Datamonitor 360 – December Database of the Month

360 Datamonitor  (formerly Marketline Business Information Centre) provides profiles on industries, countries, and private and public companies in multiple formats, including interactive reports. The reports cover a wide range of in-depth content such as market overviews, market trends analyses, and company and industry case studies. Users can find analyses of over 30,000 companies, with SWOT analyses for the largest 2,500, and over 3,000 industry profiles across more than 200 markets, or read expert opinions by the Datamonitor Group analysts on major industry events.

360 Datamonitor also includes a country statistics database providing  macro/socio-economic and demographic data for 215 countries and the Market Data Analytics database, including data from across the global food, drinks, personal care, household products, pet care, news and magazine, and tobacco markets.  

DUPOSM

Week of November 28, 2011

DUPOSM

In the News: Demonstrations • Uprisings • Protests • Occupations • Social Movements

 

 

19/20: Echoes of a Rebellion (DVD)
Z Video Productions, 2004
Call Number: F2849.2 .A16 2004 (Boca Raton Media Center)

Against the Law: Labor Protests in China’s Rustbelt and Sunbelt
By Ching Kwan Lee. University of California Press, 2007
Call Number: Available online via ebrary and EBSCOhost

American Patriotism, American Protest: Social Movements since the Sixties
By Simon Hall. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011
Call Number: HN59 .H235 2011

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CINAHL Training – 11/17 & 11/18

CINAHL

With full text coverage dating back to 1937, CINAHL Plus is a comprehensive research tool for all areas of nursing, allied health, and complementary and alternative therapies literature.

The FAU Libraries are offering training sessions by a professional CINAHL trainer:

Boca Campus
Friday, November 18th
2:00 – 3:30
S.E. Wimberly Library Instruction Lab, Room 136
RSVP:  Jane Strudwick , 561-297-0492

Treasure Coast Campus
Thursday, November 17th
2:00 – 3:30
JU 134/Library Computer Lab (TCC JU Library)
RSVP: Pam Alderman, 772.873.3311

Silvio Berlusconi

Week of November 14, 2011

Silvio Berlusconi

In the News: Silvio Berlusconi resigns as Prime Minister of Italy.

Berlusconi’s Italy: Mapping Contemporary Italian Politics
Michael E. Shin and John A. Agnew. Temple University Press, 2008
Call Number: Available online via EBSCOhost

Blowing Up the Brand: Critical Perspectives on Promotional Culture
Edited by Melissa Aronczyk and Devon Powers. P. Lang, 2010
Call Number: HD69 .B7 B575 2010

The Dark Heart of Italy
By Tobias Jones. North Point Press, 2004
Call Number: DG430.2 .J66 2004 Continue reading

Homelessness / Anita Hill

Week of November 7, 2011

Homelessness / Anita Hill

In the News: The New York Times and Wall Street Journal report that scores of homeless men and women throughout the country have settled in with local Occupy demonstrators, but some involved with the Occupy movement are questioning whether the homeless are there to join in the cause or simply to seek shelter, food, and safety.

Also In the News: It has been twenty years since Anita Hill took the stand and testified during the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Justice Nominee Clarence Thomas where she accused him of workplace sexual harassment.

 

HOMELESSNESS

All Our Sisters: Stories of Homeless Women in Canada
By Susan Scott. Broadview Press, 2007
Call Number: HV4509 .S36 2007

Contextualizing Homelessness: Critical Theory, Homelessness, and Federal Policy Addressing the Homeless
By Ken Kyle. Routledge, 2005
Call Number: HV4505 .K95 2005

Counting the Homeless: Unsheltered and Sheltered
Edited by Trevor D. Morgan. Nova Science Publishers, 2010
Call Number: HV4505 .C683 2010 Continue reading