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Database of the Month: SBRnet (Sport Business Research Network)

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Faculty and students doing research on the sports market or the sporting goods industry will find SBRnet (Sport Business Research Network) to be a valuable source of market segmentation data on sports participants, fans and consumers; venue information for professional and college facilities; and market and industry news. 

SBRnet combines market research from the National Sporting Goods Association, government sources and various sports governing bodies with full-text articles from trade magazines and newsletters to produce a unique database of sports market research.  SBRnet includes:

Sports Participation: 

  • Demographic data and analysis (by age, gender, income, region and state) of sports participants for 75 sports back to 1993.
  • Cumulative statistical tables show Sport-by-Sport Summaries (total, by age, and by frequency).
  • Participants and teams data for intercollegiate (NCAA) and interscholastic (high school) sports.

Sports Fans:

SBRnet provides access to the Sports Fan Market 2010 report, a statistical study of sports fans based on a survey in which respondents were asked to report on their attendance or viewership of 14 professional and college sports.

Sporting Goods Equipment & Footwear:

  • Consumer expenditures data and analysis for  sporting goods equipment (by age, education, gender, geographic region, income, outlet type, brand and price point).
  • Consumer demographics and expenditures data for logo sports apparel and footwear.
  • Sporting goods import statistics for selected products.

Venue Reports:

SBRnet provides access to the RSV (Revenues from Sports Venues) College Facilities Report and RSV Pro Facilties Report, which includes information on attendance, ticket prices, naming rights, luxury and club seats, ownership, concessions, and financing for college (NCAA Div I football and basketball) and major professional sports (baseball, basketball, football, ice hockey, lacrosse and soccer).

College Athletics Revenues & Expenditures:

  • Total revenues and expenditures by Division.
  • Football NCAA Division I revenues and expenditures by school (including game day expenditures).
  • Basketball NCAA Division I revenues and expenditures by school (including game day expenditures).

Sports News:

SBRnet’s full-text publication database includes articles from trade and industry publications dealing with all aspects of the sports industry, dating back to 1996.

Directories:

  • Professional sports teams
  • College sports teams
  • Sports organizations (youth, coaching, etc.)
  • Sport Management Programs
  • Employment agencies
  • Marketing agencies
  • State-by-state directory of all organizations

Connect to this Database

Please visit SBRnet to explore this valuable database further, visit our Marketing Databases/Resources page to see more marketing databases, or view a complete list of our resources on our Databases A-Z page.

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Database of the Month provides a very brief introduction to an important research database, highlighting key features of the database that you should know about. If you would like more information about this database (or any of the library’s databases) please contact the Reference Desk.  If you would like a demonstration of this database for a class, please contact our Coordinator of User Education, Elizabeth Galoozis.

Database of the Month: Films on Demand

Nicholas

Films on Demand is a digital, streaming video service which offers thousands of educational titles in many different subject areas.  Films on Demand allows users to view titles in their entirety or by smaller segments, create and share playlists,  and embed titles in Blackboard.

Content

Bentley University has access to the full Master Academic Collection offered by Films on Demand. This collection includes within it the Humanities & Social Science, Business & Economy, Science & Mathematics, and Health Video collections.  Films on Demand also offers users access to special collections by well known, respected media outlets such as Frontline, CNBC Specials, the Biography Channel, and PBS NewsHour.

Subject areas covered by Films On Demand include:

  • Art  & Architecture
  • Biology
  • Business & Economics
  • Careers & Job Search
  • Computers & Technology
  • English & Language Arts
  • Health & Medicine
  • History
  • Mathematics
  • Philosophy & Religion
  • Psychology
  • Sociology

Here is the Business & Economics subject page:

Playlists & Favorites

Films On Demand allows users to create both playlists and lists of favorite videos and to share these lists with others.  Creating playlists is particularly helpful for faculty who want their students to watch multiple videos over the course of a semester.

To access the playlists and favorites features, you must first register by clicking on Create Account in the upper right corner of the homepage.  You will just need to input your first and last name, Bentley email address, and create a password.

