Academic Search Ultimate
- Subject coverage:ÌýScience; social science; education; psychology; language and linguistics; arts and literature
- Size/scope:Ìýover 17,000 titles
- Type of content:Ìýjournal articles, book reviews, conference proceedings
- Level of access:ÌýFull text of over 10,000 titles.
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AdForum
- Subject coverage:Ìýa library of advertising campaigns and case studies from around the world
- Type of content:Ìýcase studies, images and audio visual content from advertising campaigns across a range of media
- Level of access:Ìýfull access to the Creative Library.
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Adwanted Connected
Adwanted Connected is a media research, analysis and planning tool. It provides a powerful set of reports that can run trends, dig deeper into the data, run geo targeted media maps and more.
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BoB
- Subject coverage:Ìýaccess TV and radio programmes from over 65 'free-to-air' channels using a programme guide and a search option. Option to schedule recordings up to seven days in advance and request programmes broadcast over the previous 30 days.Ìý Search BoB to access other users' recorded programmes. Permanent archive of all broadcast content from nine channels: BBC1 London / BBC2 / BBC4 / ITV London / Channel 4 / More4 / Channel 5 / BBC Radio 4 / BBC Radio 4 Extra. Content plays in your web browser with access available both on and off campus.Ìý
- Type of content:ÌýTV and radio programmes
- Date range:Ìý2007 to present
- Level of access:ÌýBU staff/student login required;Ìýregistration required on first use. Available off-campus, but not outside the UK.
Business Source Ultimate
- Subject coverage:Ìýbusiness and management
- Size/scope:Ìýover 45,000 sources
- Type of content:Ìýacademic journal articles and business trade titles
- Level of access:ÌýSome full text available.
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Communication Source
- Subject coverage:Ìýcommunication studies, mass media, journalism
- Size/scope:Ìýover 1000 journal titles
- Type of content:Ìýjournal articles, encyclopaedias, handbooks
- Level of access:Ìýfull text of over 600 journals.
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Ebook Central Academic Complete
- Subject coverage:Ìýmultidisciplinary database of ebooks
- Size/scope:Ìý146,000 e-books covering all academic subjects including: business and economics; computers, engineering and applied science; education; humanities; science, medicine and allied health; social sciences
- Type of content:Ìýacademic books
- Level of access:Ìýfull text.
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EBSCO Host Databases
This is the hyperlink to the EBSCO database set configured to search in every database we have access to.
Emerald Insight
- Subject coverage:Ìýmanagement, marketing, and accounting journals (plus multidisciplinary topics such as law, hospitality and tourism, quality etc.)
- ³§¾±³ú±ð/²õ³¦´Ç±è±ð:ÌýEncompassing all 310 publications from the eJournals Premier Collection - the flagship collection from EmeraldÌýPublishing.Ìý
- Type of content:Ìýacademic journal articles and open access eBooks
- Level of access:Ìýsome full text available.
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Fame
- Subject coverage:Ìýfinancial accounts and management details on UK companies For financial accounts of bank and financial institutions, useÌýBankFocus
- Size/scope:Ìý2 million plus companies
- Type of content:Ìýaccounts and company information
- Data range:Ìýlast 10 years
- Level of access:Ìýfull text.
Note:ÌýTo identify yourself type ³ÉÈËÖ±²¥ in the search box or select ³ÉÈËÖ±²¥ from the drop down list
Henry Stewart Talks: The Business & Management Collection
- Subject coverage:Ìýfinance, management, global business and marketing management
- Size/scope:Ìý700+ talks
- Type of content:Ìýonline audio-visual talks.
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Kanopy
- Subject coverage:Ìýmulti-disciplinary database of educational films
- Type of content:Ìýonline streaming audio-visual.
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Mintel
- Subject coverage:ÌýFor a full list of sectors, themes and demographics covered, click on the 'Category Overview' option when you access Mintel. Here's a shortlist of categories: Automotive; Beauty and Personal Care; Business to Business; Drinks; Financial Services; Food; Foodservice; Health & Nutrition; Household; Marketing & Communications; Pet; Retail & Apparel; Technology & Media; Travel, Leisure & Entertainment
- Size/scope:Ìýcovering domestic consumer products and services, plus marketing news and reports from UK trade press
- Level of access:Ìýfull text available.
Note: Use of Mintel is restricted to academic use only
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Mintel Market Sizes
- Subject coverage:ÌýIndustries covered : Alcoholic Drinks; Beauty, Personal Goods & Toiletries; Food; Household / Home; Non-Alcoholic Drinks; Pharmaceuticals
- Size/scope:ÌýQuantitative Database providing market sizes, segmentation, market share and socio economic data for 34 countries
- Level of access:ÌýMarket size data.
