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Resources cover company, country, industry and product intelligence as well as business strategies and news and opinion.

Contains detailed economic, social, and environmental data for African countries.

An indexing and abstracting tool covering health, social services, economics, politics, race relations, and education. Dates of coverage: 1987 - current.

Contains bibliographic citations describing items listed on the table of contents pages of more than 13,000 journals in science, technology, medicine, social science, business, the humanities, and popular culture. 1990 to the present for most journals, 1992 or 1994 to the present for some.

ISI Web of knowledge is an integrated platform designed to support research in academic, corporate, government, and not for profit organizations. ISI citation databases are multidisciplinary databases of bibliographic information indexed to be searched by subject, author, journal, and/or author address. They can also be searched for articles that cite a known author or work. Cited reference searching allows use of a given work as if it were a subject term, to identify more recent articles on the same topic.

Provides full-text access to about 300 volumes of reference works in the humanities, social sciences, and business and management. It supports browsing and full-text searching.

Provides full text content from 11,000+ sources, including more than 1000+ international top ranking and scholarly business journals. The database offers information in virtually every area of business including accounting & tax, banking, finance & insurance, construction, computer science and economics as well as country economic reports and company company profiles.

ChinaScope Financial offers China-focused company, sector and macro-economic data as well as media reports and market developments.

WRDS (generally pronounced as "words") is an Internet-based data subscription service that is provided by the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. This data service gives users access to a number of companion databases under the Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) including; COMPUSTAT North America (from Standard & Poors) 300 annual & 100 quarterly data items on more than 24,000 listed companies. CRSP (Center for Research in Security Prices) a comprehensive collection of data from NYSE, AMEX and the Nasdaq markets. IBES (Institutional Brokers Estimates System) provides forecasts from securities analysts. NYSE TAQ (Trade and Quote) provides trade and quote data from NYSE, AMEX and the Nasdaq markets. Compustat ExecuComp offers executive compensation data in addition to detailed breakouts of compensation data under the pre-2006 reporting rules for those who are researching historical compensation trends.

The International Monetary Fund Country reports and publications, arranged by country. The IMF promotes international monetary cooperation and exchange rate stability, facilitates the balanced growth of international trade, and provides resources to help members in balance of payments difficulties or to assist with poverty reduction.

Resources cover company, country, industry and product intelligence as well as business strategies and news and opinion.

Includes citations for over 2.3 million dissertations and theses from around the world, ranging from 1861 to those accepted last semester. Dissertations published from 1980 forward include 350-word abstracts; master's theses from 1988 forward include 150-word abstracts. Where available, PQDT provides twenty-four page previews. In addition, more than 750,000 are available for download in PDF format (digital dissertations and theses are archived as submitted by the degree-granting institution).

Provides acces to documents and publications of the World Bank. It can be searched, or browsed by country, topic, report-type, or language.

Produced by the American Economic Association, EconLit indexes books, journal articles from over 450 journals, dissertations, and articles in books published since 1969. Subjects covered in EconLit include economic theory and history, fiscal theory, econometrics, agricultural economics, public finance, demography, monetary theory, international economics and others.

The Economic and Social Data Service is a national data archiving and dissemination service which came into operation in January 2003. The service is a jointly-funded initiative sponsored by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC). The ESDS is a distributed service, based on a collaboration between four key centres of expertise: UK Data Archive (UKDA), University of Essex; Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), University of Essex; Manchester Information and Associated Services (MIMAS), University of Manchester; Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research (CCSR), University of Manchester.

"Contains over 35,000 articles from over 120 management journals, complete with full text archives back to 1994. Covers the major management disciplines including strategy, leadership, information management, marketing and human resource management.".

WRDS (generally pronounced as "words") is an Internet-based data subscription service that is provided by the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. This data service gives users access to a number of companion databases under the Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) including; COMPUSTAT North America (from Standard & Poors) 300 annual & 100 quarterly data items on more than 24,000 listed companies. CRSP (Center for Research in Security Prices) a comprehensive collection of data from NYSE, AMEX and the Nasdaq markets. IBES (Institutional Brokers Estimates System) provides forecasts from securities analysts. NYSE TAQ (Trade and Quote) provides trade and quote data from NYSE, AMEX and the Nasdaq markets. Compustat ExecuComp offers executive compensation data in addition to detailed breakouts of compensation data under the pre-2006 reporting rules for those who are researching historical compensation trends.

