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		<title>William C. Gast Business Library</title>
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			<title>Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series videos now available</title>
			<link>http://blogpublic.lib.msu.edu/index.php/2009/11/17/harvard-business-school-faculty-seminar?blog=7</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:54:56 +0000</pubDate>			<dc:creator>Breezy Silver</dc:creator>
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						<description>&lt;p&gt;Business Source Complete now includes a business video collection with 55 videos from the Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series. The series features engaging video lectures from renowned professors and experts at the Harvard Business School. All lectures are captured from executive education programs, and offer groundbreaking ideas, insightful research, and practical advice on management issues. The videos contain a table of content allowing the selection of a specific topic. Most lectures provide a transcript in PDF format. To see the videos, go into &lt;a href=&quot;http://ezproxy.msu.edu:2047/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&amp;amp;profile=ehost&amp;amp;defaultdb=bth&quot;&gt;Business Source Complete&lt;/a&gt;, and along the very top of the page in the blue navigation bar, you'll see a More link with a down arrow. Click on that arrow and you'll see Business Videos/Images. That's it! All of the titles also have Harvard FSS in front of them, and you can do a title or keyword search for Harvard FSS to find them all.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Business Source Complete now includes a business video collection with 55 videos from the Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series. The series features engaging video lectures from renowned professors and experts at the Harvard Business School. All lectures are captured from executive education programs, and offer groundbreaking ideas, insightful research, and practical advice on management issues. The videos contain a table of content allowing the selection of a specific topic. Most lectures provide a transcript in PDF format. To see the videos, go into <a href="http://ezproxy.msu.edu:2047/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&amp;profile=ehost&amp;defaultdb=bth">Business Source Complete</a>, and along the very top of the page in the blue navigation bar, you'll see a More link with a down arrow. Click on that arrow and you'll see Business Videos/Images. That's it! All of the titles also have Harvard FSS in front of them, and you can do a title or keyword search for Harvard FSS to find them all.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title>LexisNexis Academic will be Down for Scheduled Maintenance</title>
			<link>http://blogpublic.lib.msu.edu/index.php/2009/10/22/lexisnexis-academic-will-be-down-for-sch?blog=7</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:55:27 +0000</pubDate>			<dc:creator>Breezy Silver</dc:creator>
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						<description>&lt;p&gt;LexisNexis online products (including LexisNexis Academic) will be unavailable starting October 31 at 9:00 p.m. until November 01, 2009 at 5:00 a.m. due to scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>LexisNexis online products (including LexisNexis Academic) will be unavailable starting October 31 at 9:00 p.m. until November 01, 2009 at 5:00 a.m. due to scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title>BNA Tax and Accounting Center now available remotely</title>
			<link>http://blogpublic.lib.msu.edu/index.php/2009/10/06/bna-tax-and-accounting-center-now-availa?blog=7</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:52:58 +0000</pubDate>			<dc:creator>Breezy Silver</dc:creator>
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						<description>&lt;p&gt;The BNA Tax and Accounting Center used to be available only on the selected resource computers in the Business Library. It is now available remotely. See &lt;a href=&quot;http://ezproxy.msu.edu:2047/login?url=http://taxandaccounting.bna.com/btac/&quot;&gt;http://ezproxy.msu.edu:2047/login?url=http://taxandaccounting.bna.com/btac/&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Tax and Accounting Center offers practitioners a comprehensive array of analysis, news, primary sources, and practice tools covering federal and international tax issues. &lt;b&gt;We have access to the U.S. Income portfolios, Foreign Income portfolios, and Estates, Gifts and Trusts portfolios.&lt;/b&gt; The U.S. Income portfolios covers federal income tax planning and compliance issues for individuals and businesses, from alternative minimum tax to mergers and acquisitions to uniform capitalization rules, plus special planning areas such as divorce, bankruptcy, intellectual property, and financial instruments. The International Tax has information on tax issues of both individuals and entities, including U.S. companies doing business abroad and foreign enterprises with U.S. operations. The Estates, Gifts and Trusts portfolios contains information on planning for estate, gift, and generation-skipping taxes, business succession, estate administration, charitable giving, fiduciary income tax, and tax-exempt organizations.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The BNA Tax and Accounting Center used to be available only on the selected resource computers in the Business Library. It is now available remotely. See <a href="http://ezproxy.msu.edu:2047/login?url=http://taxandaccounting.bna.com/btac/">http://ezproxy.msu.edu:2047/login?url=http://taxandaccounting.bna.com/btac/</a>. </p>

