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November 17th, 2024
WRDS, developed by the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, provides single-point access to over 350 terabytes of data across multiple disciplines, including Finance, Marketing, and Economics.
Purdue’s WRDS instance includes access to the following: Bank Regulatory BoardEx Academic Research Data; CBOE Indexes; Compustat Capital IQ; Contributed Data; CRSP; DMEF Academic Data; Dow Jones ; FactSet; FAMA French & Liquidity Factors; IBES; IRI; Macro Finance Society; MFLINKS; MSRB; Nastraq; OTC Markets; Penn World Tables; Peters & Taylor Total Q; PHLX; Research Quotient; SAS Visual Analytics; SEC Order Execution; TAQ; Thomoson Reuters; TRACE; Zacks.
Please note that WRDS requires a user account. Undergraduate access may be approved on a case-by-case basis but cannot be guaranteed.
The List of Business Databases is an alphabetical list of databases filtered to those most applicable to business, entrepreneurship, and hospitality and tourism management programs of study.
Click Getting Started with WRDS to watch the basics of using this database.
Featured Database 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.
Want to see a specific database promoted in an upcoming edition? Send an email to parrlib@purdue.edu and we will gladly promote it.
Filed under: database, general, MGMTNovember 8th, 2024
Purdue GIS Day 2024, with the theme of “Exploring GeoAI,” was a success and brought together over 180 students, academics, and industry professionals in a day filled with insightful talks, poster presentations, and networking opportunities. The event, hosted by Gang Shao, showcased the latest advancements in geospatial analysis and its applications across many disciplines.
The conference featured two keynote speakers—Gregory Brunner, an experienced scientist, award-winning professor, and principal data scientist at Esri, a global market leader in GIS software; and Michael Johns, a lead geospatial product specialist at Databricks, a global data, analytics, and artificial intelligence company. Brunner spoke about the rapid growth of the AI model ecosystem and the potential impact it has and will have on GIS, and Johns discussed how to use Databricks to perform scaled spatial analysis while retaining full visibility and control over all of the underlying processes, code, models, and data lineage. Both Brunner and Johns enjoyed getting the opportunity to connect with students throughout the day and share their insights and professional experience with GIS.
After his talk and having an opportunity to connect with students, Brunner said, “I think they are making the connections between the trends that I’m seeing, the direction Esri is going with GeoAI generative AI and what they’re doing with their own work. I hope that work continues and that they continue to make these observations and connections between what they see going on in the broadview spatial community and how it impacts their research, their work, and their interests.”
The schedule also included 14 five-minute lightning talks, presented by undergraduate and graduate students, demonstrating the depth of our student body’s research and innovation in geospatial fields. Additionally, 21 undergraduate and graduate students presented posters at the event, tying in their respective disciplines to the field of GIS.
“I was really impressed with the quality of the posters and presentations. It feels like there’s a lot of grounding around real-world problems that speaks well of how students are being set up here through the program and I think there’s a lot of good questions that are being asked about how students take what they learned at the university and apply it at the level they aim to achieve,” said Johns, reflecting on his experience viewing the student poster presentations and lightning talks.
We were also honored to hear from industry partners during four research and industry presentations and a career panel discussion that connected the practical applications of geospatial technologies between academia and industry. From learning about how to build an open geospatial data ecosystem to finding and accessing statewide GIS data, the speakers highlighted the relevance of these tools in real-world scenarios.
A special thanks to the following individuals for their involvement, participation, and professional insights shared with attendees during the panel discussion and/or their research and industry presentation:
The day concluded by recognizing the best graduate and undergraduate student who had an outstanding lightning talk or poster presentation. Each winner was presented with a certificate and a $100 reward for their unique contributions to the field of GIS.
Undergraduate award winners:
Graduate award winners:
Congratulations to our winners for their outstanding achievements, and to all of our GIS Day 2024 participants for their commendable successes and contributions to the field of Geographic Informations Systems. As we look forward to another inspiring event, please mark your calendars for next year’s conference, which will be held on November 6, 2025.
Filed under: general, GIS, GIS Day, News and AnnouncementsNovember 3rd, 2024
Passport aggregates industry reports, economic information, and consumer information by region and country with global coverage.
The List of Business Databases is an alphabetical list of databases filtered to those most applicable to business, entrepreneurship, and hospitality and tourism management programs of study.
Click Getting Started with Passport to watch the basics of using this database.
Featured Database 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.
Want to see a specific database promoted in an upcoming edition? Send an email to parrlib@purdue.edu and we will gladly promote it.
