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Database of the Month: Mintel Oxygen

Lisa

If you are looking for information about consumer markets, products, and brands, Mintel Oxygen should be the first database you visit.  Covering the US, UK, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy and Spain, Mintel’s research reports are one-stop shopping for consumer market intelligence, data, analysis and news.

Whether you are researching fast food or footwear, mobile phones or online shopping, green marketing or green living, Mintel has it covered.  Mintel publishes over 600 market research and consumer lifestyle reports each year in the following categories:

♦ Beauty & Personal Care ♦ Drink ♦ Finance
♦ Food ♦ Foodservice ♦ Health & Wellbeing
♦ Household ♦ Lifestyles ♦ Retailing & Apparel
♦ Technology ♦ Travel

Each report provides primary consumer research – unraveling key trends, behavior, and attitudes.  Researchers looking for demographic and psychographic information will strike gold with Mintel.  Reports also include valuable market data such as market size and forecast, market drivers, segment performance, brand share, and retail channel data.  To top it all off, you’ll find information on new products, product innovations and marketing strategies.

Create a Mintel Account:

To use the Mintel Oxygen database you must register for an account using a Bentley email address.  At the Mintel Oxygen log-in page, first-time users should click on [Create a Personal Profile].  Complete the registration form using your Bentley email address.

Learn More:

Please visit Mintel Oxygen to explore this valuable database further.  For help, check out Mintel’s Quick Start Guide.  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: Oxford English Dictionary

Liz

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has always been more than a place to look up definitions and pronunciations; it’s accepted widely as the authority on the history and meanings of words in the English language. The online version of the OED recently underwent a major overhaul – and through the Bentley Library’s subscription, you can explore the English language in several different ways. The OED can answer questions from “Did Shakespeare coin the word ‘bedazzle?'”* to “How many words in the English language originated in Africa?”**

Search

You can, as always, search for a word and find in its entry: the word’s etymology, pronunciation, definition, and quotations –  including the word’s first known appearance. (For instance, the word “marketing” in the sense of “promoting a product” was first used in Harper’s Magazine in 1884.) In the new version, however, all this information is linked to the OED’s new features. You can see all the other entries that cite Harper’s or where other forms of the word “market” came from, see biographical information on cited authors, or view the word within the fully integrated Historical Thesaurus (more on that later). The new interface also makes it easier to save, email, print, and cite entries.

Browse

What really makes the new OED much more impressive than your standard-issue online dictionary, though, are the tools for exploring words. The Historical Thesaurus (published in print last year) lets you see how a concept developed in written English over time – for example, the word speech (first appearing around the year 888) preceded the word language (around 1300), which preceded the word idiom (around 1575).

Browse by “Timelines” to see when words (all, or by subject, region, or language of origin) entered the language. The timeline below shows how words developed in the area of Politics:

Browse by “Source” to see the top 1000 authors and publications that the OED’s quotations come from. Shakespeare is well-known for coining words, but when it comes to words’ first appearance in writing, Chaucer has him beat by almost 400 words.

You can also browse by “Categories” – or conduct an Advanced Search based on those categories, which include:

  • Usage (e.g., colloquial and slang, derogatory, euphemistic)
  • Region
  • Language of Origin
  • Subject (e.g., Economics, Food and cooking, Computing)
  • Part of speech

*The entry for ‘bedazzle’ identifies its first recorded use in The Taming of the Shrew (1616).

**Browse by region and the number the OED gives is 1266, including words like ‘commandeer’ and ‘jukebox.’

Connect to this database:

Please visit the Oxford English Dictionary database 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.

FASB Accounting Standards Codification

Kimberly

Know Your Code

The FASB Accounting Standards Codification is the single source of authoritative nongovernmental U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (US GAAP).  The Codification is available within Accounting Research Manager (CCH), but the Library also subscribes to it as a stand-alone site.

As indicated on the screen shot below, there are three features of particular note about the FASB Accounting Standards Codification Site.  They are:

  1. The “What’s New” area helps you keep track of the latest changes in the Codification. You can view what’s new by date, by topic or by document.
  2. The “Cross Reference” area will direct you to a section of the Codification when you have an older accounting reference. If you find a mention of a previous accounting standard, such as a FASB Statement (FAS) or a Statement of Position (SOP), in an article or textbook, use the Cross Reference area to get directed to the current section of interest in the Codification. The Cross Reference area is also useful for quickly navigating to a section of the Codification  when you have a document number such as 926-20-25-4.
  3. The “Notice to Constituents” provides information that will help you understand the Codification’s structure, content, style and history and provides excellent guidance on how to reference the Codification in financial reports and from within the text of a research paper.

