{"id":139,"date":"2009-09-04T09:30:21","date_gmt":"2009-09-04T13:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/?p=139"},"modified":"2015-04-23T11:27:14","modified_gmt":"2015-04-23T15:27:14","slug":"mels-database-of-the-week-for-94","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/2009\/09\/04\/mels-database-of-the-week-for-94\/","title":{"rendered":"MEL&#8217;s Database of the Week for 9\/4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Database of the Week &#8212; a feature from the Management &amp; Economics Library (MEL).\u00a0 These weekly database snapshots will give you basic information about our most relevant and beneficial online resources.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Database name:<\/strong> <em>MarketLine Business Information Center<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Link:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lib.purdue.edu\/mel\">www.lib.purdue.edu\/mel<\/a>, in the pull down<em> Quick Access to Business Databases<\/em> alpha list right below our banner.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Description\/focus:<\/strong> <em>MarketLine<\/em> draws on primary and secondary research to provide 32,000 company profiles, 3,200 industry profiles, and 103 country profiles, delivers live feed of news and comment, and provides tools for the analysis of data.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Start with this hint:<\/strong> Unlike most databases, <em>MarketLine<\/em> does not have an advanced search option but it doesn&#8217;t really need it.\u00a0 Enter the company, industry or country of interest, and then drill down to more specific information by clicking on the a recommended topic.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t ignore the field on the left labeled <strong>SEARCH WITHIN RESULTS<\/strong> to narrow the results with your own qualifier.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why you should know this database:<\/strong> <em>MarketLine<\/em> includes information about private companies that are missing from other business databases.\u00a0 .<\/p>\n<p><strong>How this database can be integrated into the curriculum:<\/strong> The industry reports in MarketLine include a Five Forces Analysis; company reports include a SWOT analysis; country reports include news reports of financial deals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cost:<\/strong> Paid by the Libraries.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Database of the Week comes to you from the Management &amp; Economics Library (MEL). 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