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Parrish Library’s Database of the Week for 8/26/11

August 26th, 2011

Welcome to Database of the Week — a feature from the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management & Economics Library. These database snapshots will give you basic information about our most relevant and beneficial online resources. This week our feature is not a database but a tool that gives you a quick way of getting to the business databases.

Tool name and provider: MyMEL toolbar; from the Parrish Library.

Link: www.lib.purdue.edu/mel, in the left column under Parrish Links, click on MyMEL toolbar and download the toolbar in seconds.  Click here to see it work.

Description/focus: This toolbar puts quick access to Parrish’s resources on your laptop or pc.

Start with this hint: See a quick overview of the available features on MyMEL.  The first dropdown on MyMEL offers search engine options, including Google, Google Scholar, and the Libraries catalog.  The next links include a list of the business Databases, then BizTools, including course pages and tutorials, and Research Tools. RSS feeds has news from the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Business Week, and Inside Indiana Business.

Why you should know this tool: MyMEL gives quick access to the databases, but also provides links to your department home page as well as MEL’s home page.

How this will help students: The default search engine for the search box is Yelp but can be changed to Google Scholar, eJournal Finder, the Purdue Catalog, or others.  The link for Research Tools connects to the Online Writing Lab (OWL), Software Remote, and others.

Cost: No cost. Updated and maintained by Hal Kirkwood, Associate Head, Parrish Library.

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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 tool, 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/.  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.