Business and Economics Library

BYU has scored a touchdown in sports business research by gaining access to the powerful Sports Business Research Network (SBRnet) database!

SBRnet is now your premier source for any information related to Sports market research. SBRnet is jam packed with features. Some awesome features for you sports researchers include, participation rates, market segmentation for specific sports, TV viewership and more. BYU will continue to have access to SFIA’s Sports Research database until it is eliminated in September. Give SBRnet a “shot” at http://dbs.lib.byu.edu/sbrnet.

Company and market research has reached a new level, VenturXpert is now available at BYU. VentureXpert provides comprehensive up-to-date information on markets, companies, mergers and acquisitions, recent private equity deals, and much more. Essentially, VentureExpert is designed to give an inside look into the biggest deals and acquisitions in the market.

Feel free to explore this powerful database for free by logging into the BYU library website at lib.byu.edu/business. If you have any questions about VentureXpert, please stop by our office in room 1210 of the Harold B. Lee library anytime.

Be sure to remember that VentureXpert will only work on Internet Explorer. Also, VentureXpert only allows five users at time, so be sure to log out of the database  using  the little grey door with the red arrow sign on the top right hand side of the page when you’re finished with your research. Thank you and enjoy!

Look no further. Our subject guides highlight interesting and useful books in our “Recommended Readings sections. Our recommended readings are specific to most subject guides. To access the reading suggestions; go to a subject guide of interest on the right and then click on the recommended reading tab up top!

Here are some books we recommend! All books are available to view through the HBLL in print or eBook form. Enjoy!

Ever thought about doing an Internship? If not you should! Internships today are a vital way to secure full time employment. With the job market so competitive, a good GPA isn’t going to cut it anymore. In order to separate yourself from the crowd, you must secure an Internship.

In our library database, we have full access to “VAULT” the number one company and employment guide for professionals.We have full access to all of the vault guides from  interview questions to the best internships around.If you have any questions about internships, please feel free to visit our career research subject guides at lib.byu.edu/business or stop by our office at 1210 in bottom floor of the Harold B. Lee Library for more information.

Finals are fast approaching and with that comes the time crunch. But maybe you’re having the trouble balancing your drive to study and your spirit of procrastination. So, why not satisfy both needs?

Inside Job is an provides an analysis of the global financial crisis of 2008. Through exhaustive research and extensive interviews with key financial insiders, politicians, journalists, and academics, this film traces the rise of a rogue industry which has corrupted politics, regulation, and academia. So there it is, a way to both study and procrastinate all at the same time!

Find the DVD “Inside Job” at the Library Media Center located on the 4th floor of the HBLL.

International research has just gotten a whole lot easier with Euromonitor’s Passport database. Formerly known as GMID, the newly branded “Passport” server adds increased functionality to make your international research questions a cinch to solve. Check out passport here! Or need assistance with Passport – take a look at our tutorial videos here!

So what do we mean by increased functionality? Additional industries such as the ingredient industry and more are available to scan through and some of these include commentary by Passport analysts. There are also new Dashboard interfaces to assist in your searches, interactive guides, and all are linked to the data you need. Can there be a bigger wow factor!? I don’t think so.

No really, I don’t think so.

BYU currently has trial access to Business Monitor International, a premier provider of global business intelligence. One of BMI’s strengths is country risk analysis. There is also daily news, macroeconomic forecasts, and coverage of 24 industry sectors for 175 nations. BMI does have some similarities to Euromonitor International’s Passport database, which we already have, but there are significant differences.

You can access our trial at www.businessmonitor.com/enter until March 11th. Please send feedback to Andy Spackman and help us evaluate this potential acquisition.

Protect yourself from Havoc by escaping to the H.B.L.L.! The library has all the resources, you need to protect yourself from Havoc!

Watch the library’s new promotional video about the havoc of computer viruses here!

If computer viruses are not a problem I can bet your roommates girlfriend is. Unconvinced? Check out just how much havoc relationships can wreak here!

Still not convinced? Well what about your roommate that parties like a rock star? Just to show you how much Havoc they can wreak on your academics check out this video here; and find your safe haven at the library.

This week is LOVE YOUR LIBRARY week in the HBLL! Visit the Love Your Library booth in the entrance of the Library to enter to win a free ipad Mini and proclaim why you love the library.

Also, on Thursday come visit the Tunnel of Love in the back hallway of level 2 (south side of Library Instruction) for a free t-shirt and sugar cookie!

It’s 2013 and we’re already looking to fresh starts and new beginnings – but if we do look back, whatever happened in 2008? What effect did it have on the world as we knew it and how might it impact our futures?