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MEL’s Database of the Week for 5/14/10

May 14th, 2010

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: Corporate Affiliations, from LexisNexis.

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: Corporate Affiliations is a database showing corporate family information, including information about the executives, for about half a million US and international businesses.

Start with this hint: The new interface for Corporate Affiliations is nothing like other LexisNexis products.  The home page is fast and easy to navigate, and most of the features are intuitive.  The landing page from our drop down is the company Quick Search.  Find a public company by entering the name (General Motors, for example) or ticker.  You can also enter an SIC or NAICS code.  The database includes private companies, such as Hallmark Cards.  If you scroll across the navigation bar across the top and hover on Features, you can link to other search capabilities such as Merger News, or Bio, where you can search by parameters such as education (try Purdue).  Hover over  Learn More and open the User’s Guide (which is very well-written) to see details on other features.

Why you should know this database: Corporate Affiliations company profiles show a link labeled Compare All Years.  The resulting page displays a grid showing changes over time in the company financials, products, SIC, stock exchange, providers of outside services (accounting, legal, advertising), executives, and board of directors. The improved interface for Corporate Affiliations makes it easier to get information on mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcies, downsizing, and other company actions.

How this database can be integrated into the curriculum: With Corporate Affiliations students can find extensive information about a company, including subsidiaries, brands, corporate hierarchies, and competitors.

Cost:  Paid annually by the Libraries.

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