Rod Library has canceled Morningstar Mutual Funds, a print source kept at the library reference desk, and added Morningstar Investment Research Center.

In addition to this link, the Morningstar Investment Research Centeris is listed in UNISTAR, the library catalog, and in the Databases A-Z list in the center of the Rod Library home page.

The Morningstar Investment Research Center contains data and analysis on stocks, funds, ETFs, and industries. The Portfolio X-Ray tool can be used to study the performance of particular investments as a portfolio.

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Research Help in CBB Lounge This Semester

Tom Kessler and I (Stan Lyle) will have regular hours during the fall 2008 semester in the Curris Business Building to help students find journal articles and other information needed for assignments on companies, industries, and other business and economics topics.

One of us will be in the student lounge area on the first floor every Monday (noon-2 p.m.) and Thursday (10 a.m.-noon), from the first week of October through the week before Finals. Look for the tabletop sign that says "H E L P."

Students can also ask me for help via IM (unilibbiz) or use the Rod Library Ask Us! service.

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Datamonitor company reports can be found in a database called Business Source Elite (see this blog entry for details. Look under the Company Profiles tab at the top of the screen.)

Datamonitor Industry Market Research reports such as:

United States - Pharmaceuticals.(Industry overview)
China - OTC Pharmaceuticals.(Industry overview)

can be found in Business & Company Resource Center, which is listed on the Rod Library Business Portal. It also is listed on the Rod Library home page under Databases A-Z.

After connecting to Business & Company Resource Center, select Advanced Search. Change the Content Area to Industry overviews, and then type an industry of interest such as pharmaceuticals. The results may include industry overviews from encyclopedias as well as Datamonitor market research reports; look for the green Market Research tab in the upper right for Datamonitor reports.

Other databases on the Business Portal such as IBISWorld, Mintel, and Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage also analyze industries and markets.

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