The Bentley Library staff created an online display that is full of chills and thrills. Including both downloadable audiobooks & ebooks, this selection helps you celebrate all things spooky.
In addition to the above collection, plenty of spooky content is available through our streaming film collections, KanopyandSwank. If you are interested in learning about horror as a medium, why not start with the master and stream a Talk from Hitchcock himself available through Films on Demand.
If you have written a paper for a business, psychology, or sociology class here at Bentley, you’ve probably been required to cite your sources using APA Style. The Bentley Library’s Citing Online Business Resources Using APA Style guide has always been one of our most popular help guides, logging over 25,000 views annually!
New Edition of APA Style, New Library Help Guide!
In October of 2019 the American Psychological Association released the 7th edition of their official style guide, the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, to reflect current best practices in scholarly writing and citation.
articles, books, and book chapters (print and electronic)
information retrieved from business databases and other specialized library resources (e.g. IBISWorld, Mintel, Mediamark, Statista)
websites, blogs, and social media
datasets
dissertations and theses
government reports, reports, and whitepapers
personal communications (emails, personal interviews, unrecorded lectures, etc).
PowerPoint slides and lecture notes
podcasts
webinars
focus groups (research participants)
Go to https://libguides.bentley.edu/citingsources-apa to bookmark the guide today! We guarantee you’ll return to the guide over and over again, especially when working on your GB course projects.
About APA Style, 7th edition
In addition to citation and reference format updates and clarifications, the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7th edition also presents:
new bias-free language guidelines
100+ new reference examples
40+ new sample tables and figures
additional student-specific resources, including sample student papers
expanded guidance on ethical writing and publishing practices
Database of the Month provides a very brief introduction to useful library databases, highlighting key features you should know about. If you would like more information about this resource (or any of the library’s databases), please contact us for research assistance. If you would like a demonstration of these resources for a class, please schedule a research instruction class using the instruction request form.
Come to an OverDrive Virtual Drop-In. Bring your own beverage, snack and device to the session, we will bring the content.
Planning to cozy up with some reading over the weekend? Register hereand then virtually drop in at 3:00 p.m. any Saturday starting October 10 until November 21 to learn how to get free downloadable audiobooks and ebooks from OverDrive. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meetings (any that you would like to attend).
The Bentley Library’s OverDrive Collection provides thousands of eBooks and audiobooks, with an emphasis on popular fiction and nonfiction titles. You can enjoy many titles immediately online, download them for offline use, or send borrowed content to a specific device. Titles in this collection may be downloaded to laptops, PCs, iPads, Android devices, Kindles, Nooks, smartphones, and mp3 players through a web browser or through the OverDrive or Libby apps.
Don’t know what to listen or read next? We can provide a recommendation, tailored to your specific reading tastes, when you identify a few titles, authors, narrators, or genres that you enjoy.
If you think we are missing something, please suggest a purchase by sending an e-mail to refdesk@bentley.edu. Recommendations are always welcome.
As we enter the sixth week of the trimester, we are seeing the number of people using the library at night increase. We’re excited to announce that we have just extended our evening hours to be open until midnight Sunday-Thursday! We are also opening two hours earlier on Saturdays, at 10:00 a.m.
Please keep wearing your face coverings, maintaining physical distance, and abiding posted room occupancy limits and other guidelines. Your participation in following Bentley’s safety protocols allows us to offer more hours and services. Thank you, Falcons!
Check out the new titles we added to the library’s collection in September! To view the lists visit the New Books & DVDspage. Please note that the “ALL NEW BOOKS” link will display all new e-books and print books, but that due to differences in the way that e-books are cataloged they do not appear on the individual “Subject” lists.
Interested in borrowing a book, DVD or audiobook? If you are enrolled in Bentley’s COVID-19 screening program you are welcome to visit the library. Either stop by to browse, or place a hold request in the catalog and we’ll notify you when the items are ready to be picked up. You can then come in, retrieve your items from the “open holds cart” in the lobby, and check them out to yourself using the self-check. For those of you who are unable to come into the building, we have e-books, digital audiobooks, and streaming films for you to enjoy.
