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March 26, 2006
Two new resources for March
Call it March Madness. Call it Spring Surprise. Call it whatever you want, as long as you check out these two databases we've added:
- Global Market Information Database
This business database offers extensive industry, demographic, consumer, and economic data for numerous countries worldwide. It includes forecast data to 2010, market data for 330 consumer products in 49 countries, data on 100,000 brands, and full text market analysis reports. - Library, Information Science, & Technology Abstracts (LISTA)
This free database is provided by EBSCO, and has citations from the 1960s to the present, from 600 periodicals, as well as books, research reports, and proceedings.
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March 15, 2006
Second Floor Reference Service!!!
This was started last semester, and I just wanted to remind everyone in the UM Flint community that this is available. The hours are sometimes hard to determine due to me having other things to do, but whenever my office door is open please come by and ask me any questions you may have! This is especially useful for library patrons using the second floor ITS lab computers. My name is Vince Prygoski, and my office is the one just to the left as you get off of the stairs or elevator on the second floor of the library. Also known as Room 221, Thompson Library.
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March 07, 2006
New databases in March
Here are the newest electronic resources in the Thompson Library:
- IBISWorld: In-depth reports of 650 key industries, including key statistics, market characteristics, segmentation, industry conditions, performance, key competitors, key factors, outlook
- SourceOECD: Online library of the Organisation of Economic Co-operation & Development (OECD), containing the full-text of books, 24 periodicals, & the OECD statistical databases
- American Periodical Series: Full text from over 1,100 special interest & general magazines; literary & professional journals; children's & women's magazines; other historically significant periodicals from 1740 to 1900. The APS is also available in the Thompson Library's microfilm collection; check Mirlyn for availability of the microfilm.
- Gerritsen Collection: Women's History Online, 1543-1945: Searchable full text of over 4,700 book & journal titles from Europe and the English-speaking world, covering the years 1543-1945. Contains a total of over two million pages of writings on women, feminism, and anti-feminism.
- WorldCat Dissertations: Citations to over five million dissertations & theses, from all disciplines, held by OCLC member libraries, covering the late 18th century to the present. (UM-Flint master's theses are not included; they can be found in Mirlyn)
- National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism: Reports, articles, documents on terrorism, its social & political causes and effects; the development of anti-terror technologies; cyberterrorism. This is a free website, but access to some materials requires registration.
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