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This Week\u2019s Featured Database: <\/strong>EIU Country Data, <\/em>from Bureau Van Dijk.<\/p>\n Link:<\/strong> www.lib.purdue.edu\/mel<\/a>, in the pull down Quick Access to Business Databases<\/em> alpha list right below the Libraries\u2019 search box.<\/p>\n Description\/focus:<\/strong> EIU Country Data <\/em>provides economic indicators and forecasts.<\/p>\n Start with this hint: <\/strong> The EIU Country Data<\/em> first page describes the results you can expect from your selections.\u00a0 The toolbar across the top is stable as you build a dataset and is your best option for changing your selected criteria.\u00a0 Click on Data<\/strong> Selection<\/strong> to begin choosing countries, series, and years, then click Select<\/strong> to view the results as a table.\u00a0 You can convert to a bar chart, pie chart, or graph.\u00a0\u00a0 Data can be exported to Excel.<\/p>\n Why you should know this database:<\/strong> EIU Country Data<\/em> covers 201 countries with 317 series.\u00a0 For some markets, variables are projected to the year 2030.<\/p>\n How this database can be integrated into the curriculum: <\/strong>EIU Country Data<\/em> has a Country Outlook<\/em> for each country with sections on political stability, economic growth, inflation, international relations, elections, and policy trends.<\/p>\n Cost:<\/strong> Paid by the Libraries annually.<\/p>\n ——————————<\/p>\n 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.\u00a0 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<\/a>.\u00a0 Database of the Week is archived\u00a0 at https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/category\/MGMT\/<\/a>.\u00a0 For more Purdue Libraries news, follow us on Twitter (@PurdueLibraries<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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. If you have a suggestion for a database that should be promoted or a subject that should be covered, please let us know. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[118,120,101,71],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-collections","category-database","category-hsseb","category-mgmt"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pT6ms-mh","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1381"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3823,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1381\/revisions\/3823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}