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February 26th, 2010
Welcome to Database of the Week — a feature from the Management & Economics Library (MEL). These database snapshots will give you basic information about our most relevant and beneficial online resources.
This Week’s Featured Database: USDA Economics, Statistics, and Market Information System (ESMIS), from the United States Department of Agriculture.
Link: www.lib.purdue.edu/mel, in the pull down Quick Access to Business Databases alpha list right below the Libraries’ search box.
Description/focus: USDA Economics, Statistics, and Market Information System provides reports and datasets from several USDA agencies.
Start with this hint: The ESMIS interface is simple and direct. The panel on the left links to browsing by agency or subject but also allows a specific title search. The Browse by Subject titles are not all intuitive, so, for example, Baseline actually links to Agricultural Baseline Projection Tables including the latest long-term projection table to the year 2019. However, navigation throughout the site is easy and the pages are quick to load. All tables and reports can be downloaded.
Why you should know this database: ESMIS content includes historical information, daily reports on some subjects, and world markets and trade.
How this database can be integrated into the curriculum: Students might not always think first of the USDA as a source of information (for example, Wine is included in Specialty Agriculture) but ESMIS should be seen as a portal to information that has been collected by the federal government for the past two centuries. Besides gaining easy access to tables and reports, students can contact the USDA for help with finding information not readily available online.
Cost: This is a free service provided by the United States Department of Agriculture.
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Database of the Week comes to you from the Management & Economics Library (MEL). Our intent is to give you a brief introduction to a database that you may not know. If you would like more information about this database, or if you would like a demonstration of it for a class, contact kranlib@purdue.edu. Database of the Week is archived at https://blogs.lib.purdue.edu/news/category/mgmt/database/. For more Purdue Libraries news, follow us on Twitter (@PurdueLibraries).
If you would like us to promote your favorite database, send an email to mdugan@purdue.edu.
Filed under: collections, database, HSSEB, MGMTFebruary 19th, 2010
Welcome to Database of the Week — a feature from the Management & Economics Library (MEL). These database snapshots will give you basic information about our most relevant and beneficial online resources.
This Week’s Featured Database: WARC, from World Advertising Research Center Ltd.
Link: www.lib.purdue.edu/mel, in the pull down Quick Access to Business Databases alpha list right below the Libraries’ search box.
Description/focus: WARC is a marketing and advertising information service used by media, market research, and ad agencies.
Start with this hint: When you open WARC ignore the login and password fields and just enter your search term (try twitter), and when you get a popup asking for your information, register in order to download a cookie. Once you are recognized as Purdue affiliated and ready to search, this database has a great interface. Click on one of the fields along the top and you’ll see the newest reports on that subject plus options for further breakdown. For example, click on Industry sectors and see the breakdown on the left beginning with Food which is further categorized by Marketing, Case Studies, Market Overviews, Food Brand Profiles, and Iconic Brands. Back up to the top and Consumers shows you a new report on Hispanics in the USA, plus the left side breakdown of Target Audiences (such as Ethnic and minorities), Understanding Consumers, Consumer Research, and Research Suppliers.
Why you should know this database: WARC content includes news stories, case studies, conference papers, checklists (key items to cover on marketing projects), speeches and quotes, data, scholarly journals, and WARC’s own reports, which are updated frequently. The subjects that are covered include media research, market research, trends, best practices, and more.
How this database can be integrated into the curriculum: Using WARC is very easy to do so even students who are beginning database users should be able to find marketing or consumer information whether by drilling down through the choices or doing a keyword search.
Cost: Paid by the Libraries annually. For more information contact mdugan@purdue.edu.
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Database of the Week comes to you from the Management & Economics Library (MEL). Our intent is to give you a brief introduction to a database that you may not know. If you would like more information about this database, or if you would like a demonstration of it for a class, contact kranlib@purdue.edu. Database of the Week is archived at https://blogs.lib.purdue.edu/news/category/mgmt/database/. For more Purdue Libraries news, follow us on Twitter (@PurdueLibraries).
If you would like us to promote your favorite database, send an email to mdugan@purdue.edu.
Filed under: collections, database, HSSEB, MGMTFebruary 19th, 2010
Welcome to Database of the Week — a feature from the Management & Economics Library (MEL). These database snapshots will give you basic information about our most relevant and beneficial online resources.
