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March 25th, 2015
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue’s Dean of Libraries James L. Mullins was pleased to announce that Peter Froehlich, Indiana University Press (IUP), will be the new director of the Purdue University Press/head, Scholarly Publishing Services in the Purdue Libraries Publishing Division, effective May 1, 2015.
Froehlich started working at the Indiana University Press in 2006. Since 2010, he has been the subsidiary rights manager at IUP. He received his BA degree from the University of California-Berkeley and an MBA from the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University. Froehlich succeeds Charles Watkinson who left Purdue to become associate university librarian for publishing and director of the University of Michigan Press.
William Harper, chair, Purdue University Press Editorial Board, and professor of health and kinesiology said, “Peter brings both wide-ranging experiences and plucky enthusiasms to the dual positions of director of Purdue University Press and head of Scholarly Publishing Services. We welcome his appointment and look forward to working with him in our continuous efforts to further advance Purdue’s scholarly publishing impact around the world.”
The Purdue Libraries Publishing Division creates a collaborative environment by uniting Purdue University Press with Scholarly Publishing Services. The Publishing Division is dedicated to enhancing the impact and extending the reach of academic research and scholarship through the development and dissemination of books, journals, digital collections, innovative electronic products, technical report series and conference proceedings. The Purdue University Press founded in 1960 is a member of the Association of American University Presses (AAUP) and was a founding member of the Library Publishing Coalition (LPC). Purdue University was one of the first to integrate Library/University Press/Open Access Scholarly Publishing into a single unit in the United States.
Sources:
James L. Mullins, 765-494-2900, jmullins@purdue.edu
Peter Froehlich, peterfroehlich@gmail.com
Filed under: general, scholcommMarch 10th, 2015
March 6th, 2015
Welcome to Database of the Week. This feature from the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management & Economics is intended to give you a brief introduction to a database that you may not know, with only basic information to get you started. Hopefully, you will be tempted to explore this or other databases.
This Week’s Featured Database: Investext, from Thomson Reuters
Find it: www.lib.purdue.edu/parrish, Under the column headed Collections, click on List of Business Databases. This database only works in the Internet Explorer browser.
Description/focus: Investext is a database of analyst reports from major investment banks and other investment advisors. It is a segment of the larger database, Thomson One. Written by analysts at more than 1,600 investment banks and independent research firms, Thomson Reuters embargoed research collections offer analysis of companies, industries, products and markets across the globe. The reports, embargoed for an average of 14 days from production, provide insight, including forecasts and opinions, from the most sought-after industry experts.
Start with this hint: Choose Investext from the list of business databases to be taken to the Thomson One database interface. To find investment analyst reports hover over Company Views at the top of the page, then over Research, and then choose Company Research. By default, you may be given a company’s analyst reports. Click Advanced Research Page on the right hand side of the window to see search options and to search for another company. On this page, type YUM in the company box, click on YUM BRANDS, INC and click Search at the bottom of the page. You will be provided with a list of analyst reports on this company. From here, you can export the list of reports, browse and download whole reports, or download specific parts of a report.
Click here to see the basics of searching Investext.
Why you should know this database: Investment analyst reports are an important document for analyzing a company. These documents are not easily found free on the web.
How this will help students: The analysis is useful for competitor research as well as for interview preparation.
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Feedback is always welcome. If you would like us to promote your favorite database, send an email to mdugan@purdue.edu.
Filed under: database, general, MGMTFebruary 27th, 2015
Welcome to Database of the Week. This feature from the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management & Economics is intended to give you a brief introduction to a database that you may not know, with only basic information to get you started. Hopefully, you will be tempted to explore this or other databases.
This Week’s Featured Database: Career Wiki from Purdue University
Find it: career.lib.purdue.edu
Description/focus: The Career Wiki is a great place for students and employers to find career and company resources.
Start with this hint: The Career Wiki offers many great resources if you are interested in helping students research careers. Click on the Resources by Major tab to find information about specific subject areas. For example, there is a section for Hospitality and Tourism Management. These webpages cover a variety of topics including what to wear to an interview or searching for jobs in the location of your choice.
