New Video – Job Search in the 21st Century

A new streamed video has just been added to our Films on Demand database called “Job Search in the 21st Century.”   The video is 25 minutes and details how to utilize the Web and social networks to enhance job prospects.   To access this video go to the library homepage, select databases from the menu and scroll down to “Films on Demand.”  Once you are in the database do a title search for “Job Search in the 21st Century.”

Publix “At Season’s Peak” Recipe Contest

Enter your best original recipe using apples in the Publix “At Season’s Peak” contest (http://www.meredith.com/publix/recipe/) for a chance to win 52 $100 Publix gift cards. Three runner-up winners will each receive a $100 Public gift card. All entrants must be 21 years old and legal residents of Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, or South Carolina at the time of entry. (You do not have to be a culinary or baking and pastry student, or a professional, to enter.) The deadline for entering your recipe is 11:59 p.m., December 2, 2009.

Go to http://www.meredith.com/publix/recipe/rules.html for the complete list of contest rules.

If you would simply like to try some recipes using apples, the following are just a few of the items are available for checkout from the Library:

The Apple Cookbook: More Than Sixty Easy, Imaginative Recipes
An Apple Harvest: Recipes and Orchard Lore
Apple Pie: an American Story

Investment Reports in Business & Company Resource Center

Did you know that you have access to investment reports through some of our business databases?  If you are researching a company or an industry, you may find these reports useful.

Business & Company Resource Center offers an easy way to find investment reports.  Follow these steps to access them…we’ll use Office Depot as an example of company we’re researching:

Start by clicking on the link to our databases:
http://library.jwu.edu/research/databases/az.htm#b

Choose Business & Company Resource Center

Enter the name of the company as a company search:

Click on the company (use the ticker symbol and/or the headquarter location to choose the correct one):

Click on the Investment Reports tab:

Click on the titles of the investment reports that are the most current.  If you are researching an industry, repeat the process using the names of the top companies of that industry.  If you need help finding the top companies, use the Rankings tab when you are looking at the details for a particular company.

Happy researching!

Use the Library Databases to Prepare for the Fall Career Expo

An excellent way to prepare for the Fall Career Expo that will be held Thursday, November 5th, in the University Center, is to research the industries and companies you are especially interested in. Your research will give you knowledgeable “talking points” as well as help you formulate important questions to ask the on-campus representatives

Business Resource Center, Business & Company Resource Center, and Business Source Complete are just three databases containing important sources of information. Going the extra step of doing your research may put you ahead of the competition.