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The Open Franchise Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization formed to promote the unfettered access to franchising related documents, such as the UFOC and FDD. OpenFran provides free access to every franchising related document archived by CALEASI since 2002, along with 1000s of other franchising related documents (UFOCs, FDDs, filings, exhibits, orders, etc.).

tagged fair_disclosure_documents franchises by bmarcell ...on 07-JUL-09

Portal designed to aggregate material to provide training, knowledge development, and skills for the implementing of OA repositories and OA journals.

tagged open_access scholarly_communication by bmarcell ...on 26-JUN-09

Pharmaceutical products are grouped into categories in sales, medical, and promotional audits according to the EphMRA/PBIRG Anatomical Classification System. This classification enables the market researcher to analyze therapeutic markets and to compare similar products.

tagged coding drugs pharmaceutical_industry by bmarcell ...on 26-MAY-09

AIM is the London Stock Exchange's international market for smaller growing companies

tagged aim london_stock_exchange by bmarcell ...on 06-MAY-09

Video describing differences between scholarly and popular sources.

Provides scanned graphic of Harris Upham chart.

tagged hemlines stock_market by bmarcell ...on 02-APR-09

"Presented at the 212th Consecutive Meeting of the Society for the Investigation of Recurring Events, New York, August 20, 1975"

tagged hemlines stock_market by bmarcell ...on 02-APR-09

Annual survey of corporate governance practices of the largest 100 U.S. public firms.

The Spencer Stuart Board Index is an annual study that examines the state of corporate governance among the S&P 500. They also produce international and regional board indexes.

The JISC Academic Database Assessment Tool (ADAT) aims to help libraries to make informed decisions about future subscriptions to bibliographic databases.

The site provides access to detailed information and title lists for major bibliographic and full text databases, and key service information for database and eBook content platforms.

"This is a community music remixing site featuring remixes and samples licensed under Creative Commons licenses. You are free to download and sample from music on this site and share the results with anyone, anywhere, anytime. Some songs might have certain restrictions, depending on their specific licenses. Each submission is marked clearly with the license that applies to it."

From Steven Cohen's presentation at Internet Librarian.

tagged file_conversion file_sending rss tech_tools by bmarcell ...on 31-DEC-08

This is the wiki of the ACRL print publication Library 2.0 Initiatives in Academic Libraries (2007). This wiki presents updates on the case studies described in the book.

Latin American Network Information Center. Produced by the University of Texas.

Provides a good chart listing differentiating features, plus a referral to Ulrich's for confirmation.

EIU Country Commerce (ILT)
-from EIU - Economist Intelligence Unit
A practical guide to regulations, operating conditions, and corporate practices in more than 50 countries; updated annually. Tax regulations, Employment Practices, Business, Import, Export, International Trade,
Holdings: 1996 - Present

Chilean agency for export promotion.

tagged chile exports for_mre global_business trade by bmarcell ...on 12-DEC-08

Listing of Chilean trade associations.

Country Commercial Guides include "doing business in" information, as well as links to industry associations.

tagged for_mre global_business market_research by bmarcell ...on 12-DEC-08

Links to international trade associations, conferences, journals, university programs related to design in a wide variety of areas.

Collaboratively built legal encyclopedia and dictionary from Cornell's Legal Information Institute.

tagged dictionaries encyclopedias law open_access by bmarcell ...on 11-NOV-08

Open-access, free patent informatics resource.  It serves as the cyberinfrastructure platform for the Initiative for Open Innovation.

tagged open_access patents by bmarcell ...on 03-OCT-08

Directory of companies and business professionals

tagged business contacts directories by bmarcell ...on 24-SEP-08
EMarketer
eMarketer reports combine original analysis with aggregated numbers from leading sources worldwide. The database includes industry reports, company articles, market projections and analytical commentaries covering every topic from eAdvertising to Wireless. EMarketer also includes a comprehensive compilation of up-to-date internet and e-business statistics (eStat database).
tagged ecommerce mobile_marketing by bmarcell ...and 6 other people ...on 15-AUG-08
RefWorks - web-based bibliographic management tool
RefWorks allows users to create personal citation databases by importing references from online databases. RefWorks features also facilitate manuscript preparation, allowing for automatic formatting of the paper and the bibliography. RefWorks is similar in function to bibliographic management software products such as EndNote, Reference Manager, and ProCite, and citations from these programs can be easily imported into RefWorks. RefWorks differs in that personal databases are stored on the RefWorks server and can be accessed through the Penn Library institutional account from wherever the user happens to be
tagged bib_management tools by bmarcell ...and 11 other people ...on 17-JUL-08

"A compendium of simple factual lists about open access (OA) to science and scholarship, maintained by the OA community at large. By bringing many OA-related lists together in one place, OAD will make it easier for users, especially newcomers, to discover them and use them for reference. The easier they are to maintain and discover, the more effectively they can spread useful, accurate information about OA." Founded by Peter Suber and Robin Peek.

NSF-funded project managed by Purdue. Simulation tools, presentations/classes, community.

