News and tips by and for staff providing reference services at the Newman Library, Baruch College (New York, NY).
We have a CUNY-wide trial to EasyBib until 7/31/12. I have set up remote access since one of its main features is the ability to access citations from anywhere. Please note that while there is some customization on the main landing page, this may change if we decide to subscribe.
As always, I am interested in hearing what you think of this product and if you think this would be of use to our users.
We have added Mergent EventsData to our list of databases which gives us access to on-going updated information on stock-splits, mergers, tender offers, partial/full calls, name changes, etc.
We have access to: U.S. Corporate Actions, International Corporate Actions for all regions, U.S. Corporate Dividends, International Corporate Dividends for all regions, U.S. Unit Investment Trust, U.S. Fixed Income, U.S. Municipal Called Bonds, EventsData Portfolio Alerts, U.S. HSD Equity Pricing (20+ Years History), International HSD Equity Pricing (20+ Years History).
From Arthur Downing, Chief Librarian and Chief Information Officer:
Due to unexpected necessary work by Con Edison on the main power feeder to the Library/Technology Building, the campus network and all local Baruch College computer systems will be unavailable from 6:00 p.m. on June 15 until 11:00 a.m. on June 16. There will be no access to faculty/staff e-mail, Baruch College web pages, the wireless network, or Degreeworks from on-site or off-site. The computers in the labs and library will not be available during this period.
From off campus there will be access to systems that are hosted outside the Baruch network, such as Blackboard®, eSIMS, BOSS, and student e-mail.
Blackboard, eSIMS, and ePermit are available via the CUNY Portal http://www.cuny.edu/
Student Email – Live @ Baruch http://mail.live.com
Advertising REDBOOKS has a brand new interface. It is much more intuitive and allows users to export the data they find. Please take a look and let me know if you would like me to organize a training session before the Fall semester starts.
All issues have been resolved per Gale. Please let me know if you find otherwise.
Per Gale, several of their resources are unavailable. BCRC seems to be the only one up at this time.
The Bloomberg terminals in the Subotnick have been temporarily disabled. I am working to fix this issue as soon as possible. Feel free to contact me if you need additional information.
We now have access to PrivCo.
PrivCo is a source for business and financial data on major, non-publicly traded corporations, including family owned, private equity owned, venture backed, and international unlisted companies. They cover over 30,000 companies, including financial data, M&A and funding activity, ownership structure, and more. They also have over 10,000 investors, and advance search options by company and investor, giving us the ability to generate fields of data within seconds based on criteria such as location, sub-industry, revenue and employee sizes, financial backing and more.
All the data is easily exported to Excel. The research reports can be printed in PDF.
We have a short trial (until May 3rd) to Statista. It is available on-campus only for the trial.
Statista is a statistical portal that integrates over 60,000 topics from over 10,000 sources onto a single platform. It has been reviewed favorably by Library Journal in their January 1, 2012 issue and by the Center for Research Libraries.
Please take a look and let me know what you think of the interface, search capabilities and its usefulness to supporting the curriculum at Baruch.