Archive for November, 2006

RL HOURS for Thanksgiving Recess 2006

November 21 Tuesday 7:45 a.m. — 10:00 p.m.

November 22 Wednesday 7:45 a.m. — 5:00 p.m.

November 23 (Thanksgiving Day) Thursday CLOSED

November 24 & 25 Friday & Saturday CLOSED

November 26 Sunday 6:00 p.m. — Midnight

POETRY OF IDENTITY


A KU Reading Exchange

POETRY OF IDENTITY:
SAMPLING LATIN AMERICAN POETS
THEIR EXPERIENCES, STRUGGLES,
ROMANCE, SURVIVAL…

Presented by: Miguel Nieves

November 30, 2006
Thursday 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Rohrbach Library
Voices & Choices Center Gallery
2nd floor above the Coffee Bar

WIN AN iPOD NANO

Help your library! Please take a few moments to take the library survey.

http://survey.libqual.org/index.cfm?ID=887892

You’ll be entered in a drawing to win great prizes:

iPod Nano
$50 Cash
KU bookstore gift card
$25 eBay gift
$25 Weis card
Taylor and Byrnes gift certificates

Thanks for your time and support of your library,

Dr. Barbara Darden
Dean of Library Services

If you cannot take the online survey contact Bob Flatley, flatley@kutztown.edu, 610-683-4168 for a print copy.

Please note: You must be a student or employee of Kutztown University to take this survey and be entered to win prizes.

Announcing Mergent Online Database

We are excited to announce our subscription to Mergent Online, a premier company and business research tool.

Mergent Online provides a fully searchable database of over 10,000 U.S. public companies, over 18,000 international companies, and over 8,000 “dead stocks.” Worldwide industry reports, company tear sheets, custom reports and screening capabilities are also available. Unique features include:

  • Company histories
  • 15 years as-reported financials
  • Joint ventures
  • Earnings estimates
  • Institutional holdings
  • Insider trades
  • Long term debt histories
  • Property owned and leased
  • Full-text EDGAR search capabilities

Company Archives Data: U.S. Company Archives Data holds the full business descriptions, histories and financial statements for companies that were acquired, went bankrupt, liquidated or merged out of existence from 1996 onward. The International Company Archives Data provides the firms’ final balance sheets, income statements, capital structures, text descriptions of their businesses and histories, as well as their officers and directors from 1995 forward.

FactSheets: Presentation quality one page equity analysis stock summaries. More than 1500 NYSE, NASDAQ and AMEX companies’ reports are updated quarterly with critical investment information, including summaries of recent quarterly results, analyses of future prospects, income statement and balance sheet information, key operating statistics and ratios.

Factsheets Express: Available on 10,000 U.S. and Canadian companies, these presentations-quality summary equity reports are posted in Adobe Acrobat PDF format and updated with weekly closing prices. Each company report covers 15 year stock price and volume chart, summary of annual financials, recent dividends and splits, recent quarterly earnings, transfer agent, key financial ratios, institutional holdings summary.

Mergent Industry Reports provided in-depth analysis of key industries covering United States and Canada, Asia Pacific and Europe. These reports describe the market environment and industry landscape for companies, industries, countries and regions as well as key trends and market outlooks. The Comparable Company Data area provides key company data for the leading companies in the industry being covered. Each report is updated twice a year.

Mergent’s Industry Surveys

Automotive
Aviation
Banking
Biotech
Chemicals
Electricity
Food & Beverage
Heavy Construction
Insurance
Broadcasting Cable
Capital Goods
Chemicals: Basic
IT & High-Technology
Media
Medical Instruments & Equipment
Metal Works
Mining (Non-Precious)
Oil & Gas
Pharmaceuticals
Precious Metals
Property & Development
Telecommunications
Insurance: Property-Casualty

Access at http://voyager.ship.edu/remote/validate.cgi?db=MERGENT

It is linked on the library’s database page at http://www.kutztown.edu/library/information/articles.asp