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April 23rd, 2010
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: Uniworld, from Uniworld Business Publications.
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: Uniworld is an online directory of American companies operating in foreign countries and foreign companies operating in the United States.
Start with this hint: Uniworld is a simple database. First select from the two categories, American Firms Operating in Foreign Countries or Foreign Firms Operating in the United States, and then narrow down your search by selecting parameters on the ensuing page. Options to focus your search are country, region, the state where the company is located, zip code, a keyword describing the product or service, industry code, revenue, and others. After selecting the parameters, click Next to see results and then select a format, choosing a spreadsheet to download or a list to display. A personal profile can be set up and searches can be saved.
Why you should know this database: Uniworld’s branch location dataset includes the non-headquarters United States locations of American multinational firms. This provides all locations (inside and outside) the United States, making it easy for a user to find a firm that is local. In the keyword search field it is possible to search for aspects such as research & development or nanotechnology. Uniworld includes both public and private companies and is updated weekly, with every firm edited at least once a year. Although Uniworld was selected to support students as they build their careers, it is also a good source of company information.
How this database can be integrated into the curriculum: Students can identify foreign companies by product or by income level.
Cost: Paid annually by the Libraries, the Center for Career Opportunities (CCO), and Graduate Career Services (GCS) in the Krannert School of Management.
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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.
Filed under: collections, database, HSSEB, MGMTApril 16th, 2010
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: Morningstar Document Research, from Morningstar.
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: Morningstar Document Research is a database that contains all electronically filed Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) documents from 1994 to the present.
Start with this hint: The Morningstar Document Research home page is the advanced search page. You can search for information about a company by entering the ticker (goog for example) or the name of the company. When the company of interest is displayed you can then choose from its SEC filings, or get other details by clicking on the links for Profile, Business Section, Quotes/Charts/News, Insider Summary, and others. The main search page includes a focused word search field, geographic filter (country, state, region, others), and a financial filter. Further down on the home screen, you can also see company filings within an industry. The menu on the left includes a link to search for Mutual Funds.
Why you should know this database: An important aspect of Morningstar Document Research is the ability to search across multiple company document types. It is often used to search for aspects such as ‘research & development’ or for some key financial element like ‘poison pill’. Thus a faculty member could research what companies are implementing such things by text-searching the documents… including the footnotes… where information is often “hidden”.
How this database can be integrated into the curriculum: A researcher can search not only an individual company but can also search for tendencies, activities, actions, etc. across multiple companies or groups of companies within industries.
Cost: 5 seats, paid annually by the Libraries and the Accounting and Finance areas in the Krannert School of Management.
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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.
Filed under: collections, database, HSSEB, MGMTApril 9th, 2010
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: SimplyMap, from Geographic Research, Inc.
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: SimplyMap is a graphical interface that displays demographic, business, and marketing data.
Start with this hint: Our subscription to SimplyMap only permits 2 simultaneous users so try again later if you cannot connect. SimplyMap works best with the creation of a personal workspace, but you can login to just try it. Once you are in SimplyMap, select your geographical location on the left and hit Go. Next click on the Variables tab where you can search (ok) or browse (better) to select characteristics such as population by age, race, or income. Click Add Selected Variables. You can add another geographic area if you want a comparison, and add more variables such as employment, language, or education. Close the Variables tab and hit Update to redraw the map. The map displays one variable at a time. To see the raw data in a spreadsheet, select the Reports tab.
Why you should know this database: One of the features offered through our subscription to SimplyMap is the opportunity to set up a “Professor Workspace” where you can select the geographic location and variables for a space to share with your class. The datasets include governmental data (the Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Consumer Expenditure Survey), as well as survey data gathered by companies such as MRI, Dun & Bradstreet, Environics Analytics, and the Neilson Company (Choices 3). Because usage is not intuitive, however, we recommend the tutorial videos.
How this database can be integrated into the curriculum: We can arrange one-on-one training so you can get the most efficient use of this product.
Cost: 2 seats, paid annually by the Libraries.
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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.
Filed under: collections, database, HSSEB, MGMTApril 2nd, 2010
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: RIA Checkpoint, from Thomson Reuters.
Link: www.lib.purdue.edu/mel, in the pull down Quick Access to Business Databases alpha list right below our banner.
