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Economics & Finance

The library has a range of printed and online material for students who are studying Economics and Finance. If you need any help with finding or using print resources in the library, or finding and accessing information online, please just get in touch with Ben Taylorson, your Faculty Librarian.

You can use the DISCOVER to search for resources such as books, eBooks and journal articles.

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Company Data & Financial Databases

Orbis

Orbis is a global company database listing over 140 million companies around the world providing access to contacts, accounts and corporate structure information. Please note the company data previously found in the FAME database can also be searched in full via Orbis.

WRDS

Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) is a web-based business data research service. Developed in 1993 WRDS provides researchers with access to financial, economic and marketing data. The majority of the material within WRDS is north American. WRDS 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 Bureau van Dijk databases Amadeus, Bankscope and Orbis provide company information searchable through the WRDS portal. Amadeus provides users with access to company information for both Western and Eastern Europe, with a focus on private company information; company financials in a standard format so you can compare companies across borders; financial strength indicators; directors information; images of report and accounts for listed companies; stock prices for listed companies; detailed corporate structures; market research; business and company-related news; M&A deals and rumours. Orbis provides materials similar to Amadeus, but with an international dimension.

Global Capital

Global Capital contains within it the Islamic Finance Information Service (IFIS); this is an online Islamic finance information portal with global coverage. It tracks developments in the Islamic financial world. IFIS within Global Capital focuses exclusively upon major developments in the Islamic financial world and covers Sukuk, Islamic funds, Islamic projects, research, news, Takaful and many other areas.

Nexis UK

Primarily a newspaper database but also includes extensive company information from such sources as ICC, Extel, Disclosure, and Directory of Directors. The database is largely 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 and financial information on UK and international companies.

Market Research Databases

Mintel

Full text market research from Mintel International Group Ltd. The subscription provides market research reports from both the UK and China across the following categories : Finance 10, Leisure Intelligence Catering, Leisure Intelligence Pursuits, Leisure Intelligence Standard, Leisure Intelligence Travel, Market Intelligence Essentials, Market Intelligence Food and Drink, Market Intelligence Standard, Retail Intelligence UK - Fashion, Retail Intelligence UK - Retail Plus.

Marketline

Profiling all major companies, industries and geographies, MarketLine is one of the most prolific publishers of business information today.

Euromonitor Passport

This online market research tool monitors industry trends and gives you strategic analysis and a market size and market share database for all your products across all your key countries. Passport is Euromonitor International's global market analysis software platform, which analyses the industry in countries around the world.

Statista

Provides access to statistics and studies gathered by market researchers, trade organizations, scientific publications, and government sources on over 600 industries.

Article databases

You can search individual, subject-based databases for resources such as articles and book chapters:

BSC

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.

Emerald Management

Use Emerald Management Xtra to access more than 50,000 full text articles, 185,000 reviews from the world's leading management journals, case studies, literature reviews, book reviews, conference information, interviews, profiles and 'How to...' guides

EconLit

This database is produced by the American Economic Association (AEA). EconLit indexes from books, journal articles taken from over 450 journals, dissertations, and articles in books published since 1969. The subjects covered within EconLit include economic theory and history, fiscal theory, econometrics, agricultural economics, public finance, demography, monetary theory, international economics and others.

Web of Science

ISI Web of Science 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.

See the full list of Business Databases

Newspapers

Search for news, including today's editions of newspapers as well as online newspaper archives and monitoring services

Financial Times

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Current and Recent

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UK Historical Archives

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Non-UK Archives

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See the full list of newspapers, news services and archives

Theses and dissertations

Access Durham theses as well as theses and dissertations from other UK and international universities

Durham Theses

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UK & Global Theses

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Ben Taylorson

Ben Taylorson

benjamin.taylorson@dur.ac.uk

0191 334 2975

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