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February 16th, 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: FAOSTAT, from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
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: FAOSTAT provides data on production, prices, and trade on food and agriculture around the world.
Start with this hint: The FAOSTAT home page has no general search box. Instead, it is a portal to datasets and databases that let you view canned charts or build customized spreadsheets and reports. Begin with the list in the blue banner across the top: Production, Trade, Food Supply, etc. Select one to see the further options in that subject area. For example, if you click on Resources, the options in the green field become ResourceSTAT and PopSTAT. Click on ResourceSTAT to see links for data on Fertilizers, Water, Labor, Machinery, and others. You can then select Water to see the information about and link to AquaSTAT. For another example, go back up to the blue field and select Trade, then select TradeSTAT, then select Crops and livestock products. This brings up the lists of parameters so select from each, being sure to scroll across to include the years.
Why you should know this database: FAOSTAT supplies data on over 200 countries. The databases that are prominently displayed across the top of every web page are supplemented by links on the Home page to other food and agriculture databases and information from the UN, such as a wastewater database.
How this database can be integrated into the curriculum: FAOSTAT databases let students compare the agriculture, food, and livestock production of a country to other countries as well as see changes in a country’s production across time.
Cost: Paid by the Libraries annually. For more information contact 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/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, MGMTFebruary 16th, 2010
Purdue University Libraries and a group of other leading research libraries and technical information providers throughout the world have established an international partnership, DataCite, to improve access to research data on the Internet.
DataCite will build upon the system developed by the German National Library of Science and Technology of using Digital Object Identifiers (DOI) for datasets to track information online. A DOI is assigned to each dataset and is a permanent and traceable identifier.
DataCite involves 10 founding partners, including two U.S. institutions, and establishes a nonprofit agency to track and manage data collected during research. The data will be labeled or registered, and other researchers will be able to find and use the data in their own research while citing the original source.
“As science is global with individual researchers working and publishing, DataCite is global with individual local partners to offer services and advice directly where they are needed by the scientists,” said Jan Brase, a DataCite founder. “With expertise and experience through their Distributed Data Curation Center, Purdue University is a most valuable partner for DataCite in the United States.”
James L. Mullins, dean of Purdue Libraries, said, “We’re privileged, along with the California Digital Library, to be one of the two U.S. institutions to be founding partners in this international effort that will link researchers around the world to an ever-increasing mountain of research data. DataCite will establish easier access to scientific research data on the Internet, increase acceptance of research data as a legitimate, citable contribution to the scientific record, and support data archiving that will permit results to be verified and repurposed for future study. DataCite will promote sharing of datasets, increased access and better protection of the research investment.”
In addition to Purdue, the cooperative includes the German National Library of Science and Technology, the British Library, the Library of the ETH Zurich, the French Institute for Scientific and Technical Information, the Technical Information Center of Denmark, the Dutch TU Delft Library, Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information, the Australian National Data Service, and the California Digital Library of the University of California system.
Writer: Jim Bush, 765-494-2077, jsbush@purdue.edu
Source: James L. Mullins, 765-494-2900, jmullins@purdue.edu
Original posting: http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/general/2010/100210MullinsDataCite.html
Filed under: ADM, collections, general, RSRCHFebruary 16th, 2010
Purdue University Libraries and a group of other leading research libraries and technical information providers throughout the world have established an international partnership, DataCite, to improve access to research data on the Internet.
DataCite will build upon the system developed by the German National Library of Science and Technology of using Digital Object Identifiers (DOI) for datasets to track information online. A DOI is assigned to each dataset and is a permanent and traceable identifier.
DataCite involves 10 founding partners, including two U.S. institutions, and establishes a nonprofit agency to track and manage data collected during research. The data will be labeled or registered, and other researchers will be able to find and use the data in their own research while citing the original source.
“As science is global with individual researchers working and publishing, DataCite is global with individual local partners to offer services and advice directly where they are needed by the scientists,” said Jan Brase, a DataCite founder. “With expertise and experience through their Distributed Data Curation Center, Purdue University is a most valuable partner for DataCite in the United States.”
James L. Mullins, dean of Purdue Libraries, said, “We’re privileged, along with the California Digital Library, to be one of the two U.S. institutions to be founding partners in this international effort that will link researchers around the world to an ever-increasing mountain of research data. DataCite will establish easier access to scientific research data on the Internet, increase acceptance of research data as a legitimate, citable contribution to the scientific record, and support data archiving that will permit results to be verified and repurposed for future study. DataCite will promote sharing of datasets, increased access and better protection of the research investment.”
