ABI/INFORM
®
“…an unmatched resource for business research today…
ABI/INFORM
The Gold Standard”
Update 1H2008
…“an unmatched resource for business research today… The Gold
Standard”
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ABI/INFORM
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Overview - the business research gold standard
ProQuest Indexing - better indexing means better results
Research - world class content, excellence in journal quality
Non-Periodicals - valuable cutting-edge business content
Search Features - results that find you
Overview
ABI/INFORM is about business research…
ABI/INFORM Complete is the most comprehensive
business database on the market today
It includes in-depth coverage for almost 4,000
publications with nearly 3,000 available in full-text
It offers the latest business and financial
information for researchers at all levels
Overview
Customers agree…
ABI/INFORM sets the
standard for:
• Superior content
• Quality results
• Ease-of-use
Overview
ABI/INFORM serves the world’s top business schools and universities
Financial Times MBA 2008
The top 100 full-time global MBA programs
1. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
3. Columbia Business School
4. Stanford University
5. Harvard Business School
7. MIT (Sloan)
8. IE Business School
9. University of Chicago
11. CEIBS
13. New York University (Stern)
14. IMD
15. Dartmouth College (Tuck)
18. HEC Paris
19. University of Oxford (Said)
20.Indian School of Business
“I consider ABI/INFORM
the major business
periodical database in
our library.”
– Peggy Shaw
Director of Business Information
Resources
Jones Graduate School of
Management
Rice University
Overview
ABI/INFORM is global and growing…
Cologne
Mannheim
University
Agenda
ABI/INFORM
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Overview - the business research gold standard
ProQuest Indexing - better indexing means better results
Research - world class content, excellence in journal quality
Non-Periodicals - valuable cutting-edge business content
Tools - reference linking, training, customer support
Search Features - results that find you
ProQuest Search Results
Helpful
suggestions
ProQuest Indexing
New Controlled Vocabulary Terms for 2007-08
Opportunity Tax Act 2007-US
Behind the counter drugs
Web mashups
Sustainability management
Stock photography
Bootstrap finance
Complexity theory
Competent authority
Digital radio
Food prices
Ethical consumerism
Acidity
Entrepreneurship
Jet fuel prices
Angel investors
Nonviolence
Video art
Lifecycle funds
Concept mapping
Web analytics
Computer forensics
Economic substance doctrine
Credit default swaps
Sustainability reporting
Carbon offsets
Small Business & Work
Off highway vehicles
String theory
Auction rate securities
Shareholder activism
Collaboration
Neoliberalism
Ethical consumerism
100-200 terms added yearly –
ensure a high-standard of
indexing quality
Banking & Finance Content spotlight
ABI/INFORM editors recommended
search topics:
 Bailouts
 Bank Failures
 Banking Industry
 Credit ratings
 Credit risk
 Dow Jones averages
 Foreclosure
 Housing prices
 Recessions
 Regulation of financial institutions
 New term: Credit default swaps
Recommended publications
Wall Street Journal (Eastern edition)
Financial Times
The Economist
Rand Journal of Economics
US News and World Report
ABA Banking Journal
Business and Finance Week
Economics and Business Week
McClatchy Tribune Business News
Better Investing
Oxford Economic Country Briefings
Agenda
ABI/INFORM
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Overview - the business research gold standard
ProQuest Indexing - better indexing means better results
Research - world class content, excellence in journal quality
Non-Periodicals - valuable cutting-edge business content
Search Features - results that find you
World Class Content
ABI/INFORM delivers premier business research results…
Combining the leading business sources in Print…
World Class Content