Off Campus Access & Blackboard

Films On Demand can be accessed both on and off campus through our databases page.

Faculty can embed both full titles and segments into Blackboard for quick and easy classroom use.  To do this, first cut and paste the Title URL link of the video listed below the brief description of the title.  Then place our proxy server prefix tag in front of this URL so off campus users can view the video.

Here is our proxy server prefix tag: http://ezp.bentley.edu/login?url=

A sample URL containing both the proxy server prefix tag and Title URL would look like this:

http://ezp.bentley.edu/login?url=http://digital.films.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?aid=15162&xtid=40551

Connect to this Database

Please visit Films On Demand to explore this valuable database further or visit our Databases page to view a complete list of our resources.

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Database of the Month provides a very brief introduction to an important research database, highlighting key features of the database that you should know about. If you would like more information about this database (or any of the library’s databases) please contact the Reference Desk.  If you would like a demonstration of this database for a class, please contact our Coordinator of User Education, Elizabeth Galoozis

Database of the Month: ERIC

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ERIC, the Education Resources Information Center, is “the world’s largest digital library of education literature.” If you’re doing research on teaching or learning, or if you want to keep up with trends in education, it is an essential database. While ERIC is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, the Bentley Library subscribes to ERIC through the EBSCO platform. This allows for easy exporting and saving, as well as linking to the full text of documents only available in other library databases.

More than Journals

ERIC indexes more than 1100 journals (90% of which are peer-reviewed), from the Journal of Higher Education to the Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning. But it also contains a wealth of other, specialized publications, including:

  • conference papers
  • policy papers
  • grey literature
  • dissertations and theses
  • reports from government agencies, research centers, and professional organizations

In the past, you may have used these ERIC documents in microfiche, but ERIC is working on digitizing many of these materials. See a sample ERIC document here (opens into a PDF).

Advanced Searching

It’s easy to hone in on the materials you want with ERIC’s particular search limiters. You can search by:

  • Educational Level (e.g., Postsecondary Education, Higher Education, Early Childhood Education)
  • Intended Audience (e.g., Policymakers, Administrators, Researchers)
  • Publication Type (e.g., Legal Materials, Numerical/Quantitative Data, Tests/Questionnaires)

You can also explore a topic using ERIC’s unique Thesaurus; click on “Thesaurus” at the top of the search screen. This feature helps you discover related subjects and terms you may not have thought of; for example, the entry for “Information Networks” is below.

 

Connect to this Database

Please visit ERIC to explore this valuable database further, or visit our Databases page to view a complete list of our resources.

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Database of the Month provides a very brief introduction to an important research database, highlighting key features of the database that you should know about. If you would like more information about this database (or any of the library’s databases) please contact the Reference Desk.  If you would like a demonstration of this database for a class, please contact our Coordinator of User Education, Elizabeth Galoozis.

Database of the Month: Journal Citation Reports (JCR)

Kimberly

Anyone who has ever submitted an article for publication in an academic journal has no doubt heard the phrase “impact factor”, but do you know what an impact factor is, how it is calculated, and where you can go to find a journal’s impact factor?  The Journal Citation Reports (JCR) answers those questions. JCR calculates and provides the impact factor for thousands of scholarly journals, helping you identify the top-tier journals in your field.

Understanding & Using Journal Impact Factor

JCR allows you to evaluate and compare journals using citation data drawn from 9,100 scholarly and technical journals from more than 2,200 publishers in over 78 countries. It includes all areas of science, technology, and social sciences.  JCR is published in two editions – JCR Science Edition and JCR Social Sciences Edition. JCR complements the Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) and Science Citation Index (SCI) databases.

Authors can use impact factor to identify the most appropriate, influential journals in which to publish, while students and researchers may use impact factor to discover the most important journals in a field.

“The journal Impact Factor is the average number of times articles from the journal published in the past two years have been cited in the JCR year. The Impact Factor is calculated by dividing the number of citations in the JCR year by the total number of articles published in the two previous years.”

