E-resources for Business, Management,
Marketing, Finance & Accounting
Finding information using Summon®
Summon is a powerful search engine providing fast access to scholarly material at the University
of Bradford. It provides a single search box for a wide variety of content, including journals and
books (in both print and online).
The Summon search box is on the Library homepage (http://www.bradford.ac.uk/library) or you
can enter it directly at http://bradford.summon.serialssolutions.com/#!/
Whilst Summon is a powerful research tool, you are also strongly advised to familiarise yourself
with individual databases (eResources).
Accessing the eResources
The main access point is via the Library’s eResource webpage at:
http://catalogue.brad.ac.uk/search/y .
Go to: Finding eResources by Title and type the name of the eResource you require.
Note: to see a full list of eResources useful to business and management students, go to Finding
eResources by Subject and use the pull-down menu to select ‘Management’.
F0r E-Journal Articles
You are advised to explore the eJournal databases in the following order:
ProQuest®
ProQuest is a world-class database containing articles and abstracts from around 3,000
worldwide peer-reviewed business publications, dealing with public and private companies,
industry research, marketing and advertising, finance and human resources.
It includes core journals such as MIT Sloan Management Review, China Quarterly, Journal of
Business Ethics, European Journal of Marketing, Management Decisions, and many, many more.
Note: also use ProQuest to find full-text theses and dissertations (mainly from US universities).
The University of Bradford retains copyright for this material, which may not be reproduced without prior written
permission. We welcome feedback on our documentation. Please email: suggestions@bradford.ac.uk. For alternative
formats please see: www.bradford.ac.uk/it-services/help/help-sheets.
May 2015
E-resources for Business, Management, Marketing, Finance & Accounting
Business Source Complete
BSC is another world-class database with full-text content to up to 2,000 peer-reviewed
publications in all disciplines of business, and 1,800+ trade journals and general business
magazines.
The database also contains company profiles, industry reports and market research reports and
has full text coverage of five top academic business journals: Academy of Management Review,
Academy of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, MIS Quarterly and Journal of
Marketing, plus full-text access to Harvard Business Review from 1922 onwards.
ScienceDirect®
ScienceDirect is a powerful multi-disciplinary database that provides full-text access to 2,000+
multi-disciplinary journal titles published by Elsevier, including prestigious business and
management journals, e.g. Journal of Accounting and Economics, Journal of Management, Journal
of International Economics, Journal of World Business. Please note: a search of ScienceDirect
includes all journal titles within this huge database. Since full text articles are only available from
titles to which UB subscribes, your search may retrieve articles you CANNOT access in full-text.
SAGE Online Journals / SAGE Premier eJournals
SAGE Premier is a large multi-disciplinary journal collection providing full-text access to 700+
journals published since 1999 by SAGE in Business, Humanities, Social Sciences, Science,
Technology & Medicine.
It is an excellent source for research methodology and other texts central to business &
management studies, e.g. Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies, Administrative Science
Quarterly, and Work, Employment and Society.
Wiley Online Library
Wiley is another large multi-disciplinary database. The Management Library subscribes to the
Business, Economics, Finance and Accounting collection which has 40+ journals and newsletters
reflecting these four core areas of specialization.
Major journal titles include: British Journal of Management, Economic History Review, European
Financial Management, and International Labour Review.
JSTOR online journals
JSTOR provides archival access to online scholarly journals. The Management Library subscribes
to the Business Collection which holds the back-files to 200+ business journals including
prestigious titles such as Academy of Management Journal, Econometrica, Journal of Finance,
Journal of International Business Studies. Please note: JSTOR is NOT licensed to hold the most
recent copies of journals.
May 2015
E-resources for Business, Management, Marketing, Finance & Accounting
For Global Market Information, Country Economic
Statistics and Analysis
Marketline® Advantage
Marketline is an enormous and detailed collection of company, industry, financial, product and
country information, plus research and data extending across every major marketplace and
industry sector.
Also includes around 40,000 company profiles with accompanying SWOT analyses, plus macroeconomic, socio-economic & demographic data for 215 countries.
Business Monitor International (BMI)
BMI is a leading independent provider of specialist business and marketing reports containing
analysis, data, ratings, rankings, current updates and forecasts covering over 200 countries and
24 industry sectors.
BMI reports include country risk analyses, emerging markets, macroeconomic data and in-depth
analyses of the major industry sectors across all leading markets.
Euromonitor® Passport
Euromonitor is a global market information database and a premier source of international
marketing data, offering 18,000+ international reports, plus authoritative statistics on industries,
countries and consumers.
In addition to general searching, you can search by Industry, with reports listed by market
segmentation, or you can search by Countries and Consumers, with reports listed by
segmentation, e.g. Consumer Trends, Economy, Finance and Trade.
For UK Market Research & UK Company Information
KeyNote® (Market Reports)
KeyNote comprises of two separate parts: Market Reports and Company Information.
Market Reports: 2,500+ market intelligence reports providing key information, e.g. market
definition and size, competition analysis, SWOT analysis, market forecasts. Key Note Reports have
a UK focus, but many include commentary on the European and global market. Also includes
Business Ratio Reports which compare, contrast and analyse the financial performance of leading
UK companies.
