Library Guides: MSc Charities Courses: Getting started

Reading Lists

Find your Reading List Online by searching for name of your module, lecturer or module code (e.g. BS1101).

Library Essentials

Library Essentials
Find out how to make best use of the libraries at City, University of London.

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.

Top Resources

Use our subject-specific databases when you are looking for company and financial data, country, company, market and industry reports, or doing a literature review.

Explore our business resources using the options on the left-hand side, browse the Business Databases A-Z, or search Business Databases by Topic to find the best database for your needs.

Journals and Newspapers

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.

Accessibility information for Financial Times
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.
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.

Accessibility information for Economist.com
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.

Harvard Business Review
The Harvard Business Review is a top management journal. Print copies of HBR are available in the Business Library at Bunhill Row.

BrowZine
BrowZine is an electronic journal reader and a current awareness tool, which provides direct access to the majority of the Library’s current and recent journals across the disciplines. You can create a personal bookshelf of favourite journals, be alerted when new editions of journals are published and easily save references to RefWorks and other reference management software.

Accessibility information for BrowZine
There is also a BrowZine app for tablet and mobile devices. Download BrowZine from http://thirdiron.com/download-browzine/ by choosing the appropriate link for your Android or iOS device.

Once installed, the first time you open the app you can choose your library from a drop down list. Select “City University of London” then enter your City username and password details in the login screen.

Databases

Statista
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.

Accessibility information for Statista
Statista aggregates statistical data on over 600 international industries and from more than 18,000 sources.
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.

Accessibility information for ProQuest One Business
Also covers ProQuest Accounting & Tax, Asian Business & Reference, Banking Information Source, Entrepreneurship, and the International Bibliography of the Social Sciences.
MarketLine Advantage
International market research. Offers a comprehensive mix of company, industry, country and financial data for every major marketplace in the world.

Accessibility information for MarketLine Advantage
User Guide (PDF, 2.1 MB).

Business Library

Business Library

Visit our website for more information about our opening times, facilities and services. The Business Library is one of three libraries at City, University of London. It is based on the first floor of Bunhill Row. The library primarily supports postgraduate students whilst undergraduate collections are based at the Northampton Square Library.

A dedicated team of professional staff are available to assist you in using our comprehensive portfolio of electronic resources and finding books for your course.

Resources for other subjects

Charities students often draw on a wide range of subjects in their academic work. This guide focuses on resources used widely in the Business School, but we have plenty of other journals, databases and books in the University's collections. You can find out more by viewing our other Subject Guides:

Business Library Guides
All of the Subject Guides for the Business School, including a wider range of finance databases.
Library Services Subject Guides
Subject Guides for all other subjects taught at City, including sociology, psychology, cultural policy and management, food policy, health, international polictics, music and more.