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Parrish Library’s Database of the Week for 9/23/11

September 23rd, 2011

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: NetAdvantage, from Standard & Poor’s.

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: NetAdvantage gives access to company profiles, industry surveys, stock reports, and fund reports.

Start with this hint: The NetAdvantage home page has three columns.  The two on the left display titles that link to various news items and reports, and the one on the right is for searching.  In the Simple Search box, although you can enter the name of the company, you will get more accurate results if you opt to search by Ticker Symbol.  See an example of what NetAdvantage offers in this short tutorial: NetAdvantage .  A unique feature in NetAdvantage is the highly valued S&P Stock Report, not available in any other database.

Why you should know this database: NetAdvantage includes numerous search options and capabilities for finding company and industry financial information, including international industries.  You can also identify companies that meet certain qualitative or quantitative criteria in the Companies tab.

How this database can be integrated into the curriculum: The Industry Surveys include key industry ratios and the instructional reports, “How to Analyze a Company [in this industry]” and “How the Industry Operates.”

Cost: NetAdvantage is one element of a package from S&P, paid by the Libraries.  If you would like more information about this, email mdugan@purdue.edu.

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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.