Filed under: database, general, MGMTOctober 29th, 2024
In honor of First-Generation Celebration Week held November 4–8, 2024, Purdue Libraries will showcase valuable insights and advice from faculty and staff on our social media channels, many of whom are first-generation graduates themselves. This annual event is dedicated to raising awareness about the experiences of first-generation college students and promoting a positive narrative about their journeys and achievements.
Each year, Purdue proudly welcomes thousands of first-generation college students to campus, who are typically defined as students whose parents or guardians did not earn a four-year college degree. In 2022, approximately 16% of Purdue undergraduate students self-identified as first-generation. First-gen students bring unique perspectives and insights, and an ever-changing skill set.
Visit the First-Generation at Purdue website for additional information and to learn more about first-generation services, and be sure to follow our social media channels throughout the week to discover inspiring advice and tips tailored specifically to first-generation college students from our dedicated faculty and staff.
Filed under: general, News and AnnouncementsOctober 22nd, 2024
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind.—Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies is pleased to recognize Dr. Donald R. Lynam, distinguished professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences, with the 2024 Leadership in Open Access Award.
Dr. Lynam is a tireless advocate for open access, open data, and open science. His advocacy and leadership led the university to join OSF Institutions, resulting in open and wider visibility of Purdue research and scholarship in the Open Science Framework.
Dr. Lynam collaborated with Purdue Libraries to develop and organize the Open Science Talk Series—eight lectures associated with open science conducted throughout the 2023–2024 academic year. He is also part of the nationwide HELIOS project that provides opportunities for the Purdue community to participate in open scholarship.
The Leadership in Open Access award has been given annually since 2010 in recognition of exceptional commitment to broadening the reach of scholarship by making Purdue research freely accessible online. The award is granted to nominees who have worked in collaboration with one or more repositories supported by Purdue Libraries, such as Purdue e-Pubs, Purdue University Research Repository (PURR), or Purdue e-Archives.
Open Access Week
October 21–27, 2024 was International Open Access Week. This year’s theme, Community over Commercialization, sought to encourage approaches to open scholarship that prioritize the best interests of the public and the academic community.
Open Access publishing provides free, immediate access to scholarly literature, removing paywalls and reuse restrictions. For more than 20 years, Open Access publishing has paved the way to greater transparency in scientific research, providing a model for other open scholarship endeavors including open data, open peer review, and open science.
Purdue Libraries and Open Access
Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies remains an avid advocate for open access publishing, aligning with the institution’s land-grant mission of learning, discovery, and engagement. Purdue’s commitment to open access began with Open Access Day in 2008, and the university has actively participated in International Open Access Week since its establishment in 2009.
In 2020, Purdue Libraries, with support from the Dean’s Advisory Council and generous donors, established an endowment to promote a sustainable and transparent system of scholarly research. This endowment has enabled Purdue Libraries to contribute to innovative open access publishing initiatives, further solidifying Purdue’s commitment to open scholarship.
Purdue Libraries negotiates with publishers to provide free Open Access publishing opportunities—its current Open Access Publishing Partnerships are a result of these negotiations. When publishing in journals that qualify under these agreements, Purdue authors can select Open Access publishing options at no cost.
Authors have access to additional services and support, including support for posting works to Purdue e-Pubs, Purdue’s institutional repository for scholarly documents. As an open access service, scholarly works posted to Purdue e-Pubs are freely available to a global audience and benefit from wide availability and discovery.
Most publishers allow authors to post a version of their scholarship to an institutional repository. Purdue Libraries offers a free CV review service, and authors who wish to participate need only to share a list of publications or their ORCID iD. Purdue e-Pubs staff will review publisher sharing policies and inform authors that their works can be made openly available at no cost.
For more information, contact openaccess@purdue.edu.
Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies
Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies, a unit of Purdue University, aims to create and provide equitable access to diverse resources, outstanding services, and innovative spaces by pioneering new methods in information science and advancing knowledge to meet the evolving information needs of the future.
To learn more, visit lib.purdue.edu.
October 20th, 2024
PitchBook is a top resource for private market data — startups, private equity and venture capital investors, angel investors, limited partners like foundations and sovereign wealth funds, plus deals, funding rounds, and more. It also provides information about public and private companies plus market research. Please note that you will be asked to create an account to access this database.
The List of Business Databases is an alphabetical list of databases filtered to those most applicable to business, entrepreneurship, and hospitality and tourism management programs of study.
Click Getting Started with PitchBook to watch the basics of using this database.
