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Key Resources

Business Source Premier (BSP) This link opens in a new window
Full text coverage of trade and academic periodicals covering all business disciplines, including marketing, management, accounting, finance and economics. Also includes industry and company profiles and SWOT analyses, country economic data and market research.
Economist This link opens in a new window
World events, politics, business, science and technology and in-depth special reports on contemporary issues. International coverage.

EconBiz
Search for journal articles and conference papers within the fields of economics and business.

Emerald This link opens in a new window
Access to subscribed journals and ebooks published by Emerald. Subject coverage: business, management, marketing, retailing, economics, education, engineering and library & information science.
European Newsstream This link opens in a new window
Searchable collection of full text articles from national, regional and european newspapers.

IMF eLibrary
Access to global economic content published by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Includes the IMF's periodicals, books, working papers and studies.

International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) This link opens in a new window
Subjects include economics, sociology, politics and anthropology from 1951 onwards.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
Multi-disciplinary abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books and conference proceedings.

RePEc
Research Papers in Economics (RePEc) is bibliographic database of working papers, journal articles, books, books chapters.

Web of Science (WOS) This link opens in a new window
Access to: Arts and Humanities Citation Index, Conference Proceedings Citation Index (Science and Social Science & Humanities), Emerging Sources Citation Index, Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index and BIOSIS Citation Index Backfile (1969-2008).

Which database?

Using the resources available you will need to make a distinction between academic articles on marketing principles and theories, trade and professional journals with examples of current marketing practice and sources of market research information. Market research publications will include the following information:

Industry trends and forecasts
Key players in a particular market
Product information
Consumer behaviour
Market sector analysis

Business Source Premier (BSP) This link opens in a new window
Full text coverage of trade and academic periodicals covering all business disciplines, including marketing, management, accounting, finance and economics. Also includes industry and company profiles and SWOT analyses, country economic data and market research.
IBISWorld This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive collection of reports on approx. 400 UK, 100 Irish and 350 German industries. Each report consists of 30 to 40 pages of key statistics and analysis on market characteristics, operating conditions, current and forecast performance, major industry participants and more. Also includes pan-European level reports for 100+ key industries and country-level research for France, Italy and Spain on these same key industries.
Passport This link opens in a new window
Online market research tool from Euromonitor, providing strategic analysis of market size and market share for products in countries around the world.

For further information, please refer to the Company Information guide

Fame This link opens in a new window
Full financial information (current and historic) as well as key activities, stock data (listed companies only) and detailed global ownership information for registered companies in the UK and Ireland with either a turnover or shareholder funds in excess of £1.5m, or profits in excess of £150,000.

Data.gov.uk
IMF Datamapper
OECD data
Access OECD data, charts and publications covering a range of topics and countries.
Office for National Statistics (ONS)
This is the gateway to UK National Statistics.
UK Data Service
The UK Data Service collection includes major UK government-sponsored surveys, cross-national surveys, longitudinal studies, UK census data, international aggregate, business data, and qualitative data.
UN Data
You can find official statistics produced by countries and compiled by United Nations data system, as well as estimates and projections. The domains covered are agriculture, crime, education, energy, industry, labour, national accounts, population and tourism. You can also find indicators such as Millennium Development Goals.

Books and ebooks

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Other ways to find articles

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Books and ebooks

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Ethics and business: a global introduction

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ECONOMICS: HOME

Economics

All of the resources you need for your subject.

For help with using resources and literature searching please contact your library subject team

OneSearch

OneSearch: Quick search for books, articles and journals

Key Resources

Which database?

Other ways to find articles

Use the Online Journal Finder A-Z

What if I can't access an article?

Books and ebooks

Popular Links

Contact Aldrich Library

New books

Ethics and business: a global introduction

Taxation: Finance Act 2021

The business student's guide to study and employability

A circular economy: how to build a more resilient, competitive and sustainable business