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August 30th, 2010
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Filed under: collections, HLS, LIFE, PHAR, VETM
August 27th, 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: GREENR, from Gale Cengage Learning.
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: GREENR offers content, including images and videos, on green technologies and issues on the environment and sustainability.
Start with this hint: GREENR is a new database, started just this past summer. The Basic Search and the Advanced Search display the results so they can be limited with further descriptors. For example, enter Gulf of Mexico as a Basic Search and the 13,794 hits can be narrowed down by a list of subjects that appear on the left, such as Oil Drilling Rigs, or by type of resource in the middle display area, such as Academic Journals, or on the right display area by formats. The GREENR home page also offers general categories (Agriculture and Food Systems, Science and Technology, Social Factors, etc.) that are further broken down into topics such as climate change or wetlands.
Why you should know this database: GREENR covers food systems, environmental law, economics and trade, pollution, ecology, energy, and more. Besides the academic resources included in text-only databases, GREENR includes podcasts, websites, newspapers, videos, magazines, and case studies. You can navigate country, organization, and country portals for news, video, and primary source documents.
How this database can be integrated into the curriculum: GREENR has a different look that resembles the web and should appeal to anyone. It is easy to search or browse by topic, country, or format. Students will find GREENR easy to navigate, and can use it to find content on a topic or select a subject for an assignment.
Compared to Google: A search in Google for Gulf of Mexico videos results in 22,790 hits compared to 222 in GREENR. GREENR includes reports from PBS, but the Google results do not highlight PBS reports.
Cost: Paid annually by Purdue University Libraries..
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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/. 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, MGMTAugust 24th, 2010
Purdue Libraries’ Division of Archives & Special Collections has opened an exhibit to celebrate the life and contributions of the former Business Opportunity Program director who helped enhance diversity at the Krannert School of Management.
“Purdue’s Bellwether of Diversity: The Life & Legacy of Dr. Cornell Bell” will be on display in the Virginia Kelly Karnes Archives and Special Collections Research Center through Dec. 22. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each weekday, and the exhibit is free and open to the public.
Bell, who died in March 2009 at age 84, led the Business Opportunity Program from 1969-2006. He spent his Purdue career recruiting and mentoring students. In his 37 years as director, he recruited hundreds of graduate and undergraduate students to the West Lafayette campus and also worked with the Graduate Management Admission Council nationally to increase diversity in business schools throughout the nation.
The exhibit will feature photographs and degree certificates from Bell’s early teaching years in Gary, Ind., brochures and articles explaining his accomplishments in the Purdue program, and letters and photographs from former students.
“Dr. Bell was personally involved and greatly dedicated in helping provide opportunities to hundreds of students through the Business Opportunity Program,” said Shauna Borger, digital collections coordinator and the exhibit’s curator. “He worked tirelessly, writing recommendations and counseling hundreds of students. The exhibit showcases letters and photographs from former students in the program, which demonstrate the devotion they had to their mentor. We want to celebrate his life because he touched so many lives. People who knew him will be really interested, too.”
Bell received several state and Purdue awards for his service, most recently including an honorary doctorate of management from the university in 2007 in recognition of his contributions to higher education and society. Former Indiana Gov. Evan Bayh named Bell a Sagamore of the Wabash in 1996. He also received the Harold T. Amrine Visionary Award in 1994 and the Indiana Bell Award in 1991. He received the Purdue Alumni Association’s Special Boilermaker Award in 1987 and the M. Beverley Stone Non-Academic Counseling Award in 1990.
Bell attended Indiana University, earning his bachelor’s degree in 1947 and his master’s degree in 1952. He earned a doctorate in education from Purdue in 1972 and worked as a chemist for Stauffer Chemical Co., taught science at Pulaski School in Gary, Ind., and served as guidance counselor, assistant principal and principal at Gary’s Froebel School and Tolleston High School before coming to Purdue.