In addition to Purdue, the cooperative includes the German National Library of Science and Technology, the British Library, the Library of the ETH Zurich, the French Institute for Scientific and Technical Information, the Technical Information Center of Denmark, the Dutch TU Delft Library, Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information, the Australian National Data Service, and the California Digital Library of the University of California system.
Writer: Jim Bush, 765-494-2077, jsbush@purdue.edu
Source: James L. Mullins, 765-494-2900, jmullins@purdue.edu
Original posting: http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/general/2010/100210MullinsDataCite.html
Filed under: ADM, collections, general, RSRCHFebruary 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: SourceOECD, 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: SourceOECD offers statistics and full text books and reports from the OECD, whose focus is the world economy.
Start with this hint: The SourceOECD opening page has the search field for a simple search which will look for your term in resource titles and abstracts. If your subject is a phrase, be sure to use quotation marks: water policies will give different results from “water policies.” If you choose All publications for your simple search, the results will include book sections as well as working papers and periodicals. Choose the Advanced Search option if you want to expand your search to the full text. The opening webpage has new publications and popular resources such as the OECD Economic Outlook Data, but a better way to browse is to select one of the tabs across the top, especially Books, Periodicals, Statistics, or Working Papers. The statistical databases in SourceOECD cover national accounts, economic indicators, trade, employment, migration, education, energy, and health.
Why you should know this database: The reports and statistics in SourceOECD cover key areas of the financial sector, the real economy, social policy, environment, development and innovation in both member and non-member countries. The OECD is also monitoring the impact of the current world financial crisis on developing countries.
How this database can be integrated into the curriculum: SourceOECD addresses regional 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. For more information contact 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/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, MGMTFebruary 1st, 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: IBISWorld, from IBISWorld.
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: IBISWorld provides access to domestic and global industry reports.
Start with this hint: The IBISWorld opening page lets you select a search box for a key word, links to domestic Industry Market Research, Global Industry Research, and Business Environment, or scroll through the reports listed by SIC code. A key word search for a company will generate a list of all the industry reports and Business Environment reports that name that company. As an example, enter steel in the search box and select one of the listed market reports, such as Iron and steel manufacturing in the US to see the major players; sections of the report are on the left. The entire report can be downloaded in either PDF or MSWord or the sections can be viewed separately. Go back to the list of steel reports and select from the Business Environment reports for historical analysis, trends, and outlook.
Why you should know this database: MEL has subscribed to IBISWorld US reports for 2 years, but the Global Industry Research reports are a recent purchase, added just this week. Reports are updated 3 to 4 times a year with additional updates to reflect important changes in an industry’s market.
How this database can be integrated into the curriculum: The IBISWorld industry intelligence reports include a section called Market Characteristics which illustrates how industries are connected. For example, the above named report, Iron and steel manufacturing in the US, provides links to reports on 8 industries that depend on steel manufacture and 3 industries that supply to the steel industry.
Cost: Academic subscription paid by the Libraries annually.
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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, MGMTJanuary 27th, 2010
The Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) has agreed to acquire the complete ScienceDirect eBooks collections through Elsevier for 2008, 2009, and 2010, in addition to Wiley-Blackwell eBook titles covering the 2008 and 2009 publishing years.
As a result, libraries and patrons in CIC member institutions – including Purdue – will be able to access over 1,300 titles across 18 science, technical and medical subject areas through Science Direct, and approximately 2,200 titles through Wiley-Blackwell.
In addition to Purdue, CIC member institutions include Indiana University, Michigan State University, Northwestern University, Pennsylvania State University, University of Illinois, University of Iowa, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Access to these eBook collections provides member patrons with access in the library or remotely, any time, as well as powerful search and browse tools.
At Purdue, the collection will soon be available through the Purdue Libraries catalog, searchable on the Purdue Libraries homepage at www.lib.purdue.edu or by visiting http://catalog.lib.purdue.edu.
Investing in eBook collections supports the Purdue Libraries initiatives to move towards more digital resources and to look for cost-effective alternatives to acquiring and owning printed materials.
