http://www.lib.vt.edu/subject-guides/IDS/professional.html en Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:27:30 -0400 tomlin@vt.edu tomlin@vt.edu http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/A/abi-inform-from-proquest.html <div style=" width: 200px; float: left;"><div class="vt_img_left vt_small_img"> <span class="top"> </span> <span class="bottom"> </span> <img src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/databases/P/S_proquest.gif" alt="ProQuest search screen" height="134px" width="185px" /> </div><img alt="This resource is restricted to Virginia Tech users only" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/icons/L_vtonly.gif" title="This resource is restricted to Virginia Tech users only" width="15" /> <a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/screencasts/proquest/index.html"><img alt="Screencast tutorials available for this resource" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/L_screencast.gif" title="Screencast tutorials available for this resource" width="20" /></a> <img alt="Contents of this resource available through Summon" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/L_summon.gif" title="Contents of this resource available through Summon" width="20" /> <img alt="database provides Get VText links" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/L_getvtext-20.gif" title="database provides Get VText links" width="80" /></div><h2><span> <a href="http://search.proquest.com/abiglobal/advanced?accountid=14826" title="ABI/INFORM from ProQuest" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('http://search.proquest.com/abiglobal/advanced?accountid=14826')" shape="rect">ABI/INFORM from ProQuest</a> </span></h2><p><i>ABI/Inform</i> indexes citations, abstracts, and full text news articles, market and SWOT analyses, industry reports, country reports, downloadable data sets, dissertations, business cases, working papers, annual reports from North American companies, and company profiles and histories. 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Full text provided in HTML and PDF. 1971-present. <span class="majax-erm-advisory" title="e1000291"> </span></p><p><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/A/abi-inform-from-proquest.html"> </a><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/A/abi-inform-from-proquest.html">Full record</a></p> Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:42:13 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/A/abi-inform-from-proquest.html Article searching Conference papers, preprints, and working papers Countries and cultures Newspapers and magazines Professional and trade literature Reports, standards, and financials Reviews and critiques Statistics and data sets Theses and dissertations Restricted to Virginia Tech users Screencast tutorials available Contents of database in Summon Get VText http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/B/business-source-complete-from-ebscohost.html <div style=" width: 200px; float: left;"><div class="vt_img_left vt_small_img"> <span class="top"> </span> <span class="bottom"> </span> <img src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/databases/E/S_ebsco.jpg" alt="EBSCOhost interface" height="123px" width="185px" /> </div><img alt="This resource is restricted to Virginia Tech users only" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/icons/L_vtonly.gif" title="This resource is restricted to Virginia Tech users only" width="15" /> <img alt="Sponsored by VIVA, the Virtual Library of Virginia" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/icons/L_viva.gif" title="Sponsored by VIVA, the Virtual Library of Virginia" width="36" /> <img alt="This resource provides a mobile interface; see description for link" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/L_mobile.gif" title="This resource provides a mobile interface; see description for link" width="10" /> <a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/screencasts/ebsco/index.html"><img alt="Screencast tutorials available for this resource" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/L_screencast.gif" title="Screencast tutorials available for this resource" width="20" /></a> <img alt="database provides Get VText links" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/L_getvtext-20.gif" title="database provides Get VText links" width="80" /></div><h2><span> <a href="http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&amp;profile=ehost&amp;defaultdb=bth" title="Business Source Complete from EBSCOhost" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&amp;profile=ehost&amp;defaultdb=bth')" shape="rect">Business Source Complete from EBSCOhost</a> </span></h2><p><i>Business Source Complete</i> is a citation, abstracts, and full-text database that indexes journals; books; financial data; reference works; conference proceedings; company, industry, investment, marketing, and country reports; SWOT analyses; and case studies. 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You can limit to peer-reviewed sources. 1886-present; most content is 1980s-present. <span class="majax-erm-advisory" title="e1000636"> </span></p><p><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/B/business-source-complete-from-ebscohost.html">Full record</a></p> Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:42:13 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/B/business-source-complete-from-ebscohost.html Article searching Conference papers, preprints, and working papers Encyclopedias, dictionaries, and almanacs Professional and trade literature Reports, standards, and financials Restricted to Virginia Tech users VIVA Mobile interface Screencast tutorials available Get VText http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/B/business-reference-suite.html <div style=" width: 200px; float: left;"><div class="vt_img_left vt_small_img"> <span class="top"> </span> <span class="bottom"> </span> <img src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/databases/R/S_rds.jpg" alt="RDS" height="148px" width="185px" /> </div><img alt="This resource is restricted to Virginia Tech users only" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/icons/L_vtonly.gif" title="This resource is restricted to Virginia Tech users only" width="15" /> <img alt="Contents of this resource available through Summon" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/L_summon.gif" title="Contents of this resource available through Summon" width="20" /></div><h2><span> <a href="http://search.rdsinc.com/" title="Business Reference Suite" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('http://search.rdsinc.com/')" shape="rect">Business Reference Suite</a> </span></h2><div><p>Search any combination of these three databases:</p><ul><li><span> <a href="http://search.rdsinc.com/" title="Business &amp; Industry from RDS" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('http://search.rdsinc.com/')" shape="rect">Business &amp; Industry from RDS</a> </span> : company, industry, product and market information.