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ComScore offers web-wide visitation and transaction behavior from a random sample of over 1.5 million Internet users in the United States. Provides insight on Internet consumer behavior with demographics, transaction, and session data from 2002 and 2004.
Access to ComScore is available through the Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS). Only eligible graduate students and faculty members in the Broad College of Business may have access and need to click here to request an account. For questions, please contact one of the business librarians at http://www.lib.msu.edu/branches/bus...
Continue reading "ComScore Now Available Through WRDS"..."Accoona, developed by a Jersey City, NJ, artificial intelligence company, is a new search engine that aims to eclipse Google and Yahoo for business information. The Chinese State Council Information Office, publisher of China Daily, the official English-language newspaper, is a major Accoona stockholder. Accoona claims to give users links to five million Chinese companies and directory data for four million U.S. companies. Want to see for yourself? Enter a U.S. or Chinese company name to get a free abbreviated D&B directory entry, www.accoona.com".
By: Terry, Terese Mulkern....
Continue reading "A New Business Information Search Engine: Accoona"...We now have access to ProQuest Historical Annual Reports
"The definitive online collection of historical annual reports, offering decades of coverage for major companies in North America."--from ProQuest.
WRDS Downtime
The WRDS system will have reduced service on Sunday, July 2nd from 8pm to 11pm (EDT).
During the downtime, WRDS users will only be able to use the web interface and large databases such as CRSP, Compustat, and IBES. User account functions, UNIX shell and SAS/Connect will not be available during the downtime.
Please visit our web site (http://wrds.wharton.upenn.edu) for more information.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
Kara Gust is the newest member of the Business Library team, filling Sue Shultz's previous position. She will be overseeing collections in and providing instruction for Advertising, Marketing & Supply Chain Management, and Management. Kara is new to the Business Library, but not to the MSU Libraries. For the past three years, she has worked in the Main Library as Assistant Instruction Coordinator, providing instruction to numerous WRAC classes and a variety of orientations and resource fairs. She earned her BS in English, with a minor in Business, from Central Michigan University...
Continue reading "Welcome New Librarian, Kara Gust"...We now have trials of three databases through Euromonitor. Trials end June 23, 2006. We strongly encourage your feedback on these databases by posting to the blog or contacting the Business Library.
Country Insight: provides in-depth analysis of the economic, political, social and demographic trends for over 70 countries and regions. Contains articles, graphs, charts, and country profiles with background economic and political data and analysis.
Global Consumer Trend Monitoring: provides articles and strategy briefings on emerging trends in 37 national markets. Tracks...
Continue reading "Three New Trial Databases"...Welcome to Mintel's May Report Update... a great way of pin-pointing research that helps you get to grips with new markets and keep track of fast-changing consumer trends.
Simply click here to be taken through to the easily navigated online Update:
Need to know more about any of the reports listed here?
Please do not hesitate to contact the Mintel information team at 312.932.0400.
MSU students, faculty and staff can now access the Gartner Portal by visiting www.gartnerportal.ais.msu.edu and logging in with their MSUnet ID and password.
Background information on the Gartner Portal:
"One of the greatest challenges IT educators, students and professionals face is getting the right market information at the right time to make critical decisions. For many years, Administrative Information Systems (AIS) has used Gartner core research in making decisions regarding vendor choices, purchases and in planning for the future. Gartner provides time-critical...
Continue reading "Gartner Portal Now Accessible"...MSU students, faculty and staff can now access the Gartner Portal by visiting www.gartnerportal.ais.msu.edu and logging in with their MSUnet ID and password.
Background information on the Gartner Portal:
"One of the greatest challenges IT educators, students and professionals face is getting the right market information at the right time to make critical decisions. For many years, Administrative Information Systems (AIS) has used Gartner core research in making decisions regarding vendor choices, purchases and in planning for the future. Gartner provides time-critical...
Continue reading "Gartner Portal Now Accessible"...Mintel offers market research reports covering US and International marketplaces. Each report combines data & analysis of the competitive landscape, market-share analysis and consumer profiles. Complex demographic issues are broken into easy-to-understand sections, explaining consumer behavior and demonstrating the structure of the market.
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