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Business Data in Primo ALA | June 2013. Gilad Gal, Director of Product Management. Users’ expectations. Where do I find this type of material? What is the optimal search tool in a specific context?. Types of business data. Academic journal articles Country/industry/market reports
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Business Data in Primo ALA | June 2013 Gilad Gal, Director of Product Management
Users’ expectations Where do I find this type of material? What is the optimal search tool in a specific context?
Types of business data Academic journal articles Country/industry/market reports Datasets Company directories Real time data/historical data including analytics
Appropriateness for ‘search it all’ search box Academic journal articles Country/industry/market reports Datasets Company directories Real time data/historical data including analytics
Journal articles: The most heavily used resource type Q: “What types of general resources do you use most for your work (books, journals, reports, data sets, experts, webpages, blogs, etc.)?” Assessing the Research Needs of Graduate Students at Georgetown University David Gibbs , Jennifer Boettcher , Jill Hollingsworth , Heather Slania The Journal of Academic Librarianship Volume 38, Issue 5 2012 268 - 276 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2012.07.002
Journal articles collections • JSTOR • Business I • Business II • Business III • Gale • Business Insights: Essentials • One File • INFORMS • Informit Business Collection • Now Publishers - Foundations & Trends • National Bureau of Economics Research Papers • RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) • Emerald - Management eJournals
Raw data for research • Types • Country/industry/market reports • Data sets • Sources • Key Note – Market research & company information • Mintel Oxygen – Market reports • Plunkett – Almanacs & videos • OECD iLibrary– Journals, books, statistical tables, datasets, factbooks • IMF eLibrary – Journals, books, reports, databases
Referral to external DB • Company directories • Real time data/historical data including analytics
Personalized ranking Providing context
Users’ expectations Where do I find this type of material? What is the optimal search tool in a specific context?
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