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Happy Valentine’s with Euromonitor Passport!

By: Laura Hansen

Published on: Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

Welcome to Spring Semester, business researchers!

We’re less than one week away from Valentine’s Day, and I thought it was a good time to share some interesting Valentine’s-themed nuggets of note our vendor has shared with us that will (hopefully) help you to fall in love with one of our favorite market research databases: Euromonitor Passport GMID!

First, the Dashboards in Euromonitor Passport GMID reveal that the US is the largest market in the world for chocolate confectionery.  Good news for chocolate lovers, but growth in this market has declined since 2009.

 

Secondly, Mars is the dominant player in the confectionery market after overtaking The Hershey Company in 2008 (I’m excited to see Lindt and Ferrero on this list, personally).

And finally, if jewelry is more your style this Valentine’s Day, new data available for Passport Industrial reveals that Tiffany’s is the largest producer of jewelry in the US.

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Why the Blackouts? Info on SOPA; alternatives to Wikipedia

By: John Heintz

Published on: Wednesday, January 18th, 2012

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Have you noticed that Wikipedia and other sites are “blacked out” today?

Many tech companies have decided to go dark for 24 hours on January 18, 2012 as an advocacy move to fight against adoption of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and a related act dubbed PIPA that seek to regulate online piracy and copyright infringement.  These opponents are concerned about potential threats to privacy and the open-ness of the internet.

For more on the issue, here are some resources:

For usable, every day quality information as an alternative (or in addition to) Wikipedia, try some of these UST Libraries subscription resources:

Ask a Librarian if you’d like some help.

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Posted in Database Highlights & Trials, News & Events | 2 Comments »

PsycINFO access difficulties

By: Carolyn DeLuca

Published on: Thursday, December 1st, 2011

PsycINFO is experiencing technical difficulties.  Please stand by.  Or hit the PsycINFO link several times to see if it works (that’s been working for us).  Also, try using a browser other than IE.  Firefox has been particularly lucky today.

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