ABI/INFORM delivers premier business research results…
With the foremost sources of online business news
Unique Periodicals
Publisher
Cambridge University
Press
Emerald Group
Publishing
Springer Science &
Business Media
Dow Jones & Company
Inc
Sloan Management
Review Association
Titles
Select Key Titles
23
China Quarterly • European Constitutional Law Review • Foreign Policy
• Bulletin International Journal of Law in Context • Journal of Modern
African Studies, The • Netherlands International Law Review
114
International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research •
Journal of Knowledge Management • Journal of Documentation •
Internet Research • Direct Marketing; An International Journal
86
Journal of Economic Growth • Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery •
Information Retrieval • Journal of Scheduling • Journal of Gambling
Studies • Ethics and Information Technology
5
Wall Street Journal • Barron's • Barron's National Business and
Financial Weekly • Central European Economic Review
1
MIT Sloan Management Review
Palgrave
16
Oxford University Press
13
IGI Global
12
Financial Times Limited
1
European Management Review • Journal of Direct, Data and Digital
Marketing Practice • Latino Studies • Knowledge Management
Research & Practice
Computer Journal, The • Journal of African Economies • Journal of
Financial Econometrics • Socio - Economic Review
Complete Collection of IGP Information Technology Case Collection
Depository • Journal of Cases on Information Technology •
International Journal of Electronic Government Research
Financial Times (also in Factiva)
Harzing Rankings
58% of ABI/INFORM Global journals are scholarly/peer-reviewed
Subject areas
Titles with Harzing scores in
ABI/INFORM Complete
Economics
Finance & Accounting
Marketing
OS/OB,HRM,IR
General & Strategy
OR,MS,POM
MIS, KM
Public Sector Management
Psychology
Sociology
Communication
Entrepreneurship
Innovation
Business History
Tourism
Multidisciplinary
TOTAL
160
89
70
70
64
59
53
43
35
21
10
10
9
5
5
1
704
International content
Journal content is extracted from 38 countries
1,572
40%
Country
Count
United States
2,569
United Kingdom
1,010
Netherlands
177
Canada
122
Australia/NZ
51
Switzerland
45
Germany
36
France
30
US Publications
Singapore
18
Non US Publications
Japan
16
Rest of world
67
2,569
60%
Coming soon: a few examples
Territory
Publisher
China
Emerald
Czech Republic
Technical University of Liberac
Hong Kong /
Asia
HK University
India
Emerald, Management Development Institute
Middle East
Albawaba, Emerald
Spain
Unidad Editorial Revistas, S.L.U
Switzerland
Geneva papers on risk and insurance - Issues and practice
United Kingdom
Cambridge University Press, Oxford Publishing Limited,
Palgrave, Incisive Media Plc
Growing Title Lists
ABI/INFORM content is continuously increasing…
1400
1200
1000
800
600
400
800
925
1209 1263
1175
1050
200
0
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
ABI/INFORM
Global Title Totals
New Content
121 Titles Added in 12 months
Emerald – 19 titles
Cambridge University Press –
30 (11 just added)
Centaur – 13 titles
Dreamcatchers – 11 titles, with
Conference Proceedings
ABA – 4 titles added
Via Media – 2 titles
Brookings – 4 titles
SSRN – Working Papers added
continuously
New Rx – 19 titles
And more...
Agenda
ABI/INFORM
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Overview - the business research gold standard
ProQuest Indexing - better indexing means better results
Research - world class content, excellence in journal quality
Non-Periodicals - valuable cutting-edge business content
Search Features - results that find you
Non-Periodical Content
ABI/INFORM Complete
Total
Business Cases
5,950
ProQuest Business Dissertations
21,093
EIU ViewsWire (Country Reports)
193,664
Going Global Career Guides
850
Annual Reports
7,290
SSRN ( Social Science Research Network) working papers
15,306
Author Profiles (Scholar Universe)
125,000
Market Research Articles  Now Indexed July 2008!
