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Foster Business Library
Databases:
A search for a company profile for Targeted Genetics produced thirteen references, as well as a Datamonitor Company Report (in twenty PDF pages). There are also Datamonitor Company Reports for Dendreon and Nastech.
See SIC 2836: Biological Products, Except Diagnostic Substances, in the 2005 Encyclopedia of American Industries.
See company information for the public company Targeted Genetics and, especially, the company's Competitive Landscape. Hoovers Online also has information on public companies Dendreon,
Nastech Pharmaceutical, Merck subsidiary
Rosetta Inpharmatics, GlaxoSmithKline subsidiary
Corixa Corporation, and private companies MDS Pharma Services, Acorn Cardiovascular,
Cardiac Dimensions, and
Spiration, Inc. For InControl, Scout Medical Technologies, and Seattle Medical Technologies, Hoovers appears to have no information. For the private and subsidiary companies in Hoovers Online, information is often limited to directory data.
A ticker symbol search for TGEN produced over 260 reports; for DNDN, over 300 reports; for NSTK, also over 300 reports.
This database includes over one hundred S.E.C. 10-K filings, or parts of filings, for TGEN, back to 1995; for DNDN, over two dozen filings (or parts); for NSTK, over sixty filings or parts.
Targeted Genetics, Dendreon, and Nastech are included in this database, with extensive information.
Targeted Genetics, Dendreon, Nastech Pharma, Rosetta, Corixa, Acorn
Cardiovascular, Cardiac Dimensions, Spiration, and Seattle
Medical Technologies are included in this database; MDS, InControl, and Scout Medical Technologies, are not in this database.
See also webpages for:
See Biotechnology in volume one. Targeted Genetics is not one of the
companies included
in the Comparative Company Analysis at the end of the industry survey.
See Targeted Genetics on page 132, ranked #88 among largest public companies in the state, and on page 160, ranked #14 among the top 25 biotechnology companies in the area. Also listed among the top 25 biotech companies are Rosetta Inpharmatics (5th), Corixa (7th), Dendreon (8th), Nastech (12th), and MDS Pharma Services (15th). See also the list of largest Puget Sound area Medical Device Manufacturers, on page 163, with listings for Spiration (tied for 13th), and Cardio Dimensions (19th). See also Private Company Financings, on pages 30 and 31, for Cardiac Dimensions and Spiration.
See Biotechnology, on pages 53 to 68.
See Genetic Engineering on pages 289 to 298.
To limit the results of your search just to materials in the Foster Business Library collection, use the Modify or Limit options at the top of the search results and change the library location to Foster Business Library.
Availablity is indicated on the right of each online catalog record. First, note in which collection, within Foster, your materials are in, since the library has ten different Collections, each in a different location and often with differing arrangements. "Available" indicates that the book should be on the shelves under that call number and available for you to check out. "Due" and a date indicates that the book is already checked out to someone and is due back on the date indicated; you can have the "Request/Place Hold" feature to recall the book for your use.
If the material you want is not in the collections of the University of Washington, you can use the "Search Summit" feature to repeat your search in the combined holdings of over thirty cooperating libraries in Washington and Oregon. Use the "Request This Item" feature in Summit to have books in those library sent here to Foster for you to check out.
The Foster general stacks collection is located south of the main part of the Foster Business Library, through the two pass-throughs into the basement of Balmer. The arrangement is by call number, from A (at the east end) to Z (at the far west end).
A keyword search for Targeted Genetics retrieved just one record, for the annual report noted below. A similar search for Dendreon produced a similar result while there were no records for Nastech.
A search for the subject Biotechnology Industries retrieved over 190 records
in the UW Libraries,
with over fifty
records in the Foster Business Libraries' collections, including:
Foster Business
Library Corporate Annual Reports:
The Foster Business Library maintains a collection of several thousand
annual reports for hundreds of U.S. and foreign companies. These reports are
filed in lateral filing cabinets near the Foster Reference desk under the sign Corporate Annual Reports. Annual reports for companies in an industry can be a valuable source of information about the industry itself. For a list of all the companies in the collection, see the library's Corporate Annual Reports Collection.
For an index to corporate annual reports in the collection by industry sector, see the Annual Reports Industry Sector Index
. For an index to companies in the collection with headquarters outside the U.S., see Corporate Annual Reports Headquarters Index
.
The collection includes annual reports for Targeted Genetics as well as other companies in the
Drugs & Pharmaceutical sector.
Foster Business Library Articles:
All four of these databases are available from any computer on the campus
network as well as from home (via the UW
Connectivity Kit or the Libraries' Off-Campus Access link, using
your UW Net ID and password). The easiest of these databases to use is ProQuest Databases. For more
information about accessing Foster Business Library databases from off
campus, see Database Access. For more
information about business databases, see the research guide entitled Databases, A to Z.