Description/focus: RIA Checkpoint is the database for tax research.
Start with this hint: The link for RIA Checkpoint lands at the Research tab. This is where tax and accounting professionals can search rulings, IRS publications, SEC filings, or accounting standards and regulations. These can be searched by keyword, code, case, or by clicking on More to bring up specific search templates. Non-professionals will find documents and publications of interest on the Research page through the link to Form/Line Finder, and on the Newsstand tab.
Why you should know this database: Tax and accounting professionals can use RIA Checkpoint to research supporting cases. Some publications that might interest non-professionals can be seen at the Home tab which includes a link, for example, to an analysis of the tax and benefits provisions of the 2010 Health Care Act. The Tools tab has calculators for working out payments for autos, mortgages, credit cards, and other business and personal financial concerns.
How this database can be integrated into the curriculum: Students studying tax and accounting can find cases to support answers to tax questions and can use the handy Citator button to find related cases.
Cost: Paid annually by the Libraries.
Special thanks today to Professor Hatcher for his help in navigating through RIA Checkpoint. As he says, ”It’s not what you know, it’s what you can find out.”
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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/database/. 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, MGMTMarch 31st, 2010
On April 12th, 2010, the Hicks website will be redirected to the HSSE/Hicks website.
Filed under: HSSE, HSSEB, UGRLMarch 29th, 2010
Starting Monday, April 12, the content on the web pages for the John W. Hicks Undergraduate Library (www.lib.purdue.edu/ugrl) will be combined with content on the Humanities, Social Science, and Education (HSSE) Library web pages. The new web address for both library locations will be www.lib.purdue.edu/hsse.
The combined website will serve as a portal to collections and services for both library locations and reflects recent changes in the two libraries’ organizational structures and service functions.
Early in the fall of 2009, most of the collections in the Hicks Undergraduate Library were transferred to the HSSE library and other library locations. The Hicks Undergraduate Library offers reference materials, contemporary literature, media and DVDs, equipment checkout, the Digital Learning Collaboratory, group study rooms, and flat screen monitors for collaborative work. The Hicks Repository, Circulation Services, and the Undergrounds coffee shop and 24-hour study lounge are also housed in the Undergraduate Library.
The HSSE library offers a wide variety of general subject collections, as well as advanced resources for students in the liberal arts, education, and consumer and family sciences.
The new combined web space includes research guides for particular subjects, government documents, instructional handouts, floor plans for each location, and a list of study rooms and available computers, among other general library resources.
For questions or comments about using the new site, email hsselib@purdue.edu. Users can also use the Libraries’ Ask a Librarian service at http://www.lib.purdue.edu/askalib/ or by typing in any chat box on the Libraries web pages to ask research questions, get help using resources, or get help navigating the Libraries website.
Updated 4/5/10 with revised date for page redirect.
Filed under: facilities, general, HSSE, HSSEB, UGRLMarch 26th, 2010
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, instead of a database, we are featuring a new technology that will be included in MEL’s continuing renovation.
This Week’s Featured Technology: media:scape, from Steelcase.
Location: In the Management & Economics Library by the east wall.
Description/focus: media:scape is collaboration technology for laptops. This is a demo that we will only have in MEL until April 9.
Start with this hint: You really need a hands-on experience with the media:scape station in order to appreciate its simplicity and ease of use. The media:scape station looks like no more than a round table pushed up to a display of 2 flat-screen monitors. However, when you open the media well in the center of the table, you will find 6 “Pucks” with laptop ports for connecting to the collaboration station. When one or more laptops are connected to the media:scape station, any of the laptops can be displayed on either of the monitors with just a tap of the “Puck.” Access to resources through the Internet makes it easy to display and share information.
Why you should know this technology: Phase 2 of the MEL renovation will be underway soon, and the plans include several media:scape stations. This collaboration station provides an environment to enhance learning and facilitate student success.
How this technology can be integrated into the curriculum: media:scape technology enables all the members of a small group to participate visually and to collaborate via their personal laptops.
Cost: Included in the renovation budget.
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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/database/. 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, MGMTMarch 19th, 2010
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: Frost Market Research, from Frost & Sullivan.
Link: www.lib.purdue.edu/mel, in the pull down Quick Access to Business Databases alpha list right below our banner.