<p>The Tax and Accounting Center offers practitioners a comprehensive array of analysis, news, primary sources, and practice tools covering federal and international tax issues. <b>We have access to the U.S. Income portfolios, Foreign Income portfolios, and Estates, Gifts and Trusts portfolios.</b> The U.S. Income portfolios covers federal income tax planning and compliance issues for individuals and businesses, from alternative minimum tax to mergers and acquisitions to uniform capitalization rules, plus special planning areas such as divorce, bankruptcy, intellectual property, and financial instruments. The International Tax has information on tax issues of both individuals and entities, including U.S. companies doing business abroad and foreign enterprises with U.S. operations. The Estates, Gifts and Trusts portfolios contains information on planning for estate, gift, and generation-skipping taxes, business succession, estate administration, charitable giving, fiduciary income tax, and tax-exempt organizations.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title>New Database - Mergent EventsData</title>
			<link>http://blogpublic.lib.msu.edu/index.php/2009/09/29/new-database-mergent-eventsdata?blog=7</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:29:45 +0000</pubDate>			<dc:creator>Breezy Silver</dc:creator>
			<category domain="main">Database Updates</category>
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						<description>&lt;p&gt;The Business Library has acquired a new database called Mergent EventsData. (See &lt;a href=&quot;http://ezproxy.msu.edu:2047/login?url=http://www.eventsdata.com&quot;&gt;http://ezproxy.msu.edu:2047/login?url=http://www.eventsdata.com&lt;/a&gt;.) It replaces a number of our print titles including Mergent Dividend Record, Mergent Unit Investment Trusts, Mergent Bond Record. Mergent EventsData provides information on stock-splits, mergers, tender offers, partial/full calls, name changes, etc. EventsData message feeds enable users to capture and analyze breaking business developments as they occur. EventsData consists of five modules: corporate actions, corporate dividends, fixed income, municipal called bonds, and unit investment trusts. We hope to have training sometime in the near future. Keep an eye out for future posts. If you have any questions or comments, please contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:silverbr@msu.edu&quot;&gt;Breezy Silver&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Business Library has acquired a new database called Mergent EventsData. (See <a href="http://ezproxy.msu.edu:2047/login?url=http://www.eventsdata.com">http://ezproxy.msu.edu:2047/login?url=http://www.eventsdata.com</a>.) It replaces a number of our print titles including Mergent Dividend Record, Mergent Unit Investment Trusts, Mergent Bond Record. Mergent EventsData provides information on stock-splits, mergers, tender offers, partial/full calls, name changes, etc. EventsData message feeds enable users to capture and analyze breaking business developments as they occur. EventsData consists of five modules: corporate actions, corporate dividends, fixed income, municipal called bonds, and unit investment trusts. We hope to have training sometime in the near future. Keep an eye out for future posts. If you have any questions or comments, please contact <a href="http://blogpublic.lib.msu.edumailto:silverbr@msu.edu">Breezy Silver</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title>WRDS Scheduled Downtime - Tuesday, September 29, 2009</title>
			<link>http://blogpublic.lib.msu.edu/index.php/2009/09/18/wrds-scheduled-downtime-tuesday-septembe-2009?blog=7</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:46:37 +0000</pubDate>			<dc:creator>Breezy Silver</dc:creator>
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						<description>&lt;p&gt;WRDS Scheduled Downtime &amp;#8212; Tuesday, September 29, 2009.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The WRDS server will be undergoing scheduled maintenance from 12:00pm-8:00pm ET on Tuesday, September 29, 2009.  &lt;br /&gt;
We apologize for any inconvenience.&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
During this period, the WRDS website will be unavailable.  However, access will remain for those users accessing WRDS through UNIX and PC SAS Connect. Interactive queries during this period should continue to run unaffected.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;WRDS will be adding additional network hardware to expand capacity.&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
As a result of this upgrade to the new WRDS website (http://wrds-web.wharton.upenn.edu), users will experience the following:&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#183;        Improved execution time for queries when WRDS is under heavy load.  &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#183;        New users will have the ability to apply for WRDS accounts from the new website home page: &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://wrds-web.wharton.upenn.edu/wrds/index.cfm&quot;&gt;http://wrds-web.wharton.upenn.edu/wrds/index.cfm&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#183;        WRDS Reps will be able to review and approve new account requests through the enhanced Rep Tools under MyWRDS&gt;Rep Tools&gt;Pending Approval.  &lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thank you for your patience as we continue to enhance your WRDS service and performance.&lt;br /&gt;
Information will be posted on the WRDS site once this downtime has been completed.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>WRDS Scheduled Downtime &#8212; Tuesday, September 29, 2009.</p>

