Business databases and online resources
Business information is right at your fingertips through the following databases:
Business Source Premier
The valuable resource, Business Source Premier, provides you with remote access from home or work to a huge range of scholarly business, management and economics journals, including full text to the Harvard Business Review, New Zealand Management, Forbes, California Management Review, and New Zealand Business. In addition to the fulltext for more than 2,100 journals, another 1,800 journals are indexed. In addition, access to non-journal content includes market research reports, industry reports, country reports, company profiles and SWOT analyses.Content is updated daily and is particularly strong in marketing, management, MIS and economics. Start Here.
ABI / INFORM Global
This ProQuest database, ABI-Inform, is one of the few sources you can access the The Wall Street Journal (Eastern edition) fulltext for free. Abi/Inform Global is very strong in coverage of management techniques and theory, corporate strategy and tactics. It includes, in addition, to a very strong line-up of journals, material from theses, and is nicely balanced with material from both the United Kingdom and the U.S.A. Start Here.
Marketline Advantage (formerly Datamonitor)
Mainly international in scope but Marketline Advantage has more New Zealand and Australian information appearing. This impressive market research database can be used to look for company profiles, country profiles (very detailed), industry profiles, and case studies (new). (NB this database can only be used within the library) Start Here.Kompass
Kompass is a B-2-B resource, with international as well as in-depth coverage of New Zealand companies and sectors. More than 2.8 million companies listed, which link buyers and sellers worldwide. An invaluable resource. Library has subscriber access for full information. Start Here.PressDisplay
View current newspapers from around the world and New Zealand in the same format as in the print version. PressDisplay has hundreds of newspapers from 80 countries in 40 languages, including Washington Post, Guardian (International), and the Australian. Very current. Pages can be printed or emailed. Papers are online for 60 days. Start HereProQuest Research Library
From business and political science to literature and psychology, this database provides access to a wide range of popular academic subjects. Sources include scholarly journals and trade publications, as well as highly respected magazines and newspapers. Start Here
Business Reference Suite
Provides one-stop access to the following databases:
Business & Industry: provides information on companies, products and markets. The material is extracted from leading business and trade magazines, newspapers and newsletters from around the world (click here for a full list of titles). Searching is via a free-text search box or an accurate subject/country/industry index.
Business & Management Practices: provides information from core magazines on business methods. The database provides information on how to manage businesses, including planning, processes, technology development and implementation, and marketing (click here for a full list of titles). Also includes case studies of industry and management issues.
Tablebase: provides easy access to table information included in business articles from the Gale database suite. Tables are usually full-text and all information and headings in the tables are searchable. Tablebase is a good source of information for market share/size for numerous products and companies. Most of the tables are from US-based sources. (click here for a full list of titles).
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WCL Business Pages
Be kept up to date with business information via the wcl_Marilyn Twitter feed and Business Blog.
To view our guides for small business, finding company information, doing business overseas and career change, as well as access to both in-house and external business resources, check out our Business pages.
Index New Zealand
Although only providing some fulltext material, INNZ indexes valuable NZ material which is not indexed elsewhere, and which the library holds eg Her magazine, Human Resources, Istart, and Employment Today. Start Here.
ProQuest ANZ Newsstand
This database offers full text, searchable access to national and provincial newspapers in Australia and New Zealand. New Zealand titles available on ANZ Newsstand include The Dominion Post, The New Zealand Herald, The Press (Christchurch), Sunday Star-Times, Truth, and past issues of The Evening Post and The Dominion. Australian newspapers include The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age (Melbourne), The Australian and ABC news sources. Many titles can be searched going back several years. Start Here
Corporate Citizens
Produced by the Funding Information Service (FIS) this resource holds details of New Zealand businesses that are committed to building relationships with community and voluntary organisations. Staff-assisted use only. Please ask at the Science & Humanities desk at Central Library for assistance
Direct Links to Full Text of Magazines and Journals
Academy of Management Journal
Across the Board
Business Asia (six month's embargo)
Business Week
California Management Review
Corporate Board
Economist
Entrepreneur
Euromoney (1 month's embargo)
Fast Company
Forbes
Fortune
Harvard Business Review
Inc
Leadership Excellence
McKinsey Quarterly
Management Today
New Zealand Management
NZ Business
NZ Marketing Magazine
Clicking on the links above will take you directly to the holdings of each magazine. If you have not accessed the EBSCO website in the last 30 days you will need to login first.
