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October 19th, 2011
Welcome to this 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.
Database name: Social Sciences Full Text, from WilsonWeb.
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: Social Sciences Full Text covers trends, opinions, theories and methods of the social sciences.
Start with this hint: As a WilsonWeb database, Social Sciences Full Text has a straightforward interface and includes tools not found in some other aggregators. Click here to see the basics of searching Social Sciences Full Text, and features such as translation or the audio option, which are available on limited selections. Many of the hits that date from the early 1980’s are not available as full text in this database, but articles that are only indexed always come equipped with the Find It @Purdue Libraries tool.
Why you should know this database: Social Sciences Full Text subjects include economics, ethics, international relations, law, planning and public administration, policy studies, and psychology.
How this will help students: Students researching topics that include an aspect of human society or relationships or behavior will find scholarly articles and other document types in Social Sciences Full Text.
Cost: For information on the cost of this database, contact mdugan@purdue.edu.
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Database of the Week comes to you from the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management & Economics Library. 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.
Filed under: collections, database, HSSEB, MGMT
October 10th, 2011
This release contains some exciting new additions to Reaxys, most notably the Similarity Searching capability, and the enhancements to Reaxys structure searching. The key highlights include:
For the full details on this release please check the “About” hyperlink displayed at the bottom of the Reaxys query page.
Filed under: CHEM, collectionsOctober 7th, 2011
Welcome to this 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.
Database name: Mediamark Reporter, from GfK Mediamark Research & Intelligence.
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: Mediamark Reporter provides demographic, lifestyle, product usage, and media data.
Start with this hint: Mediamark Reporter (use Internet Explorer) requires first-time users to create an account using your Purdue email and a password of your choosing. After you login and enter the database called MRI+, you can explore the choices under Getting Started, but the real substance is accessed by clicking on Mediamark Reporter in the banner next to the tabs. Click here to see the basics of selecting options in Mediamark Reporter. If the goal is to find out which population groups are the best potential market for a product or service, the column of Index numbers tells which groups are likely targets. For personalized assistance with navigating this database, email your request to kranlib@purdue.edu.
Why you should know this tool: Mediamark Reporter includes historic demographic data back to 2005 so that comparisons can be made.
How this will help students: A marketing plan should include data on user preferences. This kind of information is included in SimplyMap (see Database of the Week for September 2, 2011) but Mediamark Reporter displays the data in a spreadsheet which might be more straightforward than a geographic display for some students. The interface is not intuitive, but students can get assistance with a request emailed to kranlib@purdue.edu.
Cost: Paid annually by the Libraries.
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Database of the Week comes to you from the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management & Economics Library. 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.
Filed under: collections, database, HSSEB, MGMTOctober 5th, 2011
Filed under: UncategorizedOctober 1st, 2011
Filed under: general, UncategorizedSeptember 30th, 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: OECDiLibrary, from the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development.
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: OECDiLibrary offers statistics, full text books, and reports from the OECD, whose focus is the world economy.
Start with this hint: The OECDiLibrary opening page has a menu bar to browse books, papers, or statistics, and a link to the OECD Factbook. The basic search finds your term in several fields, and then you can limit the results to books, papers or statistics. If your subject is a phrase, be sure to use quotation marks: water policies will give different results from “water policies.” See a sample search in our OECD tutorial. The default for the Advanced Search is to look for your term in all fields, so limit to Title and Abstract to get a manageable number of hits.
Why you should know this database: The statistical databases in OECD iLibrary cover national accounts, economic indicators, trade, employment, migration, education, energy, health, development and innovation in both member and non-member countries. The OECD monitors the impact of the current world financial crisis on developing countries.
How this database can be integrated into the curriculum: Students searching for an international research topic can browse the OECD iLibrary Theme or Country menus for issues in Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia-Pacific. The organization covers economic and social trends, from the labor force in persistently poor areas to the innovation and growth of the Internet economy.
Cost: Paid by the Libraries annually.
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Database of the Week comes to you from the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management & Economics Library. 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.
Filed under: collections, database, HSSEB, MGMTSeptember 27th, 2011
Filed under: generalSeptember 27th, 2011
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Renowned food columnist/editor and best-selling author Ruth Reichl will speak Oct. 18 as part of the Purdue University Libraries Distinguished Lecture Series.Reichl’s talk, “Eating Our Words,” will be at 7 p.m. in Stewart Center’s Fowler Hall and is free and open to the public. After her talk, Von’s Book Shop of West Lafayette will have a book sale, and she will sign copies of her books.
Reichl, who is currently editor-at-large at Random House and serving as a judge on Bravo network’s “Top Chef Masters,” is a six-time recipient of the James Beard Award. The awards are presented to chefs; food and beverage professionals; broadcast media, journalists and authors working on food; and restaurant architects and designers.