Note:ÌýUse of Mintel Market Sizes is restricted to academic use only and permits the Ìýdownload or print of no more than fifty-five (55) Datasets per Session. It also permits an authorised user to include in any dissertation or thesis a combination of no more than five (5) each of the following: (a) up to twenty-five percent (25%) of a single Snapshots report and (b) a Dataset
Newspapers
Links to databases with newspaper content. Includes Nexis Uni (the main non-facsimile database), PressReader (platform hosting facsimile versions of recent newspaper and magazine editions), historical newspaper databases (e.g. The Times Digital Archive) and individual publication subscriptions (e.g. FT.com).
Nexis Uni
- Subject coverage:Ìýmultidisciplinary database of local, regional, national, and international newspapers. It also includes journals, broadcasts, newswires, blogs, legal sources, and business/company information
- Type of content:Ìýlocal, regional, national, and international newspapers, with some journals and other media
- Level of access:Ìýfull text.
Note:ÌýView theÌýÌýto find out how to use the database effectively.
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Orbis Europe
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- Subject coverage:Ìýannual accounts and management details of the top public and private companies actively trading in 41 European countries
- Size/ scope:Ìýcovers 330,000 companies
- Type of content:Ìýstatistics, full financial reports, financial and management data
- Date range:Ìýannual accounts for up to 10 years
- Level of access:Ìýfull text.
O'Reilly
- Subject coverage:Ìýdigital library of e-books and videos covering subjects such as business, computing, programming, design and engineering
- Level of access:Ìýfull-text.
Passport (Euromonitor International)
Note:ÌýOn campus, you can access Passport as a guest user where you’ll be prompted to set up a Passport account. New users off-campus can only log-in using Open Athens where you’ll have to self-register the first time you visit.ÌýYou must use your BU email account to register.
- Subject coverage:Ìýonline market research tool monitors industry trends and gives you strategic analysis and a market size and market share database for products across key countries. Passport is Euromonitor International's global market analysis software platform, which analyses the industry in countries around the world
- Size/scope:Ìý24 industry categories for 80 countries. Economy data for 210 countries
- Type of content:Ìýmarketing research reports
- Level of access:Ìýfull text.
PressReader
- Subject coverage:Ìýnewspapers
- Size/scope:Ìýover 2,000 UK and international newspapers
- Type of content:Ìýall major daily and business newspapers, also general business and industry publications
- Type of content:Ìýfacsimiles of newspapers
- Date range:Ìýlast 365 days for most titles (The Guardian last 14 days only)
- Level of access:Ìýfull text.
Scopus
- Subject coverage:Ìýsciences and social sciences
- Size/scope:Ìýcitation database indexing 15,000 peer-reviewed journals from more than 4,000 publishers, open access journals, conference proceedings, trade publications, book series, patent records and scientific web pages. It contains over 33 million records
- Type of content:Ìýcitation data
- Date range:Ìý1841-present
- Level of access:Ìýsome links to full text available.
Stash
Access to a growing archive of thousands of motion projects, showcasing a collection of motion design, animation and VFX projects plus behind-the-scenes features and interviews.Ìý
TGI (Target Group Index) Snapshot
TGI Snapshot is Kantar Media’s newest Market and Consumer research tool and is a new and improved version of TGI SalesTab.Ìý
TGI (Target Group Index) is the world's leading provider of single-source marketing and media surveys. Snapshot is a marketing research tool that allows users to easily analyse audience and consumer attitudes in relation to thousands of products and brands, as well as advertising medium.
- Subject coverage:ÌýUK market research and demographic data from TGI Survey including 500 product areas and 4,000 brands
- Type of content:Ìýmarket research and demographic data.
Web of Science
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- Subject coverage:Ìýarts, humanities, sciences and social sciences
- ³§¾±³ú±ð/²õ³¦´Ç±è±ð:Ìýcitation databases that allow searching for a specific article by subject, author, journal or author address. It is also possible to search for articles that cite a known author or work
Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýWeb of Science consists of:
Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýScience Citation Index 1899-present
Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýSocial Sciences Citation Index 1898-present
Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýArts & Humanities Citation Index 1975-present
Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýConference Proceedings Citation Index - Science 1990-present
Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýBiosis Previews Archive 1969-2008
Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýMedline 1950-present
Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýJournal Citation Reports and Essential Science Indicators
- Type of content:Ìýacademic journal article
- Date range:Ìý1945-
- Level of access:Ìýsome links to full text.
World Advertising Research Centre (WARC)
- Subject coverage:ÌýAdvertising
- Size/scope:ÌýInformation supplied by key professional organisations in the area of advertising including the American Association of Advertising Agencies (AAAA), Advertising Research Foundation (ARF), Admap, European Society for Opinion and Marketing Research (ESOMAR), Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA)
- Type of content:Ìýcase studies, statistics, conference papers and full text of selected journals including the Journal of Advertising Research and ADMAP
- Level of access:Ìýsome full text available.