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Support for Business

• Liaison Librarian: Ania Moron
• Email (preferred): ania.moron@uws.ac.uk
• Telephone: +44 (0)141 849 4380
• WebEx room: 842 352 160 (based at Paisley and Lanarkshire Campuses)

Contact us if you would like advice on:

• finding information for your assignments
• choosing keywords and setting limits
• choosing resources to search o assessing credibility of sources
• compiling a search strategy for a literature review using systematic principles
• using the bibliographic databases, e.g. Emerald
• keeping notes of your sources (e.g. using reference management tools) and referencing your sources

Resources

British, European and International Standards: A database of all current British, European and International Standards.

Emerald: Full text articles covering management, business, education, library studies, health care and engineering.

Mintel Market Research Reports: On a range of subjects including finance, media and leisure

GALE InfoTrac Newsstand - full-text newspaper resource that provides access to more than 2,300 major world newspapers, and includes thousands of images, radio and TV broadcasts and transcripts. 

SAGE Journals Online: Full text covering social sciences, business, health, life science, materials and engineering.

ScienceDirect: Full text journals and e-books on a range of subjects. Access if free but registration may be required.

Springerlink: Full text science, technology and medical journals and e-books - On-campus access.

Statista - a wide variety of statistics, industry data and analysis from the UK, Europe and around the world. Enhance your presentations with the downloadable tables, charts and infographics.

Taylor & Francis Journals: Full text journals covering social sciences, education and humanities

UK Data Service - UK survey data including census data between 1971-2011.

Web of Science: Journal article and e-book citation indexing service that also provides full text links to other databases

Westlaw UK: Full text Scots and UK legislation and law related e-books and journals

Wiley Online Library: Ebooks and journals covering science, social science and humanities subjects