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Journal Articles

Business Source Ultimate
Provides access to journal articles, case studies, company profiles, industry reports, SWOT Analysis, Working Papers & interviews with executives & analysts. Coverage is international with content including business & management, accounting & finance, HR management, marketing and economics. It also covers engineering, health, social studies, some business law and includes full text access to the Harvard Business Review.

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ProQuest One Business
Peer-reviewed journal articles, dissertations, conference proceedings, and working papers as well as trade publications, industry reports, and key periodicals such as the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and the Economist.

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Also covers ProQuest Accounting & Tax, Asian Business & Reference, Banking Information Source, Entrepreneurship, and the International Bibliography of the Social Sciences.
Emerald Insight
Emerald Insight provides abstracts and full text access to books and journals published by Emerald. Content includes the subject areas of accounting, management, education, engineering and information science.

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Factiva
Factiva provides access to current content of international newspapers including major world newspapers in different scripts and languages. Some archives dating back to 1980. Coverage includes market and industry reports, financial market data and trade
press in business, economic, media, engineering and more.

Limitation - Please note that the length of time to store a single copy of downloaded materials from this resource in machine readable form is limited to 90 days only. See details below for more information.

Accessibility information for Factiva

The right to retrieve and store machine-readable copies of Materials is limited to the retrieval of a single copy of a reasonable portion of the Materials included in any individual file of the Online Services using the downloading commands of the Online Services or your web browser software and storage of that copy in machine readable form for no more than 90 days, primarily for one person’s exclusive use, to the extent the storage of those Materials is not further limited or prohibited by the Additional Terms.
NBER Working Papers
NBER (National Bureau of Economic Research) Working Papers aim to make results of NBER research available to other economists in preliminary form to encourage discussion and suggestions for revision before publication in scholarly journals.
ScienceDirect
ScienceDirect is a full-text database containing journal articles and book chapters from thousands of journals and ebooks. The majority of content is published by Elsevier. Subjects covered include science, technology, business, management, accounting, health sciences, engineering and social science.

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Full-text access is to subscribed content only

Statistics and Market Research

IBISWorld
IBISWorld has a broad collection of UK, US, China and Global-level research reports for over 400 industries. Please note that there is a download limit of 25 reports per session.

Limitation - Specialized Industry Reports are not available as part of our subscription.

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User Guides available in Business Library Moodle 2021-2022. Non-Business School students and staff should email businesslibrary@city.ac.uk.
MarketLine Advantage
International market research. Offers a comprehensive mix of company, industry, country and financial data for every major marketplace in the world.

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User Guide (PDF, 2.1 MB).
Euromonitor Passport
This online market research tool monitors industry trends and provides strategic analysis, market size and market share data across key countries and industries. It also includes demographic and economic data and packaging information.

Accessibility information for Euromonitor Passport

User guide. Video tutorial. Non-Business School students and staff should email businesslibrary@city.ac.uk.
Mintel
UK Market research reports with a rolling two years' data. The focus is on consumer markets including a specialist coverage of the financial sector.

Please read conditions of use when logging on.
Mintel Market Sizes
Mintel Market Sizes provides global market data such as market size, market share, market forecasts and segmentation. It covers
a number of industries such as: automotive, clothing, energy, finance, media, pharmaceuticals and many more.

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Please read conditions of use when logging on.

Users may download or print from Mintel Market Sizes no more than 55 datasets per session. Users may include a combination of no more than five each of the following: (a) up to twenty-five percent of a single Snapshots report and (b) a dataset, in a dissertation or thesis.
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Statista provides access to recent and relevant statistics & studies on a specific topic. It combines statistical data on international industries from different sources including market researchers, trade organizations, scientific journals, and government databases.

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Statista aggregates statistical data on over 600 international industries and from more than 18,000 sources.
WARC
International market research database covering peer-reviewed journals, case studies, WARC briefings & best practice guides on marketing strategy & implementation, research papers, media & advertising data and market context analysis. Includes Market Leader, the Journal of Advertising Research, International Journal of Advertising & the International Journal of Market Research.

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© and database right Warc Limited and/or its licensors 2022. All warranties and liabilities disclaimed to the fullest extent permitted by law.

User Guides available in Business Library Moodle 2021-2022. Non-Business School students and staff should email businesslibrary@city.ac.uk.

News and Current Awareness

EconLit with Full Text
Published by the American Economic Association, Econlit with full-text covers all fields of economics, including: capital markets, country studies, econometrics, economic forecasting, environmental economics, and labour economic.

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Economist.com
The Economist Online (Economist.com) offers authoritative insight and opinion on international news, politics, business, finance, science and technology. It publishes all articles from ‘The Economist’ print edition (including those printed only in British copies) and archives that date back to June 1997.