Mashup using data from ROAR and OpenDOAR

tagged institutional_repositories open_access by bmarcell ...on 19-MAY-08
ARL: A Bimonthly Report on Research Library Issues and Actions from ARL, CNI, and SPARC reports on current issues of interest to academic and research library administrators, staff, and users; higher education administrators and faculty; information technologists and those who depend on networked information; as well as anyone concerned with the future of scholarly communication or information policy developments.
tagged academic_libraries arl news by bmarcell ...on 29-APR-08
Occupational Outlook entry includes 2006 median earnings by business type (e.g. department stores), which includes wages/salary and commission.
tagged bls earnings for_deb retail statistics by bmarcell ...on 27-APR-08
Monthly reports on emerging learning technologies.
tagged educause tech trends by bmarcell ...and 1 other person ...on 27-APR-08
2002 Economic Census data on sales per square foot.
tagged retail salespersqft by bmarcell ...on 25-APR-08
Green-Pedersen,C Green-Pedersen,C. "The Growing Importance of Issue Competition: The Changing Nature of Party Competition in Western Europe" Political studies [0032-3217] 55.3 (2007). 607-628. Found via Worldwide Political Science Abstracts.
tagged for_lw government politics sweden by bmarcell ...on 24-APR-08
Widfeldt,A . "The Swedish parliamentary election of 2006" Electoral Studies [0261-3794] 26.4 (2007). 820-823. Found via Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
 
tagged for_lw government politics sweden by bmarcell ...on 24-APR-08
The Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) project reports aggregate and individual governance indicators for 212 countries and territories over the period 1996–2006, for six dimensions of governance: voice and accountability, political stability and absence of violence, government effectiveness, regulatory quality, rule of law, control of corruption.
Monetary policy section contains extremely detailed reports.
tagged for_lw statistics sweden by bmarcell ...on 24-APR-08
Listing of technologies available for licensing.
tagged licensing patents by bmarcell ...on 21-APR-08
Koch, Richard, 1950- . 80/20 individual : how to accomplish more by doing less--the nine essentials of 80/20 success at work / Richard Koch. 1st U.S. ed. 038550957X series New York : Currency/Doubleday, 2003.
Call#: Lippincott Library LIPP HD53 .K625 2003


tagged to_read by bmarcell ...on 19-APR-08
tagged russia by bmarcell ...on 16-APR-08
Common access point to industrial, economic and developmental data from a variety of sources (UN, IMF, WHO, World Bank, etc.). Created by the United Nations Statistics Division.
Notes on sources of Russia Statistics
tagged business russia statistics by bmarcell ...on 15-APR-08

The Research Assessment Exercise is conducted jointly by the Higher Education Funding Council for England , the Scottish Funding Council, the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales and the Department for Employment and Learning, Northern Ireland. The primary purpose of the RAE 2008 is to produce quality profiles for each submission of research activity made by institution. The four higher education funding bodies intend to use the quality profiles to determine their grant for research to the institution which they fund.

. Financial sector governance : the roles of the public and private sectors / Robert E. Litan, Michael Pomerleano, V. Sundararajan, editors. 081575289X (pbk. : alk. paper) series Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2002.
Call#: Lippincott Library LIPP HG195 .F5364 2002


tagged kwabena by bmarcell ...on 11-APR-08
"The main objective of the Federal State Statistics Service is to meet the requirements of bodies of state authority and administration, media, general public, scientific community, commercial and international organisations for diverse, objective and exhaustive information. The system of state statistics covers district, regional and federal levels, as well as Moscow and St. Petersburg."
tagged russia statistics by bmarcell ...on 10-APR-08

Owner- and renter-occupied dwellings as a proportion of total dwellings, Canada, provinces, territories and health regions, 2001

tagged canada housing real_estate by bmarcell ...on 07-APR-08
Cultural Affairs and Economic Development are some of the categories listed under Business.
tagged community_development connecticut by bmarcell ...on 24-MAR-08
Community Economic Development Fund. Business planning and microloans.
tagged community_development connecticut by bmarcell ...on 24-MAR-08
Programs run by the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development (Industrial Parks Program, Urban & Industrial Sites Reinvestment Tax Credit, etc.). Also has a Research link which connects to economic and demographic data about CT.
tagged community_development connecticut by bmarcell ...on 24-MAR-08
From their homepage, " The Publishing Research Consortium is a group of associations and publishers, which supports global research into scholarly communication in order to enable evidence-based discussion. Our objective is to support work that is scientific and pro-scholarship. Overall, we aim to promote an understanding of the role of publishing and its impact on research and teaching." Publish whitepapers and other papers looking at peer review, open access, etc.
Global organization whose membership regulates more than 90% of the world's securities markets. Cooperative forum for securities regulatory agencies
tagged regulations securities by bmarcell ...on 24-MAR-08
Lists ratings agencies that are officially recognized by the SEC (e.g. Moody's, Fitch, S&P).
tagged credit_ratings nrsros sec by bmarcell ...on 24-MAR-08
Ming,W . "NGOs and social transition in China" Social sciences in China [0252-9203] XXVIII.2 (2007). 79-155.
tagged china ngo by bmarcell ...on 17-MAR-08
Howell,J . "Civil Society in China: Chipping Away at the Edges" Development [1011-6370] 50.3 (2007). 17-23.
tagged china ngo by bmarcell ...on 17-MAR-08
Lu,Y . "The Autonomy of Chinese NGOs: A New Perspective" China [0219-7472] 5.2 (2007). 173-203.
tagged china ngo by bmarcell ...on 17-MAR-08
United States. Congressional-Executive Commission on China. . To serve the people : NGOs and the development of civil society in China : roundtable before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, One Hundred Eighth Congress, first session, March 24, 2003. 0160702895 series Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O. [Congressional Sales Office], 2003.
Call#: Van Pelt Library HS81.C5 A35 2003


