Engineering, Entrepreneurship, and Library Support in University Campus Startup Competitions
Date
2025-05-19
Authors
Wheatley, Amanda
Power, Helen
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Taylor & Francis
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Startup competitions are the first opportunity that undergraduate students have to launch their innovative ideas. However, market-research skills are not consistently covered in engineering programs. This study looked at the top engineering programs in Canada and the US and examined the member composition of their winning startups for engineers and compared this to their library resources.
Of the 22 universities included, IBISWorld (20), Statista (16), and Mergent (16) were the most popular databases. Ten had an entrepreneurship librarian and 16 had an entrepreneurship library guide. There was no correlation between available resources and number of engineering-related winning startup teams.
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engineering, entrepreneurship, startup competitions, academic libraries, databases
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Wheatley, A., & Power, H. (2025). Engineering, Entrepreneurship, and Library Support in University Campus Startup Competitions. Science & Technology Libraries, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/0194262X.2025.2503943