Mintel (consumer, market research) now available

There is a new 'business' database that is now available (though it still needs to be added to the database list, etc.). It's called Mintel and contains reports on consumer and market trends.




I have a more detailed fact sheet if you're interested, but if you want to browse the product:

1. Go to http://academic.mintel.com
2. Agree to license.
3. Create a profile using NC State email.

• If you forget your login, you can get an email reminder in 30 sec.
• Automatic logout after 15 min. of inactivity.
• Unlimited simultaneous users.

Book sales resource

I just discovered TitleZ.com, a free web site that tracks Amazon book sales. Supposedly it's in beta testing at the moment and will remain free while this is the case. So, may require a subscription at some point. I'm still learning just how much data is in here--so far it seems to heavily favor bestsellers, and doesn't do so well for textbooks or less mainstream nonfiction publications.

Copyright Renewal Database at Cornell

Thought this might be of general interest. From the web site:

"This database makes searchable the copyright renewal records received by the US Copyright Office between 1950 and 1992 for books published in the US between 1923 and 1963. Note that the database includes ONLY US Class A (book) renewals.

The period from 1923-1963 is of special interest for US copyrights, as works published after January 1, 1964 had their copyrights automatically renewed by statute, and works published before 1923 have generally fallen into the public domain. Between those dates, a renewal registration was required to prevent the expiration of copyright, however determining whether a work's registration has been renewed is a challenge. Renewals received by the Copyright Office after 1977 are searchable in an online database, but renewals received between 1950 and 1977 were announced and distributed only in a semi-annual print publication. The Copyright Office does not have a machine-searchable source for this renewal information, and the only public access is through the card catalog in their DC offices.

In order to make these renewal records more accessible, Stanford has created this searchable database. "