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CityLibrary Search
CityLibrary Search is a great place to start your research or look for a specific article or book. Quickly discover relevant information on any topic across the library's collections. Find out more about how to use CityLibrary Search.
Provides access to journal articles, market research, company profiles, country reports and other reports. Coverage is international, contents are mostly in business & management, accounting & finance, HR management, marketing and economic but it also covers engineering, health, social studies and some business law. It includes Harvard Business Review.
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.
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
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 (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.
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.
Also covers ProQuest Accounting & Tax, Asian Business & Reference, Banking Information Source, Entrepreneurship, and the International Bibliography of the Social Sciences.
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.
With over 400 industries covered and similar coverage of global economies, IBISWorld has a broad collection of UK, US, China and Global-level industry research. Please note that there is a download limit of 25 reports per session.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Statista aggregates statistical data on over 600 international industries and from more than 18,000 sources.
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.
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.
Econlit was created by the American Economic Association. It contains bibliographic references and abstracts to international literature in economics and related fields from 1969 to present.
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.
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 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
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.
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.
Search for "FT.com" in CityLibrary Search and follow instruction for signing up (sign up with your City email address). Then search directly within the FT.com website. Further assistance is available from the Library Help Desk.
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 - 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
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 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 each publication.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Please note that Bureau van Dijk resources may be used for educational research only, and may not be used for institutional business purposes.
Summary and individual analyst forecasts of company earnings, cash flows, and other important financial items, as well as buy-sell-hold recommendations. Available via Datastream and Eikon on-site only.
Limitation A limited number of Eikon usernames are available for off-site access. These will be issued on a first come, first served basis each day and will expire at 09:00 BST the following day. For access and further details please email businesslibrary@city.ac.uk.
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.
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.
A financial database with information on over 250 million companies around the world. Orbis includes accounting and financial data on both public and private companies. It can be used to research individual companies or to find lists matching specific profiles to analyse.
Please note that Bureau van Dijk resources may be used for educational research only, and may not be used for institutional business purposes.
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.
Please note that Bureau van Dijk resources may be used for educational research only, and may not be used for institutional business purposes.
WRDS dataset listed under 'Thomson Reuters'. 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.
WRDS dataset listed under Thomson Reuters. 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 Global Market Intelligence provides detailed and standardised financial data on financial institutions in the US, Europe and MEA. Formerly called SNL Financial.
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.
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.
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.
Please note that Bureau van Dijk resources may be used for educational research only, and may not be used for institutional business purposes.
Access to the last five years of non-confidential projects which have been awarded 65% or above. Projects and dissertations can only be viewed by current staff and students.
