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How do I... - Monday 14 January 2019

3 tips for better Google searches

 

Google is pretty straighforward to use but also brings up many, many results, sometimes making it hard to find relevant information. However a few little tricks can help you make better and quicker searches.

 

1. Use quotation marks to search for an exact phrase, like “sustainable development” or “IT costs”. They force Google to search for the whole word chain and not each word separately. See the difference when searching for google in libraries and “google in libraries”: the first brings up results on computer science, the second on the use of Google in libraries: not the same, huh?
Quotation marks are also useful when searching for a book or article title, or any document for that matter. And of course it also works in...

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How to find... - Tuesday 06 November 2018

Royalty-free pictures and videos

 

 

 

 

 

This highlight will cover copyright as it is defined by French law. American Copyright (©) cannot be applied in France. It is very different from the French “droit d’auteur”, but it can be used to identify the entity that needs to be contacted to get the authorization to use copyrighted material.

Pictures

There are two types of rights you need to know and respect:

  • the author’s copyright: the picture is protected if its originality is proved.
  • the subject’s rights:
    • if the persons can be recognized (ie if they are not part of a crowd), you need to make sure they have signed an authorization to use their image in the precise context you want to use it in.
    • if the picture contains some type of creation (a building for example) that is protected by copyright : you need to make sure...
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How do I... - Tuesday 12 June 2018

Create and film your videos with K-lab tools

Want to produce a short video? The K-lab provides you with multimedia tools to record and edit your film. According to your needs, you will be able to use the Self service recording studio, the audiovisual kit or the multimedia softwares.

Using the Studio

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Based on a videobooth principle, the Studio allows you to shoot professional-quality video. All settings are made through the main console, no technical adjustment has to be done.

To get more details about the Studio and its functioning, you can participate in the next workshop on how to use the Self service recording studio.

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How to find... - Friday 09 February 2018

Finding information about the luxury industry

 

Luxury is one of our fields of expertise at ESSEC. Some of the professors’ research is published on ESSEC Knowledge.

You will find here the main information sources available on the topic of luxury, from the web as well as from the Learning Center resources.

 

The Learning Center resources Marketline, Xerfi Knowledge and Statista provide detailed, up-to-date market reports, both global and by country. You can also find some videos about the luxury market on Xerfi Canal, and other reports by Deloitte and IFOP:

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How do I... - Wednesday 29 November 2017

Legal information

You can easily access legal information on the Learning Center website. This information will be helpful to you for writing a thesis.

 

 

 

 

 

Books

 
You can start a research on Discovery by typing "law" or a more specific term such as business law, real estate law...
 
On our catalogue you will mainly find:
  • Books from Dalloz and Lexis Nexis publishers (in french)
  • A few books in english about international law
Examples and shelfmarks:
Business leadership and law ⇒ III 30 AGA
International commercial law for managers ⇒ III 31 GLE
Intellectual property law : text, cases, and materials   III 370 APL
 

Ressources

 
The Learning Center has subscriptions to 3 law databases : Dalloz, Lexis...
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