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

Trial: Accounting & Tax with Standards Database

ProQuest Accounting & Tax with Standards is an exciting new database merging the authoritative journal content found in ProQuest Accounting & Tax^TM with relevant standards from the leading boards – FASB, GASB, and IASB.

Please send comments about this database to us: kranlib@purdue.edu

Trial of ISI Emerging Markets

EMIS (Emerging Markets Information Service), the company’s flagship product, gives emerging market specialists worldwide one-stop Internet access to mission-critical information straight from more than 83 emerging markets in Asia, Oceania, Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

This trial is good for the next 30 days (through the end of June.)  Please feel free to share your thoughts about this database with us at kranlib@purdue.edu

Thanks,
MEL

Trial databases from InfoUSA

From InfoUSA, the company that provides us with RefUSA, we have access to two trial databases:

EmployerUSA – directory information from 14 million employers, search by career type of field or try the advanced search options to limit by many factors.

New Businesses – search for new business in a specified geographic area or by when they were established.

08/06/07  This trial has now ended.

Demographics NOW

Try this new database from Thomson Gale: Demographics NOW with Expenditure Data. The trail is active through May 10, 2007.  To send comments to the library email us at: kranlib@purdue.edu

New Trial! Infinancials – Company analytics

We have a trial until November 17 to InFinancials – CorporateFocus

Infinancials delivers business valuation analytics and screening tools to investment banks, management consulting firms, private equity funds and asset managers on 50,000 listed companies.

Learn about financial valuations using key financial data – With Corporatefocus, students will benefit from:

An easy to use service covering over 50,000 listed companies worldwide. Direct access to original company documents and figures
Pedagogical tools: transparent access to the complete standardization process linking data back to the annual reports
Precise definitions of all financial terms available instantly
Direct access to original company documents and figures

Send feedback or questions to kranlib@purdue.edu

IBIS World and SBRNet

The library has access to two databases on a trial basis. IBIS World is available through the end of September. SBRNet is available through October 15.