RESOURCES FOR STUDENT AND FACULTY YOUR LIBRARY WEBSTER UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, SEPTEMBER 25,
WELCOME Presenters – Webster University Librarians Eileen Condon, MLS, Acting Dean Mary Anne Erwin, MLS, Instruction & Liaison Services Librarian Holly Hubenschmidt, MLS, AHIP, Head of Instruction, Liaison, & Reference Services
Look here for the databases shown: SRDS Reference USA BizJournals Lexis/Nexis Academic ERIC Look here for the program research guides Look here for links to faculty services 3 LIBRARY WEBSITE:
RECRUITING – GROUP DISCUSSION What are your biggest challenges when it comes to recruiting? Are these challenges different for students and faculty? 4
RESEARCH GUIDE This presentation is an overview of the resources compiled at 5
DEMOGRAPHICS SRDS – Local Market Audience Analyst ReferenceUSA – US Consumer & Lifestyles American Fact FinderAmerican Fact Finder – freely available on the web 6
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Media lists Pricing DMA = Designated Market Area 11 SRDS – Local Media by DMA
BUSINESS DIRECTORIES ReferenceUSA – US Businesses Other Directories Uniworld Directories - American Firms Operating in Foreign Countries and Foreign Firms Operating in the United States 12
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23 Normed data from most recent census Market research
Center point = Columbia Metro campus: 8911 Farrow Rd; Radius = 10mi. U.S. CONSUMERS / LIFESTYLE Custom search / Geography / Map based search 24
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REFERENCEUSA – PRINTING & DOWNLOADING Limited to 50 records at a time Printing/downloading comma delimited, Excel, tab delimited of records now available Buy a full mail or list – RefUSA may discount business lists 27
NEWS BizJournals 40+ metro-area American City Business Journals LexisNexis Academic State, US, and international news 28
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BIZJOURNALS -- Customize your content/newsletters & online delivery 31
LEXISNEXIS ACADEMIC 32
EDUCATION TRENDS Chronicle of Higher Education ERIC 33
CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION 34
ERIC 35
FACULTY TEACHING/SCHOLARSHIP SUPPORT Resources for Faculty Subject Librarians 36
FACULTY RECRUITING: LIBRARY SUPPORT FOR INSTRUCTION 37
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FACULTY RECRUITING: LIBRARY SUPPORT FOR FACULTY RESEARCH 39
WRAP UP WITH QUESTIONS AND A TOAST There once was a director from Webster Who wanted more students to register ________________________________________ 40