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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 at 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".

 

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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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How do I... - Sunday 08 September 2019

Finding data and info on countries

With a focus on the European Union

 

Looking for country data?

Or reports?

Or profiles?

Or even maps?

 

The Learning Center can help!

 

  • General information

    • In section II 200 you can find books on every country's economy. Look for them in the search engine Discovery

    • MarketLine Advantage contains Country Analysis Reports (including PEST and PESTLE analyses)

    • And if you need articles from national or international newspapers, just go to Factiva

  • Statistics

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