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Business

Getting Started

If you are not sure what your topic is about, try one or more of the following:

Dictionaries: 

A dictionary of business and management

The Routledge dictionary of business management

A dictionary of finance and banking resource

Browsing the shelves

You can also browse the catalogue or the shelves at the following call numbers:

  • HD28 - HD70 Management. Leadership
  • HF5001 - HG 6182 Business. Business Administration
  • -- HF5387 - HF5387.5 Business Ethics
  • -- HF5601 - HF5689 Accounting. Bookkeeping
  • HG Finance
  • -- HG1501 - HG3550 Banking
  • -- HG3810 - HG4000 Foreign exchange. International Finance
  • -- HG4501 - HG6051 Stocks, Investment, Speculation

Contact Librarians

Kelly Dann

k.dann@library.uq.edu.au

3346 3693

Help for Undergraduate Students

Cassie Doyle and Martin Cvelbar

bel@library.uq.edu.au

3346 3553

Help for Researchers and Postgraduate students

Journal Articles

For recent information, journal articles are often the best sources. Looking through individual journals in the hope of finding relevant material is time-consuming. It is better to use the databases to find articles on your topic.

Journal Articles: 

Key journal article databases for business

ABI Inform Global (via ProQuest)

Business Source Complete (via EbscoHost)

Other relevant journal article databases

Scopus

Web of Science

More Databases

Browse all library databases for Business

News

News: 

Factiva Search the full text of hundreds of newspapers from Australia and around the world. Full text is usually available back to the 1990s. No images or full-page views.

Informit TVNews Videoclips of news broadcasts from Australian television stations from 2007 onwards.

PressDisplay Shows page layout views of newspapers, showing the stories exactly as published. Only the last 60 days of publication available.

Specialised Resources

Specialised Resources: 

Aspect annual reports online - Part of DatAnalysis, this tool allows you to access annual reports of all Australian Stock Exchange listed and delisted companies back to 1995.

Dat Analysis Premium - comprehensive reports for all companies listed on the ASX.

Factiva - The Companies/Markets section of Factiva offers information on Quotes, Charting, Company and Industry information. Search for a specific country (Australian or International) using the Company link for a company snapshot, newspaper and web articles about the company and detailed company reports. Select the Industry tab for industry snapshots.

GMID (Euromonitor) - Key database for global consumer market analysis. Provides time series statistics by country and market.

IMF e-library data - range of time series data on IMF lending, exchange rates, and other economic and financial indicators.

Osiris - comprehensive database of listed corporates, banks and insurance companies around the world. In addition to the income statement, balance sheet, cash flow and ratios it contains news, ownership, ratings, earnings estimates and stock data.

Statistics

Statistics: 

Australian Bureau of Statistics - Statistical publications, historical time series, spreadsheets and Census data for Australia.

Internet Sites for Statistics - Gateway for statistics arranged by geography and subject (from the University of Glasgow).

Office of Economic and Statistical Research (Qld)

OFFSTATS - Statistical gateway from the University of Auckland Library.

United Nations Statistics Division

Web Sites

Web Sites: 

ASIC

AusTrade - information about export markets, grants and assistance, and expanding a business outside Australia.

Australian Competititon and Consumer Commission

Australian Stock Exchange

ASX Company Research - search for in-depth price, company and trading information for companies listed on the Australian Stock Exchange

Biz/Ed - a website for students and educators in business studies, economics, accounting, leisure, sport & recreation and travel & tourism.

Business Ethics - Canadian resource for business ethics.

Business.gov.au - government service providing essential information on planning, starting and growing your business.

Doing Business (The World Bank) - provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms in 183 economies and selected cities at the subnational level.

Free Pint - publisher of sites and resources for the business information industry.

HBS Working Knowledge - browse articles by the Harvard Business School on various business topics and by industry.

International Monetary Fund

Qld Government. Government Owned Corporations

Reserve Bank of Australia

The Times 100 Case Studies by Company

World Bank