A further short note about Passport

Not through Athens this time, or rather not just through Athens.  I shall quote our Passport contact

Passport is built on Windows platform and we do not support any form of Apple products. Users may be able to access Passport but intermittently, but a lot of the functionality will not work and we can’t guarantee a good service because we don’t support it.
We support Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Firefox, but it works best on Internet Explorer.
If you use Google chrome on a Mac, you should be able to access Passport, but we can’t guarantee all the functionality. As we don’t support any Apple products, we cannot do any testing to replicate [any issues that may arise during of Apple products to access Passport]

So there you are. If you use Passport, best to do it on a PC.

Passport access through Athens

There is an intermittent problem (the worst kind of problem) with access to Passport GMID through Athens.

The issue not unique to DBS and is beyond the control of Euromonitor  in that the problem does not originate with them; it is related to an upgrade in software from Eduserv/Athens.  They are working to find a solution. 

The following options are thought to be useful in overcoming access problems.

• If you close the browser and open the page again – you may have success in getting into Passport.
• Refreshing the browser may help.

A short note about using Mintel and Passport GMID on Athens

The short note is this: registration is required before use.  For Mintel it's a one-off, and merely entails entering name and email address, course and course end-date.  And that's it.  Here's an access guide  that says pretty much the same thing, but it's better written and has pictures.
For Passport GMID, you need to create an account, entering similar information.  However you'll need your email address to login to Passport each time you want to use this resource.  An added complication is that personal emails - from the likes of Yahoo, Hotmail and Gmail will be rejected.  Use either your @mydbs.ie or your business email address.  Personally, I'd use my mydbs.ie account.  

New resource: Passport GMID

Following on from our recent trial, I'm delighted to announce that we will be subscribing to Passport GMID for the next year at least. Passport GMID can be found at this link and initially will be available on campus only while we sort out access through Athens. Passport GMID will be replacing Marketline, for which some content (e.g country and sector reports) will still be available through EBSCO Business Source Complete.

Trial madness continues: Passport GMID

We're pleased to announce a 30 day trial of Euromonitor's Passport GMID, a global market information database and analysis tool containing comprehensive data and reports across all industries, countries and consumers. Subscribers use the system to support a wide range of business functions and academic research projects:

• Industry analysis
• Export and market entry strategies
• Trend monitoring
• Company analysis
• Country profiling
• Consumer and household profiling
• Lifestyle analysis
• Modelling and forecasting
• General business reference

A Passport GMID subscription includes:

• Millions of internationally comparable market statistics on industries countries and consumers
• 1,000s of full text market reports, company reports and country reports
• Expert Euromonitor analyst comment on emerging industry trends, country trends and consumer trends
• Powerful data analysis functions allowing users to customise data for specific needs

This is a trial, so it's only available on campus and there's no downloading. The trial ends Friday 15th February Passport GMID

Database trials old and new

Friday sees the end of our Safari Online ebooks trial, so today and tomorrow are your last chances to access any material from this resource. Monday Today sees the start of another database trial however, and this one is so cool as my son would say. It's Euromonitor Passport GMID (link only works on campus) and if I were a business student, I'd be excited about this, and even though I'm not, I still like this. Here's a description I've just been sent:

Passport GMID is an award-winning database allowing for in-depth research on established, emerging and developing global markets. Research is available on 80 countries for FMCG Consumer and Service industries plus granular macro and micro economic Countries and Consumers data for 205 countries.

Key features and benefits include:

∙ 9+ million statistics on Industries, Countries and Consumers
∙ 15,000 industry, company, country and consumer reports
∙ 12,000 company profiles and 8500 sector briefings
∙ 25,000 sources of further research information.
∙ Future Demographic reports illustrating which consumer groups will expand, decline or disappear in the future and indicating which countries offer the best prospects for business.
∙ Timely Comment from our own industry and country analysts on global events making the news.
∙ Consumer Lifestyle reports examining how people live their lives and factors influencing lifestyle choices. Topics include population segmentation, eating and drinking habits, income and expenditure.
∙ Strategy Briefings revealing major and emerging trends in consumer behaviour which will have an impact on sales and marketing of all consumer products.
∙ Global Risks and Vulnerabilities analyse opportunities and threats across 84 countries
∙ Students have improved employability prospects as this is the same data used by their prospective employers.
∙ International students have invaluable access to data on their home country and region
∙ Users have access to data on 95% of global consumer spending, making for unrivalled comparisons of business economies and consumer cultures

If you're interested in for example forecasting the pet food market in Finland or the retail sector in Hong Kong, then this is the database for you. Even if you're not, if you're doing a business or marketing course you should be able to find something of interest. This trial runs all next week, and I'll add a link as soon as it's active. Again, any feedback gratefully received.

Edit: Trial active.