Company Information: provides information on over seven million UK companies, including 5
years’ worth of profit and loss accounts and key ratios.
May 2015
E-resources for Business, Management, Marketing, Finance & Accounting
For UK & International Company Financials
FAME (Financial Analysis Made Easy)
FAME provides detailed UK financial information for public and private companies in the UK and
Ireland. The database includes company accounts, plus details of ownership and management for
the largest 2 million active UK and Irish companies.
It also includes summary information for a further 220,000 smaller active businesses, plus
historical information on 5 million inactive companies. FAME provides up to 10 years of data.
Thomson One Banker Analytics
Provides financial data for international companies, including accounts for over 28,500 active
public limited (or equivalent) companies and 9,500 inactive companies (liquidated or acquired) in
more than 55 countries.
It also includes Thompson Research reports written by top analysts on international companies,
industries and countries.
Datastream
Datastream is an extensive collection of historical financial data, containing over 40 years of
quantitative data for most companies quoted on the stock exchange.
Please note: the Library does NOT host or support Datastream. Access is only via School of
Management student cluster PCs and a user manual is available in .pdf format in the c:\program
files\datastream folder.
For further assistance with Datastream, please contact your tutor, or Neil Summersall, Computing
Services Manager, N.Summersall@bradford.ac.uk.
For HRM Information, Policies & Case Studies
XpertHR® Professional
XpertHR provides articles from authoritative sources concerning human resource management,
plus model policies, case studies, and a (UK) employment law manual. Our subscription also
includes access to: Employment Relations e-newsletter (formerly part of IRS Employment Review),
European e-newsletter (formerly European Employment Review), and Equal Opportunities enewsletter.
For Newspaper Comment and Analysis
Use ProQuest to access articles from authoritative business newspapers, e.g. the Financial
Times, and weekly publications, e.g. the Economist and the Wall Street Journal. Use the
Publications tab to find specific business publications by title.
May 2015
E-resources for Business, Management, Marketing, Finance & Accounting
Use Lexis®Library (a legal database) to access articles from the UK national and provincial press.
Use the News tab at the top right-hand side of the Lexis homepage to search the UK press.
E-Books
To see what eBooks the Library provides to support business and management students, go to:
http://www.bradford.ac.uk/library/library-resources/ebooks/
Type some keywords in the search box, e.g. accounting, and open up a relevant title to read the
eBook.
You are also advised to explore the following huge eBook collections:
Ebrary® Academic Complete
ebrary provides access to over 80,000 eBooks in a wide variety of subject areas, including
business, management and economics. The collection contains textbooks from academic
publishers and you will find many titles of interest.
1.
2.
Access via the eResources webpage at http://catalogue.brad.ac.uk/search/y.
Type ‘ebrary’ in the search box.
Sustainable Organization Library
The Sustainable Organization Library (SOL) provides eBooks that specifically cover key areas of
sustainability, social responsibility, environmental management and related fields.
Emerald Business, Management and Economics eBook Archive
The Emerald Archive provides back issues of eBooks, with many titles published up until 2013,
concerning all aspects of business, management and economics.
Access SOL and the Emerald eBook Archive as follows:
1.
2.
Access via the eResources webpage at http://catalogue.brad.ac.uk/search/y .
Type sustainable organization or emerald business in the search box.
Video Resources
The following resources provide videos on all aspects of business and management.
CARMA International Video Library
A collection of one hour video lectures featuring internationally recognised scholars on a variety
of business and management research processes, including qualitative and quantitative methods.
The videos provide students with exposure and experience of many different areas of research
methodology.
May 2015
E-resources for Business, Management, Marketing, Finance & Accounting
Please note: Microsoft® Silverlight http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/ must be downloaded
to view these videos.
Proquest Entrepreneurship
Contains videos on all aspects of entrepreneurship including finance, franchising, small business,
start-ups and venture capital.
Harvard Business School Videos
HBS videos cover many aspects of business including competition, entrepreneurship, leadership
and marketing.
Instructions on how to access each video resource can be found on the Management Guides
webpage.
1. Access Management Guides webpage at http://www.bradford.ac.uk/library/subjectsupport/management-and-law/management/management-guides/
2. Click on the Business and Management Video Resources document (PDF or Word).
Henry Stewart Talks: Marketing and Management Collection
1. Access the Henry Stewart Talks via the library’s eResources web page at
http://catalogue.brad.ac.uk/search/y .
2. Use the following search box: Finding eResource by Title.
3. Type in Henry.
Other E-Resources
The eResources listings for Management (http://catalogue.brad.ac.uk/search/y) also offer access
to additional resources for business, management and economics, listed below. Your tutors will
advise you if you need to use these resources.
•
Econlit: a huge bibliography with selected abstracts of the world's economic literature,
with links to full text articles where available.
•
Gartner: provides information technology industry research reports.
•
World Development Indicators: social and economic statistics published by the World
Bank.
For further information and assistance
Ellie Clement, Management & Law Librarian.
Tel. +44 (0)1274 234402.
e-mail: e.l.clement@bradford.ac.uk
Neil Jukes, Subject Support Librarian.
May 2015
E-resources for Business, Management, Marketing, Finance & Accounting
Tel. +44 (0)1274 236757.
e-mail: n.jukes3@Bradford.ac.uk
May 2015