USF Polytechnic Library

Over the next month, the USF Libraries has been given trial access to the following databases: FAITS, and SMP.

The first of two database trials being offered by Faulkner Information Services is FAITS (Faulkner Advisory For Information Technology Studies). FAITS reports are designed to help students, instructors, and administrators learn about and keep up with the critical issues, emerging trends, products, services, and vendors driving the IT industry. Topical coverage areas include IT infrastructure, telecommunications, wireless technology, data networking, convergence, security, enterprise systems, the internet, and technology vendors.

The second Faulkner database is SMP (Security Management Practices), in which new reports are available every month covering facility security, IT and network security, financial and legal security, business continuity, biometrics, risk and crisis management, public safety, personnel security, and security technology. Also included is CSO Digest, a weekly electronic news digest summarizing all of the major security industry news, events, and happenings.

To access the two Faulkner databases, click here. If you are off campus, make sure you log on to the Library’s web site first. These databases will be available through September 25, 2009.

Over the next month, the USF Libraries has been given trial access to the following database: Mergent InvestorEdge.

Mergent InvestorEdge provides access to the financial documents and information you need for each individual company for comprehensive investment research. Key features include:

Over 4,000 equity research reports, updated weekly, providing expert analysis and buy, sell, hold recommendations from Ford Equity Research.
Industry reports with sector level analysis covering current environment, industry profiles, performance, market trends, outlook and more.
Annual reports covering the past 10 years with over 300,000 company and financial documents in the database.

To access InvestorEdge, click here. If you are off campus, make sure you log on to the Library’s web site first. This database will be available through September 30, 2009. Your feedback is welcome.

The USF Libraries currently subscribe to three of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) statistical databases: Balance of Payments Statistics, Direction of Trade Statistics, and International Financial Statistics. A fourth, Government Finance Statistics (GFS), is currently available to us as a trial until July 2nd.

GFS is a specialized statistics system, with balancing components designed to facilitate analysis of the government and public sectors. Here are some quick facts about this database:

Time series: 135,000+
Countries covered: 133
Historical data: 1990
Data frequency: Annual
Publication Updates: Quarterly
Export formats: Excel, .csv, Access, tabbed text, html

Please try it and let me know what you think. In order to access this database at the below link, you must either be on campus or logged onto the library’s web page. It may be helpful to try the tutorials available on this web page first.

http://www.imfstatistics.org/gfs/

USF Libraries currently has trial access to two resources from Mergent: Private Company Database and WebReports.

First, we have access to Mergent’s Private Company Database. Dun & Bradstreet provides key information on U.S. and Canadian companies with annual sales greater than $3 million and global companies with annual sales greater than $10 million. You can go into Mergent through our databases, as usual and you will notice that on the basic search screen, toward the bottom, you can select a box that says “include private companies.” Also with this trial, in the Advanced Search, you can make it so only “Private Company DB” is selected or leave all selected. You can also access this database by going to the following URL: http://www.MergentOnline.com. Just remember to log into the library’s web site if you are off campus.

Facts and Figures

Total number of records over 1 million
Contains companies with total sales ranging from 5.7 million to 68.5 billion Total employees for these companies range from 1 to 807,600 Companies operating in the U.S. and Canada over 525,000 records Companies outside the U.S. and Canada over 500,000 records

We also have trial access to Digital Corporate Manuals. Mergent WebReports is an online database that allows you to access a vast archive of corporate and industry related documents. WebReports contains more than 180,000 documents covering over 100 countries and industries using an easy to navigate and reliable system. To access Mergent WebReports, please go to the following web site: http://webreports.mergent.com . Make sure you are logged in to the library’s web site if off campus. I would also like to mention that we do have these documents in our Reference Annex and in microfilm.

Both of these trials will last until July 10th. Please let me know your thoughts on these resources.

Currently there are six active trials to databases. Please note the end dates and the use of passwords for two of them. We will be glad to receive your feedback.

Accounting and Tax with Standards (ProQuest) through 10/21/08

Search key accounting standards from FASB, GASB, and IASB along with top accounting literature. Standards content includes Original Pronouncements, Statements, Interpretations, Board Opinions, AICPA Interpretations, Current Text, EITF Abstracts and much more. International in scope, this product has in-depth coverage of accounting policies, state and national tax legislation, corporate taxation, as well as related accounting topics such as auditing, compensation, pension plans, and financial management.

Password is usfbiz2008

Proquest Entrepreneurship through 10/21/08

Search worldwide publications and multi-media related to the topic of Entrepreneurship. Intended to bridge theory with practice, the Entrepreneurship database covers a wide spectrum of resources useful to educators, researchers, students and practitioners. Content ranges from the scholarly - including journals, dissertations, working papers and conference proceedings - to a full toolkit of practical guides, templates, forms, sample business plans, and tips from successful entrepreneurs.

