79-410 History and Policy Project Course: Technology and Economic Development in Pittsburgh:A Resource Guide

Associations, Organizations, and Institutes Books/Reports Industry Overviews Internet Guides

Journal and Magazine Articles Newspaper Articles Primary Sources Statistics

Associations, Organizations, and Institutes

Many of the following sites provide news, statistics and/or full-text reports on economic development and technology in the Pittsburgh area.

• Allegheny Conference on Community Development

• Bio: Biotechnology Industry Organization
  • Laboratories of Innovation: State BioScience Initiatives 2004: State Profiles: Pennsylvania

• Biomedical Initiative (Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center)

• Brookings Institute
  • Signs of Life: The Growth of Biotechnology Centers in the U.S.

• Carnegie Mellon University
  • Center for Economic Development
    Provides the research and policy intelligence to foster an innovative region. Publishes reports such as:
    • Biotechnology Action Plan for Southwestern Pennsylvania
      Prepared for the Pittsburgh Technology Council.
    • Technology in Pittsburgh: Trends in Biotechnology Investment (Heinz School, Carnegie Mellon University, Center for Economic Development)

• Innovation Works
  State-sponsored organization working to seed technology companies in Southwestern Pennsylvania and grow them to the point of being self-sustaining.

• Pennsylvania Bio: The Voice of Advancement for Pennsylvania's Bioscience Industry.
  • 2004 report data
  • Pennsylvania 2004 report

• Pennsylvania Economy League

• Pittsburgh Life Science Greenhouse

• Pittsburgh Regional Alliance
  • Studies and Reports
    See especially the reports listed in Biotechnology, Technology, Technology Economy Regional.

• Pittsburgh Technology Council
  State of the Industry Report

• Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative

• Rand Corporation
  • Publications search

• Technology Collaborative
  Result of a merger between the Pittsburgh Digital Greenhouse and the Robotics Foundry.

• Technology in Pennsylvania (Commonwealth of Pennsylvania)

• University of Pittsburgh
  • Center for Biomedical Informatics
  • University Center for Social and Urban Research
    • Publications

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Books/Reports

While the above sites might have recent reports, there may be other older reports that are of interest. These are usually just treated like books, and can be searched for in library catalogs.

Some search terms might be: pittsburgh allegheny county

perhaps in combination with: technology economic conditions

If you need help finding books on your topic, ask at the Hunt Library reference desk. The reference staff can help you identify appropriate terms and search strategies to use for your topic.

• Cameo
  Catalog of the materials in the Carnegie Mellon University Libraries, including books, periodicals (journals, magazines, newspapers), videos, etc.

• Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
  Catalog of Pittsburgh's public libraries. Carnegie Mellon faculty, staff, and students can borrow materials by getting a Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh library card at the Main Library lending desk. Library Cards are free to residents of Allegheny County (bring proof of address), as well as out-of-town college students residing in the county (bring your Carnegie Mellon ID card and proof of local address). You can also have materials brought to one of the Carnegie Mellon University Libraries by the Courier Service via ILLiad by noting the library and call number in the notes field.

• Pittcat (University of Pittsburgh Libraries)
  Catalog of the University of Pittsburgh Library System, including all branch campus libraries. Carnegie Mellon faculty, staff, and students can borrow materials by getting a Special Borrower's card at the Hillman Library circulation desk with their Carnegie Mellon ID cards and proof of current Carnegie Mellon affiliation. See University of Pittsburgh Library System Reciprocal Borrowing Agreement for details. You can also have materials brought to one of the Carnegie Mellon University Libraries by the Courier Service via ILLiad by noting the library and call number in the notes field

• Worldcat (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  1200-present (Updated daily)
  Citations to books, titles of journals, manuscripts, and other materials in libraries throughout the United States, as well as some international libraries. You can limit your search to books by by selecting Book in the Type option. Each record will let you know which libraries have that item. Use E-ZBorrow or the Interlibrary loan service ILLiad for materials not in the Carnegie Mellon University Libraries.

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Industry Overviews

• Business and Company Resource Center (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  A comprehensive database for business. To find overviews of the biotechnology industry, go to Advanced Search, change Content Area to Industry Overviews and type in biotechnology as a keyword.

