Jump to Navigation

Business

Finance

Getting Started

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

Dictionaries: 

A dictionary of finance and banking

Renton's dictionary of stock exchange and investment terms

The Palgrave Macmillan dictionary of finance, investment and banking

Call Numbers

• HG178 Liquidity
• HG179 Personal finance
• HG201-1496 Money
• HG1501-3550 Banking
• HG3810-4000 Foreign exchange. International finance
• HG4001-4285 Finance management. Business finance
• HG4501-6051 Investment, Capital formation, Speculation
----HG4538 Foreign investments
----HG4551-4598 Stock exchanges

Contact Librarians

Kelly Dann

k.dann@library.uq.edu.au

3346 3693

Help for Undergraduate Students

Martin Cvelbar

m.cvelbar@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.

Multimedia
Multimedia: 

Khan Academy

Harvard Business Review YouTube channel

MIT Sloan School of Management

Investopedia

Business Source Complete (Select Advanced Search and then browse the Business Videos)

Vlearn 'free access' study resource for business and management students.

Video Streams on Demand Business and Economics videos recorded offair by Library Multimedia

News
News: 

Financial Newspapers

Australian Financial Review

Business Asia

Business Review Weekly

Financial Review Smart Investor

Financial Times

International Business Times

Wall Street Journal

News and Newspaper Databases

Factiva Search the full text of hundreds of newspapers from Australia and around the world,or use the Companies/Markets tab to search for information on listed companies throughout the world.

PressDisplay The last 60 days of hundreds of newspapers from Australia and around the world are available for searching and browsing. Page layout views of the newspapers are displayed and the stories are shown exactly as published.

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

Related Guides
Specialised Resources
Specialised Resources: 

Interactive Software

Interactive Finance Fully integrated package of learning materials including, digital textbook, virtual classroom, exercises, graphical applets, spreadsheet templates, multi-choice questions and applied problems.

Company Information

Connect4 is a wholly owned Australian Company which specialises in providing information on companies which are listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. This site provides searchable access to Australian company information.

Dat Analysis Premium provides comprehensive reports for all companies listed on the ASX. These reports are updated daily from relevant ASX announcements.

Osiris (Bureau van Dijk) A 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.

Factiva A global news and business information service that combines the content sets of Dow Jones Interactive and Reuters Business Briefing. To find company information: select the 'Companies/Markets' tab and click 'Company'.

Country Statistics

Australian Bureau of Statistics

Reserve Bank of Australia

OECD ilibrary

International Financial Statistics (via IMF elibrary)

World Development Indicators (via World Bank)

Web Sites

Will Big Data be Huge?

According to a report in 2011 by the World Economic Forum, big data is redrawing the boundaries of business and could be viewed as a new class of economic asset, like oil.

But just how big will big data become? How will it affect your company and what management skills will be needed to exploit its potential?

Property Studies

Getting Started

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

Case Law
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: 

ABI Inform Global This database contains worldwide business periodicals for information on advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, computers, and companies.

ACCOUNT (formerly called Australian Accounting & Taxation Database) ACCOUNT is prepared by the Institute of Chartered Accountants. It contains abstracts of published material sourced from leading journals and magazines, in addition to the Institute's own publications and conference papers, plus the Taxation Institute of Australia conference papers.

APA FT Australian Public Affairs - Full Text APA-FT is an indexing and full text database that provides Internet access to the scanned images of journal articles from published material on the social sciences and humanities. It includes all the journal indexing from the Australian Public Affairs Information Service (APAIS) database, which is produced by the National Library of Australia and published by RMIT Publishing.

Business Source Premier Provides full text for scholarly business journals covering management, economics, finance, accounting and international business

ARCH: ARCH indexes and abstracts articles in the Australian and New Zealand architecture and building information collection held by the Stanton Library, Municipality of North Sydney.

Specialised Resources
Specialised Resources: 

Rawlinsons Australian construction handbook 2011 for building specifications and estimates. Updated yeary.

RP Data Provides access to 7 property-related databases relevant to the Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast and Ipswich regions. Information provided on: current property ownership records, historical sales, electronic maps, property improvements and photographs. Request access at the Architecture and Music Library Information Desk.

Brisbane Cityscope Online Provides property information covering the Brisbane CBD area, roughly bordered by North Quay, Queens Wharf Road, the Botanic Gardens, Brisbane River, Boundary Street, Turbot Street, Roma Street and Saul Street.

Standards
Standards: 

SAI Global on-line premium (formerly Australian standards online) Search for Australian Standards by Standard number or keyword. Full text standards are in PDF format. Printing requires Acrobat Reader 4.5 or later.

Statistics
Statistics: 

Real estate services industry, Australia Information from the Australian Bureau of Statistics about the real estate industry. Data include : income and expenditure, employment, State information, selected performance ratios, and selected characteristics about the real estate industry. Income, expenditure, and employment data are also provided for Valuers-General.

Buidling activity, Australia provides access to the Australian Bureau of Statistics Time Series service, all ABS publications and Census Basic Community Profiles to the Statistical Local Area (SLA) level.

