Business & IP resources
Access from outside the Library is not available owing to licensing restrictions. Except where indicated, titles are available in all the Library's London Reading Rooms. Staff in the Business & IP Centre will help you make the best use of these resources.
Please note that the Library subscribes to many electronic resources, both databases and ejournals.
Alphabetical and subject lists of all databases.
Find e-journals - use this to find specific journals.
Downloading information to memory stick is available from some of the databases in the Business & IP Centre. Please ask at the enquiry desk and a member of the team will take a note of your details before commencing download. Some of the news databases allow direct emailing of articles.
Please note that the service is delivered with the the following conditions:
- All downloading is subject to licensing terms and conditions with relevant rights holders. Many of our suppliers limit the number of downloads and all restrict the use of downloaded or emailed information to personal use only, and may change or cancel these arrangements without prior notice. Library staff are obliged to ensure compliance with these terms and have the right to refuse downloading requests.
- The downloading service is subject to the availability of staff and may be withdrawn or reduced during busy periods or at times, such as evenings, when fewer staff are available.
- Readers must supply their own memory stick which will be subject to a virus scan prior to any downloading taking place. The British Library assumes no responsibility for damage, theft, or loss of any kind to digital storage devices and their contents.
Advice & Funding Sources | Market Research | Company Data | Business News & Journals
Business & Economic Statistics | Intellectual Property Sources
| Advice & Funding Sources |
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COBRA (Complete Business Reference Adviser)
An encyclopaedia of practical information for starting, running and managing a small business.
Includes over 4,000 fact sheets, local area profiles.
Download up to 10 reports a day |
Database Summary (PDF)
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Grantnet & Grantfinder
4,000 grants, loans and awards. Grantnet, accessible from outside the Centre, gives brief information. To access detailed information from Grantfinder, please ask at the reference desk.
See reference desk for access
Download up to 10 reports per week |
Database Summary (PDF)
Help Sheet (PDF)
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Datamonitor Consumer
Analysis of the global Fast Moving Consumer Goods market.
Covers food and drink, cosmetics and toiletries and household products. Includes Product Launch and Market Data Analytics tools.
See reference desk for access
10% of three reports per day, limited to once a month from the same report. (From Datamonitor Consumer or Verdict Retail). |
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eMarketer
International market research and trend analysis on Internet, e-business, online marketing, media
and emerging technologies.
Download up to 10 reports per day. |
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Frost & Sullivan
In-depth global market research and strategy reports covering medical technology, chemicals and
plastics, automation, electronics, energy systems, environmental and building technologies and IT.
See reference desk for access
Download up to 5 executive summaries and 1 full report per person per calendar month. We have a total downloading limit of 25 full reports per calendar month. |
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Global Market Information Database (GMID - Euromonitor Intl)
Provides comparable international market intelligence on countries, consumers and industries.
Contains over 4,500 global, country, industry and company reports.
Download up to 1,000 cells of data and up to 20 pages of text per day. |
Database Summary (PDF) |
Key Note
Full text access to more than 1,000 reports covering 30 industry sectors including everything from
IT and computing to food and drink.
Download up to 10% of a report from up to 2 reports per day. Limited to once a week from the same report. We have a total limit of 10 downloads per day. |
Database Summary (PDF)
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Mintel
Full-text access to Mintel's Horizons UK series which covers an extensive range of consumer and
lifestyle markets in the United Kingdom.
Printing or downloading is not permitted from this database. |
Database Summary (PDF) |
Ovum Enterprise IT Knowledge Centre
In depth IT analysis comprising Ovum and Butler Group research. Covers software, hardware and IT services. Also includes IT spend metrics and IT services contracts analytics.
Download up to 10% from a maximum of 3 reports per day. Limited to once a month from the same report. |
Database Summary (PDF)
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Verdict Retail and Consumer Insights Knowledge Centres (Datamonitor Knowledge Centre)
Independent analysis of the UK and European retail industry. Sectors covered include clothing and
footwear, food and drink, DIY, electricals, homewares and personal care.
See reference desk for access
10% of three reports per day, limited to once a month from the same report. (From Datamonitor Consumer or Verdict Retail). |
Database Summary (PDF)
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| Company Data |
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Experian B2B Researcher
Experian contains detailed information for 2.8 million registered UK
and Irish businesses with their branches and 1.6 million ‘non-corporate’
entities like sole traders. Among the 5 million contact names are Marketing Managers
and Directors.
See reference desk for access
Download up to ten company or peer reports per week and up to 500 companies in list form per week. |
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FAME
FAME is a UK & Irish company database listing 7 million companies with access to information such
as accounts and director details. Searches can be made by industry, location or financial
information.
Download up to 500 companies in list form per week. |
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ISI Emerging Markets Information Service (EMIS)
Company, Industry and Economic information focusing on Asia, Central and Eastern Europe,
Middle East, North Africa and Latin America. Includes company reports and financial statements.
Download up to 10 reports per day and 250 companies in list from per week.
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Database Summary (PDF) |
Kompass Worldwide
Detailed product and service listings for over 2.8 million companies across 70 countries. Key source
for manufacturers and suppliers with over 300,000 topics covered. |
Database Summary (PDF) |
Onesource
Company profiles for over 30 million private and public companies worldwide including information
on over 35 million company executives and news analysis from 2,500 sources.
See reference desk for access
Download up to 500 companies in list from per week. |
Database Summary (PDF) |
ORBIS
Orbis is a global company database listing over 75 million companies around the world providing
access to contacts, accounts and corporate structure information.
Download up to 500 companies in list form per week. |
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| Business News & Journals |
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ABI Inform Global
Contains 2,700 academic journals, newspapers, business, management and economics
publications. The database can be searched individually, below, or cross searched with other Proquest databases. |
Database Summary (PDF) |
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Business & Industry (Gale)
Full text or abstracts from 1,000 leading trade and business publications from over 30
countries.
Email up to 25 articles per day |
Database Summary (PDF)
Help Sheet (PDF) |
Business Source Complete (EBSCO)
Full text from 11,000 sources, including over 1000 international top ranking business
journals. Provides information on most areas of business, as well as country economic reports.
Business Source Complete (EBSCO)
Email up to 25 articles per day |
Database Summary (PDF) |
Factiva
More than 10,000 publications from 159 countries in 22 languages, providing the latest news and
information from many industries and regions. Includes newswires and BBC Monitoring. |
Database Summary (PDF)
Help Sheet (PDF) |
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Wall Street Journal Online
International daily newspaper published in New York. Primarily covers US and international
business, financial news, latest managerial trends and politics. [Last 90 days].
Some articles can only be accessed if you are logged in; see reference desk staff for access. |
Database Summary (PDF) |
| Business & Economic Statistics |
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CountryData (Economist Intelligence Unit)
Analytical database of world-wide macroeconomic indicators and forecast values for 117 countries
and 40 regional aggregates, with up to 280 economic indicators per country.
See reference desk for access |
Database Summary (PDF) |
Economist Intelligence Unit - EIU.com
Includes 60 Country Reports, Country Profiles, and Viewswire (information on important economic,
political, business and market developments including analytical briefings).
Download up to 10 reports and up to 1,000 cells of data, from Data Tool, per week. |
Database Summary |
