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August 31st, 2012
Welcome to Database of the Week, a feature from the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management & Economics. These weekly snapshots will give you basic information about our most relevant and beneficial online resources.
This Week’s Featured Database: CountryWatch, from CountryWatch, Inc.
Link: www.lib.purdue.edu/parrish, in the pulldown Quick Access to Business Databases alpha list right below the Libraries’ search box.
Description/focus: CountryWatch provides up-to-date news and information on each of the recognized countries of the world.
Start with this hint: On your own you should explore the Intelligence Products listed on the left side of the home page, especially Country Data and Country Wire. Access to the main value of the database begins with the Country Reviews. Select a country from the dropdown list and the resulting page is the “Country Overview,” a very brief sketch of the country’s basic information. The review also provides links for detailed reports on specific topics in that country such as Political Conditions or Environmental Policy. Click here to see a basic search in CountryWatch.
Why you should know this database: Each CountryWatch listing includes economic information, information on the investment climate, social and political information, and an environmental overview. The Bibliography provides titles of books as well as links to both U.S. and international sources of information.
How this database can be integrated into the curriculum: At the top of the CountryWatch home page is the link for More search features. Students can compare countries for a product such as cotton, or subject such as taxation, or a concept such as child labor.
Cost: Paid by the Libraries annually.
Tags: agriculture, commodities, countries, country data, country profiles, crops, datasets, economic conditions, environmental research, government agencies, government information, international markets, international news, international relations, international research, news, politics, resource economics, social conditions, statistics
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Database of the Week comes to you from the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management & Economics. 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 this or any other library resource for a class, contact parrlib@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 feature your favorite database, send an email to mdugan@purdue.edu.
August 27th, 2012
Purdue University Libraries now will offer late-night study areas in Hicks Undergraduate Library and Roland G. Parrish Library.
The newly renovated Hicks Undergraduate Library will have a space open 24 hours, seven days a week. The expanded extended hours section includes UnderGrounds along with a classroom-sized area and additional space.
The Roland G. Parrish Library of Management and Economics will be open 24 hours Monday through Thursday. It will be open through 6 p.m. Friday, 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Saturday, and open at 11 a.m. Sunday. The library is on the second floor of the Krannert Building.
Both of the 24-hours areas support individual and collaborative study. The areas will have workstations, printers and copiers with free scanning capabilities that will be accessible after regular library hours by Purdue student ID card swipe.
Contact: Linda Rose, 765-494-6730, lrose@purdue.edu
Filed under: general
August 24th, 2012
Welcome back to campus! And welcome to Database of the Week, a feature from the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management & Economics. These weekly database snapshots will give you basic information about our most relevant and beneficial online resources.
Database name: Global Market Information Database (aka Passport GMID), from Euromonitor International.
Link: www.lib.purdue.edu/parrish, in the pulldown Quick Access to Business Databases alpha list right below the Libraries’ search box.
Description/focus: GMID provides international market intelligence reports.
Start with this hint: Using the GMID simple search field in the top right corner can generate an effective search. Enter a product, company, or industry that currently holds your interest to see a list of reports, or explore reports and documents by categories in the search bar. Click here to see a basic search in GMID, and contact anyone in the Parrish Library for advanced help.
Why you should know this database: GMID is one of our most powerful databases, with domestic and international statistics on consumer goods and services, details on companies and industries, and comprehensive economic information on countries.
How this database can be integrated into the curriculum: Students can easily navigate the GMID interface to use country consumer data to compare markets. The reports include financial assessment and SWOT.
Cost: Paid by Krannert School of Management and the Libraries.
Tags: companies, industries, market research, SWOT, consumers, countries, time series, international research
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Database of the Week comes to you from the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management & Economics. 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 this or any other library resource 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 feature your favorite database, send an email to mdugan@purdue.edu.
Filed under: collections, database, HSSEB, MGMT
August 22nd, 2012
ScienceDirect and Scopus will be unavailable this weekend from Saturday (August 25th) at 7:30AM to Sunday (August 26) at 2:30AM for maintenance and platform improvements. We are sorry for any inconvenience.
Filed under: general, servicesAugust 1st, 2012
The late J. Kirby Risk II called himself “a small-town businessman from the banks of the Wabash.” In her newest book, Kirby’s Way: How Kirby and Caroline Risk Built their Company on Kitchen-Table Values, author Angie Klink details the compelling story of Kirby and the creation of the Kirby Risk Corporation. The book also highlights the importance of community and charity work for Kirby and Caroline, and the compassionate way he ran his company.
Kirby cofounded his battery company in 1926 with $500 he borrowed from his father. Today, Kirby Risk Corporation is a multimillion-dollar electrical products and services industry headquartered in Lafayette, Indiana, and spanning three states. Kirby Risk is committed to Kirby’s concept of “sacrificial service” and is now run by Kirby’s son, Jim.
Kirby’s Way is a feel-good story about a self-made man in the heart of Indiana. Klink states, “Kirby Risk may not have wanted this book. Yet he would have esteemed it as a parable, a spiritual truth that compels readers to discover certainties for themselves.”
Klink is the author of the inspiring biography Divided Paths, Common Ground: The Story of Mary Matthews and Lella Gaddis, Pioneering Purdue Women Who Introduced Science into the Home. She also authored two children’s books, Purdue Pete Finds His Hammer (about Purdue University) and I Found U (about Indiana University). Her writing has been published in numerous Chicken Soup for the Soul books. She has won forty American Advertising Federation ADDY Awards and an honorable mention in the 2007 Erma Bombeck Writing Competition. Klink has a BA in communication from Purdue University.
Filed under: general