Subject Guide - Business and Agri-food

You can find these in our alphabetical list of databases:

• Business Source Complete - Business Source Complete is the industry's most popular business research database, featuring the full text for more than 2,200 journals. Full text is provided back to 1965.

• Emerald Business, Management and Strategy eJournal Collection - Key topics covered in our Business Management & Strategy eBook Collection include strategic management, innovation and economic growth, corporate social responsibility and social media in management.

• Financial Times - Use the link on the database page to register for the Financial Times.

• IGD Retail Analysis - Insights into over 400 retailers and current trends. Includes Supply Chain Analysis. Only available on campus.

• Mintel - Market research reports on food and drink in the UK, China food and drink, China retail and China lifestyles.

• Passport from Euromonitor - A global market research tool which provides strategic analysis as well as being a market size and market share database for products across key countries. It also contains information about consumers, the business environment, trade and the infrastructure of many countries.

• Statista - Statistical data on over 80,000 topics from 22,500 sources.

• EU business - European business news.

• BookBoon.com - Free business books.

• UK Data Archive - UK Data Archive is a curator of the largest collection of digital data in the social sciences and humanities in the UK.

• Eurostat: Your key to european statistics - Eurostat is the statistical office of the European Union situated in Luxembourg. Its mission is to provide high quality statistics for Europe.

• Office for National Statistics - UK's largest independent producer of official statistics and is the recognised national statistical institute for the UK.

• Northcote - This free tool links to listed company information. It provides an archive of company reports from many companies.

• Coronavirus Research Database - A free database provided by Proquest giving access to research done on the Coronavirus. An excellent search tool for those doing assignments or dissertations looking at the impact of the coronavirus.

• Taylor & Francis Open Access Business E-books - A collection of open access e-books on Economics, Finance, Business and Industry made available through Taylor & Francis.

• Study Guides  - including Guide to Referencing, Guide to Report Writing and Revision Guide.

• Finding Information - guidance on searching for books and articles.

• Evaluating Information  -  succeed in your studies by developing further your skills in finding and using information.

• Search Techniques  -  learn how to search effectively and ensure you get the information you need.

Logging in to resources

• Logging in with OpenAthens

Using Market Research Databases

• Mintel
• Statista
• Passport

Using online resources

• Getting the best out of journal articles
• E-books : how to access and use
• Searching The Grocer

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