Provides worldwide full text coverage of international and US newspapers, trade publications, business newswires, press release wires, media transcripts, news photos, business-rich Web sites, investment analyst reports, market research reports, country and regional profiles, company profiles, historical market data.

Includes full text company reports, detailed annual accounts and financial ratios on 440,000 public and private British and Irish companies. Descriptive information for 60,000 additional holdings and subsidiaries. Includes the complete Companies House Index of UK and Irish companies.

A database of independently commissioned market research, including: Market Standard Reports, Retail Standard Reports, Leisure Standard Reports, Finance Standard Reports, Finance 10 Reports, News Archive, and other databases.

Provides online access to an extensive collection of general and specialized databases covering a wide range of subject areas. Features links to abstracts, articles, indexes, reviews, and full text of works such as dissertations, journals, reports, and conference proceedings and papers. Links to some OCLC databases.

GDF online offers external debt and financial flow data for the 135 countries that report public and publicly-guaranteed debt to the World Bank's Debtor Reporting System. The timeseries for 216 indicators run from 1970 to 2006, with contractual obligations data until 2015. The indicators include external debt stocks and flows, major economic aggregates, and key debt ratios as well as average terms of new commitments, currency composition of long-term debt, debt restructurings, and scheduled debt service projections. The database is released in January each year and updated in April, to include the latest-year estimates prepared for the print editions. The subscription also includes topical country data and regional aggregates showing time series in table and chart form. The topics are: external debt, aggregate net resource flows (long term), net flows and transfers on debt, net financial flows from multilateral institutions, and international bond issues (new and outstanding).

"GEM provides daily updates of global economic developments, with coverage of high income, as well as developing countries. Data is provided for exchange rates, equity markets, interest rates, stripped bond spreads, commodity prices and emerging market bond indices. Monthly data coverage (updated daily and populated upon availability) is provided for consumer prices, high-tech market indicators, industrial production and merchandise trade. Links are provided for easy access to relevant indicator pages, data sets (via DDP and Excel), live Factiva newsfeed, and related sites." (Abstract from JOLIS Library Catalog)

Bibliographic database compiled by the London School of Economics and Political Science. IBSS includes nearly two million bibliographic references to journal articles and to books, reviews and selected chapters dating back to 1951. It is unique in its broad coverage of international material and incorporates over 100 languages and countries. Over 2,700 journals are regularly indexed and some 7,000 books included each year. The database covers the references in the print publications "International bibliography of anthropology", "International bibliography of economics", "International bibliography of political science" and "International bibliography of sociology".

"In a four year cycle the IEA publishes incisive economic analysis on the whole range of policy issues including education, the environment, welfare, trade, monetary policy and pensions. IEA publications also deal with wider issues such as corporate social responsibility, public choice economics, morality and the market, corruption and the legal foundations of the market economy".

"The OECD iLibrary, the new platform giving access to selected OECD statistical data, books, journals and working papers, is now available. It replaces SourceOECD."

Provides access to International Monetary Fund publications, including Country Reports, Occasional Papers, Working Papers, Pamphlet Series, Policy Discussion Papers, and Papers on Policy Analysis and Assessment.

The International Monetary Fund Country reports and publications, arranged by country. The IMF promotes international monetary cooperation and exchange rate stability, facilitates the balanced growth of international trade, and provides resources to help members in balance of payments difficulties or to assist with poverty reduction.

The Economic and Social Data Service is a national data archiving and dissemination service which came into operation in January 2003. The service is a jointly-funded initiative sponsored by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC). The ESDS is a distributed service, based on a collaboration between four key centres of expertise: UK Data Archive (UKDA), University of Essex; Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), University of Essex; Manchester Information and Associated Services (MIMAS), University of Manchester; Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research (CCSR), University of Manchester.

Provides access to International Monetary Fund publications, including Country Reports, Occasional Papers, Working Papers, Pamphlet Series, Policy Discussion Papers, and Papers on Policy Analysis and Assessment.

Provides access to International Monetary Fund publications, including Country Reports, Occasional Papers, Working Papers, Pamphlet Series, Policy Discussion Papers, and Papers on Policy Analysis and Assessment.