Click here to see the information available on the Purdue Career Wiki.
Why you should know this database: There are a variety of resources on the Career Wiki, such as diversity resources and employment data.
How this will help students: The Career Wiki can direct students to career guides, job boards, and resources about writing resumes.
Cost: Many of the databases presented in the Career Wiki are co-purchased by the Parrish Library, the Center for Career Opportunities, and the Krannert Graduate Career Services. For more information contact mdugan@purdue.edu.
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Database of the Week comes to you from the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management & Economics. If you would like more information about this database, or if you would like a demonstration of it for a class, contact parrlib@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 (@ParrishLib).
Feedback is always welcome. If you would like us to promote your favorite database, send an email to mdugan@purdue.edu.
Filed under: database, general, MGMTFebruary 10th, 2015
February 6th, 2015
February 6th, 2015
Welcome to Database of the Week. This feature from the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management & Economics is intended to give you a brief introduction to a database that you may not know, with only basic information to get you started. Hopefully, you will be tempted to explore this or other databases.
This Week’s Featured Database: Mergers and Acquisitions, from Thomson Reuters
Find it: www.lib.purdue.edu/parrish, Under the column headed Collections, click on List of Business Databases. This database only works in the Internet Explorer browser.
Description/focus: The database has comprehensive details on all announced deals, whether completed or uncompleted. The database covers U.S. targets 1979 to present and Non U.S. targets 1985 to present. Data are unavailable for the last thirty days as a condition of our academic subscription. Data available include full financial details, advisors and fees, premiums paid, etc.
Thomson’s data were formerly collected by Securities Data Corporation and accessed through a program called SDC Platinum. SDC Platinum will often appear as a source in empirical research, but the data are the same in Thomson ONE.
Start with this hint: Mergers and Acquisitions is now available in Thomson One. To get to Mergers and Acquisitions, click on the Screening & Analysis button at the top of the homepage. From here, check the box next to All Mergers and Acquisitions and then click Continue. In the box on the left, there is an item list with things like company info, deal info, etc. Each of these can be expanded to be more specific. To open one of these and search, you need to click on the item you want to search for. A new window will open. Use the box according to what you are searching for and click Execute Search.
Click here to see the basics of searching Mergers and Acquisitions.
Why you should know this database: It is the premier source for mergers & acquisitions data here at Purdue.
How this will help students: Numerous courses within the School of Management, Consumer & Family Sciences, and Hospitality & Tourism need financial details on corporate merger transactions that cannot be found across the web.
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Database of the Week comes to you from the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management & Economics. If you would like more information about this database, or if you would like a demonstration of it for a class, contact parrlib@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 (@ParrishLib).
Feedback is always welcome. If you would like us to promote your favorite database, send an email to mdugan@purdue.edu.
Filed under: database, general, MGMTJanuary 27th, 2015
Purdue University Libraries has been chosen for a top honor in the 2015 Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Excellence in Libraries Award. The ACRL on Tuesday (Jan. 27) announced Purdue Libraries’ honor in the university category based on its numerous initiatives:http://bit.ly/1DexiNR
Filed under: generalJanuary 23rd, 2015
Provost Deba Dutta and Dean of Libraries Jim Mullins presented the “Leadership in Open Access Award” to Purdue’s Department of Psychological Sciences, College of Health and Human Sciences, led by Professor Christopher Agnew, Department Head of Psychological Sciences.
The award was given in recognition of the department’s leadership in depositing all scholarly communication and publications into Purdue e-Pubs, helping to advance the impact of scholarship and research globally.
“In the tradition of the land-grant university, Dr. Agnew has embraced open access and made available to the world the important research and publications of the Department of Psychological Sciences,” said Provost Deba Dutta.