<p>The WRDS server will be undergoing scheduled maintenance from 12:00pm-8:00pm ET on Tuesday, September 29, 2009.  <br />
We apologize for any inconvenience.<br />
 <br />
During this period, the WRDS website will be unavailable.  However, access will remain for those users accessing WRDS through UNIX and PC SAS Connect. Interactive queries during this period should continue to run unaffected.</p>

<p>WRDS will be adding additional network hardware to expand capacity.<br />
 <br />
As a result of this upgrade to the new WRDS website (http://wrds-web.wharton.upenn.edu), users will experience the following:<br />
&#183;        Improved execution time for queries when WRDS is under heavy load.  <br />
&#183;        New users will have the ability to apply for WRDS accounts from the new website home page: <br />
<a href="http://wrds-web.wharton.upenn.edu/wrds/index.cfm">http://wrds-web.wharton.upenn.edu/wrds/index.cfm</a> <br />
&#183;        WRDS Reps will be able to review and approve new account requests through the enhanced Rep Tools under MyWRDS>Rep Tools>Pending Approval.  <br />
 </p>

<p>Thank you for your patience as we continue to enhance your WRDS service and performance.<br />
Information will be posted on the WRDS site once this downtime has been completed.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title>News from the Gast Business Library - September 2009</title>
			<link>http://blogpublic.lib.msu.edu/index.php/2009/09/02/news-from-the-gast-business-library-sept-2009?blog=7</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:03:19 +0000</pubDate>			<dc:creator>Kara Rawlins</dc:creator>
			<category domain="alt">Database Updates</category>
<category domain="main">Library News</category>			<guid isPermaLink="false">21131@http://blogpublic.lib.msu.edu/</guid>
						<description>&lt;p&gt;As we look forward to another busy and exciting fall semester, here are important updates to keep in mind from the Business Library:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;We Have New Doors!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Thanks to collaborative efforts from the College of Business, Libraries, and Physical Plant, the Business Library now has doors with secure keycard access.  This will help prevent theft of materials and safety issues.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Fall Hours&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Regular hours begin Friday, September 11.  See &lt;a href=&quot;http://www2.lib.msu.edu/branches/bus/hours.jsp&quot;&gt;http://www2.lib.msu.edu/branches/bus/hours.jsp&lt;/a&gt; for more details.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Collaborative Technology Lab Now Open!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The Business Library now has a collaborative technology lab open for use.  This room is equipped with an interactive SmartBoard, videoconferencing capabilities, DVD player, two plasma screens, and a projector.  A laptop is available for check-out when using the room.  Priority use of this room will be given to faculty, students, and staff in the Broad College of Business and School of Labor &amp;amp; Industrial Relations.  Priority will also be given to those groups requiring use of the room&amp;#8217;s technology (plasma screens, SmartBoard, videoconferencing, etc.).  To reserve this room, please contact Kara Rawlins at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:gustk@msu.edu&quot;&gt;gustk@msu.edu&lt;/a&gt; or 432.4182.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Library Instruction Available for Your Classes&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Business librarians are available to provide library instruction to your classes on a wide variety of resources and topics.  To request, please fill out this form: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www2.lib.msu.edu/branches/bus/sessreq.jsp&quot;&gt;http://www2.lib.msu.edu/branches/bus/sessreq.jsp&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;New Databases&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Several new databases have been acquired by the Business Library over the past few months.  All are available off-campus (except where noted) from the Business Library databases page at &lt;a href=&quot;http://libguides.lib.msu.edu/busdatabases&quot;&gt;http://libguides.lib.msu.edu/busdatabases&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Thomson Research Investext&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Provides analyst research reports on companies and industries from top investment banks including J.P. Morgan and Deutsche Bank Securities Ltd., brokerage firms, and consulting firms worldwide. Coverage is global, and dates from 1980 to the present.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;ProQuest Entrepreneurship (one-year trial)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
