Trials – Page 8 – Reference at Newman Library

Trial to Investext Research Reports

Through March 7, we have a trial to Investext Research Reports. These reports can now be found within the Thomson ONE database. If you run a search for a company and scroll down on the profile page for that company, you’ll see in the lower left corner “Latest 5 Research Reports.” These are the Investext reports that we have trial access to. Here is what it looks like when you bring up the profile page for Google:

Other ways to retrieve reports:

Click Company Views and select Research. One may retrieve reports issued in the past 90 days or earlier to the past year or do a custom search of a time period. One may also search for reports by specific providers.
Click Screening and Analysis and select Research. Reports going back five years are available, or a custom time period. More search options are available than under Company views. Keyword searches are possible.

I’ve added a link for “Investext Research Reports” to the Trials tab on the Databases page. If you are sharing news of this trial with departments you work with, it is worth mentioning that:

you must use Internet Explorer
the link says “Investext Research Reports” but you will actually be in Thomson ONE, as this content we have trial access to is an add on to our existing subscription

Trial to ACLS Humanities E-Book

Through March, we have a passw0rd-protected trial to ACLS Humanities E-Book. Login instructions can be found in the database description for the link and, in greater detail on the Databases Overview page in the Library Services Wiki. As with all other trials, the link to it may be found on the Trials tab of the Databases page.

Please share this with any relevant departments on campus and encourage them to offer feedback.

Trial to Chatham House Online Archive

We now have access until March 4 to a CUNY-wide trial to Chatham House Archive Online. Here is the vendor’s blurb about the content:

Chatham House Online Archive contains the publications and archives of the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House), the world-leading independent international affairs policy institute founded in 1920 following the Paris Peace Conference.

The Institute’s analysis and research, as well as debates and speeches it has hosted, can be found in this online archive, subject-indexed and fully searchable.

This resource might be of special interest to SPA and the history department. Any feedback can be sent via the form on the “Trials” tab of the databases page.

Trial to BrowZine Through March 31

We now have a trial to BrowZine – delivering our journal collection to iPads or Android tablets. To use it, you’ll need to first install the app:

iPad

• From your iPad (please note that BrowZine works best on iPad 2 or later), download BrowZine from the App Store and install it.

• When you open BrowZine for the first time, you will see a list of schools, please select Baruch; then, enter your network ID and password.

• Select the subject areas and start browsing!

If you have previously downloaded BrowZine and have been using the Open Access library, you will first need to log out of that library. To do so, open BrowZine and tap the Settings button at the bottom; in the Settings page, tap the Change Library button in the upper right. The list of libraries will appear, please follow the above steps.

Android tablets

The Android version of BrowZine can be downloaded from the Google Play or Kindle/Amazon stores — same process as above. Please note that the supported devices are the Google Nexus, Samsung Galaxy and Kindle Fire HD.

Please let Mike Waldman know if you have any questions or issues and send him any feedback you may have.

Trial Extended to March 10 for Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Mgt.

If you haven’t had a chance to take a look at the Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management or share the news about the trial with your department, you’ve got another shot at it. The trial has been extended to March 10. As with all trials, a link to it may be found on the “Trials” tab of the databases page, where you’ll also see a link to a form for feedback.

Database Trial: NRC Ticker

Until January 29, we have a trial to NRC Ticker, which describes its content this way:

Ticker is the largest online healthcare survey in the US – polling 270,000 consumers annually in over 250 markets across the country. Each month, we track the healthcare opinions and behaviors of consumers to assist hospital leaders in better understanding Consumer Preference, Advertising Recall, Brand Perception, Quality/Image, Outmigration, and more.

Whether the need is for current or historical information, Ticker is the answer for hospitals looking to validate or optimize their strategy and spend.

Access to this trial will be via the “Trials” tab on the databases page. Login info for the database can be found in Databases Overview page in the Library Services wiki. Remote access is not available for this trial.

Please share any feedback here in the comments or using the online survey form on the Trials tab.

Trial: ProQuest Research Companion

Through January 5, we have a trial to an interesting database: ProQuest Research Companion. It’s a set of interactive tutorials for students to help them learn how to find, evaluate, and use information. Since we have this trial for a limited time, please try to take a look at it as soon as you can and send Mike your feedback (or post them as comments here). A link to the database is on the “Trials” tab of the “Databases” page. I’m thinking that even if we decide to take a pass on this product, it might be a source of some good ideas about techniques and approaches to teaching information literacy.

Trial: Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management

Through December 21, we have access to a CUNY-wide trial to the Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management. A link to it can be found on the “Trials” tab of the databases page. Please share this with departments you work with if it’s relevant and direct anyone interested in providing feedback to the form linked to on the “Trials” tab.

Trial: Statistical Abstracts of the World

Through December 14, all of CUNY has trial access to ProQuest’s Statistical Abstracts of the World. Please share this with the departments you work if you think it might be of interest and provide this link for faculty to fill out a form with any feedback they may have:

Link to the trials tab on the Databases page:

http://guides.newman.baruch.cuny.edu/content.php?pid=349494&sid=3462218

Link to the form for feedback:

https://baruch.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_55pEz95uVBuxwNL

As per usual, feel free to pass along your comments directly to Mike or as a comment to this blog post.

Trial for PolicyMap

We’ve just re-activated our trial to PolicyMap, a US web-mapping database with statistical data of interest to people in business, public policy, and the social sciences. The last trial ran during the final exams period in the spring, and thus didn’t get much attention. The trial is active again from now until Oct 31st and is accessible on campus via our list of trial databases.

Feel free to take a look and ask faculty who may be interested to do the same, and send feedback to Mike.

A description from PolicyMap’s literature:

“PolicyMap provides access to thousands of data indicators that can be analyzed as layers, as well as data points, on interactive maps. PolicyMap’s data indicators are related to demographics, neighborhood conditions, real estate markets, federal program-eligible areas, money and income, lending activity, jobs and economy, education, health, and more. Data can be viewed on a census block or census tract level in many cases, city, county, zip, state, US, as well as by congressional district, school district, state house and state senate districts. PolicyMap’s data collection includes but also extends far beyond US Census data.”

“PolicyMap data can be presented as maps, tables, charts and reports that can be incorporated into papers, presentations, blogs and websites. In addition, students and faculty can upload unlimited amounts of their own address-based data for use in PolicyMap, and can share these maps with others.”