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Parrish Library’s Database of the Week for 9/9/11

September 12th, 2011

Welcome to Database of the Week. Database of the Week is a feature from the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management & Economics. These database snapshots will give you basic information about our most relevant and beneficial online resources.

This Week’s Featured Database: Proquest Statistical Insight from Proquest.

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: Proquest Statistical Insight has taken the place of  LexisNexis Statistical, providing demographic, business, and marketing data.

Start with this hint: The interface for Proquest Statistical Insight is much improved over the previous offering.  The sources include federal agencies, international organizations, commercial publishers, universities, associations, and research organizations.  Search results can be filtered for geographical area and subject, and are downloadable as tables or PDF.

Why you should know this database: Because Proquest Statistical Insight draws from such a variety of sources, it covers subjects from humanities, social sciences, and science.

How this database can be integrated into the curriculum: Statistics are critical for decision making and with Proquest Statistical Insight students don’t have to hunt for the right government agency to find the data they need.

Cost: For annual subscription information, contact Mary Dugan.

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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/.  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.