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Rockhurst University Library Accounts
The Rockhurst University ID card also is the library card for students. At the bottom of the card is the library account number, which begins "10006".

Register online for your library account or at the Circulation Desk on the main floor of the library. Rockhurst students, faculty and staff are required to use their Rockhurst email addresses in their library accounts. Library accounts expire at the end of each semester so you will need to reactivate your account next semester. This can also be done online.

You will be given a unique identification number in addition to your library account number. With this library account number and unique borrower identification number you may:

Detailed information about library accounts and utilizing all of the functions listed above can be found on the library's Circulation Services web page.

Identifying Books and Journals in the Library Collection
Materials owned by the library can be identified by using the Online Catalog on the library's web site. Rockhurst University is a member of the MOBIUS consortium consisting of 60 Missouri academic libraries. Books available in MOBIUS libraries can be requested by you and sent here for your use. Additional information about this is found on the Patron Initiated Borrowing Through the Online Catalog guide.

Periodicals (journals, newspapers and magazines) owned by the library can be identified by linking to the Periodical Holdings page on the library web site. On this page you will be directed to use the Periodicals Holdings List to see if we have a subscription to a title and, in the case of electronic publications, directly access the periodical..

Interlibrary Loan
Articles not found full text in the library's collection or books not found in a MOBIUS library can be ordered from other libraries across the country through Interlibrary Loan. Use the forms on our Interlibrary Loan page to submit your request electronically. Books are free; articles are 20 cents per page per article. Usually you will have your materials within a week after submitting your request.

Access to Databases
On campus access to most of the library's subscription databases is available on the Electronic Resources page. Use either the alphabetical or subject lists of databases to find the one you need.

Off campus access is available through the VPN proxy server provided by Computer Services. The Off Campus Access to Databases page will link you to the page provided by Computer Services. If you link directly to the library's web site outside of VPN you will not be able to use the databases.

Sources of Analysis on Companies and Industries in Library Databases
Each of the databases listed below offer unique information on companies, their competitors and the industry in which they exist.

Business Source Premier
This database provides full text business and trade publications as well as country economic reports and company profiles provided by Datamonitor. These company profiles will also give information about the competitors for a company.

Tips for Searching For Companies, Countries and Industries in Business Source Premier (PDF 7KB)

Business and Company Resource Center
This database identifies company profiles, industry news, brand information, industry overviews and rankings, market shares, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and articles in business trade journals, newspapers and business reference sources. Companies, brand names and brand types can be searched by name using the "Company" search option. Most company profiles give a company history as well as financial data and information about competitors in the market. Industries can be searched either by industry name or by SIC or NAICS codes using the "Industry" search option.

Lexis-Nexis Academic
Under the "Business" tab both industry information and individual company profiles are available. The "Company Dossier" section allows an on-demand comparison to be run on competing companies. Under the "News" tab there is a "Source" field allowing you to select "Business News Publications". The full text from thousands of business and industry publications can be found here.

S&P NetAdvantage
This database from Standard and Poor's provides research and data on companies, industries, stocks, bonds and mutual funds.

Newsbank
This databases provides the full text of articles from over 500 domestic newspapers in the United States and over 700 newspapers from around the world.

Determine SIC or NAICS Classification of Your Industry
Many information sources use the US Government's Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code or the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code to organize data on industries. Some of the databases above allow you to indentify classification numbers in the database. Another way to find SIC codes for an industry is to use government web sites like OSHA or for NAICS codes use the Census web site.

Proper Citation of Sources
When using information from other sources, whether copyrighted or not, it is necessary to give attribution to those sources. Doing so will help you avoid plagiarism.

More information about copyright is found on the Copyright and Fair Use guide.

Information on how to avoid plagiarism is on the Avoiding Plagiarism guide.

The library provides the RefWorks bibliographic management system. This is a bibliography management program that allows Rockhurst University faculty, students and staff to set up their own online account to manage electronic citations imported from databases subscribed to by the Greenlease Library as well as input citation information from print sources. Only Rockhurst University email accounts may be used with RefWorks accounts. These citations are easily incorporated into documents created in word processing programs. Many citation formats are included.

RefWorks Account Information

Tutorial and Quick Start Guide (PDF 2.42MB)*

Connect to RefWorks
How to Export Saved Citations from a Database Into RefWorks (PDF 87 KB)*

Adding References Manually to RefWorks

Additional information about citing resources can be found on the Citing Print and Electronic Sources in Research Guide on our web site.

Identify Basic Information on Business and Industries
There are many additional sources of information about the development of business and industries in print in the library. Many of these are listed on the Industry Sources Research Guide or the Business and Economics Sources Research Guide available on the library web site. These sources cannot be checked out, so plan time to visit the library to consult them.

Updated June 24, 2008