Passport

The Bruno Library's featured database for Nov. is Passport (formerly Passport GMID -Global Market Information Database).  Here you will find research reports for various consumer, service and supply industries.  The reports include demographics, brand shares, statistics and other information on a global basis.

OneSource

is our featured database for the month of September.  With it being a subset of ReferenceUSA, many users might make this connection and already be familiar with some of it's capabilities. OneSource is an information-rich tool that can provide company profile information on US and international companies. One can find analyst's reports, company news, SWOT analyses, corporate "family-tree" orientations, balance sheet data, financials, etc., etc.

Mine, Mill & Microchip: A Chronicle of Alabama Enterprise

by Wayne Flynt.  Overlooking the fact this is written by an Auburn professor, (Please forgive me...LOL!!!)...Professor Flynt's work is a coffee-table style book with lots of illustrations (some from UA's Special Collections Library).  Copies are available from Amazon. UA Libraries has copies as well. Check out this great work and see how things have changed in AL over the years!  Enjoyable to read/thumb through!

On the Wealth of Nations: Books that Changed the World

by P.J. O'Rourke

I heard about this book on a recent episode of Marketplace.   Host, Kai Ryssdal, did an interview with the author.  The interview is worth listening to and is very insightful.  I really enjoy listening to Marketplace and especially the current series on consumption.  Check it out.

Employee Engagement: Lessons from the Mouse House

by Pete Blank.

I recently had the opportunity and privilege to attend a staff workshop here in the UA Libraries titled, "Workplace Expectations."  Going into this workshop I did not know what to anticipate.  I wasn't really enthusiastic about going.  The moderator, Pete Blank, did an exceptional job and made the whole event enjoyable.  I highly recommend his book and if you ever get the chance to attend his workshops you will not be disappointed.