Monthly Archives: August 2009

Database Trial: Publishing Opportunities Database

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OSU Libraries has established a trial to the Publishing Opportunities Database. This trial will run through October 28, 2009

Publishing Opportunities Database, published by Talsk Research Inc., lists opportunities for professors, post-doctorates and other students interested in presenting and publishing their research papers. Information from three distinct sources is combined and presented in a convenient, intuitive format:

* Journal Call for Papers records index – open opportunities for regularly published journals, to which content is constantly being added
* Conference Call for Papers – time-sensitive content, providing from 3,000 to 4,000 records at any given time, for an annual total of approximately 12,000 records
* Special Issue Call for Papers – time sensitive content with from 500 to 800 records available at any given time, for an annual total of approximately 2,000 records

Comments on this trial can be submitted on the Database Trial Evaluation Form.

Database Trial: SimplyMap

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OSU Libraries has established a trial to the SimplyMap electronic resource. This trial will run through October 2, 2009.

SimplyMap is an Internet-based mapping application that enables users to develop interactive thematic maps and reports using thousands of demographic, business, and marketing data variables.

The trial provides access the EASI ® Standard Package, which includes data from the year 2000, Current Estimates, Five Year Projections, the Historical Package, and the EASI MRI & Life Stages Package.

The Standard Package incorporates the following data:
• Demographic Variables
• Retail Sales, Store Groups, and Food Service Variables
• EASI Sales and Other Potential Variables
• EASI Quality of Life Variables
• Consumer Price Index Variables
• General Employment (by Place of Work)
• General Establishment (by Place of Work)
• Detailed Employment (by Place of Work)
• Detailed Establishments (by Place of Work)
• Detailed Consumer Expenditure Variables
• EASI Profile Variables
• Ancestry Tabulations
• D&B’s Points-of-Interest File

During the trial, users can create a workspace by clicking on “Create Personal Workspace” and entering an e-mail address and password. Users can also click on the “CLICK HERE to login to a temporary workspace (your work will not be saved)” to explore SimplyMap without creating an account.

Please let us know what you think of this electronic resource. Comments can be submitted on the Database Trial Evaluation Form.