A screenshot from the JCR

Other Metrics Included in JCR

JCR also includes the following impact and influence metrics:

  • Eigenfactor score (a measure of the overall value provided by all of the articles published in a given journal in a year)
  • Article Influence score (a measure of a journal’s prestige based on per article citations and comparable to Impact Factor)
  • Most highly cited journal in a field

More information about Impact factor, Eigenfactor and Article Influence scores can be found in the Help section of the JCR database.  For a great explanation of what the Journal Impact Factor (JIF) is and is not, I recommend reading

Holsapple, C. W. (2009). Journal Self-Citation II: The Quest for High Impact — Truth and Consequences?. Communications of AIS, 25, 11-19.

Connect to This Database

Journal Citation Reports (JCR) is included in the Library’s ISI Web of Knowledge subscription databases – Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) and Science Citation Index (SCI).  Access JCR here, or by selecting Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) or Science Citation Index (SCI) from the Databases page. Once in SSCI or SCI, click on the “Additional Resources” tab to get to the JCR Collections.

For additional faculty resources, see Nick Albaugh’s Publishing Resources for Faculty library research guide.

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Database of the Month provides a very brief introduction to an important research database, highlighting key features of the database that you should know about. If you would like more information about this database (or any of the library’s databases) please contact the Reference Desk.  If you would like a demonstration of this database for a class, please contact our Coordinator of User Education, Elizabeth Galoozis.

Database of the Month: Cabell’s Directories

Hope Houston

Cabell’s Directories provides information on publishing opportunities to nearly 5,000 academic journals, including Accounting and Finance, Computing and Infomatics, Journal of Business Case Studies, Psychology of Sport & Exercise, Today’s CPA and Quarterly Review of Economics & Finance. Cabell’s guides faculty, graduate students, professionals and researchers to the right journal for publication.  It does this through detailed information on the publishing process, manuscript guidelines and advice on submission.Search the Cabell's Directories database

How the Directory Helps you Publish

The Directory specifies the type of review (blind, editorial, or peer) for each journal, what percentage of the articles are invited for review relative to the total number of articles, how to request a reviewer’s comments, the amount of time between submission and acceptance or rejection,  along with acceptance rates for a given journal.  The directory will also help you determine which journal will most likely accept your manuscript by providing:

  • Topics for articles
  • Aims and scope
  • Readership
  • Launch date
  • Prestige of journal
  • Where journal is indexed
  • Links to a journal’s detailed manuscript guidelines

Advice on submission of a manuscript – the Directory provides information on the journal’s:

  • aim and scope
  • style
  • format for references and footnotes
  • submission fees, if any
  • whether or not previously published manuscripts may be submitted
  • what to do if a manuscript is rejected

Cabell’s Subject Directories

We have online access to the following subject directories:

Accounting – indexes over 270 journals according to twenty-four different topic areas, such as: Accounting Education, Accounting Information Systems, Accounting Theory & Practice, and Tax Accounting

Economics & Finance – indexes 860 journals according to twenty-four different topic areas, such as: Econometrics, Financial Services, International Economics & Trade, and International Finance.

Management – 1,180 journals according to twenty-eight different topic areas, such as: Business Education, Global Business, Public Administration, and Strategic Management Policy.

Marketing – 350 journals according to twenty-eight different topic areas, such as: Advertising & Promotion Management, Direct Marketing, Marketing Research, and Sales/Selling.

Educational Curriculum & Methods – 490 journals according to twenty-eight different topic areas, such as: Curriculum Studies, Elementary/Early Childhood, Reading, and Special Education

Educational Psychology & Administration – 390 journals according to twenty-eight different topic areas, such as: Counseling & Personnel Services, Educational Management/Administration, Educational Psychology, and Higher Education.

Psychology & Psychiatry – 620 journals according to forty-one different topic areas, such as: Abnormal Psychology, Child Psychology, Psychopathology, and Social Psychology.

Computer Science and Business Information Systems – 200 journals according to twenty-two different topic areas, such as: Artificial Intelligence, Management Information Systems, Robotics, and Web Design.

Educational Technology & Library Science – 220 journals according to forty-two different topic areas, such as: Academic Librarianship, Distance Learning, Library Management/Administration, and Telecommunications.

