BIC Orientation: MNA
Summer 2009
The BIC is here and we CAN help
Orientation session
• A lot of information. This presentation
will be on the BIC website to review at
your leisure.
• Efficient information finding.
• You will not be experts – please ask us
for assistance when starting.
The BIC is here and we CAN help
2
Goals
• Orient to BIC’s:
–
–
–
–
Staff & Contact Methods
Services & Facilities
Data and Collections
Popular Databases
• Getting connected and problem solving
The BIC is here and we CAN help
3
Staff & Contact Methods
• Stephen Hayes
Entrepreneurial Spirit Endowed Business Librarian &
Director, Thomas Mahaffey, Jr. Business Information Center
• Barb “Pete” Pietraszewski
Business Services Librarian
• Michele Shaw
Branch Supervisor
• Scott Gaglio
Technical Support Consultant/Analyst
• Beata Frelas
Technical Support Consultant/Analyst
The BIC is here and we CAN help
4
Staff & Contact Methods
• E-mail: bicref@nd.edu
• Phone: 574.631.9098
• In person:
Monday – Thursday
Friday
8:00am-6:00pm
8:00am-5:00pm
• Web: http://bic.library.nd.edu
The BIC is here and we CAN help
5
Staff & Contact Methods
• E-mail:
– bicref@nd.edu – reference & information questions
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Full Name
Contact information (phone, e-mail, etc.)
Note preferred method of contact
Best time to reach
What you want
What you will settle for
Date needed
Where & how you have searched
The BIC is here and we CAN help
6
Services & Facilities
• Services:
– Answers & Advice – Ask Business Librarian
– Renew items – Renew Books Online
– Interlibrary Loan – Interlibrary Loan Request
The BIC is here and we CAN help
7
Services & Facilities
• Facilities (in the event that you find
yourself here!):
–
–
–
–
Workstations
Fax machine
Copy machine
Scanner
The BIC is here and we CAN help
8
Data and Collections
9
Data and collections
• Academic information products
– Differ from corporate products in price and content
• Ask for information by content not
product name
– i.e. investment reports vs. First Call reports
• Perspective
– Business vs. Medical vs. Higher Education
The BIC is here and we CAN help
10
Data and collections
• The BIC identifies, negotiates licenses, & pays for quality
business databases and information resources (Note
academic license restrictions on use)
• Staff expertise on using BIC databases & information
resources as well as other business information
• Some information is still in paper and only in Hesburgh
Library or the BIC
– Giving USA
– Corporate Giving Directory
The BIC is here and we CAN help
11
BIC Webpage- “Finding the Stuff”
http://bic.library.nd.edu/
• Key BIC Webpage content areas you
should know about:
• Business Resources by Title
• Find Business Resources by Subject
• E-journal Locator
• Other important links
– Hesburgh Libraries – “Research by subject:” –
Education, Biology and Life Sciences
The BIC is here and we CAN help
12
Popular Databases
The following are SOME of the more
popular databases and BIC resources
and WHY
The BIC is here and we CAN help
13
ID & Passwords
• To access library resources you must
use your NetID and password.
– NOTE: This is the same as your general
university e-mail.
The BIC is here and we CAN help
14
GuideStar Premium
•
•
•
•
300,000 organizations that file a Form 990 or 990-EZ
70,000 private foundations
PDF version of the IRS filings
Data includes:
• General Information:
• Address etc.
• At-a-Glance – financials
• Organization Structure
•
•
•
•
Financials
Documents
Mission & Programs
People (with compensation)
The BIC is here and we CAN help
15
16
Business & Company Resource Center
• 21,074,667 articles
– many full text many back to 1980
• Investment reports and forecasts for more
than 11,000 US and international companies
and for 53 industries
– prepared by Wall Street and international brokerage firms
• Profiles of more than 100,000 public and
private companies
• Article Search allows limiting searches to
peer-reviewed journals and by journal name
17
Business & Company Resource Center
• Select Advanced Search
• Change “Content area” to “Company
Profile/Products”
• Enter “Non-profit”
• Change pull down to “keyword”
• Change pull down to “or”
• Enter “not-for-profit”
• Change pull down to “keyword”
• Click green “SEARCH” button
• Fancier, Search “medical” in the “industry description
field” (Note: Catholic Healthcare West)
The BIC is here and we CAN help
18
19
Business Source Complete
• Comprehensive business database of scholarly
journals and business periodicals
– Harvard Business Review
– Chronicle of Philanthropy
– Nonprofit World
– Nonprofit Management & Leadership
• Datamonitor Company & Industry Reports (latest
editions)
– SWOT analysis
20
Business Source Complete
•
•
•
•
•
Select Company Profile from right hand frame
Search Catholic Healthcare West
Click on link to Datamonitor Report
Find “Top Competitors” section
Research the 1st competitor “Health Care Service
Corporation”
• Select Datamonitor Report
• Find SWOT
• Applicable to the not-for-profit situation??
The BIC is here and we CAN help
21
22
IBISWorld
• Industry Market Research Report has:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Executive Summary
Key Statistics
Segmentation
Market Characteristics
Industry Conditions
Key Factors
Key Competitors
Industry Performance
Outlook
• Business environment reports
The BIC is here and we CAN help
23
IBISWorld
• 5 digit NAICS codes
•
•
•
•
61131 - University/College
62311 - Nursing Care Facilities
62422 - Community Housing Services
56111 - Human Resources & Benefits Admin.
The BIC is here and we CAN help
24
25
Academic Source Premier
• Site license – unlimited access
• Contains indexing and abstracts for
more than 8,200 journals, with full text
for more than 4,500 of those titles.
• Full text coverage in biology, chemistry,
engineering, physics, psychology,
religion & theology, etc.
The BIC is here and we CAN help
26
INSPIRE.NET
• INSPIRE.NET – Indiana’s Online Research
Library
(http://www.in.gov/library/inspire/info.html)
– Sign up for an INSPIRE Password
Use this form to request a password for accessing the
INSPIRE databases.
A temporary (72 hour) password will be issued for immediate
access.
An annual password (that can be changed) will be sent to
you by U.S. Mail.
27
• Use your Library Card
28
Suggestions
• Get a library card – if a “State” card is
offered, get it
• Locate and make friends with the
closest publicly-funded College or
University. See if you can buy library
privileges. Sometimes “walk-in” patrons
are allowed by contract.
• BIC -- IF we can help, we will try to help.
29
Feedback & Questions
• Please give us your feedback. Go to
“Feedback” on the BIC homepage – first
column, ‘Support Services for:’ section,
last link.
30