tagged china ngo by bmarcell ...on 17-MAR-08
Chan, Gerald. . China and international organizations : participation in non-governmental organizations since 1971 / Gerald Chan. 0195827384 : series Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989.
Call#: Van Pelt Library HS81.C5 C47 1989


tagged china ngo by bmarcell ...on 17-MAR-08
. Qing hua fa zhan yan jiu bao gao 2003 : Zhongguo fei zheng fu gong gong bu men / Wang Ming zhu bian. 880-03 Di 1 ban. 7302078130 : series Beijing : Qing hua da xue chu ban she, 2004.
Call#: Van Pelt Library East Asia JZ4841 .Q56 2004


tagged china ngo by bmarcell ...and 1 other person ...on 17-MAR-08
Ma, Qiusha. . Non-governmental organizations in contemporary China : paving the way to civil society? / Qiusha Ma. 0415369193 (hbk. : alk. paper) series London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.
Call#: Van Pelt Library HS81.C5 A22 2006


tagged china ngo by bmarcell ...on 17-MAR-08
Woodrow Wilson Center (Princeton). China Environment Series, Issue 5.
tagged china ngo by bmarcell ...on 17-MAR-08
Project of the Council on Foundations and the International Center for Non-profit Law.
tagged china laws ngo by bmarcell ...on 17-MAR-08
China Policy Institute. University of Nottingham. Discussion paper 15, February 2007.
tagged china ngo by bmarcell ...on 17-MAR-08
From the About page: "The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board was established in 1975 by Congress to develop rules regulating securities firms and banks involved in underwriting, trading, and selling municipal securities- bonds and notes issued by states, cities, and counties or their agencies to help finance public projects. The Board, which is composed of members from the municipal securities dealer community and the public, sets standards for all municipal securities dealers. Like the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the Board is a self-regulatory organization that is subject to oversight by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)."
tagged bonds munis regulation by bmarcell ...on 12-MAR-08
The SCImago Journal & Country Rank is a portal that includes the journals and country scientific indicators developed from the information contained in the Scopus® database. These indicators could be used to assess and analyze scientific domains.
tagged citation_analysis journals ranking scopus by bmarcell ...on 10-MAR-08
Travel funding guidelines.
tagged lapeerstudy08 travel by bmarcell ...on 15-JAN-08
Policies and procedures for funding and release time, along with more information about their Staff Development Program.
tagged lapeerstudy08 professional_development by bmarcell ...on 15-JAN-08
Blue Book includes information on rank and promotion.
tagged lapeerstudy08 stanford by bmarcell ...on 15-JAN-08
Promotion review and Professional Development sections are not populated.
tagged brown lapeerstudy08 by bmarcell ...on 15-JAN-08
tagged culture libment by bmarcell ...on 07-DEC-07
See "What the Literature Shows" section for problems in gathering data on employment losses due to outsourcing.
tagged bls employment outsourcing by bmarcell ...on 30-NOV-07
Klein, Michael W., 1958- . Job creation, job destruction, and international competition / Michael W. Klein, Scott Schuh, and Robert K. Triest. [0880992719 (pbk. : alk. paper) ] Kalamazoo, Mich. : W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2003.
Call#: Van Pelt Library HD5710.75.U6 K54 2003


tagged competition employment outsourcing by bmarcell ...on 30-NOV-07
Yale site - information resources for new librarians. Gives some organizational structure background.
tagged mentoring_committee new_employees by bmarcell ...on 26-NOV-07
Compiled from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS).
Resources from the ARL/ACRL Institute on Scholarly Communication.
tagged scholarly_communication by bmarcell ...on 19-NOV-07
Two reports on trends in the arts include The Perfoming Arts in a New Era and Arts and Culture in the Metropolis. Both are available as full text PDFs on the RAND site.
tagged arts case_competition opera by bmarcell ...on 16-NOV-07
Includes detailed statistics on ticket sales for Broadway shows.
tagged case_competition competitors opera by bmarcell ...on 16-NOV-07
Reports results of 2002 National Endowment for the Arts Survey of Public Participation in the Arts. Includes demographic information about audiences. Done quinquennially.
tagged case_competition opera by bmarcell ...on 16-NOV-07
Special section with focus on folksonomies and tagging.
tagged folksonomies tagging by bmarcell ...and 1 other person ...on 05-NOV-07
Recommended by VC & PE Club. Includes education information.
Come discover ways to use library resources in your Entrepreneurial endeavors. Uncover key marketing and financial information for your business plan, find sources for financing, learn about your key competitors and uncover sources for business ideas.
tagged entrepreneurship spike workshops by bmarcell ...on 02-NOV-07
Donohue,JM Cevasco,M. "A decade of direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs." The New England journal of medicine [0028-4793] 357.7 (2007). 673-81. Includes data pulled from various providers for the past 10 years on spending for DTC, Professional Promotion and Free Samples.
tagged for_young pharmaceuticals by bmarcell ...on 23-OCT-07
The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) represents the country’s leading pharmaceutical research and biotechnology companies.
tagged for_young by bmarcell ...and 1 other person ...on 23-OCT-07
Includes helpful concept terms like market size, and has an entire section devoted to marketing terms.
tagged for_young by bmarcell ...and 13 other people ...on 23-OCT-07
Standard & Poor's Net Advantage
Comprehensive source of business and investment information, offering on-line access to popular Standard & Poor's research products such as Industry Surveys, Stock Reports, Corporation Records, The Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives, The Outlook, Mutual Fund Reports among others.
tagged for_young by bmarcell ...and 4 other people ...on 23-OCT-07
Includes a "Library Terms that Users Understand" section.
tagged libraries terminology web_design by bmarcell ...on 23-OCT-07
Harvard Business Review
-from EBSCO MegaFILE
From Business Source Premier
Holdings: 1922-
Includes research reports on a number of topics related to healthcare providers, payers, employers, pharmaceutical companies and life sciences companies.
tagged healthcare by bmarcell ...on 17-SEP-07
University of Minnesota's Schol Comm wiki for librarians.
University of Minnesota's faculty-oriented schol comm site.
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine.
Wharton Business Plan Competition (WBPC) is among the leading global university-run business plan competitions. The WBPC was launched in 1998 by the Wharton Entrepreneurship Club and is now part of Wharton Entrepreneurial Programs.
tagged business_plans entrepreneurship wharton by bmarcell ...on 30-AUG-07
ITA's list of industry trade associations. Particularly strong for medical devices.
Biotech industry association. Industry-at-a-glance section includes reports, statistics and a brief timeline of the industry.
tagged biotechnology trade_associations by bmarcell ...on 17-AUG-07
Developed at Stanford. Copyright renewal records received by the US Copyright Office between 1950 and 1992 for books published in the US between 1923 and 1963. Note that the database includes only US Class A (book) renewals.
tagged copyright by bmarcell ...on 08-AUG-07
Kegan, Robert. . How the way we talk can change the way we work : seven languages for transformation / Robert Kegan, Lisa Laskow Lahey. [0787955353 (alk. paper) ] San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2001.
Call#: Van Pelt Library BF637.C4 K44 2001


