How do I... - Friday 15 November 2019
The financial resources
The Learning Center gives access to numerous resources providing financial information.
Unlike the industry report and academic resources, access to these databases is limited. Please check the special features for each resource.
Multipurpose resources:
Capital IQ:
Updated financial information about companies and markets.
Access:
Capital IQ is remotely accessible. You must create an account when you first visit Capital IQ.
Financial Times:
International financial sector news, information about companies and markets.
Access:
FT.com is remotely accessible. You must create an account when you first visit FT.
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How do I... - Monday 11 November 2019
Pick up books in La Défense
As a participant, you can borrow up to 10 documents (books, reviews…) for 6 weeks. If you cannot go to Cergy to borrow them at the Learning Center, you can have documents delivered to the ESSEC Executive Education campus in la Défense.
In order to do that, start by searching Discovery for the document you would like to borrow. Click it, and in the “Get it” section, click “Request".
Select the campus where you will be picking up the document and send the request.
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How do I... - Friday 08 November 2019
How to find information about a business sector?
When you are looking for information about French or International markets, market report resources like Xerfi Knowledge and MarketLine are very useful. However, they do not provide users with information for each and every business sector. Information search should then be completed thanks to professional and sectoral press. Here are some tips to find your way around:
1. Market reports
ESSEC Learning Center gives you access to several market report resources:
MarketLine Advantage
MarketLine Advantage is available in English only. This very thorough resource provides you with different types of information such as:
- National, regional and global market reports (France is included)
- International company profiles
- Country profiles (PESTLE analyses)
- Case studies on companies
MarketLine also provides you with:
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How do I... - Saturday 19 October 2019
Plagiarism
What is it? How to avoid it?
When you have a work to do, whether it’s a presentation, a report or a thesis, it may seem easy to save time by writing word by word. Yet, reproducing sentences or parts of sentences found online or in a book makes the reader think you are the author of these sentences.
Using texts or ideas as if they were yours is a forbidden practice called “plagiarism”.
To copy/paste a sentence found on the internet without quoting the source is a quite extreme form of plagiarism. However, more subtle practices exist such as:
- rewriting a sentence using synonyms without quoting the source
- incorporating charts, graphs, images or figures without quoting the source
- rephrasing an author’s thought with your own words without quoting the source
- translating a text without quoting the source
ESSEC uses anti-plagiarism software to check academic and professional thesis as well as other...
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How do I... - Tuesday 08 October 2019
The essentials
The best resources for students and participants
Be more efficient with our list of the most commonly used resources!
| If I'm looking for... | I go to... | Tips! |
|---|---|---|
| Books, ebooks, academic articles, theses, newspapers and magazines | Discovery |
Search by author, title words, subject, course code... Access references for physical documents Direct access to full text for ebooks, academic articles and theses |
| French and international press articles | Europresse | Also contains Economist Intelligence Unit reports |
| International general and professional press | ... |
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