About STEM-E Business

What We Do

Mission

STEM Entrepreneurship & Business (STEM-E Business) at Grainger Engineering Library’s main focus is to to enhance the knowledge of business research by providing trusted advice on which resources are the best, appropriate, accessible through the University Library, Gies College of Business, the University of Illinois, other institutions or through a paywall site.

What We Offer

STEM-E Business provides research strategy consultations for Gies College of Business, Grainger College of Engineering researchers, and other business-related educators with services such as:

  • Assistance with Securities Data Corp (SDC) Platinum research data screening & data set creation
  • Assistance with getting started using WRDS
  • Assistance with locating indicators/events of corporate and nonprofit innovation over time via secondary sources such as historical newspapers, SEC Filings, annual reports, and industry reports
  • Assistance in locating appropriate and existing datasets for organizational structure, location and firm performance over time
  • Referrals to experts within the University Library, the Gies College of Business, the Grainger College of Engineering,  University of Illinois and other institutions

In addition, STEM-E Business collaborates with Gies and other Library faculty for instruction of fundamentals of business intelligence utilizing various library and external resources.  Becky belongs to the Academic Business Library Directors (ABLD) consortia, which influences the development of new products and services for the academic business library market.

LibGuides

LibGuides are curated guides to help with your research. You can find LibGuides by:

  • Subject (business, engineering, etc)
  • Class
  • Topic
  • Librarian
  • Library

LibGuides are available at https://guides.library.illinois.edu/

Graphic encouraging patrons to use the University LibGuides. Can be clicked on for a direct link to the Guides.

 

Librarian

Becky Smith, STEM Entrepreneurship & Business Librarian

Information about Becky Smith, STEM Entrepreneurship and Business Librarian. About Becky: Business collections strategist SDC Platinum research Business time-series dataset discovery expert Instructor for fundamentals of business intelligence for companies & industries Teaching/learning collaborator with Grainger Engineering Library Information Center, Gies College of Business, & Grainger College of Engineering University Library faculty Subjects Covered: Accountancy Tax Management Organizational Behavior & Design Supply Chain & Operations Strategy & Business Policy International Business Finance Business History Academic Business Education

 

Contact

Contact Links:
bis@library.illinois.edu
becky@library.illinois.edu

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Location

Grainger Engineering Library Information Center
1301 West Springfield Ave
Urbana, IL 61801

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