Writer: Jim Bush, 765-494-2077, jsbush@purdue.edu
Source: Shauna Borger, 765-496-7851, borger@purdu.edu
Original posting: http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/general/2010/100824BorgerExhibit.html
Filed under: events, general, HSSEB, MGMT, press_release, SPECAugust 24th, 2010
See the updated Amelia Earhart web site.
http://www.lib.purdue.edu/spcol/aearhart/
Search the George Palmer Putnam Collection of Amelia Earhart Papers, view images and papers in the online exhibit, or read a biography of the life of Amelia Earhart.
Filed under: general, SPECAugust 23rd, 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: EconLit, from the American Economic Association.
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: EconLit is an index of more than 30 years of economics literature from around the world.
Start with this hint: Note that EconLit is an index, not a full text database. This is not a barrier to the full text of hits resulting from a search, however, because of the Find it at Purdue feature available in all of our databases. The EBSCOhost interface for EconLit is simple to understand. Use the option for advanced search so that you can narrow your search results by year or publication type. As an example, enter the term “biotechnology” as a basic search and the database returns more than 4500 hits from journals, books, working papers and dissertations. If you use the Advanced Search and limit to the past 10 years of journal articles , then add “agricultural” as a subject, the result is a manageable list of 430 results. When you have identified a title that is applicable to your topic, click on Find it at Purdue which then generates a search in the Libraries’ eJournal Finder (SFX).
Why you should know this database: Because of its specialized subject coverage, any program that includes aspects of economics can include a list of resources developed with the use of EconLit.
How this database can be integrated into the curriculum: Students will find EconLit easy to navigate and will appreciate the options for refining results by year and source type.
Compared to Google: A search in Advanced Google Scholar for “economics” and “biotechnology” for the years 1999-2010 results in 17,900 hits.
Cost: No cost to Purdue University Libraries. EconLit is an Inspire database provided by the state of Indiana. 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/. 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, MGMTAugust 18th, 2010
The Libraries’ updated catalog search interface recently came out of beta and is now the default search option for searching the Libraries catalog. To see the new catalog search, visit http://catalog.lib.purdue.edu.
The updated catalog search interface offers faceted searching, or options for users to narrow their searches by format, author, or even library, among other categories. This brings the catalog search interface more in line with popular site search tools, like those at Amazon.com.
A tutorial on using the new search interface is available at http://www.lib.purdue.edu/mel/Tutorials/Vufind%20beta/newvufind_demo_catalog.swf.
The search interface is based on the open-source software VuFind, which was developed by Villanova University and has been further developed by libraries all over the world.
The previous version of the catalog will be available for those who would prefer to use the former search interface for a limited period of time. To access the former catalog interface, click “Search Classic” in the catalog tab. Feedback and suggestions on the new catalog interface can be submitted by clicking on the orange “Feedback” button.
Filed under: collections, general, servicesAugust 6th, 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: CareerBeam, from CareerBeam.
Link: www.lib.purdue.edu/mel, in the pull down Quick Access to Business Databases alpha list right below the Libraries’ search box. CareerBeam is also available at the CareerWiki in the sections for Career Guides and Research a Company.
Description/focus: CareerBeam offers career guidance at all steps of the process.
Start with this hint: CareerBeam requires registration with an email address and password so that the personalized career tools are stored and accessible at any time. Once registered, the user is able to work through assessments for traits such as values, temperament, interests, and others. CareerBeam then synthesizes the results into a Career Profile Report.
Why you should know this database: There are many career fairs on campus in early fall, and professors often receive requests for career-related advice and assistance. CareerBeam has guides to help students build confidence as they identify goals, prepare for interviews, and develop networks. CareerBeam includes a section to help students identify and prepare references, a role that professors are often called to fill. CareerBeam is one of the few resources students can continue to use when they are alumni.
How this database can be integrated into the curriculum: Because students should know about a company and the industry of which it is a part before an interview, CareerBeam has basic company and industry profiles from Hoover’s. Industry profiles include challenges, opportunities, and forecasts. Company information includes competitors.
Compared to Google: Searching for career guidance, resumes, interviewing, and other terms results in free sites offering help in these areas. CareerBeam is a one-stop shop.
Cost: Paid annually by the Libraries, the Center for Career Opportunities, Graduate Career Services, and the Krannert School of Management.
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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/. 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