Author Archives: Diana Boerner

Hunger & Homelessness

By Diana Boerner | Published February 11, 2012
The link below takes you to a report that presents the results of a survey of 29 of the cities which comprise the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ Task Force on Hunger and Homelessness.   Respondents were asked to provide information on emergency food assistance

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International Monetary Fund: Global Financial Stability Report

By Diana Boerner | Published August 11, 2011

Through the library, you have access to a report from the International Monetary Fund entitled “Global Financial Stability Report.”  Basically, the report discusses global market developments and issues.  The really nice feature is that we have access to some of… Read more

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iPhone and EBSCOhost databases

By Diana Boerner | Published July 6, 2011

I haven’t actually used this myself, but thought I’d pass along instructions for the EBSCOhost Mobile apps.  For those who don’t know, EBSCOhost publishes these databases (and many more): Business Source Complete, Academic Source Complete, Communication… Read more

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Country Commercial Guides

By Diana Boerner | Published February 20, 2011

Country Commercial Guides are published by the United States and Foreign Commercial Service.  These guides provide a tremendous amount of information about how to do business in another country.  Here are some of the major areas discussed:

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IFRS vs. GAAP

By Diana Boerner | Published January 27, 2011

Doing research on these topics for accounting?  Here are some suggested databases and search terms.

I would look in the following TCU databases (keep in mind that some of these databases have limits on the # of simultaneous users, so… Read more

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