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Business Source Complete

September 1st, 2024

Business Source Complete is an all-purpose database with thousands of full-text academic journals and mainstream publications. It also includes thousands of case studies, SWOT analyses, industry reports, and a selection of brief company profiles.

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 Business Source Complete to watch the basics of using this database.

Related Resources

  • ABI/Inform Collection provides access to full-text academic journals and publications, dissertations, and working papers.
  • Business Insights: Global includes global company and industry profiles including SWOT reports, market share reports, and financial reports.

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.


Purdue Libraries and School of Information Studies launches new minor

August 30th, 2024

woman with long dark hair sitting facing a laptop screen doing research; credit: Jacob Wackerhausen

Enhance your Purdue experience with a minor in Information Studies offered through Purdue Libraries and School of Information Studies. It is more than just a supplementary credential; rather, it is designed to provide students with invaluable insights on how to navigate our increasingly complex information landscape. 

Students throughout all academic disciplines can take advantage of and benefit from this new opportunity. Courses for the minor touch on historical, cultural, and ethical dimensions of information—key contexts to consider in all fields of study when learning how to disseminate information. 

Students who complete the Information Studies minor will be equipped to:

  • Navigate the information environment to make evidence-based decisions in professional and academic contexts. 
  • Examine the role of information in ethical, societal, historical, and cultural contexts to address real-world situations. 
  • Determine the significance of information-focused opportunities and challenges such as intellectual property, misinformation and disinformation, artificial intelligence, security, and privacy. 
  • Apply various approaches to research using data, including techniques from data management, data science, digital humanities, and other methods.
  • Reflect in an informed and critical manner on information infrastructures and practices. 

Specific course requirements cover trending topics ranging from data ethics, misinformation dynamics, online culture, intellectual property, and the transformative effects of technological innovation, which are all trending points of discussion in today’s interconnected, technology-driven world. 

Required courses for the minor include:

Required foundation course (3 credits)

ILS 100 Introduction to Information Studies

Choose one of the following courses (3 credits)

ILS 300 Information, Culture, and Society

ILS 301 Data Foundations, Tools, and Applications

Choose courses 10000 level or higher (6 credits)

Any ILS 10000–59999 OR

MGMT 110, MGMT 175, IDIS 201

Choose course(s) 30000 level or higher (3 credits)

Any ILS 30000–59999 OR

BCHM 421 OR CHM 513

View the list of ILS courses here: https://infostudies.purdue.edu/course-listing/ 

Whether pursuing careers in industry, non-profits, entrepreneurship, government agencies, cultural organizations, or furthering studies in graduate programs, the skills garnered from this minor will serve as a cornerstone for lifelong success.

Visit infostudies.purdue.edu/minor-in-information-studies for additional information, email infostudies@purdue.edu for minor-related questions, and contact your academic advisor to officially enroll in the Information Studies minor.


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.