This Week’s Featured Database: WARC, from World Advertising Research Center Ltd.
Link: www.lib.purdue.edu/mel, in the pull down Quick Access to Business Databases alpha list right below the Libraries’ search box.
Description/focus: WARC is a marketing and advertising information service used by media, market research, and ad agencies.
Start with this hint: When you open WARC ignore the login and password fields and just enter your search term (try twitter), and when you get a popup asking for your information, register in order to download a cookie. Once you are recognized as Purdue affiliated and ready to search, this database has a great interface. Click on one of the fields along the top and you’ll see the newest reports on that subject plus options for further breakdown. For example, click on Industry sectors and see the breakdown on the left beginning with Food which is further categorized by Marketing, Case Studies, Market Overviews, Food Brand Profiles, and Iconic Brands. Back up to the top and Consumers shows you a new report on Hispanics in the USA, plus the left side breakdown of Target Audiences (such as Ethnic and minorities), Understanding Consumers, Consumer Research, and Research Suppliers.
Why you should know this database: WARC content includes news stories, case studies, conference papers, checklists (key items to cover on marketing projects), speeches and quotes, data, scholarly journals, and WARC’s own reports, which are updated frequently. The subjects that are covered include media research, market research, trends, best practices, and more.
How this database can be integrated into the curriculum: Using WARC is very easy to do so even students who are beginning database users should be able to find marketing or consumer information whether by drilling down through the choices or doing a keyword search.
Cost: Paid by the Libraries annually. For more information contact mdugan@purdue.edu.
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Database of the Week comes to you from the Management & Economics Library (MEL). Our intent is to give you a brief introduction to a database that you may not know. If you would like more information about this database, or if you would like a demonstration of it for a class, contact kranlib@purdue.edu. Database of the Week is archived at https://blogs.lib.purdue.edu/news/category/mgmt/database/. For more Purdue Libraries news, follow us on Twitter (@PurdueLibraries).
If you would like us to promote your favorite database, send an email to mdugan@purdue.edu.
Filed under: collections, database, HSSEB, MGMTFebruary 18th, 2010
We now have access to over 400 e-books from World Scientific and Imperial College Press. We do not have access to every e-book, but we do have access to many of the most recent books related to chemistry, physics, materials science, and nanotechnology. There are some general science books available as well. You can access the e-books via the World Scientific e-book web site.
Subject areas and years of coverage purchased:
Chemistry (2005-2010)
General Interest (2005-2008)
History of Science (2005-2008)
Materials Science (2005-2010)
Nanotechnology and Nanoscience (2005-2010)
Physics (2005-2010)
Popular Science (2005-2008)
Entries have not been entered into the Purdue Libraries Catalog yet, so you can only find these currently by browsing the site, but searchable records should be uploaded to the Catalog in the near future.
Filed under: CHEM, collectionsFebruary 16th, 2010
Welcome to Database of the Week — a feature from the Management & Economics Library (MEL). These database snapshots will give you basic information about our most relevant and beneficial online resources.
This Week’s Featured Database: FAOSTAT, from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Link: www.lib.purdue.edu/mel, in the pull down Quick Access to Business Databases alpha list right below the Libraries’ search box.
Description/focus: FAOSTAT provides data on production, prices, and trade on food and agriculture around the world.
Start with this hint: The FAOSTAT home page has no general search box. Instead, it is a portal to datasets and databases that let you view canned charts or build customized spreadsheets and reports. Begin with the list in the blue banner across the top: Production, Trade, Food Supply, etc. Select one to see the further options in that subject area. For example, if you click on Resources, the options in the green field become ResourceSTAT and PopSTAT. Click on ResourceSTAT to see links for data on Fertilizers, Water, Labor, Machinery, and others. You can then select Water to see the information about and link to AquaSTAT. For another example, go back up to the blue field and select Trade, then select TradeSTAT, then select Crops and livestock products. This brings up the lists of parameters so select from each, being sure to scroll across to include the years.
Why you should know this database: FAOSTAT supplies data on over 200 countries. The databases that are prominently displayed across the top of every web page are supplemented by links on the Home page to other food and agriculture databases and information from the UN, such as a wastewater database.
How this database can be integrated into the curriculum: FAOSTAT databases let students compare the agriculture, food, and livestock production of a country to other countries as well as see changes in a country’s production across time.
Cost: Paid by the Libraries annually. For more information contact mdugan@purdue.edu.
