Support for Business

You can find information about how to contact us at Support from UWS Library.

Contact us if you would like advice on:

  • finding information for your assignments
  • choosing keywords and setting limits
  • choosing resources to search
  • 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

Bloomsbury Fashion Cases: presents real-world cases on challenges facing the business of fashion, tackling important issues such as sustainability, technology, ethics, and leadership

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.

GALE Business: Insights: Interactive tools and in-depth analysis of the history, performance and opportunities of thousands of companies and industries. Students will find trusted information from premium sources including market research, case studies, SWOT analyses, investment and financial reports, as well as articles from top magazines and industry journals. 

GALE OneFile News: 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. 

Henry Stewart Journals: Marketing, Finance, Real Estate and Management titles: a database of over 5,000 case studies, vocational articles and applied research studies.

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

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.

Scopus: Combines a comprehensive, expertly curated abstract and citation database with enriched data and linked scholarly literature across a wide variety of disciplines.

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 (registration required)

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

Last updated: 18/11/2020