Morningstar Investment Services has switched from print to online only access.  The print version was formerly kept behind the Reference Desk in Bartle Library. Morningstar provides real-time access to comprehensive data and independent analysis on thousands of investments, spanning mutual funds, stocks, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and closed-end funds.  The database is limited to two simultaneous users.

The 2012 Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded this week to two American economists, Alvin E. Roth  of Harvard and Lloyd Shapley of UCLA, for their work in market design and matching theory.  Some selected works by and about Roth and Shapley are below.

Stochastic games and related topics : in honor of Professor L.S. Shapley, edited by T.E.S. Raghavan … [et al.] QA269 .S76 1991

The Shapley value : essays in honor of Lloyd S. Shapley, edited by Alvin E. Roth HB144 .S533 1988

Laboratory experimentation in economics : six points of view, edited by Alvin E. Roth. HB131 .L32 1987

Game-theoretic models of bargaining,  edited by Alvin E. Roth HB144 .G36 1985

The Business and Company Resource Center database has a new name, Business Insights: Essentials, and a new interface. Users can now use keyword searching for the entire database, enhancing the discovery of company and industry information, including company histories and chronologies, financials, articles, SWOT analyses, etc. Graphs, charts, and tables are now downloadable.

The Libraries have added a new business database, Mergent Online. The database focuses primarily on company information, such as financials, executives, SEC filings, ownership, cost basis, and risk analysis.  In addition, there are international economic indicators, industry reports, international stock market listings, and country reports. Search results can be saved, or downloaded to Excel.