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Online Databases available in the Business & IP Centre
Access from outside the Library is not available owing to licensing restrictions.
Except where indicated, titles are available in all the Library's London Reading Rooms.
Download Allowance indicates databases from which downloading is allowed
Advice & Funding Sources | Market Research | Company Data |
Business News & Journals | Business & Economic Statistics | Intellectual Property Sources Advice & Funding Sources
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COBRA (Complete Business Reference Adviser)
An essential encyclopaedia of practical information for starting, running and managing a small business. Includes more than 4,000 fact sheets, plus local area profiles and guides to writing business and marketing plans.
COBRA |
Database Summary (PDF)
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Directors Briefing & Start Up Briefing
A series of four page briefings, 130 covering running a business and 30 on starting a business. Report titles range from 'Advertising your business' to 'Your website strategy'. Also includes a report on 'How to write your business plan'.
Directors Briefing and Start Up Briefing
See reference desk for access |
Database Summary (PDF) |
Grantnet & Grantfinder
4,000 grants, loans, awards and other assistance. Grantnet, accessible from outside the Centre, gives brief information. To access detailed information from Grantfinder please speak to the reference desk.
Grantnet
See reference desk for access |
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Market Research
Market information is also available under Text Sources and some Company databases.
Please ask for advice at the Enquiry Desk.
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Business Insights
Provides international strategic market analysis overview reports on everything from consumer goods, energy and financial services to healthcare, technology, telecoms, ecommerce and human resources.
Business Insights |
Database Summary (PDF)
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eMarketer
Provides international market research and trend analysis on Internet, e-business, online marketing, media and emerging technologies.
eMarketer |
Database Summary (PDF)
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Frost & Sullivan
In-depth global market research and strategy reports covering medical technology, chemicals & plastics, automation, electronics, energy systems, environmental & building technologies, information & communication technology.
Frost & Sullivan See reference
desk for access |
Database Summary (PDF)
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Global Market Information Database
(GMID - Euromonitor Intl) Provides comparable international market intelligence on countries, consumers and industries. Offers access to over 4,500 global, country, industry, company and lifestyle reports, company profiles, company market share and brand share rankings, plus 205 country profiles.
Global Market Information Database
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Database Summary (PDF)
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Key Note
Full text access to more than 1,000 reports covering 30 industry sectors including everything from IT & computing to food, drink.
Key Note |
Database Summary (PDF)
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Mintel
Full-text access to Mintel's Horizons UK series which covers an extensive range of consumer and lifestyle markets in the United Kingdom. Printing is not permitted from this database.
Mintel - See reference desk for access |
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Verdict Retail Knowledge Centre
Independent analysis of the UK and European retail industry. Sectors covered include clothing and footwear, food and drink, DIY, electricals, homewares and personal care.
Verdict Retail Knowledge Centre See reference desk for access |
Database Summary (PDF)
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Company Data
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AMADEUS
1.5 million company profiles from 32 European countries. Searches can be made across countries to include key financial and contact information and lists can be created. [10 years of data]
AMADEUS |
Database Summary (PDF)
Help Sheet (PDF)
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FAME
Detailed financial data for 2.5 million companies in the UK and Ireland. Expert searching allows for the creation of company lists that can be sorted by turnover, postcode and other search variables.
FAME |
Database Summary (PDF)
Help Sheet (PDF)
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Global Reference Solution (Dun & Bradstreet)
Dunn and Bradstreet database which provides a summary of company and family tree information covering over one hundred million companies. Suited for mailing lists.
Global Reference Solution See reference desk for access |
Database Summary (PDF)
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ISI Emerging Markets Information Service (EMIS)Company, Industry and Economic information focusing on the markets of Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East/North Africa and Latin America, includes company reports, financial statements. Plus 10,500 full text news sources.
ISI Emerging Markets Information Service (EMIS) |
Database Summary (PDF)
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Kompass Worldwide
Detailed product and service listings for over 1.9 million companies in 70 countries. Key source for manu-facturers and suppliers with over 300,000 topics covered.
Kompass Worldwide |
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MINT
Detailed financial information on 2.6 million UK companies. Search by geographic, financial, activity or many other options to create lists of companies or individual company reports.
MINT |
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Onesource
Over 100 industry profiles, plus company profiles for over 30 million private and public companies around the world. Also includes information for over 35 million company executives worldwide and news analysis from 2,500 sources.
