{"id":3970,"date":"2015-05-01T16:15:03","date_gmt":"2015-05-01T16:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/biz\/?p=1253"},"modified":"2015-05-01T16:15:03","modified_gmt":"2015-05-01T16:15:03","slug":"database-of-the-week-global-commodities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/2015\/05\/01\/database-of-the-week-global-commodities\/","title":{"rendered":"Database of the Week: Global Commodities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content clearfix\">\n<p>Each week we will highlight one of the many databases we have here at the Pomerantz Business Library.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content clearfix\">\n<div class=\"entry-content clearfix\">\n<div class=\"entry-content clearfix\">\n<p><b>The database: <\/b>Global Commodities: Trade, Exploration &amp; Cultural Exchange<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/biz\/files\/2015\/05\/Global_Commodities.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1252\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/biz\/files\/2015\/05\/Global_Commodities-300x259.png\" alt=\"Global_Commodities\" width=\"300\" height=\"259\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Where to find it: <\/b>You can find it <a title=\"Freedonia Focus Portal\" href=\"http:\/\/guides.lib.uiowa.edu\/go.php?c=4685151\">here<\/a>, and under G in the databases <a href=\"http:\/\/guides.lib.uiowa.edu\/az.php?a=g&amp;s=29833\">A-Z list<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>From their website: \u201cThis resource brings together manuscript, printed and visual primary source materials for the study of global commodities in world history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>Use it to find<\/b><b>:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Primary source material<\/li>\n<li>Price data visualizations, Energy data visualizations, Interactive maps, Historical maps<\/li>\n<li>Thematic areas include: Advertising &amp; Consumption, Art &amp; Literature, Cultivation, Ecology &amp; Environment, Exploration &amp; Discovery, Health &amp; Welfare, Politics &amp; Empire, Production, Social Practice, Trade &amp; Commerce, and Transportation<\/li>\n<li>Commodities explored include: Chocolate, Cotton, Coffee, Fur, Opium, Oil, Porcelain, Silver &amp; Gold, Spices, Sugar , Tea, Timber, Tobacco, Wheat, Wine &amp; Spirits.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/biz\/files\/2015\/05\/Cocoa.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1260\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/biz\/files\/2015\/05\/Cocoa.png\" alt=\"Cocoa\" width=\"553\" height=\"512\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Tips for searching:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use the tabs across the top to explore: Documents, the Chronology, Data &amp; Maps, Visual Resources &amp; Further Resources<\/li>\n<li>Use the search bar in the top right hand corner<\/li>\n<li>There are also Advanced Search and Popular Searches options<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/biz\/files\/2015\/05\/Chronology.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1255 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/biz\/files\/2015\/05\/Chronology-1024x584.png\" alt=\"Chronology\" width=\"620\" height=\"353\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Chronology<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/biz\/files\/2015\/05\/Oil_Consumption.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1257\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/biz\/files\/2015\/05\/Oil_Consumption-1024x709.png\" alt=\"Oil_Consumption\" width=\"620\" height=\"429\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0Energy Visualization<\/p>\n<p>Want help using Global Commodities? Contact <a href=\"mailto:willow-fuchs@uiowa.edu\">Willow<\/a> or <a href=\"mailto:kimberly-bloedel@uiowa.edu\">Kim<\/a> and set up an appointment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each week we will highlight one of the many databases we have here at the Pomerantz Business Library. The database: Global Commodities: Trade, Exploration &amp; Cultural Exchange Where to find [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3970"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3970"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3970\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3971,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3970\/revisions\/3971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}