Reichl is the author of several bestselling memoirs, including “Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise” and “Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table.” She is the former editor-in-chief at Gourmet magazine and has served as food editor for the Los Angeles Times and as restaurant critic for the New York Times. She has been a key voice in the culinary field, guiding readers on how to cook and what and where to eat.
Her lecture will take a look at food writing during different times and places in the world in an attempt to discover what the changing language of food can tell us about ourselves. She says, “As our attitudes about food have been in constant flux, we can look at the past to understand why we are living in such a food-focused present.”
The Purdue Libraries Distinguished Lecture Series, made possible by major funding from the estate of Anna M. Akeley, began in 2005 to bring people with notable creative and intellectual achievements to speak at the university. In addition to Purdue Libraries, this year’s sponsors include the Office of the Provost and the College of Health and Human Sciences. Richard D. Mattes, Distinguished Professor of Nutrition Science, will introduce Reichl.
Writer: Jim Bush, 765-494-2077, jsbush@purdue.edu
Source: Kate Kester, Marketing Associate, Purdue Libraries, 765-496-9610, kkester@purdue.edu
Note to Journalists: Ruth Reichl will have a media availability on Oct. 18 before the lecture. Journalists can contact Kate Kester at 765-496-9610, kkester@purdue.edu, to set up interview times
www.purdue.edu/newsroom/events/2011/110926KesterReichl.html
Filed under: events, general, press_releaseSeptember 27th, 2011
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Renowned food columnist/editor and best-selling author Ruth Reichl will speak Oct. 18 as part of the Purdue University Libraries Distinguished Lecture Series.Reichl’s talk, “Eating Our Words,” will be at 7 p.m. in Stewart Center’s Fowler Hall and is free and open to the public. After her talk, Von’s Book Shop of West Lafayette will have a book sale, and she will sign copies of her books.
Reichl, who is currently editor-at-large at Random House and serving as a judge on Bravo network’s “Top Chef Masters,” is a six-time recipient of the James Beard Award. The awards are presented to chefs; food and beverage professionals; broadcast media, journalists and authors working on food; and restaurant architects and designers.
Reichl is the author of several bestselling memoirs, including “Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise” and “Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table.” She is the former editor-in-chief at Gourmet magazine and has served as food editor for the Los Angeles Times and as restaurant critic for the New York Times. She has been a key voice in the culinary field, guiding readers on how to cook and what and where to eat.
Her lecture will take a look at food writing during different times and places in the world in an attempt to discover what the changing language of food can tell us about ourselves. She says, “As our attitudes about food have been in constant flux, we can look at the past to understand why we are living in such a food-focused present.”
The Purdue Libraries Distinguished Lecture Series, made possible by major funding from the estate of Anna M. Akeley, began in 2005 to bring people with notable creative and intellectual achievements to speak at the university. In addition to Purdue Libraries, this year’s sponsors include the Office of the Provost and the College of Health and Human Sciences. Richard D. Mattes, Distinguished Professor of Nutrition Science, will introduce Reichl.
Writer: Jim Bush, 765-494-2077, jsbush@purdue.edu
Source: Kate Kester, Marketing Associate, Purdue Libraries, 765-496-9610, kkester@purdue.edu
Note to Journalists: Ruth Reichl will have a media availability on Oct. 18 before the lecture. Journalists can contact Kate Kester at 765-496-9610, kkester@purdue.edu, to set up interview times
www.purdue.edu/newsroom/events/2011/110926KesterReichl.html
Filed under: events, general, press_releaseSeptember 23rd, 2011
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University Libraries is leading the development of a new, online resource that will help people locate research data on the Internet.
The project is called Databib and will engage a community of librarians from around the world to collaborate in creating an online bibliography of data repositories that can be used by researchers, students, funding agencies, and other librarians to find appropriate places to access and share research data. The Institute of Museum and Library Services, a federal research agency, awarded a grant to support the project.
“Funding agencies such as the National Science Foundation recognize the importance of sharing research data and have begun requiring that all grant proposals be submitted with plans for managing and sharing data,” said Michael Witt, the project’s principal investigator and an assistant professor of library science at Purdue.
“Databib will be a tool that helps researchers who produce data determine where to submit and publish their datasets, too.”
The project also will serve as a testbed for presenting, linking and integrating information about data repositories in new ways. Records from Databib will be integrated into social book marking services and made available for libraries to import into their catalogs. They will also be exposed as Linked Data, which is an implementation of the Semantic Web that seeks to create a “web of data.”
Purdue is collaborating with Penn State University on the nine-month project, which is scheduled to be completed in May 2012. More information can be found on the project’s website, http://databib.lib.purdue.edu
Source: Michael Witt, 765-494-8703, mwitt@purdue.edu
www.purdue.edu/newsroom/general/2011/110922WittDatabib.html
Filed under: general, press_release, RSRCH