Connect to this database:

Please visit the Cabell’s Directories database to explore this valuable resource further, or visit our Databases page to view a complete list of our resources.

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Database of the Month provides a very brief introduction to an important research database, highlighting key features of the database that you should know about. If you would like more information about this database (or any of the library’s databases) please contact the Reference Desk.  If you would like a demonstration of this database for a class, please contact our Coordinator of User Education, Elizabeth Galoozis.

Database of the Month: The New ProQuest Platform

Stephen

This month ProQuest is debuting a new platform for the 30+ ProQuest databases to which the Bentley Library subscribes.   This new platform allows the Bentley Library to create unique subject specific databases that best reflect the research needs of the Bentley community.  Databases such as the Worldwide Political Science Abstracts have also been moved to ProQuest from the CSA platform,  allowing users to search more resources with a common platform.

ProQuest allows users to take advantage of a basic and an advanced search screen to find information.  The basic search will look for the the users terms in the text of a document then in the bibliographic record.   Users can add the “and” operator to narrow a search, or the “or” operator to expand a search or to include synonyms in a search.    The basic search includes limiters to search for only full-text documents or scholarly resources.

The ProQuest advanced search feature allows users to create more complex searches across a variety of databases.  Users can search multiple indexes (author, title, text, NAICS code, subject, etc.) and limit to source type (books, magazines, dissertations, blogs), document type (article, case study, conference paper, market report, table of contents, etc.), document feature (chart, photograph, tables), and language.

Results returned on the new ProQuest platform can be narrowed and sorted by a number of options.  Popular options for sorting results include “Relevance”, “Date (oldest first)”, and Date (newest first)”.  The “Sort results by” feature is located on the right-hand side of the results screen.  Search results can be narrowed by using ProQuest facets that include source type, document type, title, subject, keyword, and seven other limiters.  Multiple limiters can be employed to narrow search results.

Just above the search results, ProQuest provides links to suggested subjects derived from their “Smart Search”  product.  Smart Search provides additional article content for users from across the ProQuest platform.

Using the check box beside each returned document allows users to organize documents for export or to create a works cited page or a bibliography.  After marking documents users can click on the “Cite this” link to format citations in APA, MLA, Chicago, and other popular manuscript styles.  Marked documents can also be added to a RefWorks or EndNote database.

In the coming months look for ProQuest to provide support for mobile devices.  To start using the new ProQuest platform visit the Bentley Library’s “Find Article/Databases” page today.

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Database of the Month provides a very brief introduction to an important research database, highlighting key features of the database that you should know about. If you would like more information about this database (or any of the library’s databases) please contact the Reference Desk.  If you would like a demonstration of this database for a class, please contact our Coordinator of User Education, Elizabeth Galoozis.

Database of the Month: Standard Rate and Data Service (SRDS)

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Looking to advertise your product, or learn more about potential target markets? Need marketing data for a class assignment? Standard Rate and Data Service (SRDS) delivers the information you need to help with researching these questions:

  • Local Market Audience Analyst (LMAA): Datasets and analyses related to demographics, consumer behavior and market segmentation, using variables including the industry-standard DMA (Designated Market Area; a geographical area that roughly corresponds to the federal Statistical Metropolitan Area)
  • Advertising Source databases: Directories, current advertising rates and market analysis for domestic and international media types including print, digital, broadcast, newspaper and direct marketing
  • Tools for media campaign planning

Local Market Audience Analyst (LMAA)

LMAA replaces the printed book Lifestyle Market Analyst and is a powerful tool that can be explored by DMA/County, Lifestyle Category, Lifestyle Behavior, Demographic characteristic, PRIZM Social Group, and PRIZM Lifestage Group.

These data, combined into detailed statistical reports including Count, Index, and % Penetration columns (among others), can be useful for such pursuits as: targeting new markets for existing products, customizing advertising and sales for individual markets, developing opportunities for cross-sales, and targeting specific geographic markets based on their penetration for specific PRIZM Social or Lifestage groups.

