Database Factsheet: ABI/INFORM Global
Coverage: Full-text access to thousands of academic and trade journals covering business and economic conditions,
corporate strategies, management techniques, competitive and product information, company and tax law. Also includes
industry reports from Business Monitor International and country data from the Economist Intelligence Unit.
Access: Linked to from Key Electronic Resources for Business
The default search is a basic search, but is
recommended to select ‘Advanced Search’
which gives you more options to tailor and
amend your search.
The tips offer
recommendations for
effective searching.
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By selecting ‘Advanced Search’ you can either
simply enter your keywords into the boxes and
then click search, or refine your results by
selecting a field to search within, e.g., author,
document title.
You have the option to limit your results. Specify full text,
peer reviewed or published date, for example.
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Locating industry reports and country data
Select ‘All databases’ from the
top menu and then Browse
You can then view industry reports
includes those from BMI and
country data from the EIU
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