Password is usfbiz2008

Science Signaling through 12/31/08

Science Signaling is a resource for groundbreaking research and commentary in the dynamic field of cellular signaling. Topics range from basic science to design of therapeutics and from molecules to networks and systems design. Weekly original, peer-reviewed research articles have been added as of September 2008. Science Signaling gives instant access to the concepts and methods leading to breakthroughs in signal transduction
with weekly editions that combine the distinctive features of Science’s STKE with the new journal’s features:
• Original, peer-reviewed full-text articles (fall 2008)
• Perspectives, scientist-written opinion articles about recently published research and methods
• Reviews of peer-reviewed articles summarizing the latest developments in cell signaling research
• Protocols presenting important lab techniques and guidance on experimental methods
• Database of Cell Signaling, an interactive database of components of cellular signaling pathways and their relationships, updated regularly
• Virtual Journal of full-text access to signal transduction articles provided by participating publishers (visit www.sciencesignaling.org/literature/vj for further information on this feature)

LexisNexis Congressional Research Digital Collection Historical Archive through 10/31/08

(CRS) was established within the Library of Congress to provide Members, committees, and congressional staff with nonpartisan and objective research and analysis on all public policy issues. Currently, the CRS research divisions are American Law; Domestic Social Policy; Foreign Affairs, Defense and Trade; Government and Finance; Knowledge Services; and Resources, Science and Industry. When the collection is complete in 2009, users will be able to access volumes of the Record and its predecessors from the current day back to 1789 either in a unified LexisNexis Congressional search or as a search unique to the Record for roll call voting, information on Senators and Members of Congress, even specific pages, bills or laws, with HTML links to daily digest text, related publications, and other speakers and subjects. Online coverage of daily versions of the Record will remain available in LexisNexis Congressional from 1985 to date.

LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital Collection 1824-1979 through 10/31/08

LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital Collection 1980-2003 through 10/31/08

Congressional hearings are a treasure trove of information and have long been among the library’s most used collections. With the addition of this prospective hearings module of the Congressional Hearings Digital Collection, this database now includes abstracting, indexing, bibliographic information, and searchable PDFs for Congressional hearings from 1824-present.

For access these databases and other library resources visit http://www.poly.usf.edu/library. Click on “Search the databases” to begin.

This trial provides access to two electronic resources: FAITS (Faulkner Advisory For Information Technology Studies) and SMP (Security Management Practices). FAITS is an information technology reference library with reports designed to help students, instructors, and administrators learn about and keep up with the critical issues, emerging trends, products, services, and vendors driving the IT industry. Topical coverage areas include IT infrastructure, telecommunications, wireless technology, data networking, convergence, security, enterprise systems, the internet, and technology vendors. SMP provides access to monthly reports covering facility security, IT and network security, financial and legal security, business continuity, biometrics, risk and crisis management, public safety, personnel security, and security technology.

This trial will end on June 16, 2008.

For this database and other library resources visit http://www.lakeland.usf.edu/library. Click on “Search the databases” to begin. You will also find this database listed under “By Subject” under Trial Databases.

We are announcing trial access to Ward’s Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies. This trial ends May 15, 2008.

Ward’s Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies covers domestic private and public companies. Up to twenty items of information are provided for each company listed. Includes names, addresses, telephone numbers, e-mails, and URLs, total assets, operating revenue, employee figures, hard-to-find data such as sales, metropolitan statistical area, exchange, and up to five names and titles of executive officers. Four-digit Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes and the newer five- and six-digit North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes are given. Up to 200 records can be exported. To search the Ward’s Business Directory exclusively, click on the Advanced Search tab and select Ward’s from the drop down box.

For these databases and other library resources visit http://www.lakeland.usf.edu/library/ . Click on “Search the databases” to begin. You may also find these databases listed under “By Subject” under Trial Databases.

The Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database (CLCD) provides more than 315,000 reviews of children’s books. All are full text searchable from 37 review sources.

CLCD is an independent review source with reviewers that include book authors, librarians, writers and editors, teachers, and children’s literature specialists. Children’s Literature reviewers read and critically review more than 4,000 books annually. Each month Children’s Literature features interviews with children’s book authors and illustrators, and several sets of themed reviews which are archived for continued reference. There are links to author illustrator sites, publishers, kids, parent and teacher resources, children’s literature collections, and upcoming events relating to children’s literature.

This trial ends 4/30/08.

For this database and other library resources visit http://www.lakeland.usf.edu/library/. Click on “Search the databases” to search by name. You may also find this database listed under “By Subject” under Trial Databases.

For about the next three weeks, we are conducting a trial of a collection of engineering e-books called CRCnetBASE. These are the electronic version of books published by the CRC Press and Taylor & Francis.

This collection is actually composed of different subsets: CivilEngineeringnetBASE, ElectricalEngineeringnetBASE, ENGnetBASE, MechanicalEngineeringnetBASE and TELECOMMUNICATIONSnetBASE. The whole collection can be acquired, individual subsets or individual titles.

Please check out the collection and let us know your opinion using this form.