Inform
a library reporter for business and hospitality
management
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by Daniel Hanne, Business Librarian
909-869-4352;
dhanne@csupomona.edu
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No. 34
Highlights
Issue Number 34 -- Spring Quarter, 1999
Government Contracts database on CD-ROM, and
more!!!
Don't forget to send me your book requests!
The Library still has part of the
extra allocation to purchase books for this
academic year. Please send your requests to me (Library -- 15 or e-mail
dhanne) by May 1, 1999. Thank you.
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Government Contracts
database on CD-ROM:
We are now subscribing to the Commerce Clearing
House (CCH) Government Contracts
Reports on CD-ROM. The computer
workstation is located behind the Reference Desk in the University
Library, first floor. All 10 volumes of the Reports are on one
CD-ROM. The service is updated monthly by an updated CD and weekly
with paper issues. The paper issues are in a file next to the
CD-ROM terminal.
To search the Government Contracts Reports, key F4 will display a search window. Chose from three ways
to search, "Basic" will use all terms you enter, "Plain Language"
will find any of the terms, and "Advanced" allows the use of
Boolean operators. Through "Document Type Target" select all or
parts of the Reports to search. Enter terms; select (double click) from
list to see full text.
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Also of interest to
Government Contracts:
The National Trade
Data Bank (NTDB) includes "Trade
Leads" from various sources including governments at all levels.
For opportunities with government see the links for:
Commerce Business Daily Leads
Defense Logistics Agency Leads
State and Local Government
Procurements
To access NTDB go to
Stat-USA under Databases on the Library's Internet Home Page. Then select
GLOBUS & NTDB.
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And More:
The California Code of Regulations:
The full text of the California Code of Regulations (CCR), formerly called the California Administrative Code, is now available on the Internet: http://ccr.oal.ca.gov/. The site is presented by the State Of California
Office of Administrative Law. You can search the CCR database by the
Agency, by its Table of Contents, or by entering terms in a
"search form" that allows use of Boolean operators. Click on "How
to use this Website" for complete instruction on searching the
CCR.
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A database for Law
Reviews:
Law Reviews are scholarly publications on the
law. They are typically the publications of University Law schools
or other learned institutions; for example, the University Library
subscribes to
Boston College Environmental Affairs Law
Review (Periodicals K5
.N83)
California Law Review (Periodicals K3 .A433)
Tax Law Review (Periodicals KF6272 .T39)
and several others. The advantage of Law
Reviews is that they contain the most authoritative discussions of
legal subjects and include citations to relevant court cases. The
Lexis/Nexis online service includes a full text "Law Reviews"
file, which provides more than 200 law reviews and law journals.
Find Lexis/Nexis as one of the Databases on the Library's Internet Home Page. This database
also has a file for "Legal News" and, of course, the full text of
the court cases for the United State courts and the courts of the
states. Each file includes help screens.
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"Who Spends How Much on
What?":
This is the subtitle for Household Spending (Ref
HC 110 C6 H68), which is based upon data from the US Bureau of
Labor Statistics 1995 Consumer
Expenditure Survey (HD6983 U595);
and Internet at: http://www.bls.gov/csxhome.htm. Household
Spending begins with a chapter on
"Spending Trends: 1985 to 1995", the continues with 10 additional
chapters entitled "Spending on..." apparel, entertainment,
financial products and services, food and alcohol, gifts, two
chapters on housing, health care, personal care, and
transportation. Data in each chapter is organized under age,
income, household type, and region. There is a brief narrative
introduction to each of these topics. For some categories data
includes market shares and projections. A "Glossary" explains the
scope of each category or product. There is an overall index so
that you can find specific items such as furniture, smoke alarms,
toys or washing machines.
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ISSUE: Corporate "Givers," and
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