Points to the Past

Reba Ouimet — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 17:31:30 +0000

Vendor:

Description:

Points to the Past is your gateway to a world-class collection of primary sources, made up of nearly 200 million pages of digitized historical content – maps, photos, newspapers, manuscripts, pamphlets, portraits, and much more. Researchers are free to explore a vast range of resources through Points to the Past, including Eighteenth Century and Nineteenth Century Collections Online, esteemed periodicals such as the Economist and the Financial Times, and digitized materials from the Smithsonian Institution.

All British Columbians enjoy barrier-free access to this collection. Gale Primary Sources uses geo-authentication, meaning anyone in 51�� with an Internet-connected device can access these resources with no need to log in or authenticate. You can access the entire collection through this website or through your library’s digital resources.

Points to the Past is available thanks to a unique agreement established between Gale and 51��’s three largest universities: the University of Victoria Libraries, University of British Columbia Library, and Simon Fraser University Library. This unprecedented initiative will further research, teaching, and lifelong learning in British Columbia.

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Content Types:

Fulltext

Index

Infographics

Platform:

Gale

Status:

Active

Supporting documents:

P2TP_Flyer_2018.pdf

Statista

Anonymous — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 19:46:02 +0000

Vendor:

Statista

Description:

Statista is one of the leading statistics companies on the internet. With a team of over 450 statisticians, database experts, analysts, and editors, Statista provides users with an innovative and intuitive tool for researching quantitative data, statistics and related information. The product is aimed at business clients and academics of any size. Consultant firms and media agencies license our services as well as strategy and marketing departments in large corporations from a variety of industries. Our client base includes a wide range of globally active companies and premier academic institutions. Since the launch of the platform in 2008, more than 1,000,000 users have registered with Statista.

To provide our clients with responsive, accurate and specialized data they have come to expect from Statista, we work closely with market leaders in the research sector in addition to specialist institutions. Our strategic partners in the United States include the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and the American Association of Advertising Agencies (4 A’s). Our media partners include Mashable.com, Business Insider, Wall Street Journal, The Independent and Forbes.

The Expert Tools include:

CONSUMER MARKET OUTLOOK

Global comparison tool – 150 countries worldwide (roughly 79% of global GDP)
portrays the 17 most important consumer markets
155 product segments
examines the most relevant KPIs of each market
Revenue, Revenue per capita, Volume of sales, Volume of sales per capita, Unit price, Global comparison, market indicators

DIGITAL MARKET OUTLOOK

Global comparison tool – 150+ international countries & regions (90% of worldwide economic power + 78% of global internet population)
9 digital verticals with 36 segments
explains what is behind markets related to buzzwords like Smart Home, FinTech or Connected Car, etc
provides forecasts about the individual market trends
Revenue trends, User trends, ARPU (Average revenue per user), Global comparison, Market indicators

MOBILITY MARKET OUTLOOK

Mobility Market Outlook presents the key figures from the world of automotive and mobility
Passenger cars in 12 car classes, over 80 major makes and 27 countries
Connected cars in 3 major categories in 50 countries
Sales, revenues, prices, and brands
Market insights, forecasts and indicators

COUNTRY OUTLOOK

More than 150 countries, over 70 KPIs, six segments, one interactive tool.
The interactive tool gives you extensive insights of a country’s most relevant KPIs at a glance.

BUSINESS PLAN EXPORT

Extensive data sets (digital economy + consumer goods)
Templates for market modeling (external perspective) and business cases (internal perspective)
Feasible costs and benefits breakdown
Individual starting date, three currencies
Pitchdeck template

COMPANY DATABASE

Provides information on over 40,000 stock listed and private companies worldwide
Company information
Key company metrics
Profitability metrics
Key stock performance metrics (for listed companies)
Competitor analyses
Contact details

PUBLICATION FINDER

Over 2,000,000 studies, reports and scholarly documents from the web
Nine advanced filter options
Scholarly publication with no paywalls

There are add-on modules for Statista:

Global Consumer Survey (GCS) - Offers a global perspective on consumption and media usage, covering the offline and online world of the consumer. It is designed to help marketers, planners, and product managers understand consumer behavior and consumer interactions with brands.
Corporate eCommerce Database (ECDB) - provides detailed information for 20,000 stores in 50 countries, including detailed revenue analytics, competitor analysis, market development, marketing budget, and interesting KPIs, such as traffic, shipping providers, payment options, social media activity and many more. Includes:
Store profiles - Analyze online stores. Provides more than 20,000 international store profiles with detailed revenue information by category and country. Get instant access to over 30 key performance indicators per store.
Store Rankings - Compare eCommerce markets. Understand international markets by identifying market leaders and fast-growing online stores. The stores analyzed by us represent 95% of the worldwide eCommerce revenues. See how they compare to the overall market. Our data tool provides you with an easy way to compare similar stores.

Alumni Access (add on)

Unlimited number of alumni 75 download limit per person for life of the account.
Premium access only (access to statistics only)
1 Dossier (compilation of statistics on a topic) or DossierPlus (same as Dossier, but with more editorial content and an executive summary from experts focused on a trending topic)
Must have designated College/University alumni email
Username/Password access

[From vendor]

Technical Issues: please email the vendor at rachael.williams@statista.com and copy the 51�� ELN agreement lead.

Last updated: December 11, 2021

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Usage Statistics:

Statista usage statistics and reports can be retrieved from: https://www-statista-com.proxy.lib.sfu.ca/groupLogin

See the Getting Started for Admins Guide for more details.

Multi-Consortial Note:

This license is made available through a national site license negotiated on behalf of Consortia Canada by the Council of Atlantic University Libraries (CAUL).

Subscriber Details:

The following institutions also have the GCS module:

51��IT
Royal Roads University
Thomspon River University
U51��
University Canada West

VIU late join for 16 months beginning Oct 1, 2022 - January 31, 2024

Content Types:

Data

Fulltext

Infographics

Platform:

Statista

Frequently Asked Questions:

Statista FAQ

Status:

Active

British Columbia Electronic Library Network - Infographics

Points to the Past

Statista