Structure of the Code

The Codification’s classification system is significantly different from the structure of previous accounting standards. The structure is as follows:

Topic SubTopic Section Paragraph
Entertainment-Films Other Assets-Film Costs Recognition General-Overall Deals
926 20 25 4

Citing the Code

One question we get at the Reference Desk, quite a lot actually, is “How do I cite the Codification in my bibliography?”. Since inquiring minds want to know, the following is my interpretation of how the Codification would appear using:

APA Format

Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). (2010). Accounting standards codification TM. Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). Retrieved from http://asc.fasb.org/

MLA Format

Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). Accounting Standards Codification TM. Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), 2010. Web. 4 Nov. 2010.

RefWorks Users:

If you use Refworks, here is an example of how to fill out the fields when you “Add a New Reference” to your account.

Ref Type: Generic
Source Type: Electronic
Output Language: Unknown
Authors, Primary: Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)
Title, Primary: Accounting Standards Codification TM
Pub Year: 2010
Publisher: Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)
Links: http://asc.fasb.org/
Retrieved Date: 4 Nov. 2010 (MLA) (APA doesn’t require a retrieved date for this type of source)

***Please, always double check with your professor when referencing your sources.***

Connect to this database:

Please visit FASB Codification to explore this 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: JSTOR

Hope Houston

is like exploring your grandpa’s attic and finding a corner under the eaves stacked high and deep with letters, diaries, old photographs, military histories, an 1878 issue of the American Journal of Mathematics, and a review of Corporation Finance and Accounting by Harry C. Bentley.

Searching through JSTOR’s Arts & Sciences Collections will also unearth an article on the various dialects of slave workers on a Cuban coffee plantation in 1790, an image of a woman traveler and geographer in 1897, or the rate of turnover in the American labor force of the 1960s.

JSTOR is one of the premier databases for research in the humanities, and now with JSTOR’s Business Collection, you have access to 68 scholarly business journals, too. In all, Bentley faculty and students may peruse over 620 full-text journals in more than 50 disciplines, including:

  • African Studies
  • Archaeology
  • Business
  • Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
  • Feminist & Women’s Studies
  • History
  • Irish Literature
  • Law
  • Mathematics
  • Middle East Studies
  • Political Science
  • Public Policy and Administration
  • Zoology

Calling all researchers and authors!

As you know, JSTOR offers some of the world’s most reliable sources for academic content. Interacting with that content has just gotten easier using JSTOR’s powerful Data for Research (DfR) faceted search interface. Using Data for Research allows you to quickly and easily define content of interest through an iterative process of searching and filter results from approximately 1.25 million articles. More about this service may be found here – http://dfr.jstor.org/info/about/.

Connect to this Database:

Connect to JSTOR and explore this valuable database further, or visit our Databases page to view a complete list of other library 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: SAGE Sociology Full-text

Lisa

The SAGE Sociology Full-text database has just been added to our extensive list of database offerings! Not just for sociologists, this database will have broad appeal to researchers in a variety of fields. The collection provides us with the full-text of many core journals that were previously only accessible via Interlibrary Loan.

SAGE Sociology includes the full text of 36 peer-reviewed journals published by SAGE and participating societies, covering such subjects as Childhood, Contemporary Sociology, Comparative Sociology, Consumer Culture, Classical Sociology, Ethnic Studies, Gender Studies, Leisure Studies, Social Theory, Sociology of Sport, and Sociology of Work and Employment (Labor Studies).

The following journals are included:

* Ranked in the Thomson Reuters 2009 Journal Citation Reports®
  • Acta Sociologica*
  • American Behavioral Scientist*
  • Armed Forces & Society*
  • Body & Society*
  • Childhood*
  • Cultural Sociology*
  • Current Sociology*
  • Ethnography
  • European Journal of Social Theory
  • Gender & Society*
  • International Review for the Sociology of Sport
  • International Sociology*
  • Journal of Black Studies*
  • Journal of Classical Sociology
  • Journal of Consumer Culture
  • Journal of Contemporary Ethnography*
  • Journal of Family Issues*
  • Journal of Sociology*
  • Journal of Sport and Social Issues*
  • Men and Masculinities*
  • Race & Class*
  • Rationality and Society*
  • Sexualities
  • Social Compass*
  • Social Science Information*
  • Social Studies of Science*
  • Sociological Methods & Research*
  • Sociology*
  • Space and Culture
  • Theory, Culture & Society
  • Thesis Eleven
  • Time & Society*
  • Work and Occupations*
  • Work, Employment & Society*
  • Young
  • Youth & Society*

Connect to this database:

Please visit the SAGE Sociology database 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: LexisNexis Academic

Stephen

The LexisNexis Academic database has a new and improved user interface.   LexisNexis Academic provides regional, national and international full-text content from over 10,000 news, legal and business sources.  The new Easy Search interface is divided into six subject areas so users can efficiently search  LexisNexis Academic content.   The LexisNexis Power Search still provides users with the option to use the search types “terms and connectors” or “natural language”.