This database--actually, a family of over two dozen databases--offers full text articles for over
10,000 publications, including scholarly journals, magazines, trade and industry periodicals,
newspapers, and reports on a very wide range of topics. To find articles on specific topics, search
by word or phrase by keying your search phrase into the search box--or search for your topic in the
Topic Guide.
Your search terms will be highlighted in red in each
article. For tips on searching this database, see About ProQuest Databases.
A company search for CO(Targeted Genetics Corp) produced over 1,200 articles, including one magazine article, over 920 articles in trade and industry periodicals, and over eighty newspaper articles. Many of the nearly 1,000 articles in trade periodicals consisted of multiple iterations of the same company news reports.
A company search for CO(MDS Pharma) produced just four articles (in the Washington State Newsstand subset database); for CO(Dendreon), over 1,100 articles; for CO(Nastech Pharmaceutical Co), over 1,000 articles; for CO(Rosetta Inpharmatics LLC), over eighty articles; for CO(Corixa Corp), over 960 articles; for CO(InControl, Inc), over 35 articles; for CO(Acorn Cardiovascular), over two dozen articles; for CO(Cardiac Dimensions Inc), over forty articles; for CO(Spiration Inc), over 35 articles;
for CO(Scout Medical Technologies), just two articles; for CO(Seattle Medical Technologies), just four articles.
A search for "Clif Alferness" produced just eight articles, including one 1994 article with him as a co-author; an author search for AU(Clif A. Alferness) produced just two articles.
Examples of articles, from the searches above, include:
See also the Foster Business Library's Business & Economics FAQ, with answers to over nine hundred frequently-asked questions.
For research guides on a wide variety of industries, products, companies, issues and topics, see the Team Librarian Consultation archives.
The Foster Business Library offers an extensive collection of over fifty databases on its homepage; see under Databases. For a complete list of Foster databases, see the
List of All Business Databases. Access to these databases
from off campus requires that you first go to the Off-Campus Access button, in the upper right of all library webpages. These resources
may not be accessed from off campus except by those with a valid UW Net ID and password. For more
information on Foster business databases, click Databases,
A-Z. For information on which Foster business databases to use, see the Database Index.
For information on accessing Foster databases from off campus, see Database Access.
For guidelines on responsible database usage, see Database Usage.
Unlike library databases, Web resources are available wherever
you have web access; they do not require that you access them via the Off-Campus Access button, in the upper right of all library webpages. When using web resources, be sure to evaluate the credibility of these resources. For a subject index to web resources, see Business Resources on the Web on the Foster Business Library homepage.
Foster Business Library Reference Collection:
The Foster Business Library Reference Collection consists of business handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other quick reference tools. It is located behind the Reference Desk in Foster, arranged by call number. Reference materials cannot be checked out; they may only be used in the library.
Foster Business Library
Books:
This three-volume set provides 30-page profiles on 52 industries
with a focus on the current economic environment, trends, regulation and outlook for each industry. Major companies in each industry are profiled, with references to sources of additional industry information.
Foster Business Library Reference, CALL NUMBER: HC106.6 .S74.
This annual publication is an invaluable source of information about public and
private companies in the
Puget Sound area, culled from lists that appeared weekly in the
Puget Sound Business Journal. Besides
lists of the largest and fastest growing public and private companies in the area, this reference work
includes commercial real estate deals, banks and securities firms, contractors, education and employment, etc.
There is an index to
companies and topics in the back of this volume.
Foster Business Library Reference, CALL NUMBER: HC108 .S77 .P83 2006.
Twelve-page descriptions of 125 global industries, with background and development information, current conditions, industry leaders and further reading.
Foster Business Library Reference, CALL NUMBER: HD2324 .E53 2003.
Five page descriptions of over 100 new industries, with an industry snapshot,
organization and structure, background and development, pioneers in the field, current
conditions, industry leaders and references to further reading.
Foster Business Library Reference, CALL NUMBER: HD2324 .E528 2001.
The Foster Business Library maintains a collection of over 70,000 books on
all business topics. To search for materials on all three campuses of the University of Washington, go to the UW Libraries Catalog, in the upper left corner of the Foster Business Library homepage. Search by keyword, title, author, series, etc.
In addition to the 800 journals in the Foster Business Library Periodicals
Collection, the Foster Business Library offers access to over 100 million full text articles in
over 10,000 periodicals through its full text article
databases such as EBSCO
Business Source Premier, Factiva, LexisNexis
Academic, and ProQuest
Databases.
These article databases may be found on the Foster Business Library homepage, listed under
Databases.
The Foster Business Library Reference Desk is staffed many of the hours that the library is open. The
staff at the desk will be happy to help you find business research tools and resources, exploit business databases to the fullest or advise on research strategies.
For e-mail questions, direct your query to buslib@u.washington.edu. For
assistance by telephone, dial (206) 543-8012 during library hours.