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Academic Search Complete
On-Campus Connection | Off-Campus Connection

 

Abstracts and indexing for over 11,000 journals from around the world with the full text coverage of over 7,000 titles, including more than 6,000 peer reviewed publications covering the fields of science; social science; education; psychology; language and linguistics; arts and literature.

 

The contents of this database are included in mySearch

Academic Search Complete

> Access from a web-enabled phone | > More Info

 

BU staff/student login required for off-campus access (OALA)

AMADEUS (Analyse Major Databases from European Sources)
On-Campus Connection | Off-Campus Connection

 

Standardised annual accounts (for up to 10 years) and management details of the top 330,000 public and private companies actively trading in 41 European countries.

 

Note for off-campus use: To identify yourself type Bournemouth University in the search box or select Bournemouth University from the drop down list.

 

> Help (PDF 40kb)
> Online Support

 

BU staff/student login required for off-campus access (OALA)

Business Source Complete
On-Campus Connection | Off-Campus Connection

 

Business and management research database, providing full text for more than 3,065 journals, including full text for more than 1,544 peer-reviewed business titles. Includes full text of Harvard Business Review since 1922. Updated daily.

 

The contents of this database are included in mySearch

Business Source Complete

> Access from a web-enabled phone | > More Info

 

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Emerald
On-Campus Connection | Off-Campus Connection

 

Bibliographic references with abstracts from c500 management, marketing and accounting journals (plus multidisciplinary topics such as law, hospitality and tourism, quality etc.) including full text of articles from over 100 management journals published by Emerald and links to other full text providers. International, but with good British coverage.

 

>> Emerald App available for the iPhone and iPad

 

The contents of this database are included in mySearch

 

> Database Demonstration (PPT 864kb)

 

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Factiva
On-Campus Connection | Off-Campus Connection

 

Factiva provides full text access to 20,000+ sources from more than 159 countries in 22 languages, including more than 400 continuously updated newswires. Coverage includes all major daily and business newspapers, primarily back to early 1990s. Sources also include both general business and industry publications such as The Economist, Forbes, Fortune, Finanz & Wirtschaft, BusinessWeek, Far Eastern Economic Review, etc., plus industry-specific titles such as Advertising Age, Caterer & Hotelkeeper, Computerworld, Retail Week and Travel Weekly.

 

Note: The off-campus connection link above is the only off-campus access route for this resource.

 

>> Access Tips (PDF 13kb)
>> User Guide (PDF 412kb)

 

BU staff/student login required for off-campus access (Ezproxy)

FAME (Financial Analysis Made Easy)
On-Campus Connection | Off-Campus Connection

 

Financial accounts for up to the past 10 years and management details on actively trading UK companies (public and private) registered at Companies House, together with brief details of a further 2 million plus companies operating or dormant within the UK.

 

Note for off-campus use: To identify yourself type Bournemouth University in the search box or select Bournemouth University from the drop down list.

 

NB: For financial accounts of bank and financial institutions, use Bankscope.

 

> Online Support

 

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Global Market Information Database
On-Campus Connection | Off-Campus Connection

 

Database of Euromonitor's portfolio of statistical and full text analysis. Organised into nine fully searchable databases covering country data; consumer lifestyles; consumer market sizes; forecasts; fmcg companies and brands; major market profiles; Euromonitor's market and retail research reports; and directory of marketing information sources.

 

Globalcast, Euromonitor's new podcast series brings you the latest trends and insight on industries, countries and consumers worldwide.

 

> Finding Travel and Tourism Statistics using GMID (PDF 468kb)
> Help (PDF 427kb)
> How to chart data (PDF 398kb)

 

BU staff/student login required for off-campus access (OALA)

Hoover's Online
On-Campus Connection | Off-Campus Connection

 

In-depth profiles, including financials on over 11,000 US and c3,000 major non-US companies, derived from Hoover's hard copy directories.

 

The contents of this database are included in mySearch

 

Note: The off-campus connection link above is the only off-campus access route for this resource.

 

> Help (PDF 27kb)

 

BU staff/student login required for off-campus access (Ezproxy)

IGD Retail Analysis
On-Campus Connection | Off-Campus Connection

 

International retail market information database covering: major retailer profiles, industry news, financial comparisons, and photographic archive of retail store layouts, concepts, etc.

 

Note: The off-campus connection link above is the only off-campus access route for this resource.

 

> User Guide (PDF 620kb)

 

BU staff/student login required for off-campus access (Ezproxy)

Key Note
On-Campus Connection | Off-Campus Connection

 

Full text market and business intelligence reports. Features titles in 30 consumer, business and industry sectors for the UK. Useful features include SWOT Analysis, PEST Analysis, Market Forecasts and Competitor Analysis. Also gives access to Business Ratio reports which focus on financial performance of companies within a sector, eg Market Research Agencies.

 

> Finding Travel and Tourism Statistics using Key Note (PDF 500kb)

 

BU staff/student login required for off-campus access (OALA)

Mintel
On-Campus Connection | Off-Campus Connection

 

Full text of Mintel's monthly research journals covering domestic consumer products and services, plus marketing news and reports from UK trade press. Note: Use of Mintel is restricted to academic use only.

 

> Finding Travel and Tourism Statistics using Mintel (PDF 394kb)
> Online Help

 

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Retail Directory Online

 

Provides information on companies in the UK Retail Sector, including personnel, products, facts and figures, subsidiaries, news and turnover.

 

Username & password required. Details available from the Library tab on myBU

Scopus
On-Campus Connection | Off-Campus Connection

 

Scopus is an abstract and citation database of research literature and quality web sources in the sciences and social sciences. Updated daily, it indexes15,000 peer-reviewed journals from more than 4,000 publishers, open access journals, conference proceedings, trade publications, book series, patent records and scientific web pages. It contains over 33 million records, of which 16 million records include references going back to 1996 and 17 million pre-1996 records going back as far as 1841.

 

The contents of this database are mostly covered by mySearch

 

> Access Scopus from your iPhone

 

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Thomson Analytics
Note: Please use Internet Explorer to access this database. Other browsers are not compatible.

 

Thomson Analytics provides detailed price and financial information for over 45,000 UK and International companies. Coverage includes full company details, key financial, profit and loss, balance sheet and ratio data, company news, share prices, currencies and market indices. The database will assist with the research, collation and analysis of a wide range of financial data which can be formulated in to graphs and charts or managed as individual portfolios. Features of the former Extel database such as the Extel cards and news have been incorporated in to this database.

 

Username & password required. Details available from the Library tab on myBU

Verdict Research

 

see Datamonitor360

Which?

 

Online version of Which? magazines produced by the Consumer Association. Access news, reviews and recommendations on various products, plus, reports about various industries including technology, travel, environment, finance, motor trade and hospitality (e.g. good food and restaurant guide via the 'Which? Publications' link).

 

Username & password required. Details available from the Library tab on myBU

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