UHD Library Blog

New Databases in Business

We are pleased to introduce two new databases for company and industry research.

Hoover's is one of the world's leading sources for company profiles and financial data. Each company profile has information about the company's background and history, its products and brand names, its officers, its domestic and foreign subsidiaries, and market share data. Hoover's also offers excellent industry profiles, and advanced tools for searching company data or comparing companies.

FirstResearch is a useful source for industry profiles and forecasts. It also offers economic data and forecasts for U.S. states and Canadian provinces. The FirstResearch "Industry Prospector" provides customized analyses of industries based on financial metrics, employment or wage data, and other industry drivers, such as consumer spending, energy prices, government regulation, or interest rates.

Look for these databases in the Business & Management section of Find Articles (Databases).

Art Full Text

Art Full Text from WilsonWeb has long been the premier source for research in art journals and magazine. It covers 466 publications in art, art history, architecture, crafts, decorative arts, design, fashion, film, painting, photography, pottery, sculpture, television, textiles, and video. Some content from Art Full Text is included in OmniFile, which has been available at UHD for many years, but the library's new subscription to Art Full Text as a stand-alone database provides much deeper coverage of the arts. Look for Art Full Text in the Find Articles (Databases) section of the library website.

ProQuest Historical Newspapers

ProQuest Historical Newspapers is now available at UHD. This database offers complete cover-to-cover archives of nine historical newspapers:  The Atlanta Constitution (1868-1939), The Boston Globe (1872-1925), The Chicago Tribune (1849-1986), The Hartford Courant (1764-1984), The Los Angeles Time (1881-1986), The New York Times (1851-2005), The San Francisco Chronicle (1880-1922), The Wall Street Journal (1889-1991), and The Washington Post (1877-1992). A tenth newspaper is coming soon: The Baltimore Sun (1837-1922). Together, these papers provide first-hand accounts of United States history from the Revolution to Watergate and beyond.

ABI/Inform

The comprehensive business database ABI/Inform is now available in Find Articles (Databases). ABI/Inform covers business journals, industry and trade magazines, local and regional business publications, articles from The Wall Street Journal, full-text doctoral dissertations, and full-text business cases. In addition to its strong content, ABI/Inform is noted for detailed subject indexing helps researchers find publications on narrow business topics.

Presentation Practice Rooms Open

Two presentation practice rooms are now available on 4th Floor North. Rooms 449-North and 453-North have computer screens, document projectors, and audiovisual equipment that can be used to practice for class presentations. Each room can accommodate up to nine people. Access keys for these rooms are available at the Information Desk in the 4th Floor Computer Lab.

Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia

The Gale Virtual Reference Library database now includes the 17-volume ebook collection Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. This set offers substantial biographies of more than 10,000  women from around 3100 BCE to the modern age. Biographies cover women from every walk of life and every corner of the world. Each biography has a list of related books, videos, and archival collections. Look for the Gale Virtual Reference Library in the Find Articles (Databases) section of the library website.

New Encyclopedia: International Encyclopedia of Communication

Developed by the International Communication Association, the new International Encyclopedia of Communication is a comprehensive encyclopedia of scholarship in communication. It covers 1339 subjects, theories, and methodological approaches. Available online via Blackwell Reference, the encyclopedia offers easy access to articles from the table of contents, keyword searching, and an innovative "explore" option that supports browsing of articles by subject, place, time period, or people. Look for the International Encyclopedia of Communication on our Communication Databases page.