Library News

The Frohring Library is pleased to announce 2 new database trials from ProQuest! 

They will remain active until November 20, 2025. 

ProQuest One Business This link opens in a new window

Trial

ProQuest One Business is a complete business library containing millions of full-text items across scholarly and popular periodicals, newspapers, market research reports, dissertations, books, videos and more.

ProQuest One Social Sciences This link opens in a new window

Trial

ProQuest One Social Science provides access to databases covering all areas of social sciences including international literature in politics, public policy, sociology, social work, anthropology, criminology, linguistics, and library science.

 

We invite all students and faculty to test these resources and share feedback to help us decide on future subscriptions: https://johncabot.libwizard.com/f/trial-feedback.

For questions and assistance, do not hesitate to get in touch with the Reference Librarians at referenceservices@johncabot.edu.

Business Source Premier has now a new interface: Business Searching Interface (BSI).

It offers a clean, easier to browse UI to make any research faster and more intuitive.  Read the full overview from EBSCO's website.

Some of the new features include:

• Discover Popular Topics 
• Explore Featured Content 
• Company Profile Reports 
• Country Reports
• Industry Reports
• Featured Collections
• Browse Featured Business Magazines 
• Spotlight On

Feel free to ask to any of our Reference and Instruction Librarians any tip and suggestion how to optimize your research while using this new Interface.

If you are a Faculty Member, feel free to also book an in-class library session with our Instruction Librarians to explain in better details how to retrieve Reports, Literature and Analyses useful for upcoming assignments. 

Don't miss the opportunity to learn new skills in the workshops offered this week by the Library. Learn about citation manager Zotero to better manage your sources. We also have workshops on company and industry research, part of the Business Series. Check the calendar and choose the workshop that best fits your interest!.

Reserve your seat on the Library website or by clicking on the buttons below:

Using Zotero Citation Manager - Part 1

Company Research

Industry Research

 Statista, our statistics database, has a new feature: Business Plan Export.

Just to be absolutely clear: Business Plan Export does not deliver a business plan!  It does, however, gather secondary data that you might need when creating such a plan (or for many other purposes) and make it very simple to download with just a few clicks.

You can easily access Business Plan Export by clicking on Expert Tools, then on Business Plan Export, then on Start Data Export.

The data will be exported in an excel file. The file consists of the following pages:

• Data: You can find the raw data based on your selection here
• Market: With a couple of mouse clicks, a concise market analysis can be displayed on this page 
• Profit & loss statement: You can model your business case here if necessary
• Comparison: In this section, your modelled P&L statement will be compared to the market

The excel workbook isn't perfect and it might be a bit complicated to understand at first, but the tool still remains a time saver if you are preparing a business plan.

For more information, get in touch with the Reference Librarians at referenceservices@johncabot.edu.