Featured Database 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.
Want to see a specific database promoted in an upcoming edition? Send an email to parrlib@purdue.edu and we will gladly promote it.
Filed under: database, general, MGMTOctober 18th, 2024
One course, offered through Purdue Libraries and School of Information Studies, influenced three former students to pursue graduate degrees in library science and museum studies and aspire to work in those fields upon completion of their programs.
Former students and now Purdue graduates Emily Lewis, Sophia DeWitt, and Grace Kuhlman were enrolled in ILS 495 with instructors Adriana Harmeyer and Kristin Leaman during the spring 2023 semester.
ILS 495: Research Methods for Rare Books is a course offered through Purdue Libraries and School of Information Studies. The course introduces students to the world of rare books and the endless research possibilities they provide, and covers the methods necessary in understanding and successfully researching rare books primarily published between the 15th and 19th centuries.
As a result of their newfound passion found through the course, Lewis, DeWitt, and Kuhlman each enrolled in a virtual seminar offered through the Newberry Library—a renowned research library in Chicago specializing in the humanities, particularly American history, literature, and rare books—that took a deep dive into rare books and discussed how to analyze, classify, and interpret them. Lewis, DeWitt, and Kuhlman earned Purdue ILS course credit through the seminar as a result of the university being a Newberry Consortium member.
ILS 495 demonstrates the impact academic programs can have in shaping student success, sparking a passion that inspires the next wave of leaders in library science and museum studies; Lewis, DeWitt, and Kuhlman were asked to reflect on their experience in the course and how it inspired their future aspirations.
Emily Lewis
Lewis majored in history as an undergraduate and is now enrolled in the Master of Library and Information Science program at Simmons University. She does not have a set career path after graduation, but aims to work with rare books, particularly early modern books, and special collections.
When reflecting on her experience, Lewis said the course was one of her favorite courses she took at Purdue and inspired her to pursue library science as a future career.
“I was mostly inspired after taking ILS 495 since it was essentially the first place I learned anything in depth about library science. I had a general idea going into undergrad that it would be nice to do something involving some sort of archives position with my history degree, but I did not actually have any idea how to go about that or that library science was even a field until then.”
Lewis enjoyed the hands-on aspect of the course and getting to use original materials in the Purdue archives to conduct research for assignments.
“I think that one of the most important parts of the class was simply being able to get our hands on a lot of very cool rare books as opposed to something like an online class where you can only see pictures of something and not see and/or handle them in person. Being able to see real life examples of things we’d read or discussed was very helpful.”
She also mentioned that the course taught her various aspects of library science, such as how to use library databases for research and the different career paths in the field.
“Our one big assignment was a research paper on a topic of our choice revolving around some aspect of rare books. I believe most, if not all of the people in the class were able to work with material from Purdue’s archives for that. As a result, the hands-on research experience was quite useful and fun.”
Sophia DeWitt
DeWitt has undergraduate majors in anthropology and classical studies and is now enrolled in the Master of Museum Studies program at Indiana University Indianapolis. She plans on working in a museum or archival collections after graduation.
DeWitt mentioned her initial excitement about registering for the course, as she is a self-described “avid reader,” and how her excitement remained strong as the course integrated hands-on opportunities with a number of rare books.
“I’m an avid reader and book lover so when this course was advertised, I jumped at the opportunity. I thought we were just going to talk about rare books, but getting to have hands-on experience with any book from the archives was a dream come true.”
DeWitt enjoyed the topics discussed in the course as it progressed through the semester.
“Each week we discussed different aspects of the rare book world. We also touched on other career paths that either involve rare books or work together with rare collections. I loved getting to find new ways to connect rare books with my interests and career opportunities.”
DeWitt also gave a shoutout to Harmeyer and Leaman, and said “I wouldn’t be here without either of their support. Whether it was about school, or you just needed someone to talk to, either one of them was always there when you needed them.”
Grace Kuhlman
Kuhlman has an undergraduate major in literature and is now pursuing a Master of Library Science at IU Bloomington.
ILS 495 solidified Kuhlman’s educational journey, as she was originally at a crossroads before taking the course.
“The ILS 495 undergrad course at Purdue is what really did it for me. I was at a crossroads in my education until I took this course. On the very first day, we walked into the tiny classroom to the most beautiful books I’d ever seen. We got to pass them around while instructors Leaman and Harmeyer explained that we were getting a glimpse of what the semester would look like. We spent the weeks learning the basics of ‘book talk’ and got a grasp on the core ideas that make up the world of books.”