Description/focus: Frost Market Research delivers business intelligence research in several broadly named industries, ranging from Aerospace to Communication Technologies, to Healthcare, to Energy and Power Supplies, and others.
Start with this hint: Frost Market Research requires the one-time download of the Citrix Client to your pc or laptop. This is a simple process and we provide the means to do so when you click on the Frost database link in our dropdown. On the first F&S page, Industries & Markets, you will find browsable lists of the covered markets and their subcategories. For example, Healthcare includes the narrower subject Medical Devices. For a more specific search, though, use the Quick Search box or go to Advanced Search. For example, in the first box in Advanced Search, enter “healthcare” and in the phrase box enter “business intelligence,” a subject not listed as a subcategory. Select the first report to get the titles of the available sections.
Why you should know this database: Frost Market Research reports are timely and include notes on methodology. The reports cover global trends, current industry trends, drivers and restraints, opportunity analysis, the competitive landscape, challenges and conclusions.
How this database can be integrated into the curriculum: The results of a search include in-depth Frost Market Research reports, as well as Market Insight reports, and Technical Insights.
Cost: The subscription to Frost is paid annually by the Krannert School of Management.
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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/database/.
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, MGMTMarch 12th, 2010
Welcome to Database of the Week — a feature from the Management & Economics Library (MEL). This week, for Spring Break, we are pleased to feature a resource unique to Purdue University Libraries.
This Week’s Featured Database: e-Archives, in honor of the exhibit Amelia Earhart: the Aviator, the Advocate, and the Icon, on display March 1- May 28, 2010, in the Virginia Kelly Karnes Archives and Special Collections Research Center, on the 4th floor of the HSSE Library.
Link: e-Archives is accessed via e-Scholar, in the pull down Quick Access to Business Databases on MEL’s home page, right below the Libraries’ search box.
Description/focus: e-Archives is the Purdue Libraries’ digital collection of manuscripts, photographs, and University publications. Amelia Earhart: the Aviator, the Advocate, and the Icon, is an exhibit drawn from the world’s largest collection of Amelia Earhart papers, photos, memorabilia, and artifacts.
Start with this hint: e-Archives includes an Advanced Search in the header toolbar, and it is a good choice if you know what you are looking for. The toolbar also offers an option to Browse by Type, but for descriptions of the collections, select Browse by Title. That link takes you to a list that includes descriptions and links to over 20 collections including, for example, Amelia Earhart at Purdue, the Krannert Alumni Magazine, and Purdue University Newsreels.
Why you should know this database: e-Archives includes over 107,000 digital objects. Here you can learn more about Helen Gouger, a lawyer who argued in Tippecanoe County Court in 1895 that women should receive the vote, or see a page from the Book of Hours, or browse through historical photos of Purdue buildings, athletes, astronauts, and more.
How this can be integrated into the curriculum: Class visits are welcome in the Archives and Special Collections. To schedule a visit for your class, fill out the online form. You can also email David Hovde, Research and Instruction Librarian in Archives and Special Collections.
Cost: Purdue Libraries pays an annual maintenance fee for the CONTENTdm repository platform.
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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/database/. 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, MGMTMarch 5th, 2010
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: BioScan, from BioWorld.
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: BioScan is an online directory that gives access to information about biotechnology companies.
Start with this hint: In the BioScan interface you can enter the name of a company to get its listing. BioScan includes both US and international public companies such as Novartis, but also includes privately owned companies. Try, for example Bayer or Tranzyme. You can also use the Keyword box on the bottom of the search page to identify companies that have particular information in their entries, including products such as Humulin, areas of research such as bioinformatics software, conditions such as Parkinson’s, partnering non-profit organizations such as the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, or any general term. We do not recommend the BioScan advanced search which will give you search results in periodicals not available through our BioScan subscription. The best place to obtain access to these journals is to enter the title into eJournals, which is the third tab on the Libraries’ search box on our home page.
Why you should know this database: BioScan content includes products in development, strategic alliances with other entities, mergers, investors, financial information, licensing and R&D agreements and other bits.
How this database can be integrated into the curriculum: Students working on a project with a biotech focus, especially with an entrepreneurial aspect, would find useful company information in this database. The information includes names of the key personnel, product categories, and products on the market.
Cost: Paid annually by Purdue University Libraries..
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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/database/. 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