Introducing Hoovers, NetAnatomy, and more!
07 Dec 2011 1 Comment
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NEW DATABASES!
The following databases have been added:
Hoovers business database offers information on 85 million individuals and 65 million private and public companies from over 900 global industries. The database also contains business news compiled from over 3,000 sources. A directory is also offered to locate contact information for potential employers, partners and clients. You can also use Hoover’s to analyze industry trends or compare companies within or across industries.
An industry style business database, Hoover’s First Research provides users with up-to-date industry intelligence data. Over 900 industries are included in this database. Industry profiles are summarized including critical industry statistics, challenges, opportunities, issues and changes. Call Prep Sheets, State and Province Profiles, and an Industry Prospector tool are also offered to locate or rank industry drivers and key economic metrics.
Morningstar Investment Research Center
Morningstar Investment Research Center covers 24,000 funds and 10,000 stocks, 850 reports on ETF’s, 2000 stock analyst reports and 2000 fund analyst reports. It also includes a Portfolio X-Ray, a comprehensive Help and Education Center and other screening tools.
NetAnatomy is an online resource designed to teach human anatomy to students in the health professions. Images and information are offered in three areas: Gross Anatomy, Cross Sectional Anatomy, and Radiographic Anatomy. It also serves as a place to review anatomy after an individual’s exposure to the subject.
The following databases have been removed: OCLC FirstSearch (no longer available), Mergent Online (replaced by Hoovers, First Research, and Morningstar) and CAMIO: Catalog of Art Images Online.
Newly arrived titles
09 Nov 2010 Leave a Comment
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AACN essentials of critical care nursing [catalog]
AACN procedure manual for critical care [catalog]
Accounting best practices [catalog]
The act of remembering : toward an understanding of how we recall the past [catalog]
Activity analysis, creativity, and playfulness in pediatric occupational therapy : making play just right [catalog]
Addicted to incarceration : corrections policy and the politics of misinformation in the United States [catalog]
African American art : the long struggle [catalog]
America’s first river : the history and culture of the Hudson River Valley [catalog]
Finding company research and business journal articles
07 Oct 2010 Leave a Comment
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Two handouts for Business students, faculty, and adjuncts has been added to the Handouts tab at the top of this blog page.
Business Company Research. The areas covered for company research include Mergent Online, LexisNexis Academic, and Gale’s Business and Company Resource Center.
Business Journal Articles. Information on how to find journal articles in the business field, using EBSCO’s Business Source Elite and ProQuest (which includes ABI/Inform Global, Dateline, and Trade & Industry).
The Bottom Line: Books on Business
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Crush it!: why now is the time to cash in on your passion [library catalog]
International Entrepreneurship: starting, develping, and managing a global venture [library catalog]
This time is different: eight centuries of financial folly [library catalog]
How the mighty fall: and why some companies never give in [library catalog]
All you need is a good idea! : how to create marketing messages that actually get results [library catalog]
Globalization : a multidimensional system [library catalog]
Also take a look at our business subject guide. This subject guide will tell you useful databases to look at for electronic journal articles and company information, will give you a listing of open access electronic journals in the business field, and will also list government and non-government websites that might be of interest to you in your studies.
Also, there will be a business workshop on Thursday, October 7 from 11:15 am to 11:15 pm. Go to the Library Calendar for more details and for registration information.
Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & LexisNexis
08 Jun 2010 1 Comment
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Did you know that BP, the company at the heart of the giant oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, has bought several search terms in order to make sure they are at the top of the results list page as a sponsored link?
Try it now. Go to http://www.google.com, and type in either BP or type in Oil Spill. You will see a yellow sponsored link at the top of the results list page, which allows you to “learn more on how BP is helping”.
While this is a brilliant marketing move, it is another way in which search engines can be “tampered” with for just a bit of money, whereas databases provided by The Sullivan Library cannot be. Did you know we have a database by the name of LexisNexis Academic? This database will provide you with current newspaper articles from newspapers across the globe, big and small. This way you can get a wealth of information about the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
To connect to LexisNexis, go to http://libdb.dc.edu/login with your Dominican College log-in information.