• NetAdvantage (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  Analysis of the biotechnology industry. Once in the databse, use the Tool Box at right to select "Biotechnology." Older reports may be found in Hunt Reference 338.7 S78.

  
  For a more extensive listing of resources for biotechnology business resources, see Competitive Intelligence Information Resources in the Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology Industries

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Internet Guides

• The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh:
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Biotechnology Industry
  • Economic Development
  • Technology Transfer
  • Venture Capital

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Journal and Magazine Articles

• Business & Company Resource Center (Carnegie Mellon users only)

• LexisNexis Academic (Carnegie Mellon users only)

• Proquest Direct (Carnegie Mellon users only)

If full text links for journal articles are not provided, click on the SFX button to see retrieval options. This is only for journal article citations, and may not be available in all databases. Otherwise, use Cameo to see if materials are in the Carnegie Mellon University Libraries. If they aren't, you can use the Interlibrary Loan options to either borrow or obtain a photocopy of the material.

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Newspaper Articles

• Pittsburgh Newspapers
  
  • Business and Company Resource Center (Carnegie Mellon users only)
    Access to Citations and full-text trade journals, business magazines and newsletters. Select Advanced Search and change keyword to journal name and type pittsburgh. Then combine with a keyword or phrase and you'll be searching all publications with the term Pittsburgh in it, such as the:
    • Pittsburgh Business Journal, citations and abstracts only, 1984-1985.
    • Pittsburgh Busines Times Journal, full-text 1985-1987.
    • Pittsburgh Business Times, full-text 1986-2001.
    • Pittsburgh Post Gazette, full-text, 2000-present.

  • Pittsburgh Economic Quarterly (University Center for Social and Urban Research, University of Pittsburgh)
    Newsletter on various economic issues in Pittsburgh, such as the job market, relocation, etc.
    • Technology Innovation-Patents (Issue 5, p. 2)

  • LexisNexis Academic Universe (Carnegie Mellon users only)
    Features full-text access to news, business, legal and general medical/health information. The U.S. News section will let you search newspapers by region or state. Pennsylvania News Sources includes the full-text of:
    • Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 1993-present.
    • Pittsburgh Tribune Review, 2001-present.

  • Proquest Direct (Carnegie Mellon users only)
    Features access to citations and full-text of journals in all subject areas, business periodicals, local and regional business newspapers, and national city newspapers.
    The default database selection from Proquest Direct is to search all databases. Select Advanced Search, change citation and abstract search option to Publication Title, and type Pittsburgh. Then combine with a keyword or phrase and you'll be searching all publications with the term Pittsburgh in it, such as the:
    • Pittsburgh Business Times, citations and abstracts only, 1985-1999.
    • Pittsburgh Business Times, full-text, 1999-2004.
    • Smart Business Pittsburgh, full-text 1994-present.
    • Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, full-text 1993-present.

  • Pittsburgh Business Times
    Pittsburgh Business Times Journal
    Pittsburgh Business Journal
    Print:Kept 6 months
    HUNT NEWSPAPER-3
    Full-text: 1999-2004 via Proquest (see above)
    Full-text: ca. 1985-12/2001 via Business and Company Resource Center (see above)
    Print: 11/19/1984-7/90 (microfilm via the Business Collection)
    HUNT MFILM-3
    Print: 1981-1985 (microfilm)
    HILLMAN LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH Microforms (Ground Floor)
    CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF PITTSBURGH DOWNTOWN & BUSINESS

• National Newspapers
  • Historic New York Times (Carnegie Mellon users only)
    1851-1999.
    Search and display full-text of the New York Times.

  • Historic Wall Street Journal (Carnegie Mellon users only)
    1890-1986.
    Search and display full-text of the Wall Street Journal.

  • LexisNexis Academic Universe (Carnegie Mellon users only)
    ca. 1990s-present.
    Features full-text access to news, business, legal and general medical/health information.

  • Proquest Direct (Carnegie Mellon users only)
    ca. 1990s-present.
    Features access to citations and full-text of journals in all subject areas, business periodicals, local and regional business newspapers, and national city newspapers. The default is to search all databases. Choose Databases Selected, then clear all databases, then mark Proquest Newspapers or other newspaper collections listed to search only those papers.

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