Subject Resources - Business Information
- Finding journal and newspaper articles
- Finding references
- Market Reports
- Business Statistics
- Information gateways and web sites
- Organisations
Finding journal and newspaper articles
To search for articles from a range of journals you should do a keyword search using the electronic databases. The main databases you will need are:
ABI Inform/Proquest
Full text of business-related articles from approximately 1,800 journals.
EBSCO Business Source Premier
Full text of articles from approximately 3,600 business journals.
IngentaConnect
The contents of around 740 academic and trade journals with full text for those subscribed to by Cardiff University.
Lexis-Nexis Executive
A comprehensive newspaper database which is updated daily. Provides full text access to all United Kingdom national newspapers, plus regional newspapers, international news providers and a number of trade journals and magazines. Also includes company data and annual reports.
ScienceDirect
A multidisciplinary database with some business journals.
You can access a complete list of business related databases from the Business, Economics and Transport Databases page.
Finding references
Some information sources called abstracts or indexes will only provide a summary or bibliographical details of an article. You will then need to look up the availability of the full text on the Voyager library catalogue.
Electronic references can be found on:
Web of Science Social Science Citation Index
An electronic database with brief details of articles from over 4500 journals. You will need to get an Athens username and password from the Aberconway Guest Library to use this database.
Market Reports
These electronic databases are also available in printed format in the Aberconway Guest Library.
Key Note
Full text market reports covering a range of United Kingdom products and market sectors. Updated weekly, there are currently over 300 titles in the database.
Mintel
Access to a wide range of consumer related market research reports.
GMID
Provides key business intelligence on countries, markets and companies. More than 330 consumer products in 52 countries are researched to produce value market sizes and forecasts to 2012. Also includes:
- Country data, which covers demographic, economic and background marketing statistics for 209 countries worldwide
- Over 1,300 product market and retail market reports
- Consumer lifestyle research
- Retail market sizes
- Forecasts
- Brands and company data
- Major market profiles
Business Insights
United Kingdom and International Market Reports covering the following areas:
- Consumer Goods
- Energy
- Finance
- Healthcare
- E-Commerce
- Technology
Business Statistics
The Aberconway Guest Library holds a range of printed current and historical statistical publications published by the UK and other governments and international organisations. The collection is arranged alphabetically. Consult the printed subject index to find statistical information on particular topics. The following university databases are also available.
Datastream
Datastream is an online database of statistics on companies, financial markets and economics. This database can only be accessed in the Aberconway Guest Library.
SourceOECD
The online library of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Includes:
- 20 thematic collections, containing all of the OECD's books and reports
- 24 journals
- Reference titles
- Statistical databases
TimeWeb Explorer
This allows users to explore the OECD Main Economic Indicators data. This contains thousands of comparative statistics for the major economies of the world with most of the series starting in 1960. Data can be subsetted, plotted and downloaded via an intuitive windows interface.
Statistics web sites
Eurostat
Key indicators from the European Union on economy, finance, trade, industry and services.
MIMAS
Manchester Information and Associated Services includes the 1991 GB Census of Population statistics and data from other surveys such as the General Household Survey, and some econometric time series data from the IMF and OECD. Free use for academic purposes.
Nomis
Nomis gives you access to the most up-to-date and detailed labour market data produced from official sources. Nomis is a free service provided by National Statistics.
Office for National Statistics(ONS)
Statbase contains online statistics from government statistical publications such as Consumer Trends, Economic Trends, Regional Trends, Social Trends and Labour Market Trends.
UK Data Archive
The Economic and Social Research Council Data Archive at the University of Essex houses a collection of accessible computer-readable data in the social sciences and humanities.
UK Trade Info
Data provided by H.M. Customs and Excise features UK trade in imports and exports.
World Bank
Search for economic and social data by topic or county. Data is available in PDF format.
Information gateways and web sites
Information gateways
BizEd: Business Education on the Internet
Links to over 3000 quality checked internet resources in business, economics, accounting, leisure and recreation and travel and tourism, aimed at the academic community.
BUBL Business
Links to a range of business related web sites, aimed at the academic community.
CRUISE: Business and Management Internet Resources
Links to a range of business related web sites provided by Cranfield University.
SOSIG
Information gateway for the academic community with a range of business related links.
Business news
BBC news: Business
The latest business news from the BBC.
Business news in Wales
Current business news from Wales.
CNN Money
Has a US bias, but otherwise excellent coverage of financial and business news.
EUBusiness
Access to information about EU legislation and policies affecting particular industries.
Global Edge
An outline of the business climate, political structure, history, and statistical data for more than 190 countries. Includes regional and country specific links in addition to a general overview of each geographic area.
Business plans and small businesses
Bench Mark Index
This site allows you to compare yourself to other companies using a benchmarking sampler based on the Benchmark Index. There are also links to national and international benchmarking sites.
Big Wales
Aimed at small businesses in Wales this site offers advice on finance, recruitment, products, sales and marketing and features sample business plans.
Business Link
A national business advice service that includes a link to writing business plans.
Business Plans
Information for creating business plans including sample business plans to download.
Business Owner's Toolkit
Information for small businesses including starting and planning a business, finance and marketing.
E-commerce
BUBL: Electronic Commerce
Links to a range of web sites through this academic subject gateway.
Management of E-commerce
Mint's directory of e-commerce sites.
Organisations
Confederation of British Industry (CBI)
Federation of Small Businesses
Includes information on policy, summaries of surveys, membership and details of regional contacts.
The Forum of Private Business
Information about their activities.
South West Wales Information Gateway (SWIG)
The aim of this organisation is to help small businesses in Wales get the best from the Internet. Monthly updates feature links to useful resources
Welsh Assembly Government - Business & Economy
Information from the Department of Enterprise, Innovation and Networks (EIN) at the Welsh Assembly. Includes information on bringing business to Wales, business start-ups and making businesses more competitive. Includes the Knowledge Bank for Business (KB4B), latest news and publications, campaigns information, research and policy documents.