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Database of the Week comes to you from the Management & Economics Library (MEL). Our intent is to give you a brief introduction to a database that you may not know. If you would like more information about this database, or if you would like a demonstration of it for a class, contact kranlib@purdue.edu. Database of the Week is archived at https://blogs.lib.purdue.edu/news/category/mgmt/database/. For more Purdue Libraries news, follow us on Twitter (@PurdueLibraries).
If you would like us to promote your favorite database, send an email to mdugan@purdue.edu.
Filed under: collections, database, HSSEB, MGMTFebruary 16th, 2010
Purdue University Libraries and a group of other leading research libraries and technical information providers throughout the world have established an international partnership, DataCite, to improve access to research data on the Internet.
DataCite will build upon the system developed by the German National Library of Science and Technology of using Digital Object Identifiers (DOI) for datasets to track information online. A DOI is assigned to each dataset and is a permanent and traceable identifier.
DataCite involves 10 founding partners, including two U.S. institutions, and establishes a nonprofit agency to track and manage data collected during research. The data will be labeled or registered, and other researchers will be able to find and use the data in their own research while citing the original source.
“As science is global with individual researchers working and publishing, DataCite is global with individual local partners to offer services and advice directly where they are needed by the scientists,” said Jan Brase, a DataCite founder. “With expertise and experience through their Distributed Data Curation Center, Purdue University is a most valuable partner for DataCite in the United States.”
James L. Mullins, dean of Purdue Libraries, said, “We’re privileged, along with the California Digital Library, to be one of the two U.S. institutions to be founding partners in this international effort that will link researchers around the world to an ever-increasing mountain of research data. DataCite will establish easier access to scientific research data on the Internet, increase acceptance of research data as a legitimate, citable contribution to the scientific record, and support data archiving that will permit results to be verified and repurposed for future study. DataCite will promote sharing of datasets, increased access and better protection of the research investment.”
In addition to Purdue, the cooperative includes the German National Library of Science and Technology, the British Library, the Library of the ETH Zurich, the French Institute for Scientific and Technical Information, the Technical Information Center of Denmark, the Dutch TU Delft Library, Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information, the Australian National Data Service, and the California Digital Library of the University of California system.
Writer: Jim Bush, 765-494-2077, jsbush@purdue.edu
Source: James L. Mullins, 765-494-2900, jmullins@purdue.edu
Original posting: http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/general/2010/100210MullinsDataCite.html
Filed under: ADM, collections, general, RSRCHFebruary 16th, 2010
Purdue University Libraries and a group of other leading research libraries and technical information providers throughout the world have established an international partnership, DataCite, to improve access to research data on the Internet.
DataCite will build upon the system developed by the German National Library of Science and Technology of using Digital Object Identifiers (DOI) for datasets to track information online. A DOI is assigned to each dataset and is a permanent and traceable identifier.
DataCite involves 10 founding partners, including two U.S. institutions, and establishes a nonprofit agency to track and manage data collected during research. The data will be labeled or registered, and other researchers will be able to find and use the data in their own research while citing the original source.
“As science is global with individual researchers working and publishing, DataCite is global with individual local partners to offer services and advice directly where they are needed by the scientists,” said Jan Brase, a DataCite founder. “With expertise and experience through their Distributed Data Curation Center, Purdue University is a most valuable partner for DataCite in the United States.”
James L. Mullins, dean of Purdue Libraries, said, “We’re privileged, along with the California Digital Library, to be one of the two U.S. institutions to be founding partners in this international effort that will link researchers around the world to an ever-increasing mountain of research data. DataCite will establish easier access to scientific research data on the Internet, increase acceptance of research data as a legitimate, citable contribution to the scientific record, and support data archiving that will permit results to be verified and repurposed for future study. DataCite will promote sharing of datasets, increased access and better protection of the research investment.”
In addition to Purdue, the cooperative includes the German National Library of Science and Technology, the British Library, the Library of the ETH Zurich, the French Institute for Scientific and Technical Information, the Technical Information Center of Denmark, the Dutch TU Delft Library, Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information, the Australian National Data Service, and the California Digital Library of the University of California system.
