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Welcome to Database of the Week.\u00a0 This feature from the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management & Economics is intended to give you a brief introduction to a database that you may not know.\u00a0 These weekly snapshots will have only basic information about our most relevant and beneficial online resources, and hopefully tempt you to explore.\u00a0 Feedback is always welcome.\u00a0 If you have a suggestion for a database or research topic that should be covered, please let us know.<\/span><\/p>\n This Week\u2019s Featured Database:\u00a0<\/span><\/b>ProQuest Statistical Insight <\/span><\/i>from ProQuest.<\/span><\/p>\n Find It:<\/span><\/b> www.lib.purdue.edu\/libraries\/mgmt<\/a>.<\/span> Under the column with the header Collections, click on List of Business Databases.<\/span><\/p>\n Description\/focus:<\/span><\/b> Proquest Statistical Insight <\/i>\u00a0provides demographic, business, and marketing data.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n Try this: <\/span><\/b>The interface for Proquest Statistical Insight<\/i> opens with a simple search box and a list of hot topics.\u00a0 If none of the featured topics is related to your subject, enter key terms in the search field, using either basic or advanced search.\u00a0 All of these starting points yield a long list of results, but then you can start to narrow down the results with filters displayed on the left, choosing sources, locations, or subjects.\u00a0 See here <\/a>for a short video tutorial on the basics of searching Proquest Statistical Insight.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n Why faculty should know this database:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0 Because Proquest Statistical Insight<\/i> draws from such a variety of sources such as domestic and foreign government agencies, research organizations, and academic institutions, it covers subjects from humanities, social sciences, and science. <\/span><\/p>\n Why students should know this database:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0 Statistics are critical for decision making and with Proquest Statistical<\/i> Insight<\/i> students don\u2019t have to hunt for the right government agency to supply the data they need.<\/span><\/p>\n Tags<\/span><\/b>:\u00a0 census data, consumers, country data, datasets, demographics, economic conditions, government information, international research, Proquest, social conditions, statistics<\/span><\/p>\n Cost:<\/span><\/b>For annual subscription information, contact Mary Dugan<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n ——————————<\/span><\/p>\n Database of the Week 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<\/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 (<\/span>@PurdueLibraries<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n