Purdue Libraries and School of Information Studies News

August 24th, 2011

Reaxys was updated on 17 June, 2011 This release contains some enhancements to the Synthesis Planner and some new search fields which will further enrich Reaxys’ capabilities for organometallic and inorganic chemistry search queries. The key highlights include: Support of Microsoft Internet Explorer 9, FireFox 4 and Google Chrome or higher. Using Reaxys with these browser more…

August 24th, 2011

Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) has announced that the Web version of SciFinder has been updated to improve your overall user experience. You can expect faster response times in several key areas, including answer set display and pagination, detailed displays, breadcrumb navigation and large answer set print/export. Individual performance improvements may vary and are dependent on more…

August 19th, 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’s Featured Database: USDA Economics, Statistics, and Market Information System (ESMIS),  from the United States Department of Agriculture. more…

August 15th, 2011

Welcome to Database of the Week — a feature from the Management & Economics Library (MEL). These database snapshots will give you basic information about our most relevant and beneficial online resources. This Week’s Featured Database: CareerBeam, from CareerBeam. Link: www.lib.purdue.edu/mel, in the pull down Quick Access to Business Databases alpha list right below the more…

August 5th, 2011

Database of the Week is a feature from the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management and Economics.  These weekly database snapshots will give you basic information about our most relevant and beneficial online resources. Database name: JobNow from Brainfuse. Link: Go to our home page, then in the pull down Quick Access to Business Databases more…

August 1st, 2011

Database of the Week is 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: ABI/INFORM Global, from Proquest. Link: www.lib.purdue.edu/mel, in the pull down Quick Access to Business Databases alpha list right below the Libraries’ search more…

June 14th, 2011

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue Libraries has completed the digitization of Indiana Farmer for the years 1851-1917, which chronicles the state of Hoosier agriculture in the pre- and post-Civil War years. The Library Services and Technology Act grant from the Indiana State Library and the Institute of Museum and Library Services provided funding for the more…

May 16th, 2011

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. This Week’s Featured Database: eBooks Link: www.lib.purdue.edu/mel, in the catalog (see a 90-second demo here eBooks in the catalog) or through one more…

May 6th, 2011

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 more…

April 22nd, 2011

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. If you have a suggestion for a database or research topic that should be covered, please let us know. Database name: Factiva, more…