From University of Florida.
tagged dictionaries libraries shifting stacks by bmarcell ...on 31-JUL-07
From the University of Oregon.
tagged dictionaries libraries shifting stacks by bmarcell ...on 31-JUL-07
Position paper by DITSHWANELO, a Botswanan human rights advocacy group. Identifies several statutues and regulations related to patient confidentiality.
tagged botswana patient_confidentiality by bmarcell ...on 30-JUL-07
Research conducted by the Center examines employers’ adoption of flexible work options, their implementation in the workplace, and their utilization by older workers.
Free online searchable ICD-9-CM
tagged icd9 medical_coding by bmarcell ...on 22-JUN-07
Ophthalmic Medical Personnel - basic salary survey results are toward the bottom of this page.
tagged ophthalmology trade_associations by bmarcell ...on 21-JUN-07
Partner of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Focus on the business of ophthalmology.
tagged ophthalmology trade_associations by bmarcell ...on 21-JUN-07
Socioeconomic survey is available under the Research tab. Contains specialty-specific details about demographics, staffing, benefits, income. Results data only available to ASOA members.
tagged ophthalmology trade_associations by bmarcell ...on 21-JUN-07
Turner, Jonathan H. . Face to face : toward a sociological theory of interpersonal behavior / Jonathan H. Turner. [0804744165 (alk. paper) ] Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2002.
Call#: Van Pelt Library HM1106 .T87 2002


tagged for_lillian by bmarcell ...on 19-JUN-07
Communication and negotiation / editors, Linda L. Putnam, Michael E. Roloff. [0803940114 (cloth) ] Newbury Park, Calif. : Sage, c1992.
Call#: Van Pelt Library HD58.6 .C66 1992


tagged for_lillian by bmarcell ...and 1 other person ...on 19-JUN-07
Research and compare a multitude of different data on US states. Information comes from various sources such as the US Census Bureau, the FBI, and the National Center for Educational Statistics. StateMaster provides visualization technology like pie charts, maps, graphs and scatterplots.
tagged states statistics united_states by bmarcell ...on 18-JUN-07
Allows users to generate graphs based on data from CIA Factbook and other statistical resources.
tagged country_information statistics by bmarcell ...on 18-JUN-07
Web resources helpful for librarians doing research. Includes lists of databases, journals, statistics, proceedings, etc.
tagged librarians publishing by bmarcell ...on 18-JUN-07
"The daily intelligence resource for the STM publishing industry."
Good for misspellings.
Produced by LC's Business Reference Services.
Results of a nationwide census of institutional repositories in U.S. academic institutions.

"A considerable portion of the scholarly record is born digital, and some scholarship is produced in digital formats that have no physical, in-the-hand counterparts. The proliferation of digital scholarship raises serious and pressing issues about how to organize, access, and preserve it in perpetuity. The response of academic institutions has been to build and deploy institutional repositories (IRs) to manage the digital scholarship their learning communities produce."

