Nielsen Resources and Servicesfor Business Faculty and Students

February 26, 2014Carol Smith,

Library Director,Liaison to ASU School of Business

Overview

1. New and coming soon at Nielsen

2. Business resources at Nielsen: current, needed, trial databases

3. What librarians would like students to know

4. What librarians would like faculty to know

1. NEW AND COMING SOON AT NIELSEN LIBRARY

New and Coming Soon

New:• Mission, vision, values statements• New 2013-2016 Nielsen Library strategic plan

Coming soon:• New faculty orientation workshops

– March 18, 2:30pm and March 19, 10:00am, Nielsen lab• Institutional repository• Tech “petting zoo”• Increased textbooks on course reserves• Writing Studio satellite location• New databases

New Databases Debuting July 1

New:• ProQuest Dissertations and Theses – Full Text• Mental Measurements Yearbook – Unlimited

Seats• Francis and Taylor Behavioral Science Collection

(157 journals)

Possible New Resources

Included in upcoming Title V Grant:

• Films on Demand• eBook expansion

2. CURRENT AND DESIREDBUSINESS RESOURCES

AT NIELSEN LIBRARY

Current Nielsen Business Databases

1. Business Source Complete2. LexisNexis (company, legal, news research)3. Wall Street Journal Online4. Regional Business News

vs. U. of Central MO business databases

Business Databases to Consider

• EBSCO EconLit with Full Text• ProQuest Entrepreneurship• Value Line Investment Survey Online• Safari Tech and Business Books• Euromonitor Passport (formerly Global Market

Information Database) **

Trial Database

Euromonitor Passport: • A comprehensive resource for global market

analysis that includes industry, country, and regional reports, extensive statistics, and consumer and company market share data. The trial runs through March 31, 2014.

3. WHAT LIBRARIANS WOULD LIKE STUDENTS TO KNOW

Student Essentials

• Ask a librarian!– Reference desk– Research consultations– AskAcademic web chat

• The World is Your Library– Prospector (books, DVD’s, other physical items)– Interlibrary loan (articles)

4. WHAT LIBRARIANS WOULD LIKE FACULTY TO KNOW

Faculty Essentials

• Importance of business research assignments• Library instruction• Library liaisons• Course reserves