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Database of the Week – ABI/INFORM Global, from ProQuest

September 4th, 2015

Welcome back to campus and welcome to Database of the Week.  This feature from the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management & Economics will give you a very brief introduction to one of our specialized subscription databases and its basic features. Have a good semester!

This Week’s Database: ABI/INFORM Global, from ProQuest.

Find it: www.lib.purdue.edu/parrish, then in the left-hand column called Collections, click on List of Business Databases. Access it off-campus with your Purdue login and password.

Description/focus:  ABI/INFORM Global is one of the most comprehensive business databases, delivering the full-text content of thousands of scholarly journals, trade journals, newspapers, and non-periodicals such as working papers, dissertations, and business cases.

Start with this hint: The ProQuest interface begins with the Basic Search, treating your search terms as keywords. The results page gives a list of articles and reports, suggests related terms, and shows options to narrow by type of source, date, and other criteria. You can switch to Advanced Search for more focused results. Expand your search to other fields, such as science and technology, by clicking on All databases below the ProQuest logo at the top of the screen. 

Click here to see a video of a basic search of ABI/INFORM Global or try an escorted walk-through with Guide on the Side at this link.

Why you should know this database: Because of its broad coverage, this is the go-to database for discovering key business articles. Search results can be saved by creating personal folders (My research) within the database.

How this will help students:  With the ease of simple searching, ABI/INFORM Global gives researchers at all levels of proficiency access to business and financial information.

Cost: For information about the Libraries’ subscription, contact Mary Dugan.

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Database of the Week comes to you from the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management & Economics. If you would like more information about this database, or if you would like a demonstration of it for a class, contact parrlib@purdue.edu.  Also let us know if you know of a colleague who would benefit from this weekly feature.

Since usage statistics are an important barometer when databases are up for renewal, tell us your favorite database, and we will gladly promote it.   Send an email to parrlib@purdue.edu or mdugan@purdue.edu.