Campus Library Additional UWB/CCC Databases

Additional UWB/CCC Databases

Please note - this page will be discontinuted as of March 21, 2008. See below for links to other pages where these resources may be found.

These databases are available campus wide (UWB/CCC):

AccessScience - also available from: http://library.uwb.edu/guides/subjects/EnvironmentalScience/referencebooks.html

Updated online version of McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of science & technology. Full access to 7100+ articles, 115,000 dictionary terms, and hundreds of research updates in all areas of science and technology. Also includes over 2000 biographies of leading scientists, weekly updates of breakthroughs and discoveries.

Corporate Affiliations - also available from http://library.uwb.edu/guides/BusWeb/BusWebCompany.htm#Directories
A corporate affiliations directory that provides insight into 174,000 parent companies, affiliates and divisions--U.S. public, U.S. private, and international. Includes M&A activity from 1976 where available. Searchable by multiple criteria such as company, parent company, subsidiary, personnel, responsibility, city, state, zip code, country, product/brand name, outside service firm name or type, area code, number of employees, sales, stock exchange, SIC code and SIC keyword, year founded, ticker symbol, and keyword. Advanced searches can be limited by public, private or international companies, as well as parent, subsidiaries or both.
Facts.com (Facts on File World News Digest) - also available from http://library.uwb.edu/guides/subjects/general.html
Provides full access to Facts on File World News Digest (1940 to present), and selected access to the World Almanac, The World Almanac Encyclopedia, Reuters News Service, Issues and Controversies On File, Today's Science on File and Editorials on File.
Plunkett Research Online - also available from http://library.uwb.edu/guides/BusWeb/BusWebDatabases.htm
An industry center providing market research, trends and analysis, industry statistics, profiles of industry-leading companies (both public and private), industry associations, and company contact export features. In addition, Job Seeking/Careers information is given.
Table-Base - also available from http://library.uwb.edu/guides/BusWeb/BusWebDatabases.htm
TableBase specializes in tabular data on companies, industries, products and demographics. It is international in scope, covers over 90 industries and provides links to tables and articles from which the tables were derived. Searchable by company name, country and region, SIC code, product codes, industry, concept term (market share, ranking, forecasts, users, etc.), and marketing term (ad volume or distribution channels).
Wilson Biography Plus Illustrated - also available from http://library.uwb.edu/guides/subjects/biography/general.html
Contains more than 95,000 biographies and obituaries and more than 26,000 photographs of the subjects. Many of the biographies are enhanced with full text, abstracts, and citations from H. W. Wilson databases.

This CD-ROMs is available in the library only:

Simmons Study of Media and Markets (Choices 3 link works with I.E. only) also described on this subject guide http://library.uwb.edu/guides/BusWeb/BusWebMarketing.htm#Situational
(To access, select: Start/Programs/Library CD-ROMS/Simmons/Choices3)
This is a consumer research database derived from responses to a national consumer survey by 30,000 American adults aged 18+. The collection of data in the database includes household purchase or usage of numerous household products, brands, and services, including media usage. Customized reports can be created from the data to analyze product users' demographic and psychographic characteristics and their media behavior. Latest available data is for 2002. Here are some Simmons database guides to help you become familiar with the database:
- Beginner's Guide for Simmons Choices III is available here. Try walking through the example in the guide first.
- Using Simmons Choices III: From the University of Tennessee is this guide to using Simmons Choices III database
- Simmons Choices II Tutorial From the Foster Business Library, this tutorial explains how to use Simmons Choices II (similar interface)
- For more complex searches, ask at the reference desk for the Simmons Choices 3 User Manual (Public Work Station Computer Manuals HC110 C6 C47 1999-2000, 2002).