The mission of the Economic Policy Institute is to provide high-quality research and education in order to promote a prosperous, fair, and sustainable economy. The Institute stresses real world analysis and a concern for the living standards of working people, and it makes its findings accessible to the general public, the media, and policy makers.
Searches 1400+ library-related feeds.
tagged libraries rss by bmarcell ...on 20-APR-07
Article in the journal circulation that includes information about the number of percutaneous coronary intervention procedures, as well as the number involving stents.
Harmonization of corporate law and governance in the EU.
tagged corporate_governance european_union by bmarcell ...on 25-JAN-07
"The Ascendancy of Employment Arbitrators in US Employment Relations: A New Actor in the American System?" British journal of industrial relations [0007-1080] 44.4 (2006). 719-.
tagged arbitration employment mgmt249 by bmarcell ...on 11-JAN-07
Housing and demographic data about communities, regions, and the U.S more broadly. Provides tools and guides for analyzing, interpreting and applying data. 
tagged census data by bmarcell ...on 08-JAN-07
Document, compressed archive, sound and video converter.
tagged media_conversion tools by bmarcell ...on 08-JAN-07
An international partnership to build a large-scale public infrastructure for research information across Europe.
Research report on purchasing preferences of librarians. Identifies key factors prompting substitution of OA materials for journal subscriptions.
tagged open_access scholarly_communication by bmarcell ...on 08-JAN-07
Proceedings from the "Improving Access..." forum. Sessions on rights management and university publishing are particularly relevant.
Documents changes from 1998 in defining industry segments versus business segments.
tagged segment_reporting sfas_131 sfas_14 by bmarcell ...on 21-NOV-06
Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants Members' Handbook. Use the menu on the left-hand side to navigate to different rules and interpretations (e.g. HKSA 14, Segment Reporting).
Deloitte's site that is specific to Hong Kong.
tagged hong_kong ifrs segment_reporting by bmarcell ...on 21-NOV-06
Printing Industries of America/Graphic Arts Technical Foundation site (both industry trade groups). Most of this appears to be password protected for members-only, but there may be some accessible information.
tagged commercial_screen_printers for_ryan by bmarcell ...on 17-NOV-06
Very top-level information available in a report summary on MarketResearch.com
tagged commercial_screen_printers for_ryan by bmarcell ...on 17-NOV-06
Includes 2002 Economic Census (the Economic Census is done every 5 years) Industry report.
tagged commercial_screen_printers for_ryan by bmarcell ...on 17-NOV-06
North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) information for commercial screen printers. This code is used in many databases as an identifier. Note that these establishments print on many different media.
tagged commercial_screen_printers for_ryan by bmarcell ...on 17-NOV-06
Trade association devoted to specialty imaging. Link at the bottom left to Surveys & Statistics to view reports and stats that they have compiled. The site in general also includes some information on trends.
tagged commercial_screen_printers for_ryan by bmarcell ...on 17-NOV-06
Ithaka was launched as a not-for-profit organization in January 2004 with a mission to accelerate the productive uses of information technologies for the benefit of higher education around the world. In pursuit of this aim, Ithaka incubates a small number of new initiatives internally and provides various forms of support to affiliated organizations with complementary missions.
Babson's database and research tutorials.
tagged babson business_databases tutorials by bmarcell ...on 10-NOV-06
University of California's Systemwide Library and Scholarly Information Advisory Committee (SLASIAC). Their work has included a resolution on scholarly communication
Includes links to reports from the latest cycle of the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG).
Medicines Australia represents research-based pharmaceutical companies who discover, develop and manufacture prescription medicines.  Formerly the Australian Pharmaceutical Manufacturer's Association
The Italian pharmaceutical trade association, with over 200 associated companies. Site is in Italian.
The printed page is giving way to the networked screen. The Institute for the Future of the Book seeks to chronicle this shift, and impact its development in a positive direction. The Institute is a project of the Annenberg Center for Communication at the University of Southern California, and is based in Brooklyn, New York.
tagged books new_models publishing by bmarcell ...and 2 other people ...on 02-NOV-06
Competitive Alternatives represents KPMG's guide for comparing business costs in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific.
Archives of election returns and voter registration data.
tagged elections pennsylvania statistics voters by bmarcell ...on 23-OCT-06
Since 1920, the Clerk of the House has collected and published the official vote counts for federal elections from the official sources among the various states and territories.
tagged elections statistics united_states voters by bmarcell ...on 23-OCT-06
This site aims to help people "understand the protections that the First Amendment and intellectual property laws give to online activities." A joint project of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Harvard, Stanford, Berkeley, University of San Francisco, University of Maine, George Washington School of Law, and Santa Clara University School of Law clinics.
Helpful resources from Library of Congress, e.g. LC classification outline, cataloging-in-publication, MARC 21 standards, digital refernce, etc.
The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) represents the country’s leading pharmaceutical research and biotechnology companies.
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) is the trade association for more than 75 companies in the UK producing prescription medicines.
The International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA) is a non-profit, non-governmental Organization  representing national industry associations and companies from both developed and developing countries. Member companies of the IFPMA are research-based pharmaceutical, biotech and vaccine companies.
EFPIA (The European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations) represents the research-based pharmaceutical industry operating in Europe. Membership includes 30 national pharmaceutical associations and 46 pharma companies.
The French pharmaceutical trade organization.
The Japan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (JPMA) is a voluntary organization of research-based pharmaceutical manufacturers.
The Association of Research-based Pharmaceutical Companies (VFA) is the trade organization of research-based pharmaceutical companies in Germany. 40 leading research-based pharmaceutical companies are organized in the VFA..The German name is Verband Forschender Arzneimittelhersteller e.V..
From the Center for Studies in Higher Education at the University of California at Berkeley. "The motivation for the project reported here was to assess the criteria by which faculty decide when and in what venues to publish or otherwise communicate the results of scholarly research."Add & Goto PennTags
tagged peer_review scholarly_communication by bmarcell ...on 18-SEP-06
USA - ITA is an industry association representing the interests of the textile/apparel importing community.
Part of the International Trade Administration (Department of Commerce). Trade data, trade acts, etc. specific to textiles and apparel. 
tagged apparel for_lv textiles trade united_states by bmarcell ...on 13-SEP-06
Most recent rankings from Kiplinger's.
tagged mutual_funds rankings by bmarcell ...on 10-SEP-06
Chapters from the book Open Access: Key Strategic, Technical and Economic Aspects (N. Jacobs, editor), Chandos Publishing: Oxford, 2006. Links available at eprints.org
tagged open_access scholarly_communication by bmarcell ...on 14-AUG-06
Supply chain performance in food, grocery and consumer products.
tagged grocery logistics supply_chain by bmarcell ...on 10-AUG-06
From Progressive Grocer.
tagged produce_industry supply_chain by bmarcell ...on 10-AUG-06
Joint report by Grocery Manufacturers of America, Food Distributors International, and the Food Marketing Institute. Report attempts to "examine ways in which grocery manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers can work more effectively
to improve productivity and service levels while reducing supply chain costs. "
tagged food_retailing grocery supply_chain by bmarcell ...on 10-AUG-06
From the Copyright Clearance Center to "answer questions ranging from basic copyright law to the more complex topics of ILL and e-reserves."
tagged copyright fair_use libraries universities by bmarcell ...on 01-AUG-06
All of the states, plus Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, currently register domestic and/or foreign corporations (profit and non-profit). Transactions include, but are not limited to: filings of incorporation, partnerships, and limited partnerships, articles of mergers/ consolidations, and articles of dissolution. Provides links to the Department of State for each state in the US.
"Provides details of the organizational structures of these think tanks and research activities in which they engage, functioning as the 'soft infrastructure' for a global network of think tanks." Basic organizational information on ca. 500 institutions from 100 countires is available online.
tagged directories for_hz think_tanks by bmarcell ...on 30-JUN-06
By Charles W. Bailey, Jr. Discusses what an IR is, and looks at the relationship between IRs and the open access movement.
Research-oriented social bookmarking site. Some interesting categories for sharing content (articles, lectures, papers), the ability to send private messages and the ability to join groups.
"International electronic journal that brings together visionary scholars with cutting-edge designers and technologists to propose a thorough rethinking of the relationship of form to content in academic research, focusing on ways technology shapes, transforms and reconfigures social and cultural relations."
tagged culture multimedia new_media technology by bmarcell ...on 27-MAY-06
Objectives: "To compare the Medicaid enrollment of U.S.-born citizens to non-citizen immigrants who immigrated before 1996, both before and after welfare reform, and to determine if variation in state Medicaid policies modified the effects of welfare reform on immigrants." Methodology section may be helpful. Subsequently published as an article in Health Services Research, 2004 Oct 39(5): 1509-1526.
tagged for_rm health_care immigrants medicaid by bmarcell ...on 23-MAY-06
Statehealthfacts.org is a project of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and is designed to provide free, up-to-date, and easy-to-use health data on all 50 states. Statehealthfacts.org provides data on more than 500 health topics.
Includes reports on immigration and migration.
The Office of Immigration Statistics (OIS), within the Office of Policy of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), is responsible for developing, analyzing, and disseminating statistical information needed to assess the effects of immigration in the United States.
tagged for_rm immigrants statistics by bmarcell ...on 23-MAY-06
"CHIS is the largest state health survey and one of the largest health surveys in the United States. CHIS gives health planners, policy makers, county governments, advocacy groups, and communities a detailed picture of the health and health care needs facing California's diverse population."
tagged california datasets health_care by bmarcell ...on 23-MAY-06
"This paper explores various methodological issues relating to immigrant health, including the definition of an immigrant, the
assessment of immigrant status, and sampling and recruitment strategies for studies relating to immigrant health."
tagged cdc for_rm health_care immigrants statistics by bmarcell ...on 23-MAY-06
This report presents national prevalence estimates of selected measures of physical health status and limitations, health care access and utilization, and mental health status among the civilian noninstitutionalized population of U.S.and
foreign-born adults aged 18 years and over in four race-ethnicity groups in the United States. Reference section might be helpful for identifying additional data sources.
The National Healthcare Disparities Report, developed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), is the first national comprehensive effort to measure differences in access and use of health care services by various populations. The report includes a broad set of perfomance measures that can serve as baseline views of differences in the use of services.
tagged for_rm health_care poverty statistics by bmarcell ...on 23-MAY-06
IncludesIncome, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States.
"Founded in 2001, the Pew Hispanic Center is a nonpartisan research organization supported by The Pew Charitable Trusts. Its mission is to improve understanding of the U.S. Hispanic population and to chronicle Latinos' growing impact on the entire nation."
tagged for_rm latinos by bmarcell ...on 23-MAY-06
Hispanics and the future of America / Marta Tienda and Faith Mitchell, editors ; Panel on Hispanics in the United States [and] Committee on Population, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. [0309100518 ] Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2006.
Call#: Van Pelt Library E184.S75 H593 2006. Includes a chapter on the health status and health behaviors of Hispanics, as well as a chapter on access to and quality of health care.