CDATA 2001 Australian Bureau of Statistics Coverage Release 1, 2001 Census

Web Sites

Management

Getting Started

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

Dictionaries: 

The Blackwell encyclopedic dictionary of organizational behavior

A dictionary of business and management

A dictionary of human resource management

Browsing the shelves:

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

  • HD28 - HD70 Management. Leadership
  • HD57.7 - HD58.95 Organisational behaviour, change and effectiveness. Corporate culture.
  • HD59 Public Relations
  • HD66-HD66.2 Work groups
  • HD6958.5 - HD6976 Industrial relations
  • HF5001 - HG 6182 Business. Business Administration
  • HF5387 - HF5387.5 Business Ethics
  • HF5549 - HF5549.5 Personnel Management
  • HF5717 - HF5734.7 Business Communication


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 journal article databases for business

AIMMAT (via Informit) - AIM Management and Training Database

APA FT (via Informit) - Australian Public Affairs Full Text

Communication Abstracts

Emerald Insight

PsycINFO (via ProQuest)

Scopus

Web of Science

More Databases

Browse all library databases for Business

Multimedia
Multimedia: 

Library Videos and Video Databases

Informit TV News TV news stories, current affairs and documentary series broadcast on Australian television

VLearn Digital Library provides access to video programs produced and distributed by VEA

Documentaries on Demand - Business and Economics

Business Videos Websites:

Vlearn - 'free access' study resource for business and management students.

Harvard Business School YouTube Channel

MIT Sloan School of Management

Harvard Business Review (available via YouTube)

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.

Related Guides
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 - comprehensive reports for all companies listed on the ASX.

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.

Web Sites
Web Sites: 

Australian Human Resources Institute

Australian Industrial Relations Commission

Australian Institute of Management

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

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

Business Ethics - Canadian resource for business ethics.

Business Plan - Australian Institute for Commercialisation

Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations

Fair Work Australia - National workplace relations tribunal

Fair Work Ombudsman

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

International Labour Organization

The Times 100 Case Studies by Company

Statistics - International

Getting Started

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

Statistics
Statistics: 

OECD iLibrary statistics Online statistics portal of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Provides access to OECD statistics via databases, key tables and books. The OECD.Stat service enables users to search for and extract data from across OECD's many databases

UNdata Online statistics portal of the United Nations. Includes selected statistics for over 200 countries and areas of the world. Subjects covered include demographic and social statistics, national accounts,finance, labour force, wages and prices, agriculture, industry, transport and communications, energy, environment, science and technology, international merchandise trade and tourism.

World Bank data Provides access to the World Development Indicators dataset plus additional datasets containing more than 7,000 additional indicators. Subjects covered include social, economic, financial, natural resources and environment.

Web Sites
Web Sites: 

Statistical Sites on the World Wide Web From the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, includes a listing of National Statistical Agencies of Other Countries and International Organizations

Eurostat From the European Commission, European statistics

Statistical abstract of the United States

OFFSTATS From the University of Auckland Library, provides links to free statistics from official sources on the web.

Accounting

Getting Started

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

Dictionaries: 

Dictionary of Accounting

Browsing the Shelves

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

  • HF Commerce
  • --HF5001-6351 Business, Business Administration
  • --HF5601-5689 Accounting
  • HG Finance
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 accounting

ABI/Inform global

Business source complete

ACCOUNT (formerly Australian accounting and taxation database)

Other journal article databases for accounting

ScienceDirect

Scopus

Web of science

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.

PressDisplay The last 60 days of hundreds of newspapers from Australia and around the world are available for searching and browsing. Page layout views of the newspapers are displayed and the stories are shown exactly as published.

Related Guides
Specialised Resources
Specialised Resources: 

Connect4 - specialises in providing information on companies which are listed on the ASX.

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

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.

CCH Intelliconnect - for specialist tax and accounting research

Standards
Web Sites

Company Information

Getting Started

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

Handbooks: 

Bloomberg Visual Guide to Financial Markets - a guide to the fundamentals of investing.

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.

Multimedia
Multimedia: 

The following videos will help teach you how to search our databases for company information:

Business Searching Interface on EbscoHOST

The above video teaches you how to search Business Source Complete by the company entity field, and browse the company/country/industry profiles and market research reports available on the database.

Getting Started with Passport GMID (Euromonitor)

An Overview to searching Passport GMID.

Using the Company and Markets Tab on Factiva

This video reviews the Companies/Markets Tab in Factiva. Click here to learn how you can find a 360 degree view on your top companies or industries, allowing you to spot critical information that matters to you.

News
News: 

Factiva Search the full text of hundreds of newspapers from Australia and around the world,or use the Companies/Markets tab to search for information on listed companies throughout the world.

PressDisplay The last 60 days of hundreds of newspapers from Australia and around the world are available for searching and browsing. Page layout views of the newspapers are displayed and the stories are shown exactly as published.

