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SimplyAnalytics

August 25th, 2024

Simply Analytics is a web-based mapping and data visualization tool: create maps, charts, and reports using over 200,000 data variables.

Access

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.

Tutorial

Click Getting Started with SimplyAnalytics to watch the basics of using this database.

Related Resources

  • Mintel provides market research reports and consumer data, primarily B2C categories like food and drinks, travel, beauty and personal care, pets, household goods, and retail and apparel.
  • MRI-Simmons Catalyst includes demographic, lifestyle, product and brand usage, and advertising media preferences reported by a sample of over 25,000 U.S. consumers.

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.


How to Get Your Book Published: Tips, Tricks, and Best Practices in Publishing

August 22nd, 2024

Thursday, September 5 | 2:00–3:00 PM | STEW 311

This event is free and open to the campus community. Please register today.

First-time authors often describe academic publishing as a “black box.” Join us for an engaging session with Justin Race, director of Purdue University Press that will empower you on your academic publishing journey. This session aims to demystify the academic publishing process and provide valuable insights for faculty and graduate students looking to publish their work.

You will learn about:

  • Choosing the Right Publisher
  • Crafting a Compelling Book Proposal
  • Preparing for Peer Review
  • Successful Book Promotion
  • Interactive Q&A: Get your burning questions answered

Why Attend:
Learn from an expert with a wealth of experience in academic publishing. Gain insights to enhance your academic publishing journey, and build a successful author-editor relationship.

About the Speaker:
Justin Race is the director of Purdue University Press, and oversees a publishing program of 25 new books and 16 journals each year in addition to heading the scholarly publishing services division. Prior to joining Purdue, he was director of the University of Nevada Press. He got his start in 2010 as an acquisitions editor with Rowman and Littlefield Publishing Group. In his 14-year career he has acquired books in a multitude of fields, from fiction and memoir to engineering and astronautics. Learn more about the press.

If you have any questions about this event, please email Mandi Gramelspacher, Libraries and School of Information Studies. For additional information about book publishing, please visit the publishing opportunities page.


MarketResearch.com Academic

August 19th, 2024

MarketResearch.com Academic provides market research reports for a wide range of categories like food and beverage, technology and media, heavy industry, life science, consumer goods, and service industries.

Access

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.

Tutorial

Click Getting Started with MarketResearch.com Academic to watch the basics of using this database.

Related Resources

  • Frost and Sullivan includes market research reports for a wide range of categories like aerospace and defense, automotive and transportation, consumer products, healthcare, energy and power systems, and measurement and instrumentation.
  • 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.

These resources and more can be found on our Marketing Research Guide.


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.


BCC Market Research

July 29th, 2024

BCC Market Research contains market research reports: primarily STEM (science, technology, engineering, medicine) categories like advanced materials, chemicals, manufacturing, and pharmaceuticals.

Access

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.

Tutorial

Click Getting Started with BCC Research to watch the basics of using this database.

Related Resources

  • Frost and Sullivan includes market research reports for a wide range of categories like aerospace and defense, automotive and transportation, consumer products, healthcare, energy and power systems, and measurement and instrumentation.
  • Insider Intelligence provides market research reports and news articles: primarily advertising, marketing, financial services, and technology with particularly strong coverage of overlap topics like ecommerce, digital marketing, digital payments, mobile banking, etc.

These resources and more can be found on our Marketing Research Guide.


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.


Frost & Sullivan

July 8th, 2024

Parrish Library’s Featured Databases series will give you a very brief introduction to the basic features of one of Purdue Libraries’ subscription resources. This edition will feature Frost & Sullivan, brought to you by a company of the same name.

Focus

Frost & Sullivan contains market research reports for a wide range of categories like aerospace and defense, automotive and transportation, consumer products, healthcare, energy and power systems, and measurement and instrumentation.

Access

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.

Tutorial

Click Getting Started with Frost and Sullivan to watch the basics of using this database.

Related Resources

  • MarketResearch.com Academic provides market research reports on categories like food and beverage, technology and media, heavy industry, life science, consumer goods, and service industries.
  • Mintel contains market research reports and consumer data, primarily B2C (business-to-consumer) categories like food and drinks, travel, beauty and personal care, pets, household goods, and retail and apparel.

These resources and more can be found on our Marketing Research Guide.


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.