CIC chose to acquire the eBooks collections based in part on a careful analysis of current ebook usage among consortium member institutions. Participating schools found “that when they worked together to make a critical mass of content accessible, it was immediately noticed and used by faculty and students,” said Kim Armstrong, Assistant Director, CIC Center for Library Initiatives.
For more information:
Sources: PRNewswire and CLI e-News
Filed under: collections, general, press_releaseJanuary 25th, 2010
MALDI MS: A Practical Guide to Instrumentation, Methods and Applications
Franz Hillenkamp and Jasna Peter-Katalinic, Eds.
Wiley © 2007
“The introduction of the matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization technique (MALDI) changed mass spectrometry (MS) into a powerful tool for biomedical analysis that is now widely employed in academic as well as industrial laboratories.
The 2002 Nobel Prize was awarded for the development of methods for identification and structure analyses of biological macromolecules. MALDI is one of the two mass spectrometric methods besides Electrospray which is universally used for this purpose.
This unique book gives an in-depth description of the many different applications of MALDI MS, along with a detailed discussion of the technology itself. It will be a much-needed practical and educational asset for individuals, academic institutions and companies in the field of bioanalytics.”
Filed under: CHEM, collectionsJanuary 22nd, 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: Business Source Premier, from EBSCOhost.
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: Business Source Premier provides access to articles and reports.
Start with this hint: Business Source Premier opens at the Basic Search, but if you choose the Advanced Search tab, before you even start your search you can select options such as Full Text. The Advanced Search page also lists the indexes that can be browsed such as author names and publication types. You should also take a look at the Visual Search tab. This brings up the results of your search in an appealing interactive display. Visual Search does not offer options such as full text and it only brings up the 250 most relevant hits, but if you don’t need 8000 articles on your subject, it is an easy to use alternative.
Why you should know this database: Because of its broad range of content and ease of use, Business Source Premier is one of our most highly recommended databases. It includes journals, trade magazines, Datamonitor reports, newspapers, and more.
How this database can be integrated into the curriculum: Whether students need to find scholarly articles, market research reports, or company information, Business Source Premier can guide them by offering suggestions to narrow down a broad search.
Cost: Business Source Premier is an Inspire database with enhanced features paid by the Libraries. For more information contact 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/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, MGMTJanuary 22nd, 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: Business Source Premier, from EBSCOhost.
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: Business Source Premier provides access to articles and reports.
Start with this hint: Business Source Premier opens at the Basic Search, but if you choose the Advanced Search tab, before you even start your search you can select options such as Full Text. The Advanced Search page also lists the indexes that can be browsed such as author names and publication types. You should also take a look at the Visual Search tab. This brings up the results of your search in an appealing interactive display. Visual Search does not offer options such as full text and it only brings up the 250 most relevant hits, but if you don’t need 8000 articles on your subject, it is an easy to use alternative.
Why you should know this database: Because of its broad range of content and ease of use, Business Source Premier is one of our most highly recommended databases. It includes journals, trade magazines, Datamonitor reports, newspapers, and more.
How this database can be integrated into the curriculum: Whether students need to find scholarly articles, market research reports, or company information, Business Source Premier can guide them by offering suggestions to narrow down a broad search.
Cost: Business Source Premier is an Inspire database with enhanced features paid by the Libraries. For more information contact 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/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, MGMTJanuary 15th, 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: LexisNexis Academic, from LexisNexis, 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: LexisNexis Academic provides access to a suite of resources from LexisNexis including News, Accounting, Company Dossier, Country Profiles, Statistical, and Legal.
Start with this hint: As we have pointed out in previous emails about LexisNexis, the interface is unadorned. The opening page lands you at Search > General > Easy Search which is where we recommend you begin searching for your topic. Do use the date filter and select appropriate publications from the checklist. When your results are presented, you can further narrow your search with another term or you can select from the filters on the left side. If you want to tweak your results, don’t use the back arrow on your browser but use Edit Search and Go in the field above the list of results. If you switch from Easy Search to Power Search you have more options for narrowing your search.
Why you should know this database: LexisNexis Academic, though not our most sophisticated interface, contains a broad range of information from general news to legal. The information in Country Profiles, accessed through Search > Business, can give you risk reports, political and economic news.
How this database can be integrated into the curriculum: A search for a recent topic in News can give your students an up-to-the minute international perspective on any subject. For a current example, do a search for Haiti.
Cost: LexisNexis Academic is a subscription service paid by the Libraries annually; for more information contact 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/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