ProQuest Entrepreneurship is now available as a one-year trial. Provides a wide variety of resources for the entrepreneur--journal articles, video clips, business cases, blog entries, start-up plans, templates, market research, company reports, and statistics.  Please send comments to &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:gastbus@bus.msu.edu&quot;&gt;gastbus@bus.msu.edu&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;SRDS&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Provides advertising rates for business publications, consumer magazines, newspapers, radio, TV and cable, print media, and the Internet. Includes the Local Market Audience Analyst with demographic profiles for over 210 designated market areas.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;New Research Guides&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The MSU Libraries is converting its research guides to LibGuides, providing more interactive content&amp;#8212;chat, videos, polls, and more!  Check them out at &lt;a href=&quot;http://libguides.lib.msu.edu/busguides&quot;&gt;http://libguides.lib.msu.edu/busguides&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Fall Seminars &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The Business Library offers several free seminars on several library databases and research topics.  All sessions are FREE. Enrollment is limited, &quot;first come, first served.&quot;  Classes offered this fall are:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;EndNote&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Monday, September 21, 9:30am-11:00am&lt;br /&gt;
Monday, October 19, 9:30am &amp;#8211; 11:00am&lt;br /&gt;
Monday, November 16, 9:30am &amp;#8211; 11:00am&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Landing Your Dream Job&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Tuesday, October 6, 2009  6:30pm&amp;#8212;8:00pm&lt;br /&gt;
Tuesday, November 3, 6:30pm&amp;#8212;8:00pm&lt;br /&gt;
LexisNexis Academic: Searching for News and Business Sources&lt;br /&gt;
Friday, September 25, 9:30am-11:00am&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mergent: Finding Public Company Information (NEW!)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Thursday, October 1, 1:30-3:00pm&lt;br /&gt;
Friday, October 23, 10:30am-Noon&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;SimplyMap&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Friday, October 9, 9:30am-11:00am&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;To register, see &lt;a href=&quot;http://www2.lib.msu.edu/general/events/workshops.jsp&quot;&gt;http://www2.lib.msu.edu/general/events/workshops.jsp&lt;/a&gt;.  Location for all classes is &lt;strong&gt;Room 22 of the Business Library&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Keep Up to Date!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Watch the Business Library blog at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www2.lib.msu.edu/branches/bus/&quot;&gt;http://www2.lib.msu.edu/branches/bus/&lt;/a&gt; for more news and updates.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Questions?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
We&amp;#8217;re here to help!  Please contact us if you should have any questions or need research assistance. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Nancy Lucas&lt;br /&gt;
Head, Gast Business Library&lt;br /&gt;
Selector: General Business, Hospitality, and International Business&lt;br /&gt;
517.432.4180&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:lucasn@msu.edu&quot;&gt;lucasn@msu.edu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Kara Rawlins&lt;br /&gt;
Assistant Head, Gast Business Library&lt;br /&gt;
Selector: Advertising, Management, Marketing, Supply Chain Management, MBA Programs&lt;br /&gt;
517.432.4182&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:gustk@msu.edu&quot;&gt;gustk@msu.edu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Breezy Silver&lt;br /&gt;
Librarian, Gast Business Library&lt;br /&gt;
Selector: Accounting and Finance&lt;br /&gt;
517.432.4181&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:silverbr@msu.edu&quot;&gt;silverbr@msu.edu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Laura Leavitt&lt;br /&gt;
Librarian, Labor and Industrial Relations Library&lt;br /&gt;
Selector: Labor and Industrial Relations, Human Resources, Entrepreneurship&lt;br /&gt;
517.355.4647&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:leavitt9@msu.edu&quot;&gt;leavitt9@msu.edu&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
________________________________________&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As we look forward to another busy and exciting fall semester, here are important updates to keep in mind from the Business Library:</p>