Writer: Jim Bush, 765-494-2077, jsbush@purdue.edu
Source: James L. Mullins, 765-494-2900, jmullins@purdue.edu
Original posting: http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/general/2010/100210MullinsDataCite.html
Filed under: ADM, collections, general, RSRCHFebruary 5th, 2010
Welcome to Database of the Week — a feature from the Management & Economics Library (MEL). These database snapshots will give you basic information about our most relevant and beneficial online resources.
This Week’s Featured Database: SourceOECD, from the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development.
Link: www.lib.purdue.edu/mel, in the pull down Quick Access to Business Databases alpha list right below the Libraries’ search box.
Description/focus: SourceOECD offers statistics and full text books and reports from the OECD, whose focus is the world economy.
Start with this hint: The SourceOECD opening page has the search field for a simple search which will look for your term in resource titles and abstracts. If your subject is a phrase, be sure to use quotation marks: water policies will give different results from “water policies.” If you choose All publications for your simple search, the results will include book sections as well as working papers and periodicals. Choose the Advanced Search option if you want to expand your search to the full text. The opening webpage has new publications and popular resources such as the OECD Economic Outlook Data, but a better way to browse is to select one of the tabs across the top, especially Books, Periodicals, Statistics, or Working Papers. The statistical databases in SourceOECD cover national accounts, economic indicators, trade, employment, migration, education, energy, and health.
Why you should know this database: The reports and statistics in SourceOECD cover key areas of the financial sector, the real economy, social policy, environment, development and innovation in both member and non-member countries. The OECD is also monitoring the impact of the current world financial crisis on developing countries.
How this database can be integrated into the curriculum: SourceOECD addresses regional issues in Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia-Pacific. The organization covers economic and social trends, from the labor force in persistently poor areas to the innovation and growth of the Internet economy.
Cost: Paid by the Libraries annually. For more information contact mdugan@purdue.edu.
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Database of the Week comes to you from the Management & Economics Library (MEL). Our intent is to give you a brief introduction to a database that you may not know. If you would like more information about this database, or if you would like a demonstration of it for a class, contact kranlib@purdue.edu. Database of the Week is archived at https://blogs.lib.purdue.edu/news/category/mgmt/database/. For more Purdue Libraries news, follow us on Twitter (@PurdueLibraries).
If you would like us to promote your favorite database, send an email to mdugan@purdue.edu.
Filed under: collections, database, HSSEB, MGMTFebruary 1st, 2010
Welcome to Database of the Week — a feature from the Management & Economics Library (MEL). These database snapshots will give you basic information about our most relevant and beneficial online resources.
This Week’s Featured Database: IBISWorld, from IBISWorld.
Link: www.lib.purdue.edu/mel, in the pull down Quick Access to Business Databases alpha list right below the Libraries’ search box.
Description/focus: IBISWorld provides access to domestic and global industry reports.
Start with this hint: The IBISWorld opening page lets you select a search box for a key word, links to domestic Industry Market Research, Global Industry Research, and Business Environment, or scroll through the reports listed by SIC code. A key word search for a company will generate a list of all the industry reports and Business Environment reports that name that company. As an example, enter steel in the search box and select one of the listed market reports, such as Iron and steel manufacturing in the US to see the major players; sections of the report are on the left. The entire report can be downloaded in either PDF or MSWord or the sections can be viewed separately. Go back to the list of steel reports and select from the Business Environment reports for historical analysis, trends, and outlook.
Why you should know this database: MEL has subscribed to IBISWorld US reports for 2 years, but the Global Industry Research reports are a recent purchase, added just this week. Reports are updated 3 to 4 times a year with additional updates to reflect important changes in an industry’s market.
How this database can be integrated into the curriculum: The IBISWorld industry intelligence reports include a section called Market Characteristics which illustrates how industries are connected. For example, the above named report, Iron and steel manufacturing in the US, provides links to reports on 8 industries that depend on steel manufacture and 3 industries that supply to the steel industry.
Cost: Academic subscription paid by the Libraries annually.
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Database of the Week comes to you from the Management & Economics Library (MEL). Our intent is to give you a brief introduction to a database that you may not know. If you would like more information about this database, or if you would like a demonstration of it for a class, contact kranlib@purdue.edu. Database of the Week is archived at https://blogs.lib.purdue.edu/news/category/mgmt/database/. For more Purdue Libraries news, follow us on Twitter (@PurdueLibraries).
If you would like us to promote your favorite database, send an email to mdugan@purdue.edu.
Filed under: collections, database, HSSEB, MGMT