Data Mining @ the Library

Library Databases for

Job Search & Beyond

Donald I. Crews – Ronin LibrarianIndependent Library & Information Professional

Business & Company Resource Center

Business and Company Resource Center

– Codes• NAICS - North American Industry Classification

System• SIC- Standard Industrial Classification

– Industry info – Ranking of companies in an industry– Address of major locations– Company Officers– News article about company

Logging In

Accessing the Databases (for Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County, other systems check with your public librarian)

• Go to website – www.cincinnatilibrary.org• Click on the tab marked “Research and Homework• Click on “Research Databases”• Select a Database• If you know the title of the database,

– click on “Browse Resources by Title”– Use letters to position near the title – example: for “Masterfile Premier” click on “M”.

• If you only know the kind of information (subject), click on “Browse Resources by Subject”

• For the Business Databases, click on “Business & Finance”.• For articles, click on “Magazines & Newspaper Articles”• Log in to Database• Card Number – type in the number printed under the barcode• PIN – the last 4 digits of the phone number on your library card application. This is

changeable.

Business Source Premier

Note the various types of results that can be selected are in the aqua box above. These include periodicals, reports and books. Note that under newspapers, the WSJ apparently ran out at the end of 2007.

Business Source Premier

– Industry Data– Company Data

Reference USA

ReferenceUSA

– Company Data– NonProfit Data– Competitors– Other Businesses in the same geographic area– Company officers– $ Range of expenditures

Demographics Now

Associations Unlimited

ProQuest – Cincinnati Enquirer

• Proquest–Magazine articles– Newspaper articles• Wall Street Journal• New York Times• Washington Post or Times

• Newsbank– Ohio Newspapers – major cities

Universal Learning

Universal Learning