tagged for_rm health_care latinos by bmarcell ...on 23-MAY-06
The actual cost of providing social services to illegal immigrants is hard to determine. John Rabe of member station KPCC reports on how much taxpayers spend on health care and education for undocumented aliens.
tagged for_rm health_care illegal_immigrants by bmarcell ...on 22-MAY-06
Business Source Premier search for (it budget* or it spend* or information technology) and (pharma* or biotech* or life science*). Click on Market Research Reports to find information from Gartner and Datamonitor.
From Gartner. To identify spending and performance trends across industries. Including spending change by industry, forecast of spending as percent of revenue, etc.
tagged benchmarks for_kg information_technology by bmarcell ...on 16-MAY-06
"The Office of Scholarly Communication facilitates internal partnerships among the UC libraries, faculty, and administration and, where appropriate, in concert with entities outside UC." Nice use of faculty champions/testimonials.
Compiled and written by Peter Suber. Also includes function for searching the newsletters, the OA blog and other Suber writings on OA.
From their mission statement: " Project Euclid's mission is to advance scholarly communication in the field of theoretical and applied mathematics and statistics. Project Euclid is designed to address the unique needs of low-cost independent and society journals. Through a collaborative partnership arrangement, these publishers join forces and participate in an online presence with advanced functionality, without sacrificing their intellectual or economic independence or commitment to low subscription prices. Full-text searching, reference linking, interoperability through the Open Archives Initiative, and long-term retention of data are all important components of the project."
Advocacy site for self-archive initiatives.
tagged open_access scholarly_communication by bmarcell ...on 08-MAY-06
The Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography presents selected English-language articles, books, and other printed and electronic sources that are useful in understanding scholarly electronic publishing efforts on the Internet. Most sources have been published between 1990 and the present; however, a limited number of key sources published prior to 1990 are also included. Where possible, links are provided to sources that are freely available on the Internet.Written by Charles W. Bailey, Jr.
tagged publishing scholarly_communication by bmarcell ...on 02-MAY-06
Look at the Standard Directory of Advertising Agencies (the Red Book), a print source at the Lippincott Reference Desk. Also try an industry search (NAICS 541810) in the D&B Million Dollar Directory.
How to find current and historical annual reports using Lippincott Library resources.
ICPSR maintains and provides access to a vast archive of social science data for research and instruction.Thematic categories include census enumerations, community & urban studies, education, health care and facilities, legal systems, mass political behavior and attitudes, social indicators, etc.
Provides listing of polls on voting intentions run by various companies/newspapers for the 2001, 2003 and 2005 GB general elections.
Listing of and links to social science data archives and opinion poll institutes in Europe.
Deloitte's interpretation of IAS 14, Reporting Financial Information by Segment. Part of a their IAS Plus site than includes interpretations of many IASB standards, as well as interpretations of IFRS publications.
PricewaterhouseCooper's site discussing the International Financial Reporting Standards for business and geographical segment reporting.
One-stop-shopping for links to the Department of State office for each state (responsible for corporate registrations, UCC filings, etc.). Often have searchable databases of business entities.
Provides definitions, links and information on resources that cover a wide variety of business and legal research topics. Developed by Andrew Zimmerman, Director of Library Services at Gordon, Feinblatt, Rothman, Hoffberger & Hollander LLC in Baltimore, Maryland.
tagged business_research legal_research by bmarcell ...on 07-APR-06
Fisher, Roger, 1922-. Getting to yes : negotiating agreement without giving in / by Roger Fisher and William Ury ; with Bruce Patton, editor. [0140065342 (pbk.)] New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 1983.
Call#: Van Pelt Library--4 East--Temporary Location BF637.N4 F57 1983


