Boardgame event in the library

Join us for a board game event in the Undergrounds coffee shop.  April 2nd from 1:30 – 3:30 pm.  Top prize for the Yahtzee tournament is a $50 gift card.  Other games available for play as well.

MEL Workshop – 4 Company Research

This Friday December 5, 2008 from 1:30 – 2:30 will be the fourth and final workshop this fall in the MEL Workshop Series.  Join us this week in the MEL computer lab (2nd floor of the Krannert Building) to learn more about effective searching for company information.

-MEL

MEL Workshop – 3 International Business

This Friday November 21, 2008 from 1:30 – 2:30 will be the second in the MEL Workshop series.  Join us this week in the MEL computer lab area to learn about effective searching for International Business information.

-MEL

Mel Workshop Series – 2

This Friday November 7, 2008 from 1:30 – 2:30 will be the second in the MEL Workshop series.  Join us this week in the MEL computer lab area to learn about effective searching for Industry reports and data.

-MEL

Capital IQ workshop – time changed!

The time for today’s workshop on Capital IQ has been changed to 3:00 PM in the RAWLS Cafe.  Come join us to learn about more effective searching in this unique database.

-MEL Staff

LibQUAL+ Survey

Please help the Purdue Libraries by taking the LibQUAL+ Survey.  The campus libraries are requesting your feedback on resources, services, and facilities. We would appreciate 12-17 minutes of your time to complete the LibQUAL+™ survey.  In order to increase response and ensure that all have had a chance to participate, the survey deadline has been extended to October 31, 2008.

MEL Workshop series

The Management & Economics Library is delighted to announce the Fall 2008 workshop schedule.

The MEL Workshops are designed to further develop and strengthen your business information seeking skills. Learn tips and techniques to search databases and the internet better and more efficiently. Supplement your case study work by learning how to find valuable information for effective decision-making. The workshops are open to all faculty, staff and students (both graduate and undergraduate.)

They will be Friday’s from 1:30 – 2:30:

Oct 24: Capital IQ Overview

@ Rawls Café

Nov 7: Finding Industry reports and data

@ MEL

Nov 21: International Business: Country reports and financial data

@ TBA

Dec 5: Company information inside LexisNexis

@ TBA

-MEL Staff

TRIAL: ProQuest Entrepreneurship

Search worldwide publications and multi-media related to the topic of Entrepreneurship.  Intended to bridge theory with practice, the Entrepreneurship database covers a wide spectrum of resources useful to educators, researchers, students and practitioners.  Content ranges from the scholarly – including journals, dissertations, working papers and conference proceedings – to a full toolkit of practical guides, templates, forms, sample business plans, and tips from successful entrepreneurs.

http://trials.proquest.com/ptc?userid=1499085

Your password is:  mlctrial

We’d like to know!

Tell us what sort of workshops you’d like to see offered by the library.  Take our survey to let us know the type and time that work best for you. 

[Note this is the same survey we gave out at this year's Opportunity Day.]

-MEL

Fall hours start today!

Here are the library hours for the Fall Semester:

Mon. – Thu.   8:00 AM – midnight

Fri.                 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Sat.               11:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Sun.              11:00 AM – midnight