By Patricia Berens | September 21, 2015
Horn Library has recently subscribed to Pitchbook as Babson’s new resource for private equity and venture capital information. This resource replaces VentureXpert, formerly available on the ThomsonOne platform. (We no longer subscribe to ThomsonOne.) Pitchbook provides in-depth information and statistics on companies, deals, and investors. Access Pitchbook on the Library website, alphabetical list of databases…
By Patricia Berens | September 15, 2015
Called Aftermarket Research, this new resource replaces the Investext collection we previously accessed through ThomsonOne’s research module. Thousands of analyst reports from well known as well as smaller, local brokerage and market research providers across the globe are now available to us and provide in-depth company and industry analyses of equity markets. Find the link…
By Patricia Berens | May 13, 2015
Global Road Warrior and Mango Languages — a winning combination! If you’re traveling abroad and want to find out some of the important details about your destination, such as climate, customs, electrical system, currency, food, points of interest, and lots more, Global Road Warrior has the answers. Need to brush up on your foreign language…
By Patricia Berens | February 27, 2015
Through the end of April, our subscription to Business Monitor International’s Country Risk and Industry Risk reports also includes Operational Risk reports. Focusing particularly on emerging markets, these reports assess the risk of doing business in 80 countries. The reports cover the labor market, logistics, trade & investments, and crime & security. You may…
By Patricia Berens | February 13, 2015
Our access to Mediamark MRI has been reinstated. This resource provides access to GfK MRI’s Survey of the American Consumer™ which tracks media usage, demographics, psychographics, and consumer behavior. Use it to find spreadsheets containing demographics, lifestyles, product and brand usage, and advertising media preferences. Helpful for business planning and marketing. Access Mediamark MRI on the Library…
By Patricia Berens | November 7, 2014
A careful review of the similarities and differences between RMA’s eStatement Studies product and BizMiner revealed that BizMiner provides more extensive content and represents a better value. Faculty and librarian input contributed to the decision to let our subscription to eStatement Studies lapse and instead refer users to BizMiner. In terms of industry financial reports,…
By Patricia Berens | October 27, 2014
American Doctoral Dissertations, 1933-1955 provides online access to the only comprehensive record of dissertations accepted by American universities during that time period, the print index Doctoral Dissertations Accepted by American Universities. The EBSCOhost database contains nearly 100,000 citations. Look for the EBSCOhost link on the library website, database list: http://libguides.babson.edu/az.php?a=e
By Patricia Berens | October 16, 2014
Horn Library has purchased the digital archive of Dun’s Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios. Find historical industry financial ratios using 4-digit SIC codes for over 800 lines of business, as well as industry norms for major industry segments. Key Business Ratios is on the list of library research databases. The vendor is Mergent (D&B is…
By Patricia Berens | October 16, 2014
Mergent Online is a comprehensive source of information about US and international companies, both public and private. Research company histories, executives, financials, competitors, supply chain, equity research, SEC filings, and more. One can do individual company look-ups as well as screen according to a variety of criteria. Mergent Online also includes industry reports and country…
By J Hebard | April 29, 2014
EBSCOhost databases are back up. If you continue to have trouble accessing these databases please let us know, research@babson.edu We are having intermittent connectivity issues with our EBSCOhost databases. The vendor is working to resolve the issue. Stay tuned.