  • Market Profile Reports: Search by DMA or County for a Demographic Overview of your selected area, or combine a DMA with a Lifestyle Category operator to view a Lifestyle Ranking Index.
  • Lifestyle Analysis Reports: Select a single Lifestyle Behavior and combine with a Lifestyle Category to view a Lifestyle Ranking Index in light of an entire category, or choose a single Lifestyle Behavior and view its Market Potential within individual DMAs.
  • Demographics Report: Choose a 2010 demographic variable to view Demographic Concentration DMA data by count, market penetration and index.
  • PRIZM Reports: View this segmentation data by Social Group (urbanicity and wealth traits) and/or Lifestage Group (family composition and wealth traits). Choose one of these targets to view the PRIZM Target Group Concentration using DMA data, or choose a Social or Lifestage group, combine it with a Lifestyle category, and view aggregate lifestyle behaviors via the PRIZM Target Group Lifestyle Report.

Reports can be sorted by column heading, and printed or pasted into spreadsheets. Step-by-step and interpretive help pages are available for each report. In addition, profile maps of the selected data are available for download.

Advertising Source databases

Five databases, separated by media type, provide information about advertising rates and procedures: Business Media, Consumer Media, Newspaper, Radio, and TV/Cable.

Business Media and Consumer Media contain information about domestic and international print sources (and related Web sites, if any). Searching by keyword, title, or industry classification code yields advertising information including ad rates, publication closing dates, special feature issues and circulation figures. Direct marketing opportunities are also included.

Newspaper, Radio, and TV/Cable are searchable in various ways depending on the environment in which each operates. These databases also offer Market Analysis reports that combine demographic data with proprietary data gathered by Claritas, Inc. and Nielsen Media Research to rank geographic markets. DMA factsheets are available in PDF format and can be downloaded from the rankings table.

Other Tools

SRDS also offers other helpful tools: the Tablet Media Library, a directory of mobile applications (apps) for various publications; Media Planning & Buying Calculators; and a collection of advertising and marketing industry/trade association links.

For further information on this resource, please consult the links to written help guides and video tutorials displayed here.

Please view the SRDS database here. A complete listing of the Bentley Library’s databases is available here.

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Database of the Month provides a very brief introduction to an important research database, highlighting key features of the database that you should know about. If you would like more information about this database (or any of the library’s databases) please contact the Reference Desk.  If you would like a demonstration of this database for a class, please contact our Coordinator of User Education, Elizabeth Galoozis.

Database of the Month: Academic Search Premier

Nicholas

Academic Search Premier, published by EBSCOHost, is one of the essential databases used by colleges and universities of all types and sizes. It provides access to a broad variety of information, both scholarly and popular, in a wide range of academic fields and disciplines.  This is a great database to use for any number of classes, from English and Expository Writing  to History, Psychology, and Sociology courses.

Full text coverage is available for over 4,600 journals and periodicals, with over 100 of these titles providing full text access back to the year 1975.   In addition, this database provides indexing and abstracting for more than 8,500 journals. For a full list of journals available through Academic Search Premier, with coverage and full text information, take a look here.

Searching

  • Use the Advanced Search screen to limit your search results to articles in scholarly journals, articles from a particular publication, or full text articles only
  • Use the Subject: Thesaurus Term function on the results page to narrow your search results by subject
  • Narrow your search results to articles published within a certain date range

Other Functions

  • Print, email, and export the article to EndNote or RefWorks using the Tools functions
  • Use the Cite function to create the citation for an article in 7 different citation formats, including MLA and APA
  • The Folder function allows you to save relevant search results for later viewing
  • Use the Search for a Full Text Copy of the Article function to see if an article is available through another Bentley database

For further information on this resource, take a look at the Help page here.

Please visit the Academic Search Premier database here.  A complete listing of the Bentley Library’s databases is available here.

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Database of the Month provides a very brief introduction to an important research database, highlighting key features of the database that you should know about. If you would like more information about this database (or any of the library’s databases) please contact the Reference Desk.  If you would like a demonstration of this database for a class, please contact our Coordinator of User Education, Elizabeth Galoozis.