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The Economist Online also offers a variety of web-only content, including blogs, debates and audio/video programmes. Access is sponsored by The Worshipful Company of International Bankers.
Factiva
Factiva provides access to current content of international newspapers including major world newspapers in different scripts and languages. Some archives dating back to 1980. Coverage includes market and industry reports, financial market data and trade
press in business, economic, media, engineering and more.

Limitation - Please note that the length of time to store a single copy of downloaded materials from this resource in machine readable form is limited to 90 days only. See details below for more information.

Accessibility information for Factiva

The right to retrieve and store machine-readable copies of Materials is limited to the retrieval of a single copy of a reasonable portion of the Materials included in any individual file of the Online Services using the downloading commands of the Online Services or your web browser software and storage of that copy in machine readable form for no more than 90 days, primarily for one person’s exclusive use, to the extent the storage of those Materials is not further limited or prohibited by the Additional Terms.
Financial News
News and analysis of the investment banking and securities industry updated throughout the day, 5 days a week.

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Business School students should register for an account via Business Library Moodle 2021-2022. Non-Business School students and staff should email businesslibrary@city.ac.uk
FT.com
FT.com gives access to the daily news focusing on international business and economics. It also provides access to company and market data as well as the FT ePaper which is the digital replica of the Financial Times printed newspaper from different countries including UK, Asia and USA.

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To sign up for a FT account, please see How to register/re-register for a FT account. Further details are available by emailing businesslibrary@city.ac.uk.
Nexis UK
Nexis UK is a news database which offers national, regional and international news from a range of sources on various subjects emphasising on business and industry, including company and industry reports. Its content is updated daily and many titles have a 20 year archive.

Limitation - You may only download a single copy of insubstantial portions of those Materials included in any individually searchable file or content source in the Online Services. Please note that the length of time to store a single copy of downloaded materials from this resource in machine readable form is limited to 90 days only. See details below for more information.

Nexis cannot be used for any non-academic purposes.

The right to retrieve and store machine-readable copies of Materials is limited to the retrieval of a single copy of a reasonable portion of the Materials included in any individual file of the Online Services using the downloading commands of the Online Services or your web browser software and storage of that copy in machine readable form for no more than 90 days, primarily for one person’s exclusive use, to the extent the storage of those Materials is not further limited or prohibited by the Additional Terms.
PressReader
PressReader provides interactive, digital access to thousands of newspapers and magazines from around the world including titles in over 50+ languages. Useful for studying page layout, advertisements, photographs, etc.
PressReader archives provide access to the last year of most publications.

Limitation Please use the web version of PressReader, linked here.

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Finance and Company Information

BoardEx
BoardEx contains information about public company board members, directors and senior management for companies world wide.

Username and password available to City staff and students by emailing the Business Library.
Capital IQ
WRDS dataset listed under Compustat. Provides extensive debt capital structure for over 60,000 global public and private
companies and equity capital structure data on over 80,000 active and inactive companies worldwide.

Accessibility information for Capital IQ

To access WRDS datasets, click 'Register' on the WRDS homepage. Register using your City email address. Under 'Affiliation Type', postgraduate and undergraduate students should select 'Masters/Undergrad'.

You will receive an email within two working days asking you to agree to the Terms & Conditions. Follow the instructions in the email to finish setting up your account.
Compustat
WRDS dataset. Company fundamental and market information on active and inactive publicly held companies, in North American and Global datasets. Normalized to provide comparability across a variety of global accounting standards and practices.

Accessibility information for Compustat

To access WRDS datasets, click 'Register' on the WRDS homepage. Register using your City email address. Under 'Affiliation Type', postgraduate and undergraduate students should select 'Masters/Undergrad'.

You will receive an email within two working days asking you to agree to the Terms & Conditions. Follow the instructions in the email to finish setting up your account.
CRSP
WRDS Dataset. Comprehensive collection of security price, return, and volume data for the NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ. Additional CRSP files provide stock indices, beta- and cap-based portfolios, treasury bond and risk-free rates, mutual funds and real estate data.

Accessibility information for CRSP

To access WRDS datasets, click 'Register' on the WRDS homepage. Register using your City email address. Under 'Affiliation Type', postgraduate and undergraduate students should select 'Masters/Undergrad.'

You will receive an email within two working days asking you to agree to the Terms & Conditions. Follow the instructions in the email to finish setting up your account.
Factset Ownership
WRDS dataset. Global institutional, mutual fund, stakeholder, and float-related share ownership information covering equity positions held in 120 countries by over 30,000 institutions, 40,000 mutual funds, and 400,000 insiders and stakeholders. Use Factset to investigate share ownership from company and holder perspective, analyze ownership data or examine historical share movements.

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To access WRDS datasets, click 'Register' on the WRDS homepage. Register using your City email address. Under 'Affiliation Type', postgraduate and undergraduate students should select 'Masters/Undergrad'.