<p><strong>We Have New Doors!</strong><br />
Thanks to collaborative efforts from the College of Business, Libraries, and Physical Plant, the Business Library now has doors with secure keycard access.  This will help prevent theft of materials and safety issues.  </p>

<p><strong>Fall Hours</strong><br />
Regular hours begin Friday, September 11.  See <a href="http://www2.lib.msu.edu/branches/bus/hours.jsp">http://www2.lib.msu.edu/branches/bus/hours.jsp</a> for more details.</p>

<p><strong>Collaborative Technology Lab Now Open!</strong><br />
The Business Library now has a collaborative technology lab open for use.  This room is equipped with an interactive SmartBoard, videoconferencing capabilities, DVD player, two plasma screens, and a projector.  A laptop is available for check-out when using the room.  Priority use of this room will be given to faculty, students, and staff in the Broad College of Business and School of Labor &amp; Industrial Relations.  Priority will also be given to those groups requiring use of the room&#8217;s technology (plasma screens, SmartBoard, videoconferencing, etc.).  To reserve this room, please contact Kara Rawlins at <a href="http://blogpublic.lib.msu.edumailto:gustk@msu.edu">gustk@msu.edu</a> or 432.4182.  </p>

<p><strong>Library Instruction Available for Your Classes</strong><br />
Business librarians are available to provide library instruction to your classes on a wide variety of resources and topics.  To request, please fill out this form: <a href="http://www2.lib.msu.edu/branches/bus/sessreq.jsp">http://www2.lib.msu.edu/branches/bus/sessreq.jsp</a>. </p>

<p><strong>New Databases</strong><br />
Several new databases have been acquired by the Business Library over the past few months.  All are available off-campus (except where noted) from the Business Library databases page at <a href="http://libguides.lib.msu.edu/busdatabases">http://libguides.lib.msu.edu/busdatabases</a>.  </p>

<p><em>Thomson Research Investext</em><br />
Provides analyst research reports on companies and industries from top investment banks including J.P. Morgan and Deutsche Bank Securities Ltd., brokerage firms, and consulting firms worldwide. Coverage is global, and dates from 1980 to the present.</p>

<p><em>ProQuest Entrepreneurship (one-year trial)</em><br />
ProQuest Entrepreneurship is now available as a one-year trial. Provides a wide variety of resources for the entrepreneur--journal articles, video clips, business cases, blog entries, start-up plans, templates, market research, company reports, and statistics.  Please send comments to <a href="http://blogpublic.lib.msu.edumailto:gastbus@bus.msu.edu">gastbus@bus.msu.edu</a>.  </p>

<p><em>SRDS</em><br />
Provides advertising rates for business publications, consumer magazines, newspapers, radio, TV and cable, print media, and the Internet. Includes the Local Market Audience Analyst with demographic profiles for over 210 designated market areas.</p>

<p><strong>New Research Guides</strong><br />
The MSU Libraries is converting its research guides to LibGuides, providing more interactive content&#8212;chat, videos, polls, and more!  Check them out at <a href="http://libguides.lib.msu.edu/busguides">http://libguides.lib.msu.edu/busguides</a>. </p>

<p><strong>Fall Seminars </strong><br />
The Business Library offers several free seminars on several library databases and research topics.  All sessions are FREE. Enrollment is limited, "first come, first served."  Classes offered this fall are:</p>