“Purdue e-Pubs is a very useful mechanism for disseminating our research findings far and wide, beyond only academic outlets,” said Department Head Dr. Christopher Agnew. “Purdue e-Pubs provides a valuable, user-friendly forum for both researchers and consumers of research. Researchers in my department saw the benefits of Purdue e-Pubs as an easy-to-use open access repository for increasing the access and exposure of their work.”
Open Access week, held October 20-24, 2014 this past year, is an international event bringing awareness to open access. Purdue Libraries celebrates and encourages authors (particularly academic faculty) to participate as they can.
Purdue e-Pubs, one of three institutional repositories as part of Purdue University Libraries, provides free global online access to Purdue-affiliated articles, reports, conference proceedings, student scholarship, and more. Purdue e-Pubs also provides online publishing support for original publications.
Measuring and reporting impact is an important part of the Purdue e-Pubs service model. As well as having all content indexed in Google Scholar, Purdue e-Pubs uses Google Analytics to gather qualitative information. The repository also issues automatic monthly download notifications to authors, allowing authors the opportunity to demonstrate the reach of their scholarship, not only to academic colleagues and administrators, but to taxpayers, policymakers and media outlets.
To date, every college on Purdue’s West Lafayette campus has a presence in the repository. Purdue e-Pubs continues to be a central place on campus advancing the impact of scholarship at the global, national and local level. Purdue University Libraries began providing the Purdue e-Pubs service to the campus community in 2006 as a means to share research and scholarship in a stable, open, and citable format.
As the repository continues to garner more downloads and objects, faculty, staff and students are encouraged to consider adding their research and scholarship. For more information about Purdue e-Pubs and adding previously published items, contact Dave Scherer, scholarly repository specialist, Purdue University Libraries, at 49-48511 or dscherer@purdue.edu.
Past “Leadership in Open Access” Award Winners:
2013 – Leadership in Open Access Award, Dr. Mark S. Lundstrom, in recognition of Dr. Lundstrom’s leadership in creating NanoHUB; Open Access Education Award, Dr. Linda S. Bergmann, Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
2012 – Graduate Student Award in Open Access, Mel Chua of Engineering Education; Leadership in Open Access Award, Professor Darcy Bullock, Joint Transportation Research Program
2011 – Leadership in Open Access Award, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Leadership in Open Access Award, Ian Bell, PhD., in recognition of broadening the reach of the Purdue’s Herrick Laboratories’ international conferences on compressor engineering, high performance buildings, and refrigeration and air conditioning
Writer: Shannon Walker, Purdue University Libraries, 765-496-9610, walker81@purdue.edu
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Filed under: general, Open_Access, press_release, scholcommJanuary 23rd, 2015
Welcome to Database of the Week. This feature from the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management & Economics is intended to give you a brief introduction to a database that you may not know, with only basic information to get you started. Hopefully, you will be tempted to explore this or other databases.
This Week’s Featured Database: BizMiner, from the Brandow Company.
Find it: www.lib.purdue.edu/parrish, Under the column headed Collections, click on List of Business Databases.
Description/focus: BizMiner delivers industry analysis by tracking 18 million US businesses in 16,000 industry segments.
Start with this hint: From the BizMiner homepage, click on Industry Search. Here you have options to do a keyword search or to drill down through industry categories and subcategories. Once you choose the industry, you can further narrow your search to a state or metro area.
Click here to see the basics of searching BizMiner or try our Guide on the Side with this link.
Why you should know this database: BizMiner Industry Market reports include industry population by year, market volume, employment class trends, and other statistics. Industry Financial Reports include Income-Expense, balance sheet, and financial ratios.
How this will help students: Each report in BizMiner includes explanations of terms, providing students a ready reference tool to help them understand the data and why the information is important.
Cost: For annual subscription information, contact Mary Dugan.
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Database of the Week comes to you from the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management & Economics. If you would like more information about this database, or if you would like a demonstration of it for a class, contact parrlib@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 (@ParrishLib).
Feedback is always welcome. If you would like us to promote your favorite database, send an email to mdugan@purdue.edu.
Filed under: database, general, MGMT