Biz/ed is a service for students and educators on business and economics related
subjects. The site contains: Current Topics; Learning Materials; Data (including data sets
and data skills materials); Company Info; Virtual Worlds;Internet Resources and a
dedicated section for Educators.
Cost
Biz/ed is a free resource.
Subscription and Licensing Terms
Biz/ed is a free resource that does not require subscription.
For further information on Licensing please see: http://www.bized.ac.uk/copyrght.htm
Content
Biz/ed includes the following:
The Web site contains approximately 6,600 static pages. However, this does not include
dynamically generated pages.
Date range:
1996-2005
Academic Level of Service:
Level 2 - GCSE, BTEC First Diploma
A Level - AS, A2
Vocational - BTEC
Undergraduate
Some material also suitable for Postgraduates
Subject Areas Covered:
Multi-disciplinary:
* Economics
* Business Studies
* Accounting
* Travel and Tourism
* Leisure, Sport and Recreation
The Educators section includes lesson plans that relate directly to the following:
* A2/AS Business Studies and Economics specifications provided by AQA, Edexcel and
OCR (http://www.bized.ac.uk/educators/16-19/business/a2.htm,
http://www.bized.ac.uk/educators/16-19/business/as.htm,
http://www.bized.ac.uk/educators/16-19/economics/a2.htm,
http://www.bized.ac.uk/educators/16-19/economics/as.htm)
* Edexcel BTEC National qualifications in Business and Travel and Tourism
(http://www.bized.ac.uk/educators/16-19/business/btec.htm,
http://www.bized.ac.uk/educators/16-19/tourism/index.htm)
* Level 2 resources relate directly to GCSE Business courses, Applied Business at GCSE,
BTEC First Diploma in Business, GCSE Economics courses and the GCSE Business and
Economics (Nuffield) course (http://www.bized.ac.uk/educators/level2/index.htm)
* Resources are also mapped to the Scottish curriculum
(http://www.bized.ac.uk/learn/scotland/index.htm), IB (http://www.bized.ac.uk/learn/ib.htm)
Updates:
On a weekly basis.
Publishers Selection Policy:
Content is developed by analysing trends in education in the 14-19 year age bracket. Our
content aims to be engaging and interactive, and our focus is on developing materials that
educators would not have the time or resources to produce themselves.
Functionality and Standards Compliance
Full Text Linking:
Open URL full text linking is not currently available.
Federated Searching:
Biz/ed has a z39.50 target for the records available in the Internet Resources section.
The details are:
* catalogue.bized.ac.uk
* port: 2105
* database name: bized
MARC records:
These are not currently available.
Metadata standards:
Resources have Dublin Core metadata.
Search Options:
Biz/ed is a Web site of resources so does not have a searchable list of citations, etc. Our
resources can be searched through an advanced search located at:
http://www.bized.ac.uk/search/advsearch.htm
Details of the searchable databases within Biz/ed are also available at the URL above.
Post Search Options:
Not applicable.
Usage Statistics
Usage statistics are not made available outside the organisation. Our statistics are
produced by running Analog and Report Magic on the raw Apache logs. In addition we
have a number of bespoke analysis tools that log and report on usage of individual
components of the Web site - for example the Cash Flow simulation.
Authentication:
Not applicable.
Personalisation of the resource:
Biz/ed provide four RSS feeds, details: http://www.bized.ac.uk/homeinfo/feeds.htm Users
can also save their progress in the Cash Flow simulation game:
http://www.bized.ac.uk/learn/business/accounting/cashflow/simulation/index.htm
We also have an email newsletter service that runs weekly during UK term time. Details
are available: http://www.bized.ac.uk/educators/mailing_list.htm
Accessibility:
Biz/ed uses valid XHTML 1.0 and CSS. Our resources are a minimum of AA compliant
(W3C WCAG).
Library Administration
Login Page:
http://www.bized.ac.uk/
Product Documentation:
http://www.bized.ac.uk/help/helphome.htm
Trial Access
To obtain your free 30 day trial period, please contact trial_access@jisc.ac.uk.
Please remember to include the resource name in the title of your email.
Training Materials:
http://www.bized.ac.uk/help/helphome.htm
Technical Support can be found from:
http://www.bized.ac.uk/talkback/talkhome2.htm
Administrative Support:
http://www.bized.ac.uk/talkback/talkhome2.htm
User Support:
http://www.bized.ac.uk/talkback/talkhome2.htm
Reviews:
http://www.bized.ac.uk/talkback/talkhome2.htm - available on request.
JISC Collections Contact:
Name: Brian Mitchell
Email: b.mitchell@jisc.ac.uk
Tel: 020 7848 1736