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

Primary Materials
Primary Materials: 

Aspect Annual Reports Online Contains PDF copies of the annual reports, for at least the last 12 years, of all ASX listed and de-listed companies.

Annual report file Contains the annual reports between 1950 and 1993 of various Australian and New Zealand companies.

Annual stockmarket summaries. Sorted by company The most recent title for ASX summaries published variously between 1972 and 2006

Specialised Resources
Specialised Resources: 

Company Information

Connect4 is a wholly owned Australian Company which specialises in providing information on companies which are listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. This site provides searchable access to Australian company information.

Dat Analysis Premium provides comprehensive reports for all companies listed on the ASX. These reports are updated daily from relevant ASX announcements.

Osiris (Bureau van Dijk) A 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.

Factiva A global news and business information service that combines the content sets of Dow Jones Interactive and Reuters Business Briefing. To find company information: select the 'Companies/Markets' tab and click 'Company'.

Industry and Market Information

Global market information database A key database for global consumer market analysis, this database includes profiles of major companies throughout the world in the consumer goods and services sector.

IBISWorld This database contains reports on over 500 Australian industries. Each industry report includes information on the major companies within the industry. Note that the library's subscription to this database provides access to only the industry reports.

Web Sites
Web Sites: 

ABN Look up ABN Lookup is the public view of the Australian Business Register (ABR). It provides access to the publicly available information supplied by businesses when they register for an Australian Business Number.

Australian Government Directory (incorporating Business Australia)

Australian Securities Exchange (ASX)

ASIC Searches and Lodgement Find basic details about current & former companies, business names, schemes, trusts & non-registered entities; ABN, ACN ...

AnnualReports.com This site claims to provide the most complete and up-to-date listing of Annual Reports online. Produced by an American company, it includes reports from non-American companies as well as American companies.

BoardRoom Radio

Business Spectator Business news and commentary website based in Australia.

GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard) ASX

Reuters.com Free source of company and financial information providing descriptive and analytic data on many publicly traded international companies

Seekingalpha.com Free source for company analysis. U.S. focus.

Standard and Poor's Ratings Services

Trading Room Industry Listing

Yahoo Finance

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

Multimedia
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.

Related Guides
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

Marketing

Getting Started

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

Dictionaries: 

Dictionary of marketing

Glossary of Marketing Terms (The Marketing Association of Australia and New Zealand)

Marketing Dictionary (Monash University)

Browsing the shelves

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

  • HD30.4 Business Research
  • HD9980.5 Services Marketing
  • HF5415 Marketing
  • HF5415.1265 Internet marketing
  • HF5415.3 Consumer Behaviour
  • HF5801-6182 Advertising
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: 
Multimedia
Multimedia: 

The following videos will show you how to search our databases for company and market information:

Business Searching Interface on EbscoHOST

The above video teaches you how to search Business Source Complete by the company entity field, and browse the company/country/industry profiles and market research reports available on the database.

Getting Started with Passport GMID (Euromonitor)

An Overview to searching Passport GMID.

Using the Company and Markets Tab on Factiva

This video reviews the Companies/Markets Tab in Factiva. Click here to learn how you can find a 360 degree view on your top companies or industries, allowing you to spot critical information that matters to you.

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.

Australia / New Zealand Reference Centre Search the full text of Australian and New Zealand newspapers back to about 2000. Full-text is available, but there are 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.

Related Guides
Secondary Materials
Specialised Resources
Specialised Resources: 

GMID (Global Market Information Database) - Key database for global consumer market analysis. Provides time series statistics by country and market.

IBISWorld - IBISWorld Industry Market Reports provide strategic insights and analysis on over 500 Australian industries. Note that the library's subscription to this database provides access to only the industry reports.

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

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.

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.

Margaret Gee's Australian media guide - detailed entries on more than 16,000 media contacts and 2,500 media outlets

Statistics
Statistics: 

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

Data.gov.au

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.

Reserve Bank of Australia

United Nations Statistics Division

World Bank Data (World Development Indicators) - statistical data for more than 900 development indicators and time series data from 1960 onwards for more than 208 countries and 18 country groups. Data includes social, economic, financial, natural resources, and environmental indicators.

Web Sites
Web Sites: 

Association of Market and Social Research Organisations

Australasian Promotional Marketing Association

Australian Market and Social Research Society

The Marketing Association of Australia and New Zealand

American Marketing Association

Directory of Marketing Industry Associations & Marketing Information Sources (Marketing Minds)

Marketing Minds - brand and marketing tips for marketing professionals.

Nielson - trends and insights.

Roy Morgan - opinion polls.

OzTam - Australian television ratings information.

Advertising Standard Bureau

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

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

Superbrands - insights into many of Australia's trusted brands

Bank giveaway

The World Bank collects a lot of data and now they want to give it away. The Bank's Open Data initiative provides users with access to data, including more than 7,000 indicators from World Bank data sets. The Data Catalog lists available datasets, such as databases, pre-formatted tables and reports. Each listing includes a description of the data set and a direct link.