College of Agriculture's Agribusiness Department
2005-2006 Student Fee Increase Allocation - $35,000

Welcome to the 2005-2006 student fee allocation expenditures Web page.
After a very successful first year of securing high-end resources from the student fee allocation money, the Department of Agribusiness and the Student Oversight Committee has unanimously voted to give the Kennedy Library another $35,000 for a fourth year!

This page offers a detailed listing of all student fee expenditures during the 2005-2006 academic year. The Kennedy Library will continue its collection development strategy including::

• Continue to secure world-class databases that deiver information on:
  • Consumer markets
  • Trade
  • Online Fulltext trade journals
  • International financial, country, and cultural data
  • Marketing Information
  • Food Retail Managment
• Build the print collection to support the research needs of students and AGB faculty
• Develop specialized collections (e.g. category management, wine, international trade, etc.)
• Secure demographic food-related materials such as Market Scope and Trade Dimensions

Business and Industry (RDS - Gale Group)
International in scope, this database indexes top agribusiness publications and niche industry trade journals such as Product Alert, Progressive Grocer, Refrigerated and Frozen Foods, Frozen Food Age, Frozen Food Digest, The Grocer, Dairy Industries International, Feedstuffs, Dairy Field, Milling and Baking News, Packaging Week, Supermarket News, etc.
2 Users

TableBase (RDS - Gale Group)
Now there's an easy way to find the tables users want and get the strategic data you need, when you need it. TableBase is the database that specializes exclusively in tabular data on companies, industries, products and demographics.
Featuring precise indexing, unambiguous table titles and links to full text, there's nothing like TableBase anywhere.
International in scope and covering more than 90 industries, TableBase gives users unprecedented access to thousands of tables that are absolutely indispensable to daily research including:

• Company and brand rankings
• Imports and exports
• Industry and product forecasts
• Market share
• Number of users/outlets
• Production and consumption statistics
• Trends and demographics
• Usage and capacity
• And much more

2 Users

TOTAL RDS: $12,000

Global Market Information Database (Euromonitor)
Covers world consumer markets for thousands of products including Meat, Fish, Fresh Products, Dairy Products, Bakery Products, Frozen Foods, Canned Food, Chilled Food, Dried Food, Oils and Fats, Confectionery, etc.

The 8 Modules are:
Module 1. Marketing Parameters - 1,200 economic and demographic
parameters for 210 countries
Module 2. Consumer Lifestyles - Full text reports for 60 countries on
consumer behavior and key market drivers
Module 3. Consumer Market Sizes - We track the retail sales of 330
consumer product sectors across 52 countries
Module 4. Forecasts - Economic and Market data forecast to 2005
Module 5. Companies and Brands - The top 150,000 brands worldwide along
with profiles of the companies that own them
Module 6. Information Sources - Our own internal database of 30,000
sources of business information worldwide
Module 7. Major Market Profiles - Snapshot briefings of the worlds major
consumer and industrial markets
NEW Module 8. Retail Trade International - Full text reports and statistics
following worldwide retailing trends
Cost: $21,000

CountryWatch
Provides a globally integrated, semiannually updated, five-year macroeconomic forecast for each of the 192 countries in the world. The forecasts contain concise economic overviews for each country complementing the forecast tables and graphs; provide access to 5 years of historical data on key macroeconomic variables for each country, and provide an interface that allows the user to change forecast input assumptions to create their own country forecast.
Cost: $1,136

 

Journal of Agricultural and Food Industrial Organization (JAFIO)
Berkeley Electronic Press
Cost: $250/year

 

Frank Vuotto, M.L.I.S., M.A.
Business & Agribusiness Librarian, Faculty
California Polytechnic State University
Robert E. Kennedy Library
San Luis Obispo, CA 93420
fvuotto@calpoly.edu

Last updated January 20, 2006