<p><em>EndNote</em><br />
Monday, September 21, 9:30am-11:00am<br />
Monday, October 19, 9:30am &#8211; 11:00am<br />
Monday, November 16, 9:30am &#8211; 11:00am</p>

<p><em>Landing Your Dream Job</em><br />
Tuesday, October 6, 2009  6:30pm&#8212;8:00pm<br />
Tuesday, November 3, 6:30pm&#8212;8:00pm<br />
LexisNexis Academic: Searching for News and Business Sources<br />
Friday, September 25, 9:30am-11:00am</p>

<p><em>Mergent: Finding Public Company Information (NEW!)</em><br />
Thursday, October 1, 1:30-3:00pm<br />
Friday, October 23, 10:30am-Noon</p>

<p><em>SimplyMap</em><br />
Friday, October 9, 9:30am-11:00am</p>

<p>To register, see <a href="http://www2.lib.msu.edu/general/events/workshops.jsp">http://www2.lib.msu.edu/general/events/workshops.jsp</a>.  Location for all classes is <strong>Room 22 of the Business Library</strong>. </p>

<p><strong>Keep Up to Date!</strong><br />
Watch the Business Library blog at <a href="http://www2.lib.msu.edu/branches/bus/">http://www2.lib.msu.edu/branches/bus/</a> for more news and updates.</p>

<p><strong>Questions?</strong><br />
We&#8217;re here to help!  Please contact us if you should have any questions or need research assistance. </p>

<p>Nancy Lucas<br />
Head, Gast Business Library<br />
Selector: General Business, Hospitality, and International Business<br />
517.432.4180<br />
<a href="http://blogpublic.lib.msu.edumailto:lucasn@msu.edu">lucasn@msu.edu</a></p>

<p>Kara Rawlins<br />
Assistant Head, Gast Business Library<br />
Selector: Advertising, Management, Marketing, Supply Chain Management, MBA Programs<br />
517.432.4182<br />
<a href="http://blogpublic.lib.msu.edumailto:gustk@msu.edu">gustk@msu.edu</a></p>

<p>Breezy Silver<br />
Librarian, Gast Business Library<br />
Selector: Accounting and Finance<br />
517.432.4181<br />
<a href="http://blogpublic.lib.msu.edumailto:silverbr@msu.edu">silverbr@msu.edu</a></p>

<p>Laura Leavitt<br />
Librarian, Labor and Industrial Relations Library<br />
Selector: Labor and Industrial Relations, Human Resources, Entrepreneurship<br />
517.355.4647<br />
<a href="http://blogpublic.lib.msu.edumailto:leavitt9@msu.edu">leavitt9@msu.edu</a> <br />
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			<title>Passport GMID - New Enhancement Coming Soon</title>
			<link>http://blogpublic.lib.msu.edu/index.php/2009/08/18/passport-gmid-new-enhancement-coming-soo?blog=7</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:09:36 +0000</pubDate>			<dc:creator>Kara Rawlins</dc:creator>
			<category domain="main">Database Updates</category>
<category domain="alt">Library News</category>			<guid isPermaLink="false">20885@http://blogpublic.lib.msu.edu/</guid>
						<description>&lt;p&gt;In the coming week, Passport GMID will be launching a new enhancement.  MyPages is a new feature enabling you, as a user, to customize these pages with the content you use most frequently for your day to day research.  With this new enhancement you now have the ability to: &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Create your own customised email alert - By selecting the categories and geographies you are interested in, you will receive an e-alert keeping you up to date with the latest developments.&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;Sign up to GMID's RSS News feed - Receive timely updates on new content viewable via iGoogle, Outlook etc. from your customized content.&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;My Home Page - View all your customized content in one place, along with your latest saved searches.&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Saved Research - Save your research and queries if you are in a hurry and need to access them later or to share with your colleagues.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Note: To take advantage of these new features in GMID, users will be required to create a personal account using a valid MSU e-mail address.&lt;/strong&gt;  There will be detailed instructions upon accessing the site, or you may contact a business librarian at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:gastbus@bus.msu.edu&quot;&gt;gastbus@bus.msu.edu&lt;/a&gt; or phone 355.3380 with any questions or concerns.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the coming week, Passport GMID will be launching a new enhancement.  MyPages is a new feature enabling you, as a user, to customize these pages with the content you use most frequently for your day to day research.  With this new enhancement you now have the ability to: </p>

