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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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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, MGMTSeptember 10th, 2009
Green Chemistry Metrics: Measuring and Monitoring Sustainable Processes
A. Lapkin & D.J.C. Constable, Eds.
Wiley © 2008
Quantifying the environmental impact of chemical technologies and products, and comparing alternative products and technologies in terms of their “greenness” is a challenging task. In order to characterize various aspects of a compl
ex phenomenon, a number of different indicators are selected into a metric. This book outlines fundamental developments in chemistry and chemical technology that have led to the development of green chemistry, green chemical technology, and sustainable chemical technology concepts, and provide a foundation for the development of the corresponding metrics. It includes different approaches to metrics, and case study examples of their applications, and problems in practice.
Filed under: CHEM, collections, PSETSeptember 10th, 2009
RSC Publishing has announced the online publication of the first Advance Articles of the new journal Analytical Methods. The journal highlights new and improved methods for the practical application of analytical science. Its scope includes pharmaceutical and applied industrial analysis, agricultural and food analysis, forensic analysis and heritage science.
The inaugural issue will be published at the end of September.
Visit www.rsc.org/methods to view the advance articles.
Filed under: CHEM, collections, PSETSeptember 4th, 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: MarketLine Business Information Center
Link: www.lib.purdue.edu/mel, in the pull down Quick Access to Business Databases alpha list right below our banner.
Description/focus: MarketLine draws on primary and secondary research to provide 32,000 company profiles, 3,200 industry profiles, and 103 country profiles, delivers live feed of news and comment, and provides tools for the analysis of data.
Start with this hint: Unlike most databases, MarketLine does not have an advanced search option but it doesn’t really need it. Enter the company, industry or country of interest, and then drill down to more specific information by clicking on the a recommended topic. Don’t ignore the field on the left labeled SEARCH WITHIN RESULTS to narrow the results with your own qualifier.
Why you should know this database: MarketLine includes information about private companies that are missing from other business databases. .
How this database can be integrated into the curriculum: The industry reports in MarketLine include a Five Forces Analysis; company reports include a SWOT analysis; country reports include news reports of financial deals.
Cost: Paid by the 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/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