alistair McGuire.
SSH RA395.A3 D375 2008 Critical : what we can do about the health-care crisis / Tom Daschle with Scott S. Greenberger and Jeanne M. Lambrew.
SSH RA992.A1 P467 2009 Performance of public and private hospital systems / Australian Government, Productivity Commission.


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New Tourism Books - week of August 31st

Thursday, September 3rd, 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 'Marketing in travel and tourism'

LOCATION CALL NUMBER TITLE
SSH BQ6353.K7 N53 2008 Sacred Kōyasan : a pilgrimage to the mountain temple of Saint Kōbō Daishi and the Great Sun Buddha / Philip L. Nicoloff.
SSH, IPW G155.A1 M53 2009v Marketing in travel and tourism / Victor T.C. Middleton, Alan Fyall, Mike Morgan and Ashok Ranchhod.
NET G155.A8 Australian regional tourism handbook: 2005 / editor Ian Kelly.
NET GT3405 When the glitter settles: safety and hostility at and around gay and lesbian public events / Stephen Tomsen, Kevin Markwell.
SSH, IPW GV161 .P7 2009 Profiles in leadership : Robert W. Crawford Recreation and Park Hall of Fame / compiled and edited by Charlie E. Hartsoe, M. Douglas Sanders, Meredith Bridgers.
SSH HC79.E5 H87 2008 From Buddha to Bono : seeking sustainability / Tor Hundloe.
GAT HD30.28 .H6762 2008 The one page business plan : start with a vision, build a company! / by Jim Horan.
SSH PN1590.A9 W56 2009 Going to the theatre: an investigation of factors affecting theatre attendance in Sydney’s entertainment district from 1896 to 1920 / Evan Williams.
BIO TX367 .G33 2009 Statistical methods in food and consumer research / Maximo C. Gacula et al.

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New Economics Books - week of August 31st

Thursday, September 3rd, 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 'Capitalism'

LOCATION CALL NUMBER TITLE
SSH HB139 .B347 2008 A companion to Econometric analysis of panel data / by Badi H. Baltagi.
SSH HB501 .I5795 2008 Capitalism / Geoffrey Ingham.
SSH HB72 .E277 2009 Economics, rational choice, and normative philosophy / edited by Thomas A. Boylan and Ruvin Gekker.
SSH HB72 .O93 2009 A history of the moral economy : markets, custom and the philosophy of popular entitlement / John R. Owen.
SSH HC110.P6 W648 2009 Poverty and income distribution / Edward N. Wolff
SSH HC79.P6 P67 2009 Portfolios of the poor : how the world’s poor live on two dollars a day / Daryl Collins et al.
SSH HD4901 .E34 2009 Modern labor economics : theory and public policy / Ronald G. Ehrenberg, Robert S. Smith.
SSH HF1025 .B68 2009 The new introduction to geographical economics / Steven Brakman, Harry Garretsen, and Charles van Marrewijk.
SSH HF1379 .S252 2010 Introduction to international economics / Dominick Salvatore.
SSH HG3821 .W354 2009 The economics of foreign exchange and global finance / by Peijie Wang.
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SSH HG3881 .D3295 2008 Global financial regulation : the essential guide / Howard Davies and David Green.
SSH QA280 .A265 2009 Time series data analysis using EViews / I Gusti Ngurah Agung


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