To learn more about our different e-book collections please see our recent Databases of the Month: eBook Collections post. Downloadable e-books and digital audiobooks are available via the OverDrive collection. For help using the OverDrive apps (either the original app or the new Libby app) please view their Getting Started page.
Lastly, you can find new films and documentaries to stream online for free from our four streaming films databases.
Have questions about finding or using books, audiobooks, or films? Please contact the Reference Desk.
PrivCo is an indispensable tool for company and industry research. Its primary focus is on private, public, and foreign companies in specialized industries like On-Demand Services, e.g. Grubhub, DoorDash, or Transferwise.
What sets it apart from other company directories are the up-to-date funding and M&A histories, which are cross-listed with company and investor profiles directly on PrivCo.
The company overviews are concise and state the company’s business and all the industries it operates in. Furthermore, the organization information is current and accurate. For example, Takeaway.com BV, a Dutch online food delivery marketplace, bought Grubhub in June 2020. Accordingly, PrivCo gives Takeaway.com BV as its parent. In other company directories, Grubhub Inc. is still given as the parent. Former names are given too, e.g. Grubhub Seamless, which aid in researching the company history on our other databases such as Nexis Uni.
Industry classifications do not capture the dynamism of companies operating across boundaries. To that end, PrivCo traces connections between companies through its crowdsourced keywords describing the new demands and opportunities companies are pursuing. In one snapshot, the keywords capture the diversity of a company like Amazon and link you to its competitors.
Those same keywords can also be your starting point to find companies and investors on PrivCo. In the Search feature, you can look up existing keywords for those entities. The Search feature also allows you to select specialized industries, focus on specific geographic regions, and specify ranges for revenue, revenue growth, employees, employee growth, funding, and founding years. You can also limit your search to companies backed by Private Equity or Venture Capital.
Below the Search feature, A 100+ page Knowledge Bank lays out important industry terms and meanings for you to interpret content. Above the Search feature, PrivCo’s Dashboard you can view updates for M&A deals, funding, and specialized industries.
Industry convergence defines business today, and PrivCo is the tool to learn about the companies making it happen.
Database of the Month provides a very brief introduction to useful library databases, highlighting key features you should know about. If you would like more information about this resource (or any of the library’s databases), please contact us for research assistance. If you would like a demonstration of these resources for a class, please schedule a research instruction class using the instruction request form.
We’re happy to welcome Bentley students, faculty, and staff back into the library to browse the stacks and borrow items (using the self-checkout machine, of course!). For those of you not on campus or unable to come into the building, we have e-books, digital audiobooks, and streaming films for you to enjoy.
A good place to begin browsing are the new acquisitions lists for August. To view the lists visit the New Books & DVDspage. Please note that the “ALL NEW BOOKS” link will display all new e-books and print books, but that due to differences in the way that e-books are cataloged they do not appear on the individual “Subject” lists.
To learn more about our different e-book collections please see our recent Databases of the Month: eBook Collections post. Downloadable e-books and digital audiobooks are available via the OverDrive collection. For help using the OverDrive apps (either the original app or the new Libby app) please view their Getting Started page.
Lastly, you can find new films and documentaries to stream online for free from our four streaming films databases.
Have questions about finding or using books, audiobooks, or films? Please contact the Reference Desk.
Need help, Falcons? Library staff are here to help, online!
Contact Library Services
If you have questions about visiting/studying at the library, borrowing books and other items, or using course reserves, contactLibrary Servicesvia email or live chat.
Contact the Reference Desk
If you need assistance with research for classes or projects, have questions about databases and online resources, or need help with citations,please contact the virtual Reference Desk via email, chat, and text (781.728.0511). Reference librarians are also available for research consultations via Zoom.
For more information about navigating our online services and resources check out the Getting Started @ the Bentley Library — Online! guide. Please contact the Reference Desk if you need any help accessing or using the library ‘s online resources.
