LibGuides: Economics: Home

Key Databases - Economics

ProQuest One Business
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A business focused interface guides users to a huge range of content including journal articles, books, company, industry and country reports. Other content includes case studies and video content.
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Business Source Ultimate
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Business Source Ultimate includes over 3,500 full text journals (including OA journals) in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. Additional full text, non-journal content includes over 15,000 case studies, 1 million company profiles, 5,500 SWOT analyses, 65,000 business videos, 8,000 industry reports and 2,500 market research reports. Other non journal content includes books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, investment research reports, country reports and more.
Includes indexing and abstracts for the most important scholarly business journals back to 1886.
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Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) Viewpoint
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Global, regional and country-level analysis for over 200 markets. Includes Global Outlook on politics, economics and market topics plus Country Reports & Forecasts and Industry & Commodity Analysis. Also includes country-by-country data containing over 300 economic indicators with dates ranging from 1980 to 2050.
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Emerald eJournals
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Provides abstracts and full text articles from the academic business publisher MCB. The database covers the subject areas of marketing, general management, human resources, training and education, quality, economics, information management, library and information studies, operations, engineering, production and property.
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FitchConnect
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FitchConnect, through its Business Monitor International (BMI) content, provides Global Country Risk & Industry Analysis across Asia, North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East & Africa. Search by country and / or industry for: News; Analysis; Political and economic risk assessment. Also provided are Data Tools covering Global Mine, Infrastructure and LNG Key Projects as well as interactive chart options.
Industry research analysis of 22 industry sectors, with company profiles, including pharmaceuticals, oil & gas, telecoms, IT, food & drink, autos, infrastructure, petrochemicals, defence, banking, insurance, transport & tourism.
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(Please note, Alerts and Daily Briefings functions on FitchConnect are not available to institutional users.)

Business Case Studies & Videos

Sage Business Cases
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Access to real life business cases covering subjects: General Business & Management; Accounting; Business Ethics & Corporate Social Responsibility; Economics; Entrepreneurship; Finance; Human Resource Management; Information & Knowledge Management; International Business & Management; Leadership; Marketing; Operations Management; Organization Studies; Research Methods for Business & Management; Strategic Management; Travel & Tourism; Other Management Specialties.
Strathclyde has access to business cases content up to and including 2023.
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Sage Video
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SAGE Video streaming collections are developed in partnership with leading academics, societies and practitioners to deliver cutting-edge teaching and research-oriented video. The video collections provide real-world perspectives through video interviews, cases and in-practice footage with distinguished academics and top practitioners in the field.

Strathclyde's subscription is to the 'Business & Management' and 'Leadership' video collections, and access runs until 31st July 2024.
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HSTalks
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HSTalks Business & Management Collection contains online lectures and case studies by leading experts from commerce, industry, the professions, and academia. New material is added every month and all content is regularly reviewed and updated. (Please note that Strathclyde does not have access to Journal content within this Collection.)
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Emerald eCase Collection
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Access to Emerald case study content - over 3,000 business case studies including The CASE Journal, Emerging Markets Case Studies (EMCS) and The Case for Women collections.
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Tourism Cases
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Access to real life case studies written by international practitioners, academics and experts in the Tourism industry.
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Additional Databases - Economics

International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS)
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IBSS is an index to journal articles and books in the social sciences. It covers the period 1951 to present. It covers a wide range of social sciences literature and it is particularly strong in anthropology, economics, politics and sociology.

Useful for: Economics, Education, Government and Public Policy and Social Policy.
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S&P Capital IQ
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Stock market and financial information. Includes company profiles, executive summaries, financial information and independent analyst reports. Before using this resource for the first time you will need to register as a new user using your University of Strathclyde email address.
Users cannot sign in to this eResource using University credentials. Users must register and log in using an individual account. Please follow our S&P Capital IQ New User Registration to access this eResource. You must register using your University of Strathclyde email address. For security reasons, please do not reuse your University password when registering your account. You can access S&P Global's Privacy Policy and Terms of Use at any time using the links on the site.
Sage Research Methods
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SAGE Research Methods contains more than 1000 books, reference works, journal articles, and instructional videos by world-leading academics from across the social sciences. It supports research at all levels and across all subjects by providing material to guide users through every step of the research process. Also includes cases, datasets, data analysis and materials on data visualization, qualitative and quantitative research methods, statistical methods and statistical packages such as Python, R and SPSS among others.
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ScienceDirect [Elsevier]
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Includes "Business, Management and Accounting", "Decision Sciences" and "Economics, Econometrics and Finance" collections.
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SCOPUS
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Scopus is a comprehensive scientific, medical, technical and social science database containing all relevant literature.
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Statista
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Statista provides access to global market and consumer data. Includes statistics, reports, infographics, surveys, industry and market reports. Access includes Global Consumer Survey.
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Books & eBook Collections - Business

This is a selection of our key business book collections. Titles within these collections, like all business titles purchased by the Library, are available when searching SUPrimo in addition to access via the links below.

Business Expert Press eBook Collection
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Business Expert Press eBook collection on the IG Publishing platform - access to all eBooks added to the Business Expert Press Digital Library 2010-2021 (inclusive). Business Expert Press eBooks are written by business experts and cover topics covered in advanced undergraduate and graduate business and management courses.
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Edward Elgar eBooks
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A wide range of eBook titles on the Elgar Online platform. Strathclyde has access to all Business & Management and Economics & Finance titles up to and including 2023. SUPrimo contains records for the titles to which we have access.
Please follow 'Authentication note' instructions against individual eBook records in SUPrimo.
IGI Global InfoSci Business and Management eBook Collection
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Access to all titles from 2000 to 2022 within the Business and Management eBook Collection 'database' area on the IGI Global publishing platform. Please note that we do not have access to all eBooks on the IGI Global platform. SUPrimo contains records for the titles to which we have access.
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Oxford Handbooks Online: Business and Management
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Access to all titles from the Business and Management subject area of the Oxford Handbooks Online series.
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SpringerLink eBooks
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Access to English Language eBooks from 2005. Browse by Discipline to see the Business & Management and Economics eBooks.
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Taylor & Francis eBooks
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Access to a large number of eBooks including Economics, Finance, Business & Industry titles. SUPrimo contains records for the titles to which we have access. From the Taylor & Francis eBooks you can platform browse by subject.

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World Scientific eBook Collection
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Access to a wide range of eBook titles on the World Scientific Publishing platform. Strathclyde have access to all titles published in 2023, including the Business & Management and Economics & Finance Collections. SUPrimo contains records for the titles to which we have access. From the World Scientific platform you can browse by subject.
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Useful shelf numbers - Economics

Library books are arranged by the Dewey Decimal classification scheme whereby each subject is represented by a number. You will find books on the same subject will have the same number. The shelfmark is preceded by the letter D and will be followed by 3 letters, which are usually the first 3 letters of the author's name. e.g. D 658.15 ROS

D 330 Economics

D 332 Financial economics

D 338.5 Microeconomics

D 338.6 International enterprises

D 338.9 Sustainable development

D 338.914 European Union

D 382 International economics and trade