22,032
SWOT Analysis indexed
1,337
Chairman and CEO Profiles indexed
1,091
Total : 393,613
SSRN Working Papers
Social Sciences Research Network: “Tomorrow’s
Research Today”
 Over 15,000 Working
Papers
 Growing by 8,000 to 12,000
Annually
 Cutting edge research and
thought
 Worldwide university
participation
ProQuest is the only library vendor offering SSRN Working Papers
Dissertations
Full-Text Dissertations and Case Studies
Over 21,000 – and growing
• The central source for doctoral
dissertations and master’s theses
• From over 1,000 colleges and
universities worldwide from 1962 forward
• Click the "Dissertations" Tab on the
ProQuest results page for easy access to
this content
• Almost 2,000 full-text dissertations
were added in 2007 and 1500+ so far
for 2008
EIU ViewsWire Reports
ProQuest is the preferred
provider of EIU ViewsWire
• Nearly 195,000 reports - 12,000+
as recent as 2008 with business
intelligence on 195 countries
• Analytical briefings
o Country Alerts - briefings on
world-wide key market
developments
o Country Views - assessments and
forecasts of changing market
conditions and the implications for
business
o Country Background - facts and
figures on the local market and
regulatory environment
EIU Viewswire Reports
Global Analysis of:
• Business regulations
• Corporate strategies
• Economic developments
• Financial markets
• Foreign investments
• Industrial trends
• Labor conditions
• Political changes
• Trade policies
• And more!
Data: Population, GDP, Exchange
Rate, Historical Averages
Business Cases
Business Cases
•ABI/INFORM contains a growing collection of over 400 full-text business
cases found in:
o International Journal of Case Research
o Idea Group (IGI) Collection (300+)
o HEC Montreal Collection
•Over 5,500 A&I business cases from leading collections:
o Harvard Business Review
o Ivey
o Thunderbird
o Idea Group
o Darden
o Case Research Journal - NEW (North American Case Research Association)
Market Research Reports
ProQuest is indexing market research
reports and articles, and continues to
add more!
22,000+ market research documents!
•Including SWOT Analyses, Company
profiles and Industry overviews
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Just-Auto
Just-Style
Just-Drinks
Just-Food
More to come…
Marketing Research Reports are a top
content area supporting all disciplines
of business research…
•These can replace otherwise expensive
reports that cannot be previewed and
need to be purchased on a case-by-case
basis
Annual reports
Annual Reports
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More than 7,000 annual reports available from over 800 leading
North American companies
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Cover a wide range of industries
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Available in ABI/Inform Complete only
Reference Linking
Reference Linking - Scholar Universe
125,000 Author Profiles provide key information about authors such
as affiliation, research topics and contact information
• Look for the cap icon next to an author's name in ABI/INFORM in
order to access an Author Profile page:
• Profiles contain hard-to-find, vital information about the author
o Email Address, Titles, Web-sites, Research Interests
o Links to more articles found in ProQuest by the author
o Ability to search through community links to find related
institutions and authors
Author Profiles
Author Profiles in
Scholar Universe
Discipline-specific
contact information
keeps researchers
connected to scholars
in their field
Agenda
ABI/INFORM
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Overview - the business research gold standard
ProQuest Indexing - better indexing means better results
Research - world class content, excellence in journal quality
Non-Periodicals - valuable cutting-edge business content
Search Features - results that find you
ProQuest Interface
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ProQuest Smart Search
* Award-winning feature
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Email Alerting Service
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My Research
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ProQuest Search Widget
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Reference Linking – demo available online
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Automatically formatted bibliographies
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RSS Feeds
RSS Feeds
Users can link to
create RSS feeds
for:
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Any search
string
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Any publication
• No need to
create an account to
set up
RSS Feeds
All the information
the user needs gets
displayed in a popup window
Email Alerts
Email Alerts
• Users can receive email
alerts on search strings by
clicking here
A pop up window appears:
Email Alerts can then be set on a schedule,
with a customized email message.
Summary
More content
Superior indexing
Investment in improvements
58% of content is peer-reviewed
Content growth continues
Content is global
Thank You.
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