tagged negotiation by bmarcell ...on 05-APR-06
"This Web site is a new way for librarians to learn about copyright and to get help when they have copyright troubles. The purpose of this site is to encourage librarians to discuss copyright concerns, and seek feedback and advice from fellow librarians and copyright specialists." Provided by ALA's Office for Information Technology Policy
tagged ala copyright libraries by bmarcell ...on 30-MAR-06
CensusScope is an easy-to-use tool for investigating U.S. demographic trends, brought to you by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN) at the University of Michigan.
tagged census demographics by bmarcell ...on 30-MAR-06
Alacra Industry Spotlights are detailed proprietary reviews and commentary on the best web-based sources of industry specific content previously available only to Alacra subscription customers. Depth of coverage varies by industry.
"Charged with updating for the digital world the Copyright Act's balance between the rights of creators and copyright owners and the needs of libraries and archives."
"The Great American Business Leaders database was compiled in an effort to identify and chronicle the lives of 20th century men and women whose business leadership shaped the ways that people live, work, and interact." Part of HBS' Leadership Initiative.
tagged biographies harvard leadership by bmarcell ...on 30-MAR-06
Mashable is a blog covering Web 2.0 startups, peer production, user-generated content, revenue sharing, social software and the web as a platform.
tagged blogs social_software web2.0 by bmarcell ...on 29-MAR-06
Links to health statistics and data sets as well as resources to support data collection. Topics covered are: health statistics, national public health data sets, state and local public health data sets, public health infrastructure data, and tools for data collection and planning,
List of titles in Factiva that are blocked from academic accounts.
tagged database_content factiva by bmarcell ...and 1 other person ...on 24-MAR-06
A quick two pager that covers search basics (truncation and operators, searching for a particular source, etc.)
tagged factiva search_aids by bmarcell ...on 23-MAR-06
32 page guide that covers more advanced searching.
tagged factiva search_aids by bmarcell ...on 23-MAR-06
Good reference for such things as bookmarkers, audio sharing, collaboration, etc
tagged strategic_planning web2.0 by bmarcell ...and 4 other people ...on 20-MAR-06
"A multidisciplinary problem-centered group with a broad concern for all dimensions of contemporary scholarly communication. These include, but are not limited to, the economics of publishing, the evolution of scholarly disciplines and its effect on publishing, information policy, copyright, the interactions of academic reward systems and publishing, and new communication technologies and their potential for providing relief from the crisis in scholarly communication. Through speakers, discussion groups, sharing of literature and news notices, and an electronic bulletin board, the Working Group hopes to stimulate discussion on these issues and, it is hoped, to be a catalyst for papers on scholarly communication, grant proposals and collaborative research."
Rutgers' scholarly communication page. Good use of institutional and library strategic plans in explanation. 
BC libraries' scholarly communications site with a mission to, "keep users informed of and to garner user input regarding developments in all aspects of scholarly communication."
"Dedicated to fostering open access to quality information in support of learning, scholarship, research and patient care."
"Presents a wide range of electronic resources related to the open access movement that are freely available on the Internet as of April 2005." Published in print by Adrian K. HO and Charles W. Bailey, Jr. in Reference Services Review (vol. 33, no. 3, 2005, pp. 346-364)
tagged bibliographies open_access by bmarcell ...on 12-MAR-06
"Provides commentary on open access, scholarly electronic publishing and digital culture issues."
"Running list of research papers, editorial appointments, and other content and actions results in freely available scholarship by researchers at CalTech. Created by CalTech librarians.
Peter Suber's OA news blog.
tagged blogs open_access by bmarcell ...and 1 other person ...on 12-MAR-06
"Reflects the efforts of the Scholarly Communication program to create new models for scholarly exchange that build on the widespread adoption of digital technologies and networking for research, teaching, and learning. At the same time, the program works to improve the traditional systems of scholarly exchange and improve the purchasing power of libraries and the terms and conditions under which content is made available. Thus, issues of copyright, intellectual property, journal costs, library budgets, and similar questions all affect the ability of research institutions to provide access to scholarly information.
Cornell University Library scholarly communication website. "The purposes of this Web page are (a) to inform Cornell faculty of some of the key issues that drive the debates over scholarly communication, and (b) to suggest action that faculty might consider to support needed changes."
Chronological bibliography covering research that examines the relationship between open access and citation impact.
Hosted by Interbrand. Short papers submitted by brandchannel.com users covering a wide array of branding topics.
tagged branding by bmarcell ...on 09-MAR-06