Scopus

June 17th, 2024

Parrish Library’s Featured Databases series will give you a very brief introduction to the basic features of one of Purdue Libraries’ subscription resources. This edition will feature Scopus, brought to you by Elsevier, a subsidiary of RELX PLC.

Focus

Scopus is one of the largest academic databases in the world and covers over 94 million scholarly citations on all topics, with strengths in STEM and the social sciences.

Access

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.

Tutorial

Click Getting Started with Scopus to watch the basics of using this database.

Related Resources

  • scite is a smart citation index that displays the context of citations and classifies their intent using deep learning.
  • Web of Science provides access to scholarly literature in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities and examine proceedings of international conferences, symposia, seminars, colloquia, workshops, and conventions.

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.


Data Axle Reference Solutions

May 24th, 2024

Parrish Library’s Featured Databases series will give you a very brief introduction to the basic features of one of Purdue Libraries’ subscription resources. This edition will feature Data Axle Reference Solutions, brought to you by Data Axle, Inc.

Focus

Data Axle Reference Solutions provides basic directory data including 93 million US businesses, 379 million historical US businesses, and 261 million individual US consumers. It can be used to build lists like these examples: all coffee shops in Indianapolis, all semiconductor machinery manufacturers in California and Indiana, or consumers in West Lafayette interested in cooking / wine with a household income between $125,000-$200,000.

Access

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.

Tutorial

Click Getting Started with Data Axle Reference Solutions to watch the basics of using this database.

Related Resources

  • Mintel contains market research reports and consumer data: primarily B2C (business-to-consumer) categories like food and drinks, travel, beauty and personal care, pets, household goods, and retail and apparel.
  • S&P Capital IQ includes information on equities, credit ratings, competitors, transactions, and more; can be used to generate lists of companies, markets, or executives.

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.


Mintel

May 6th, 2024

Parrish Library’s Featured Databases series will give you a very brief introduction to the basic features of one of Purdue Libraries’ subscription resources. This edition will feature Mintel, brought to you by Mintel Group Ltd.

Focus

Mintel contains market research reports and consumer data: primarily B2C (business-to-consumer) categories like food and drinks, travel, beauty and personal care, pets, household goods, and retail and apparel.

Access

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.

Tutorial

Click Getting Started with Mintel to watch the basics of using this database.

Related Resources

  • Data Axle Reference Solutions provides basic directory data including 93 million US businesses, 379 million historical US businesses, and 261 million individual US consumers.
  • SimplyAnlytics allows for web-based mapping, analytics and data visualization of demographic variables, psychographic variables, and business locations.

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.


Midwest Entrepreneurship Case Competition attracts teams across the Midwest

May 1st, 2024

MECC SASH Consulting Group

Assistant Professors Zoeanna Mayhook and Annette Bochenek co-planned the inaugural Midwest Entrepreneurship Case Competition (MECC) in partnership with other Midwest Academic Libraries. With generous sponsorship from SimplyAnalytics, this competition attracted students from five institutions: Indiana University–Bloomington, Michigan State University, Purdue University–West Lafayette, St Louis University, and University of Wisconsin–Whitewater. Five teams, including 20 participants, advanced to the final round of presentations, which was held virtually on Saturday, February 24th. Winning teams received up to $1,000 in cash prizes.  

This year’s case centered around Bulk Sauce, LLC, a Purdue University startup specializing in protein-fortified BBQ sauces. To tackle this case, participants were granted complimentary access and training for SimplyAnalytics, a consumer data mapping and visualization tool. By conducting market research and keyword research, teams engaged in data-driven analysis and offered innovative market solutions, demonstrating their exceptional information literacy skills when solving real-world business problems.


Regional Business News

April 29th, 2024

Parrish Library’s Featured Databases series will give you a very brief introduction to the basic features of one of Purdue Libraries’ subscription resources. This edition will feature Regional Business News, brought to you by EBSCO Information Services.

Focus

Regional Business News provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications, incorporating seventy-five business news magazines, newspapers, and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas with the United States.

Access

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.

Tutorial

Click Getting Started with Regional Business News to watch the basics of using this database.

Related Resources

  • ABI/INFORM Dateline contains local and regional business news coverage primarily sourced from city, state, and regional business publications. Note: This database can also be searched as part of the larger ABI/INFORM Collection.
  • Business Source Complete includes thousands of full-text academic journals and mainstream publications. Also include case studies, SWOT analyses, industry reports, and a selection of brief company profiles.

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.