Welcome to Database of the Week, a feature from the Parrish Library. Each of these weekly snapshots will give you a very brief introduction to the basic features of one of our specialized subscription databases. This week\u2019s database is Passport, which is produced by Euromonitor International.<\/p>\n
Link:<\/strong> http:\/\/guides.lib.purdue.edu\/businessdatabases<\/a> is the alphabetical list of the databases specially selected for those in a business program of study. Access the databases off-campus with your Purdue login and password.<\/p>\n Focus:<\/strong>\u00a0 Passport provides international market intelligence reports.<\/p>\n Search: <\/strong>Passport simple search box is in the top right corner, so you can sample what they offer with a keyword search.\u00a0 A search for beer, for example, generates the usual statistics on facets such as brand shares and country reports, but also links to other statistics such as employment. If you search in the Industries or Economies tabs, you can drill down to more specific categories or companies.\u00a0 The Help tab has a basic guide.<\/p>\n In addition to our regular subscription modules, Industries and Companies, we have a trial for Industrials (under Economies) for a few weeks.\u00a0 Let us know what you think of it.<\/p>\n Why you should know this database:<\/strong> Passport is one of our most powerful databases, with\u00a0 domestic and international statistics on consumer goods and services, details on companies and industries, and comprehensive economic information on countries.<\/p>\n What about students?<\/strong>\u00a0 Students can easily navigate Passport\u2019s interface to find country consumer data for comparing markets.<\/p>\n Cost:<\/strong> For information about the Libraries\u2019 subscription, contact Mary Dugan<\/a>.<\/u><\/p>\n ——————————<\/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 Also let us know if you know of a colleague who would benefit from this weekly feature.<\/p>\n Since usage statistics are an important barometer when databases are up for renewal, tell us your favorite database, and we will gladly promote it.\u00a0\u00a0 Send an email to parrlib@purdue.edu<\/a> or mdugan@purdue.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Welcome to Database of the Week, a feature from the Parrish Library. Each of these weekly snapshots will give you a very brief introduction to the basic features of one of our specialized subscription databases. This week\u2019s database is Passport, which is produced by Euromonitor International. Link: http:\/\/guides.lib.purdue.edu\/businessdatabases is the alphabetical list of the databases […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"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":[120,13,71],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-database","category-general","category-mgmt"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pT6ms-12x","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4001","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4001"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4003,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4001\/revisions\/4003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}