Provides access to International Monetary Fund publications, including Country Reports, Occasional Papers, Working Papers, Pamphlet Series, Policy Discussion Papers, and Papers on Policy Analysis and Assessment.

Provides access to International Monetary Fund publications, including Country Reports, Occasional Papers, Working Papers, Pamphlet Series, Policy Discussion Papers, and Papers on Policy Analysis and Assessment.

A comprehensive listing of theses accepted for higher degrees by universities in Great Britain and Ireland since 1716. Abstracts are included for all theses as of 1986, and selectively from 1970-1986.

ISI Web of knowledge is an integrated platform designed to support research in academic, corporate, government, and not for profit organizations. ISI citation databases are multidisciplinary databases of bibliographic information indexed to be searched by subject, author, journal, and/or author address. They can also be searched for articles that cite a known author or work. Cited reference searching allows use of a given work as if it were a subject term, to identify more recent articles on the same topic.

"In a four year cycle the IEA publishes incisive economic analysis on the whole range of policy issues including education, the environment, welfare, trade, monetary policy and pensions. IEA publications also deal with wider issues such as corporate social responsibility, public choice economics, morality and the market, corruption and the legal foundations of the market economy".

Bibliographic database compiled by the London School of Economics and Political Science. IBSS includes nearly two million bibliographic references to journal articles and to books, reviews and selected chapters dating back to 1951. It is unique in its broad coverage of international material and incorporates over 100 languages and countries. Over 2,700 journals are regularly indexed and some 7,000 books included each year. The database covers the references in the print publications "International bibliography of anthropology", "International bibliography of economics", "International bibliography of political science" and "International bibliography of sociology".

The Economic and Social Data Service is a national data archiving and dissemination service which came into operation in January 2003. The service is a jointly-funded initiative sponsored by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC). The ESDS is a distributed service, based on a collaboration between four key centres of expertise: UK Data Archive (UKDA), University of Essex; Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), University of Essex; Manchester Information and Associated Services (MIMAS), University of Manchester; Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research (CCSR), University of Manchester.

WRDS (generally pronounced as "words") is an Internet-based data subscription service that is provided by the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. This data service gives users access to a number of companion databases under the Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) including; COMPUSTAT North America (from Standard & Poors) 300 annual & 100 quarterly data items on more than 24,000 listed companies. CRSP (Center for Research in Security Prices) a comprehensive collection of data from NYSE, AMEX and the Nasdaq markets. IBES (Institutional Brokers Estimates System) provides forecasts from securities analysts. NYSE TAQ (Trade and Quote) provides trade and quote data from NYSE, AMEX and the Nasdaq markets. Compustat ExecuComp offers executive compensation data in addition to detailed breakouts of compensation data under the pre-2006 reporting rules for those who are researching historical compensation trends.

Database giving one-stop access to a vast range of LexisNexis content (32 sources), described in the introduction as "the most most comprehensive & authoritative online legal information", including: the various "All England" series, "Butterworths" series, "Halsbury's" series, and sources for Scotland and Northern Ireland. Includes Employment law.

Resources cover company, country, industry and product intelligence as well as business strategies and news and opinion.

A database of independently commissioned market research, including: Market Standard Reports, Retail Standard Reports, Leisure Standard Reports, Finance Standard Reports, Finance 10 Reports, News Archive, and other databases.

Provides research data and analytic tools for assessing credit risk, and publishes market-leading credit opinions, deal research and commentary.

Database of fulltext information taken from local, national and international general news sources and agencies, professional journals and specialist trade, company and industry sources. Includes company information from ICC, Extel, Disclosure, and Directory of Directors. Aimed at business users, but also covers general current affairs. Information is drawn from over 4000 business information sources, including the Financial Times and other global news sources, offering company news items and financial information on UK and international companies.

Provides access to International Monetary Fund publications, including Country Reports, Occasional Papers, Working Papers, Pamphlet Series, Policy Discussion Papers, and Papers on Policy Analysis and Assessment.

Contains bibliographic citations describing items listed on the table of contents pages of more than 13,000 journals in science, technology, medicine, social science, business, the humanities, and popular culture. 1990 to the present for most journals, 1992 or 1994 to the present for some.

Provides online access to an extensive collection of general and specialized databases covering a wide range of subject areas. Features links to abstracts, articles, indexes, reviews, and full text of works such as dissertations, journals, reports, and conference proceedings and papers. Links to some OCLC databases.