Then type in, for example, the following: gulf of mexico oil spill
You should see a screen like the one above, with links to relevant news articles.
Workshop Handouts
11 Mar 2010 Leave a Comment
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The following workshop handouts are available. If you would like any of these, please send an email to Nicole.Kranich (at) dc.edu.
Intro to Health Services Databases (doc) — for OT/PT/Nursing students. Covers 5 EBSCOhost databases, Rehabilitation Reference Center, and ProQuest. Also has a special section on how to initiate an InterLibrary Loan (ILL) request for an item that we do not own but that you need.
Research Made Easy (PPT) – 42 or so slides about research hints and tricks for anyone writing a paper. From getting the assignment to writing your thesis statement, this handout will help you get a better grade.
Citing Your Work with RefWorks (doc) – Screenshots of our RefWorks database. RefWorks is a bibliographic citation management system; in short, you can import citations from databases with the click of the button, or type them in manually. Once all your citations are complete, simply press a button to see your Reference List formatted in either MLA or APA styles. It’s that easy!
Database Searching (doc) – Learn the differences between searching Google and searching a database.
NowQuest & EBSCOhost (Academic Search Elite database) (doc) — Screenshots of our two most widely used databases. Learn how to find, save, print, and email articles for your projects.
ProQuest & Serial Solutions (doc) — screenshots of two more databases. ProQuest is another database for article searching, while Serial Solutions is useful when you have a article citation and you want to see if we own it electronically so you do not have to make a trip to the library!
Evaluating Resources (doc) — Learn how to evaluate periodicals and web sites.
Internet Research & Finding Books (doc) — learn the basics of Internet research, and also how to use our online catalog.
Intute: Subject Directory Website… and more!
28 Jan 2010 Leave a Comment
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Do you need to find some authoritative websites to cite, either for a paper or for your own personal research? Intute is a very useful website to bookmark. One goal of this UK-based website is to “help you find the best websites for study and research”. You can either browse their web resources by subject — for example, they have Nursing, Midwifery, and Allied Health; Psychology; Communication and Media Studies; and Biological Sciences — or you can type in the search terms you are looking for right on that main page. For example, try a search for: hospice and palliative care. (Those who cannot spell well will be happy to note that it also includes a “Did you mean?” feature.)
A second goal of this website is to provide some excellent research tutorials in certain subject areas — they have over 60, so far. These tutorials last about an hour, and are self-guided. Best of all, you will leave the tutorial with a set of web sites about your subject area that you can look over. Some of the tutorials include: Business and Management; Education; English; History; Mathematics; Media and Communication; Medicine; Microbiology; Nursing; Psychology; and Social Work. There are many more!
The tutorials cover the following four areas:
1. Tour the best of the Web for that subject area
2. Judge which Internet resources are appropriate for university work
3. Discover how to find scholarly information online (including useful search strategy tips)
4. Success — examples of students using the Internet for research
Changes to Gale’s Business and Company Resource Center database
15 Jan 2010 Leave a Comment
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Gale’s database Business and Company Resource Center has some exciting additions. These include an all-new homepage, SWOT (strength, weakness, opportunity, threat) analyses, and a new financial dashboard.
To test out the latter two, currently enrolled students and faculty can login to the databases. Once you are logged in, choose Gale, and then scroll down a bit to find Business and Company Resource Center.
Do a company search for Pfizer (stock symbol PFE). Choose the first one, with headquarters in New York, New York. The SWOT analysis will be located in a long blue button just above the company name Pzifer Inc. (PFE). It will be a downloadable PDF. The new financial dashboard is located by searching for the company, choosing Financials in the yellow tabs, and looking near the top of the screen, above Pfizer, Inc.
For more information, please navigate to Gale’s announcement.