<ol>
  <li>Create your own customised email alert - By selecting the categories and geographies you are interested in, you will receive an e-alert keeping you up to date with the latest developments.</li>

  <li>Sign up to GMID's RSS News feed - Receive timely updates on new content viewable via iGoogle, Outlook etc. from your customized content.</li>

  <li>My Home Page - View all your customized content in one place, along with your latest saved searches.</li>
  <li>Saved Research - Save your research and queries if you are in a hurry and need to access them later or to share with your colleagues.</li></ol>
<p><strong><br />
Note: To take advantage of these new features in GMID, users will be required to create a personal account using a valid MSU e-mail address.</strong>  There will be detailed instructions upon accessing the site, or you may contact a business librarian at <a href="http://blogpublic.lib.msu.edumailto:gastbus@bus.msu.edu">gastbus@bus.msu.edu</a> or phone 355.3380 with any questions or concerns.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title>New Site Design Launch for Plunkett on August 1</title>
			<link>http://blogpublic.lib.msu.edu/index.php/2009/07/30/new-site-design-launch-for-plunkett-on-a-1?blog=7</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:41:47 +0000</pubDate>			<dc:creator>Kara Rawlins</dc:creator>
			<category domain="main">Database Updates</category>
<category domain="alt">Library News</category>			<guid isPermaLink="false">20557@http://blogpublic.lib.msu.edu/</guid>
						<description>&lt;p&gt;From Plunkett:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&quot;We tentatively plan to launch our exciting new site design for Plunkett Research Online on Saturday, August 1st.  Your service may be interrupted for a short time.&lt;/p&gt; 

&lt;p&gt;Also, we will be launching upgraded NAIC codes for all of our company profiles.  Due to this upgrade, some of your saved company search data may be lost&amp;#8212;please export any company lists that are important to you.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;New design features:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Menus that are easier to find and use.&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;Prominent links to favorites like Build-A-Report and Resources for Job Seekers.&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;An easy-to-use industry list.&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;More help for job seekers:  a tool in the Search for Employers Center that will let you search over one million job openings on Indeed.com by city and/or by type of job.&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;More PDFs on demand, including the ability to create individual PDFs of company profiles.&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;The ability to customize the cover of Build-A-Report with a &amp;#8220;compiled by (your name/organization).&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;And much more!&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Connect to &lt;a href=&quot;http://er.lib.msu.edu/notice.cfm?dblistno=049598&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Plunkett Research Online&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From Plunkett:</p>
<p>"We tentatively plan to launch our exciting new site design for Plunkett Research Online on Saturday, August 1st.  Your service may be interrupted for a short time.</p> 

<p>Also, we will be launching upgraded NAIC codes for all of our company profiles.  Due to this upgrade, some of your saved company search data may be lost&#8212;please export any company lists that are important to you.</p>

<p>New design features:</p>

<ul>
  <li>Menus that are easier to find and use.</li>
  <li>Prominent links to favorites like Build-A-Report and Resources for Job Seekers.</li>
  <li>An easy-to-use industry list.</li>
  <li>More help for job seekers:  a tool in the Search for Employers Center that will let you search over one million job openings on Indeed.com by city and/or by type of job.</li>
  <li>More PDFs on demand, including the ability to create individual PDFs of company profiles.</li>
  <li>The ability to customize the cover of Build-A-Report with a &#8220;compiled by (your name/organization).</li>
  <li>And much more!</li>
</ul>

<p>Connect to <a href="http://er.lib.msu.edu/notice.cfm?dblistno=049598"><strong>Plunkett Research Online</strong></a>.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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