Kuhlman then enrolled in the Newberry seminar to get a sharper sense of what a graduate program and future career would look like—she described it as a “wonderful and fruitful” experience.
“I’ve loved books ever since I can remember and had no idea that being a librarian didn’t have to mean at a school or public library. This field is so broad, and I feel so lucky to have had the resources at Purdue show me what I never knew I always wanted,” she said.
She also commented on the Reading Room in Archives and Special Collections.
“The Reading Room was one of my favorite places on campus. You can request any book at Purdue [Archives and Special Collections], make an appointment to see it in the Reading Room, and spend all the time you want with it. Once you realize the vast array of books Purdue has to offer from the archives it becomes a really beneficial resource.”
Purdue University Archives and Special Collections (ASC), housed within Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies, aims to support the discovery, learning, and engagement goals of Purdue University by identifying, collecting, preserving, and making available research records and papers of enduring value created or received by the university and its employees. Purdue Libraries is proud to offer ILS 495 to students and provide hands-on opportunities with rare books that they cannot get elsewhere.
Filed under: general, News and AnnouncementsOctober 13th, 2024
EconLit, produced by the American Economic Association, includes economic research published over the past 130 years with citations to journal articles, books, book reviews, working papers, and more.
The List of Business Databases is an alphabetical list of databases filtered to those most applicable to business, entrepreneurship, and hospitality and tourism management programs of study.
Click Getting Started with EconLit to watch the basics of using this database.
Featured Database 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.
Want to see a specific database promoted in an upcoming edition? Send an email to parrlib@purdue.edu and we will gladly promote it.
Filed under: database, MGMTOctober 9th, 2024
Purdue Libraries and School of Information Studies invites you to attend Purdue GIS Day 2024: Exploring GeoAI on Thursday, November 7, 2024 in STEW 214.
Join us in learning from and networking with GIS experts from academia and industry regarding groundbreaking GIS research, tools, and techniques. Purdue GIS Day provides an international forum for users of geographic information systems (GIS) technology to demonstrate real-world applications that are making a difference in our society.
The conference will also feature keynote speakers Gregory Brunner and Michael Johns; please view the schedule for additional conference details.
Gregory Brunner is an experienced scientist, award-winning professor, and principal data scientist at Esri—global market leader in GIS software, location intelligence, and mapping. He will be speaking about the rapid growth of the AI model ecosystem and the potential impact it has and will have on GIS in his talk titled, “The Burgeoning AI Model Ecosystem and Its Potential Impact on GIS.”
Michael Johns is a lead geospatial product specialist at Databricks, a global data, analytics, and artificial intelligence company. He will focus on how to use Databricks to perform scaled spatial analysis while retaining full visibility and control over all of the underlying processes, code, models, and data lineage in his talk titled, “Any-Scale Spatial Analysis on Databricks.”
Please register by October 18, 2024 to ensure your place in this year’s GIS conference, receive a free T-shirt, and attend the career panel lunch. For more information, check out the GIS Day page.
Filed under: general, News and AnnouncementsOctober 4th, 2024
On Thursday, September 26, eight Purdue Libraries and School of Information Studies faculty members received awards at the teaching excellence awards banquet hosted by the Office of the Provost. Libraries faculty remain dedicated to advancing the field of information literacy through their curriculum and teaching, and we are proud to celebrate those who have gone above and beyond in doing so.
Teaching Academy membership
The Teaching Academy strives to bring together the best teaching faculty and graduate students across campus to create a collective voice for teaching excellence. Members are nominated and selected by their peers, and membership recognizes outstanding and scholarly teaching in graduate, undergraduate, or engagement programs of Purdue University.
New members: Pete Pascuzzi and Dave Zwicky
Teaching for Tomorrow Fellowship Awards Program
The Teaching for Tomorrow Fellowship Awards Program fosters continued excellence of teaching and learning, and facilitates the development of faculty members’ teaching potential. Junior fellows’ goals are to improve their teaching and develop mentorship skills in the program, and senior fellows are tasked with mentoring junior fellows and working with them to craft a plan that will help them to grow as educators.
Junior fellows: Annette Bochenek, Melissa Chomintra, Kristin Leaman
Senior fellow: Heather Howard
Teaching Leadership Award
The Teaching Leadership Award aims to foster a culture of teaching excellence and leadership by supporting instructors in designing and implementing developmental activities within their respective departments.
Recipients: Jing Lu and Zoe Mayhook
Filed under: general, News and Announcements