"The OECD iLibrary, the new platform giving access to selected OECD statistical data, books, journals and working papers, is now available. It replaces SourceOECD."

Cross-searchable library containing the full text and abstracts of classic and newly published Oxford University Press books in the area of Economics and Finance.

WRDS (generally pronounced as "words") is an Internet-based data subscription service that is provided by the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. This data service gives users access to a number of companion databases under the Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) including; COMPUSTAT North America (from Standard & Poors) 300 annual & 100 quarterly data items on more than 24,000 listed companies. CRSP (Center for Research in Security Prices) a comprehensive collection of data from NYSE, AMEX and the Nasdaq markets. IBES (Institutional Brokers Estimates System) provides forecasts from securities analysts. NYSE TAQ (Trade and Quote) provides trade and quote data from NYSE, AMEX and the Nasdaq markets. Compustat ExecuComp offers executive compensation data in addition to detailed breakouts of compensation data under the pre-2006 reporting rules for those who are researching historical compensation trends.

Provides access to International Monetary Fund publications, including Country Reports, Occasional Papers, Working Papers, Pamphlet Series, Policy Discussion Papers, and Papers on Policy Analysis and Assessment.

Includes citations for over 2.3 million dissertations and theses from around the world, ranging from 1861 to those accepted last semester. Dissertations published from 1980 forward include 350-word abstracts; master's theses from 1988 forward include 150-word abstracts. Where available, PQDT provides twenty-four page previews. In addition, more than 750,000 are available for download in PDF format (digital dissertations and theses are archived as submitted by the degree-granting institution).

A database of independently commissioned market research, including: Market Standard Reports, Retail Standard Reports, Leisure Standard Reports, Finance Standard Reports, Finance 10 Reports, News Archive, and other databases.

The Serials Union Catalogue for the UK research community is a free tool to help researchers and librarians locate serials held in the UK. The catalogue contains information on both print and electronic serials, including journals, periodicals, newspapers, newsletters, magazines, proceedings, annual reports and other publications of a continuing nature.

Provides access to statistical data for over 550 development indicators and time series data from 1960 for 226 countries, as well as data for regions and income groups. Data includes social, economic, financial, natural resources, and environmental indicators. Results can be scaled, indexed against a particular year, viewed by percentage change, and charted. Data can also be exported as Excel and ASCII files.

ISI Web of knowledge is an integrated platform designed to support research in academic, corporate, government, and not for profit organizations. ISI citation databases are multidisciplinary databases of bibliographic information indexed to be searched by subject, author, journal, and/or author address. They can also be searched for articles that cite a known author or work. Cited reference searching allows use of a given work as if it were a subject term, to identify more recent articles on the same topic.

"The World Bank eLibrary provides access to a growing collection of more than 5,000 ebooks, journal articles, and working papers from the world's most authoritative source on international development as they are published."

WorldCat is a worldwide union catalog created and maintained collectively by more than 9,000 member institutions. With millions of online records built from the bibliographic and ownership information of contributing libraries, it is the largest and most comprehensive database of its kind.

WRDS (generally pronounced as "words") is an Internet-based data subscription service that is provided by the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. This data service gives users access to a number of companion databases under the Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) including; COMPUSTAT North America (from Standard & Poors) 300 annual & 100 quarterly data items on more than 24,000 listed companies. CRSP (Center for Research in Security Prices) a comprehensive collection of data from NYSE, AMEX and the Nasdaq markets. IBES (Institutional Brokers Estimates System) provides forecasts from securities analysts. NYSE TAQ (Trade and Quote) provides trade and quote data from NYSE, AMEX and the Nasdaq markets. Compustat ExecuComp offers executive compensation data in addition to detailed breakouts of compensation data under the pre-2006 reporting rules for those who are researching historical compensation trends.

The newly funded ZETOC service provides Z39.50-compliant access to the British Library's Electronic Table of Contents (ETOC). The database contains details of approximately 20,000 current journals and 16,000 conference proceedings published per year. With almost 15 million article and conference records, the database covers every imaginable subject in science, technology, medicine, engineering, business, law, finance and the humanities. The database covers the years from 1993 to date and is updated daily. A list of journal titles covered by the database is available. Copies of all the articles and conference papers listed on the database are available from the British Library's Document Supply Centre in Yorkshire.