You will receive an email within two working days asking you to agree to the Terms & Conditions. Follow the instructions in the email to finish setting up your account.
Fame
Provides profit and loss, balance sheet, ratios and trends, stock prices, credit score and rating information (where available) for major public and private British companies. Lists of companies can be created using any combination of 300 search items.

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Please note that Bureau van Dijk resources may be used for educational research only, and may not be used for institutional business purposes.
IBES
Summary and individual analyst forecasts of company earnings, cash flows, and other important financial items, as well as buy-sell-hold recommendations. Available via the Datastream Excel Add-in via Eikon.

Available on 5 bookable PCs in the Financial Resources Zone, Business Library and on 8 bookable PCs in the Refinitiv Trading Room (Business School). A limited number of Eikon usernames are available for off-site access. These will be issued on a first come, first served basis (Monday to Friday) and will expire at 08:00 UK time the following day or 08:00 Monday, if issued on Friday. For access and further details please email businesslibrary@city.ac.uk
Mergent Archives
Historical corporate and industry related documents from 1909 to present day including, digitised manuals from Moody's archives, Ford Equity Research Reports, Annual reports for global companies going back to 1925 and a historical Mergent industry reports
from 2003.

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Mergent Online
Company financials, stock prices, descriptions, history, property, subsidiaries officers and directors, long - term debt and capital stock.

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User Guide available in Business Library Moodle 2021-2022. Non-Business School students and staff should email businesslibrary@city.ac.uk.
NASTRAQ
WRDS dataset. Displays trades and quotes for securities listed on NASDAQ. The database provides trade data, inside quote data, and dealer quote data according to symbol and date range. Please note, this dataset is no longer supported by WRDS and is to be used for historical purposes only.

To access WRDS datasets, click 'Register' on the WRDS homepage. Register using your City email address. Under 'Affiliation Type', postgraduate and undergraduate students should select 'Masters/Undergrad'.

You will receive an email within two working days asking you to agree to the Terms & Conditions. Follow the instructions in the email to finish setting up your account.
BankFocus
Worldwide coverage of banks. It provides detailed information covering at least 5 years’ history for listed banks and at least 3 years’ for unlisted, with ‘as reported’ financial items available both in English and local languages using local GAAP and IFRS formats whenever available. BankFocus includes original filings, corporate structures, the facility to represent data graphically.

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Please note that Bureau van Dijk resources may be used for educational research only, and may not be used for institutional business purposes.
SDC Mergers and Acquisitions
WRDS dataset listed under Thomson/Refinitiv. Contains information on M&A deals, advisors and events. Alternatively,
see SDC Platinum via PC in the Business Library to access M&A and Joint Ventures information.

To access WRDS datasets, click 'Register' on the WRDS homepage. Register using your City email address. Under 'Affiliation Type', postgraduate and undergraduate students should select 'Masters/Undergrad'.

You will receive an email within two working days asking you to agree to the Terms & Conditions. Follow the instructions in the email to finish setting up your account.
SDC New Issues
WRDS dataset listed under Thomson/Refinitiv. Contains information on new issues. See SDC Platinum to access information on Mergers & Acquisitions deals and Joint Ventures via PC in the Business Library and a PC in the Financial Resources Suite at Northampton Square.

To access WRDS datasets, click 'Register' on the WRDS homepage. Register using your City email address. Under 'Affiliation Type', postgraduate and undergraduate students should select 'Masters/Undergrad'.

You will receive an email within two working days asking you to agree to the Terms & Conditions. Follow the instructions in the email to finish setting up your account.
S&P Capital IQ Pro
S&P Capital IQ Pro provides detailed and standardised financial data on financial institutions in the US, Europe and MEA. Previously called S&P Global Market Intelligence and SNL Financial.

Business School students should register for an account via Business Library Moodle 2021-2022 module. Non-Business School students and staff should email businesslibrary@city.ac.uk.
WRDS
Wharton Research Data Services is a business data research service which allows researchers to search a range of research datasets to which we currently subscribe using a common interface. These resources are available to staff, PhD, MSc and BSc students.

Accessibility information for WRDS

To access WRDS datasets, click 'Register' on the WRDS homepage. Register using your City email address. Under 'User type', postgraduate and undergraduate students should select 'Masters/Undergrad.'

You will receive an email within two working days asking you to agree to the Terms & Conditions. Follow the instructions in the email to finish setting up your account.
Zephyr
This resource contains information on Mergers & Acquisitions, IPOs, private equity and venture capital deals. It also contains information on rumours as well as announced and completed deals.

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Please note that Bureau van Dijk resources may be used for educational research only, and may not be used for institutional business purposes.

Business Library Guide for Online Courses

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