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MEL’s Database of the Week for 9/11

September 11th, 2009

Welcome to Database of the Week — a feature from the Management & Economics Library (MEL).  These weekly database snapshots will give you basic information about our most relevant and beneficial online resources.

Database name: BizMiner

Link: www.lib.purdue.edu/mel, in the pull down Quick Access to Business Databases alpha list right below our banner.

Description/focus: BizMiner delivers detailed industry analysis by tracking over 18 million US business facilities including small businesses, so industries are analyzed at a more granular level than is usually provided.  Over 16,000  industry segments are included.

Start with this hint: BizMiner categories are SIC-based, but the search tools include the options of keyword, NAICS, or “Industry Cluster Drilldown.”  Whatever your starting point, each selection leads to a narrower industry segment so you can drill down, for example, from Health Services to Medical Laboratories to Testing Laboratories to Blood Analysis Laboratories, and then choose a 3 or 5 year report, and even narrow that to a particular metro area.

Why you should know this database: BizMiner includes information vital to building a business plan for an entrepreneurial project, such as Local Market Vitality Profiles, a State Market Index series, and an area demographic series.  Reports include sections on business failure rates, market share statistics, emerging vitality, and other data.

How this database can be integrated into the curriculum: Each report in BizMiner includes explanations of terms, such as Growth Index Measures or Operational Concentration, providing students a ready reference tool to help them understand the data in the industry segment report.

Cost: Paid by the Libraries.

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