Hello all. It’s been over a month since I surveyed you about an Internal Communication question. Specifically, whether we should have a regular newsletter for internal communication within the libraries or whether the blog would be a better tool for this function.
Since we were looking just at INTERNAL communication, not news to the public or the students, the majority of responses (about 80%) said that since we already had the blog in place, and since it is searchable, that the blog would be the best tool for the job. Many did say that they knew they would have to develop the habit of checking it, but that it still was the best tool.
Therefore, I will be increasing the number of categories for our posts on our internal ButlerLib blog so that topics of interest are easier to find. I will also be contacting everyone later this month to offer a training session on how to use the blog. Stay tuned for further details.
For students in Kate King’s MG 101 class (or anyone needing Indiana business information):
Business Databases:
General
Business File: Do a “journal search” for Indiana
Business Magazine.
Business
Source Premier: Do a “publications” search for Indiana Business Review.
http://www.butler.edu/library/research/db/business.html
Web sites:
Indiana Business Resource Center: http://www.ibrc.indiana.edu/
Reference Books, Irwin Library:
Demographics
USA: REF HF 5415 .3 S943 2005
Lifestyle
Market Analyst: REF HF 5415 .33 .U6 L54 2005
ZIP Code
Demographics: REF HA 214 .S66 2004
2005 Survey
of Buying Power: REF HC 110 .I5 S97 2005
Household
Spending: REF HC 110 .C6 .A666 2004
Country and
City Data Book: HA .202 .C68 2000
-B
For those of you who have ever needed to create a PDF file, we have a program installed at the Reference Desk that I would recommend to you. It’s called PrimoPDF and it’s a terrific FREE program that allows you to create PDF files. While there are all kinds of security settings you can implement (like disabling printing, etc.), the basic function is simple.
Just print your document and select PrimoPDF as your “printer.” It will ask you for a file name and allow you to change security settings before you click OK and save the PDF file. Pretty basic.
Another nice thing is that, since this program acts as a “printer,” anything you can print you can make a PDF file. Doesn’t matter if it’s a Word document, a spreadsheet, a webpage, or a library catalog entry. If you can print it, you can make it a PDF. Just change your printer from your default to PrimoPDF.
If you’d like to see it in action, feel free to stop by the Reference Desk.
Scott
The CHOICES III database is still available on that computer in the corner of the Reference Dept. And now there’s a manual with a couple of guides that Brad discovered online.
Thanks, Brad!
P.S. Those guides can be found:
The CHOICES III database is still available on a computer in the Reference Department. And now there is a manual at that workstation to give you some assistance in setting up your research question, selecting columns and rows, and interpreting the results. For those of you needing consumer data about product and brand usage, this tool is just the thing.
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