</li><li><span> <a href="http://search.rdsinc.com/" title="Business &amp; Management Practices from RDS" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('http://search.rdsinc.com/')" shape="rect">Business &amp; Management Practices from RDS</a> </span> : the practical side of business and management including case studies and "how-to" guidelines.</li><li><span> <a href="http://search.rdsinc.com/" title="TableBase from RDS" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('http://search.rdsinc.com/')" shape="rect">TableBase from RDS</a> </span> : business information in tabular format.</li></ul><p>1992-present. <span class="majax-erm-advisory" title="e1000174"> </span></p></div><p><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/B/business-reference-suite.html">Full record</a></p> Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:42:13 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/B/business-reference-suite.html Professional and trade literature Reports, standards, and financials Statistics and data sets Restricted to Virginia Tech users Contents of database in Summon http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/M/mintel.html <div style=" float: left; width: 200px;"><div class="vt_img_left vt_small_img"> <span class="top"> </span> <span class="bottom"> </span> <img src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/databases/M/S_mintel.jpg" alt="Mintel" height="145px" width="185px" /> </div><img alt="This resource is restricted to Virginia Tech users only" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/icons/L_vtonly.gif" title="This resource is restricted to Virginia Tech users only" width="15" /> <img alt="Contents of this resource available through Summon" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/L_summon.gif" title="Contents of this resource available through Summon" width="20" /></div><h2><span> <a href="http://academic.mintel.com/sinatra/oxygen_academic/search/" title="Mintel Oxygen Academic" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('http://academic.mintel.com/sinatra/oxygen_academic/search/')" shape="rect">Mintel Oxygen Academic</a> </span></h2><p><i>Mintel</i> offers over 900 market research reports focused on the broad categories of: beauty and personal, drink, electronics, food and foodservice, health and medical, health and wellness, household, lifestyles, retailing and travel. The reports can be searched for product, brand name or keyword. <i>Mintel</i> also offers news articles related to marketing, reports of company management changes, and company profiles. </p><p>When logging into the database, you must accept conditions of use and login with your email and a password that you create. You must use your Virginia Tech email for this system. Limited to <span class="majax-erm-concurrentusers" title="e1000188"> </span> simultaneous users. <span class="majax-erm-advisory" title="e1000188"> </span></p><p><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/M/mintel.html">Full record</a></p> Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:42:13 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/M/mintel.html Reports, standards, and financials Restricted to Virginia Tech users Contents of database in Summon http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/F/factiva.html <div style=" width: 200px; float: left;"><div class="vt_img_left vt_small_img"> <span class="top"> </span> <span class="bottom"> </span> <img src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/databases/F/S_factiva.jpg" alt="Factiva" height="122px" width="185px" /> </div><img alt="This resource is restricted to Virginia Tech users only" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/icons/L_vtonly.gif" title="This resource is restricted to Virginia Tech users only" width="15" /> <img alt="Sponsored by VIVA, the Virtual Library of Virginia" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/icons/L_viva.gif" title="Sponsored by VIVA, the Virtual Library of Virginia" width="36" /> <a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/screencasts/factiva/index.html"><img alt="Screencast tutorials available for this resource" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/L_screencast.gif" title="Screencast tutorials available for this resource" width="20" /></a></div><h2><span> <a href="http://global.factiva.com/en/sess/login.asp?xsid=S003cbsYXmnNdmnMDItMDIoMDAp5DByMU38ODJ9RcyqUUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUEA" title="Factiva" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('http://global.factiva.com/en/sess/login.asp?xsid=S003cbsYXmnNdmnMDItMDIoMDAp5DByMU38ODJ9RcyqUUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUEA')" shape="rect">Factiva</a> </span></h2><p><i>Factiva</i> provides full-text news articles and business/industry information from newswires, newspapers, business and industry magazines, television and radio transcripts, financial reports, and photos from news services. 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News sources 1979-present; financial data 1960s-present. <span class="majax-erm-advisory" title="e1000104"> </span></p><p><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/F/factiva.html">Full record</a></p> Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:42:13 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/F/factiva.html Article searching Multimedia Newspapers and magazines Professional and trade literature Reports, standards, and financials Freely accessible databases Restricted to Virginia Tech users VIVA Screencast tutorials available http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/M/mergent-online.html <div style=" width: 200px; float: left;"><div class="vt_img_left vt_small_img"> <span class="top"> </span> <span class="bottom"> </span> <img src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/databases/M/S_mergent.jpg" alt="Mergent" height="91px" width="185px" /> </div><img alt="This resource is restricted to Virginia Tech users only" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/icons/L_vtonly.gif" title="This resource is restricted to Virginia Tech users only" width="15" /> <img alt="Sponsored by VIVA, the Virtual Library of Virginia" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/icons/L_viva.gif" title="Sponsored by VIVA, the Virtual Library of Virginia" width="36" /></div><h2><span> <a href="http://www.MergentOnline.com/compsearch.asp" title="Mergent Online" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('http://www.MergentOnline.com/compsearch.asp')" shape="rect">Mergent Online</a> </span></h2><p>Provides company, industry, and country reports for active and inactive, public and some private companies. 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