Includes BusinessWeek's best global brands list, as well as a few smaller surveys for specific countries.

tagged brand_value brands ranking by bmarcell ...on 09-MAR-06
Published by Dechert LLP as part of their IP practice. Analyzes trademark filings for branding buzzwords and new directions in product names and product development.
By Glenn Gundersen, partner with Dechert LLP.
tagged trademarks by bmarcell ...on 09-MAR-06

"Designed to be a resource and reference for pharmaceutical marketers where they can access available studies which measure Return On Investment (ROI) for some of the most frequently used pharmaceutical promotion tactics."

"Capital Access Index scores the ability of entrepreneurs to gain access to financial capital in countries around the world." Other indexes include: Best Performing Cities Index, State Technology & Science Index, Cost-of-Doing-Business Index (compares costs in different states). Site also has access to Milken Institute research papers and policy briefs which focus on how to "stimulate growth and create opportunity in lagging regions of the United States and global markets

"ALPSP serves, represents and strengthens the community of not-for-profit publishers, demonstrating their essential role in the future of international academic and professional communication."

"Provides news and commentary about the intersection of law and technology, with a focus on copyright and licensing."

Thomson One Analytics
Thomson One Analytics is a robust web based application that allows you to research information about different companies and markets. Thomson One Analytics draws from Worldscope, Datastream, FirstCall and more to monitor new investment information, and identify and analyze investment opportunities. It Includes company overviews, estimates, price histories, fundamentals, balance sheet data, institutional holdings and analyst reports. Street Events.
Links to resources collected by the key academic association in OR, the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS).
Center for History & New Media's (George Mason University) tools include: Web Scrapbook ("store all kinds of media items—URLs, images, text, and movies—and collaborate with others"), Survey Builder, H-Bot (AskJeeve's style historical fact-finder) and others.
"The EBRI mission is to contribute to, to encourage, and to enhance the development of sound employee benefit programs and public policy through objective research and education." (About information from EBRI website). Fast facts section has a wide variety of benefits-related statistics such as employer spending on benefits, assets in retirement plans, etc. They also perform an annual Retirement Confidence Survey and Health Confidence Survey.
From Mick O'Leary's review in Info Today (December 2005, p. 43): "DBI is a union catalog of e-books and other e-documents from commerical publishers, nonprofit publishers, government agencies and libraries. It lists more than 110,000 titles, with more than 72,000 of them available for free."
tagged dbi ebooks index by bmarcell ...on 12-DEC-05
Lists of groups that have received funding under PVD (developing countries), ED (raise European awareness of development issues), and CDC (decentralized cooperation) for 2002 (PVD, ED) and 2003 (PVD, ED, CDC).
tagged co_financing european_commission ngo by bmarcell ...on 02-DEC-05
Includes: DR Directory (search by industry, country, depository, etc.), DR Performance Analytics, ADR Index (tracks all Depositary Receipts traded on NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ
tagged adr depository_receipts by bmarcell ...on 01-DEC-05
Searchable bibliographic database of entrepreneurship research (working papers, conference papers, journal articles, etc.), plus links to entrepreneurship-oriented data sets.
tagged entrepreneurship by bmarcell ...and 1 other person ...on 29-NOV-05