This year, I have a very special new valentine.

My valentine is named Global Market Information Database, but I like to call him by his nickname: GMID.

GMID is the best! He is so helpful and knowledgeable!

GMID knows all about international industries, countries, and consumers. He showers me with daily articles about global news events and lovingly provides me with endless statistics and research reports from over 200 countries.

He’s the perfect blend of the quantitative and the qualitative!

I would like you to meet GMID.
He can be found at www.library.drexel.edu Click on “Find Databases/Journal Articles”
Search for Global Market Information Databases.

A few tips about getting to know GMID:

1) GMID is menu-driven. That means that you can’t really keyword search to find what you’re looking for. Take a look at the search choices on the right side of the screen and you can click-click-click away until you find the information you need.

2) You may also want to skim this handy GMID user-guide. It’s just 4 pages long, but it can be really helpful to decipher GMID’s interface. http://www.euromonitor.com/pdf/GMID_User_Guide.pdf

3) By licensing agreement, GMID is only available to current Drexel faculty, students, and staff. Sorry, Alumni — even if you come to campus, you will not be granted access to GMID.

I know that the minute you meet GMID, you’ll want this database to be your valentine, too!

* Originally published on February 14, 2008. For business research tips & tricks in real-time, subscribe to LIB-BIZ-KIT .