Onesource See reference desk for access |
Database Summary (PDF)
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Business News & Journals
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| ABI Inform Global
Contains 2,700 academic journals, newspapers business, management and economics publications. Abstracts from 1971 onwards, full text articles from 1987.
ABI Inform Global |
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| Business & Industry (Gale) Full text or informative abstracts from 1,000 leading trade and general business publications from over 30 countries. [From 1995]
Business & Industry (Gale) |
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Business Source Complete (EBSCO) Full text from 11,000 sources, including more than 1000 international top ranking business journals. Offering information in virtually every area of business, accounting & tax, banking, finance & insurance, construction, computer science and economics as well as country economic reports and company profiles. Business Source Complete (EBSCO) |
Database Summary (PDF)
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| European Business ASAP (Info Trac)
Full text articles from over 100 international business and academic journals. [From 1980]
European Business ASAP |
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Factiva
Offers more than 10,000 publications from 159 countries in 22 languages. Targeted business information with a simple web like search. Providing the latest news and information from nearly every industry and every region. Includes newswires and BBC Monitoring.
Factiva |
Database Summary (PDF)
Help Sheet (PDF)
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Investext
Plus
(Info Trac)Investment, company, and industry reports from over 500 stockbrokers in North America, Europe, Asia/pacific, Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East. [From 1982]
Investext
Plus |
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Wall Street Journal Online
An International daily newspaper published in New York. Primarily covers US and international business and financial news and latest managerial trends and politics. [Last 90 days]
Wall Street Journal Online |
Database Summary (PDF) |
World
Tourism Organization elibrary
Searchable access to over 500 full-text reports on the tourism industry. [From 1992]
World
Tourism Organization elibrary
See reference
desk for access |
Database Summary (PDF) |
Business & Economic Statistics
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CountryData (Economist
Intelligence Unit)
Analytical database of world-wide macroeconomic indicators and forecast values for 117 countries and 40 regional aggregates, with up to 280 economic indicators per country. [From 1980, plus five year forecasts]
CountryData (EIU) See reference desk for access |
Database Summary (PDF) |
Datamonitor MarketLine Business Information Centre
Includes 10,000 company profiles, 2,000 industry profiles, also industry and competitive overviews, and 50 plus country profiles. Covers automotive & logistics, consumer markets, energy & utilities, financial services, healthcare and technology sectors.
Datamonitor MarketLine Business Information Centre |
Database Summary (PDF)
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Economist Intelligence Unit - EIU.com
For many countries: includes Country Reports (in-depth economic, political and business analysis and short-term market outlooks), Country Profiles (detailed background on the political, economic and business environment) and Viewswire (daily up-to-the-minute information on important economic, political and business news).
Economist Intelligence Unit - EIU.com
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Database Summary (PDF)
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Intellectual Property Sources
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Derwent Innovations Index
Provides international patent abstracts written by professionals. Includes facilities for searching by ‘owning company’, forward and backward citation and some status information. Covers many countries, starting from 1963 (pharmaceuticals), 1968 (other chemistry) and 1973 (all).
Derwent Innovations Index |
Database Summary (PDF)
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| Designfinder
Designfinder is a subscription based system that collects industrial design information from around the world. The database allows searching across all authorities in a single step.
Designfinder See reference desk for access |
Database Summary (PDF) |
Esp@cenet
The European Patent Office website. Allowing patents to be searched Internationally by a number of different search terms. Many complete specifications are available. The coverage varies by country. British patents can be searched, by key words in the abstract, as far back as the 1890’s.
Esp@cenet |
Database Summary (PDF)
Help Sheet (PDF)
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IBIS
The British Trade Mark Registry image collection. Contains images for all Trade Marks that have rights in the UK. [This service is only available on selected terminals.]
IBIS See reference desk for access |
Database Summary (PDF) |
OPTICS
The British Trade Mark Registry words collection. Contains text used in all Trade Marks that have rights in the UK). [This service is only available on selected terminals.]
OPTICS See reference desk for access |
Database Summary (PDF) |
WestlawUK IP module
Comprehensive coverage of IP cases and legislation in the UK, including case and legislation locators. Provides full text of European Intellectual Property Review, Intellectual Property Quarterly, Entertainment Law Review and Computer and Telecommunications Law Review. WestlawUK IP module See reference desk for access |
Database Summary (PDF) |
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