The University Libraries now offers access to Bizminer, a premier industry and market research tool. This resource provides statistically heavy data on 9000 industries. Users can refine both industry and market results by geographic area and sales class. Some historic information dates back 3—5 years. In addition, Bizminer features a competitive market analyzer, as wellContinue reading “Now Available: Bizminer”

Would you like to renew your books before summer begins?  Now is the time!  Faculty book loans due  June 2, 2014 and graduate loans due June 25, 2014 can now be extended.  You will need to bring your books in person; the material may not be renewed by telephone, by e-mail, or from a list. Continue reading “Faculty and Graduates: Book Renewals”

The University Libraries will be serving free apple pie bites on Pi Day, Friday, March 14th (that is Friday, 3.14).  Come to Main, Engineering, Hardin … and of course, Business … for a tasty treat! “Pi Day is celebrated on March 14th (3/14) around the world. Pi (Greek letter “π”) is the symbol used inContinue reading “Celebrate Pi Day with Pie!”

Willow Fuchs is the Pomerantz Business Library’s new Reference and Instruction Librarian.  She grew up in Canada and completed her Masters of Information Studies in 2008 at the University of Toronto.  At the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) Willow began her career.  She later moved to Nottingham, United Kingdom.  There, she worked as OpenContinue reading “New Reference & Instruction Librarian: Willow Fuchs”

Have a MacBook, iPhone, or iPad?  Do you need to display info. at a group meeting or study? You can now connect to the Library’s media table.  Just ask at the Business Library’s main desk for a Mac adapter.  

Oxford University Press and the Social Explorer team will open up access to Social Explorer http://www.socialexplorer.com/ for the next two weeks. Social Explorer offers users Census data from 1790 to 2010 and American Community Survey data from 2005 to 2012.  Just set up a username and password to use the database. From: Marianne Mason mailto:marianne-mason@uiowa.eduContinue reading “Census Statistics during the Shutdown”

The University Libraries are providing a trial subscription to Bloomberg BNA.  This Law School Professional Information Center offers valuable resources for law school librarians, faculty, and students seeking to maximize their investment in Bloomberg BNA publications.  The resource includes news and information on business and the law, taxes, accounting, human resources, and more. The trialContinue reading “Bloomberg BNA, Trial Subscription: Legal & Business Issues and More”

Monday, August 5th, the new and improved Business Library home page launches.  With a simpler display and more visuals, users should quickly be able to find the resources they need.  Coupled with upgrades to Smart Search, the new page will be a great help to students, staff, and the public. Need assistance?  Both contact informationContinue reading “Improved Home Page Launches Monday, August 5th”

Congratulations to Kimberly Bloedel, Head of the Marvin A. Pomerantz Business Library! Kim has been serving as interim director of the library for the past 6 months, and she has served as the Business Reference Librarian since 2006. She will now take charge of the 275-seat, state-of-the-art facility in the Tippie College of Business. PleaseContinue reading “Head of the Pomerantz Business Library: Kimberly Bloedel”

WordsAnalytics offers detailed searches within Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings back to 2001.  Criteria, which users can apply and combine, include: form type keywords financial metrics agreements and contracts subsidiary lists 1000+ pre-programmed search strings This resource also lets users export text to Word or PDF & tables to Excel. The powerful “analytics” toolContinue reading “Search within SEC Filings: WordsAnalytics (New!)”