Information Services and Library for Alumni

Access the complete collection of ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)'s publications, including journals, conference proceedings, magazines (flagship Communications of the ACM), newsletters and multimedia titles - comprising over 550k full-text articles across 53 peer-reviewed ACM journal titles; plus ACM conference proceedings and newsletters.
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January 2023: The AMADEUS database has been retired by the vendor and is replaced by their newer ORBIS Europe database (see below)

E-book collection of over 680 titles on applied business topics including supply and operations management, international business, social media, finance, accounting, public relations, and marketing strategy.
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Business Source Alumni Edition contains some Marketline Industry profiles and Company SWOT analyses. The easiest way to find them is to keyword search your industry and limit the search to Publication Type: Industry Profile.
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Access to articles from the print edition of the Economist through the Proquest database.
Full-text of the Economist from Jan 1992 - present. This includes as-published Economist article colour PDFs from Jan 2018 onwards.
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Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)'s comprehensive economic indicators and forecasts for G20 countries, updated monthly. Excel reports contain over 350 variables from 1982 to date. Key indicators include GDP, imports, exports, prices, debt, wages etc.
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Covers G20 and top GDP countries. Financial data, market indicators, debt ratings, banking, currency analysis and forecasts. Updated monthly.
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The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) ViewsWire service highlights more than 250 important economic, political and market developments in over 200 countries, providing frequent, concise analytical briefings on their implications for business
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Full text of 150 Emerald Group Publishing management journals.
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Contains records for all UK companies registered at Companies House. Search by name or use screening options. Also offers Peer Group Analysis, and contains some price data for quoted companies.
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Full-text of Financial Times from May 31 1996 - present. (Available via ProQuest ABI INFORM Complete Alumni edition - PLEASE NOTE: 30 day embargo applies after 1st August 2013 due to FT 3rd party licensing changes).
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Previously Vault - Firsthand provides intelligence on all major business sectors - comprehensive sector guides, top 100 lists based on annual employee surveys, details of company culture and metrics on progression. If you're exploring new sectors and looking to find the key players in a specific area, start with Vault content on the Firsthand platform.

Register as a new users for personalised access to Firsthand including Vault sector guides.
Note: if you were previously registered as a Vault Career Intelligence user, you can migrate your account to Firsthand: visit https://firsthand.co/login and enter the LBS email address linked to your previous Vault account.

Market Research reports for some 300 US industry and business sectors. Concise reports covering industry profiles, statistics and trends.
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Alternative Name(s) & Keywords: Business Monitor International, BMI
BMI reports are now owned by Fitch Solutions. We have access to reports through the ProQuest database. Please see our Guide to researching an Industry for advice on how to search for this content. These country-focused industry reports offer detailed market overviews, key economic indicators, industry forecasts, SWOT analyses, competitive data.
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Current, state-of-the-art review articles in business and economics by opinion/research leaders in accounting, econometrics, entrepreneurship, finance, marketing and microeconomics.
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Going Global career and employment resources include more than 10,000 pages of constantly updated career guides for over 30 countries worldwide, with details including job search sources, work permit/visa regulations, resume writing guidelines and examples, employment trends, salary ranges, networking groups, cultural/interviewing advice, and more.
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Industry-based market research analysis providing strategic insights on over 700 US, 400 UK, 200 China and 75 Global markets.
*You may view as many reports as you wish online, but please be aware that usage is monitored by the supplier and downloading / printing a large number of reports may cause our account to be blocked for the whole School*
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Electronic archive of scholarly journals including key economics, finance and statistics titles.
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Download the Libby app to borrow recreational e-books and audiobooks from the library.
View all Libby titles here and visit the guide for more info.
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Use it to search for print and e-books in our collection. Titles covering all aspects of business and management in both public and private sectors, including related topics in economics, law, politics and behavioural sciences.
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Access: available from PCs in the Sammy Ofer Centre Alumni suite and laptops accessing the Campus WiFi network. MarketLine Advantage provides company information (SWOT profiles; case studies); industry reports (profiles; guides; country and industry) and country profiles and statistics for 110 nations.
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Mergent Archives delivers more than 85 years of US and international companies' historical annual reports in PDF format as originally published, as well as company financial statements and circulars. Approximately 500,000 reports are available; the earliest documents date from the early 1900s.
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Search and report on US bond data including both issuer and bond level terms and condition data, US taxable bonds, municipal bonds and retail notes.
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Reference, financial, share price, ownership, corporate family tree data for 60,000 US and international companies. Current & archived PDF annual reports and US SEC filings from 1994-date. Private company data (20m international firms) from Dun & Bradstreet.
October 2021: Now includes Investext content (analyst research).
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Access the full-text of over 1700 book titles published by MIT Press. Initial collections cover economics; environmental science; philosophy; and science, technology, and society. Future collections will include: business and finance, cognitive science, game studies, neuroscience, new media and social sciences.
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Our subscription covers the largest public and private European companies operating revenue >= $13 million US (10 million EUR) or over 150 employees). Search by name or use screening options. Also offers Peer Group Analysis.
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Full text access to some Oxford University Press Journals.
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Full-text business, management, finance and trade journals; leading news and business publications. Market research and country intelligence and economic forecasts.
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Full-text of 44 American Psychological Association (APA) journals & 11 periodicals from allied organisations.
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PsycBOOKS® from the American Psychological Association (APA), includes over 38,000 chapters in PDF from over 2,500 books, published by the APA and other distinguished publishers.
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American Psychological Association (APA) database of psychology and psychological aspects of related fields, including sociology, education, anthropology, business, and law. Covers documents from the 1880s to date.
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The Library subscribes to over 1,200 SAGE online journals in a wide range of fields including: Business and Management, Politics and International Relations, Psychology and Counselling, Research Methods, and Sociology.
Popular titles include:
Administrative Science Quarterly, California Management Review, Journal of Management, Journal of Marketing Research, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Psychological Science
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Full text articles for 1,100 Elsevier journals titles. Our subscription includes:
Business, Management & Accounting, Decision Sciences, Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Psychology and Social Sciences titles.
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Full Text content for four major US daily newspapers: New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times. Covers 1980- current day.
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Vault's renowned career and industry guides are now part of the Firsthand family of careers resources. Please access Firsthand under its separate "F" entry and note that you will need to create a personal account for access.
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E-book collection. All titles are also listed in and can be accessed via the library catalogue.
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Full text access to some journals published by Wiley.
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