The Search the News section allows users to search local, regional, national and international news sources from 1980 to the present.  Users can limit by source type, such as newspapers, magazine and even blogs or they can limit by a publication’s name.

Look up a Legal  Case provides access to U.S. and state cases by citation (163 U.S. 537), parties (Furman v. Georgia), or topic (equal opportunity). Users can click on the Cases link to help refine a search for a case and theLandmark Cases link to find a list of important U.S. cases.

Under Get Company Info users will find access to information on over 43,000,000 companies.  Basic company information can be found by search for a company name or ticker symbol.   More complete company information can be found by clicking on the Company Dossier and Company Profile links.

The Research Countries section allows users to find political and economic information about a specific country.  Country information can be searched by country name and limited by source.

With the Research People section users can research public figures. Enter at least a last name in the input boxes provided.  To find general information about the public figure, select “Biographies” from the source drop-down box. To see recent news stories that include a person select “Recent News Stories.”

Finally, the Combined Search feature is useful for searching a particular topic over different types of content.  Searches can be limited by date (with the system default set for “previous 2 years”) while content type searched can be expanded to include news, legal cases, SEC filings, company profiles and law reviews.

Connect to this database

Please visit the new LexisNexis Academic interface here.  A complete listing of the Bentley Library’s databases is available on our Databases 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: Euromonitor

Macee

The Passport Global Market Information Database (Passport GMID) from Euromonitor International provides business intelligence on selected Industries, Countries & Consumers, Companies, and Geographies, and comprehensive tools for analysis across datasets. Each category includes in-depth reports, analyst comments, statistics and external sources. Multiple search options and integrated results across categories offer users flexibility when tailoring searches.

Searches

  • Use the navigation bar along the top of the page to gain quick access to information about Industries, Countries & Consumers, Companies and/or Geographies. The left menu is context-specific, offering access to information depending on user selection.
  • Use Text Search boxes (the simple, quick or advanced text searches) to conduct keyword searches and apply limiters and filters.
  • Use the Menu Search to choose datasets via a hierarchical menu.
  • Use the Browse Analysis tool to view the most recent reports, profiles, and analyst comments.

Data

A network of international, regional and local Euromonitor analysts conduct the research. New reports, analyses and comments are added daily, while industry reports are updated annually. Historical and forecasted date coverage varies by country, within a broad range of 1977 to 2015.

A sampling of available information includes:

  • Industries: Global industry profiles including market share and trends, new product introductions, country-specific industry reports.
  • Countries & Consumers: Country-specific statistics and reports on consumer behavior and lifestyles including Marketing Strategy Briefings and Country Pulse reports on current consumer thinking and societal trends. Research is available on both developed and emerging markets.
  • Companies: Global coverage for companies and brands, including company profiles, market analysis and Key Trends.
  • Geographies: Includes the above information easily searchable by country or region. Also includes Country and City Briefings including business environment and global risk information, Regional and Country in-depth profiles, and demographic information including Key Metrics and Future Demographic reports.

Results

The cross-searching and custom report building tools may be used to bring datasets together for comparison. Once users have selected variables and built the report, they may download the data into Excel or print in PDF format. Euromonitor provides standardized international definitions for variables to ensure accurate data comparability.

Customization

Users may set up a personal account to save searches and reports, set up email alerts, and subscribe to selected RSS feeds. The “My Home” feature allows users to customize a page with reports and updates relevant to their research interests.

For More Information…

Click on the the [HELP] link on any Euromonitor page to view video tutorials for Finding Data and Navigation.  You can also get the latest news, listen to podcasts, and view videocasts at Euromonitor’s Global Market Research blog.

Connect to this database

Please visit the Passport GMID database here. A complete listing of the Bentley Library’s databases is available on our Databases 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: ReferenceUSA

Nicholas

ReferenceUSA is an essential business database for any college or university. It provides access to detailed company information on 14 million American businesses.

Users can look up a specific company via the Quick Search option or generate a list of businesses by industry, geographic region, business size, or other criteria using the Custom Search option . The database includes individual stores and outlets for franchise or multi-location businesses.

Records for businesses include:

  • Location & contact information
  • Management directory
  • Business expenditures
  • Current & historical sales & employment data
  • Business demographics such as square footage and credit rating score
  • List of competitors

Search criteria for businesses include:

  • business name
  • business type via SIC & NAICS codes
  • sales volume
  • employee size
  • geographic location
  • public or private company
  • stock exchange & ticker symbol
  • executive name

ReferenceUSA compiles its information on companies from over 5,000 public sources.  Its database specialists then make over 26 million phone calls annually to verify the data and collect additional information.

For further information on this resource, take a video tutorial at the ReferenceUSA website.

Please visit the ReferenceUSA 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.