E-Journal Collections

The following database services can be used to find an electronic journal title or paper.

Search Keele's E-Journal A-Z
Use this website to search across all of our e-journal services for a title and in some cases a specific paper.

Business Source Premier and Academic Search Premier - EBSCO
Many business and management titles are included in this collection, which has over 2,000 full text journals. Click here for help on getting started with this database.
You will need your Keele login to access the EBSCO databases from off-campus.
View the Quick Guide to Using EBSCO to help you get started. 

Emerald Management Xtra
95 full-text management journals. View the Quick Guide to using Emerald.

Global Market Information Database
GMID provides business intelligence on countries, consumers and industries.

Nexis UK
UK and international news service, includes UK quality and regional newspapers. Please see our newspapers page for more detailed information on the newspaper services available from Keele's collection.

New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics
Contains over 1,850 articles by more than 1,500 of the world's leading economists.

SwetsWise
A collection of electronic journals with full-text access to over 3000 journals.
You will need your Keele login to access SwetsWise from off-campus. View our Quick Guide to using Swetswise.

E-Book Collections

Some useful texts are available from the following two e-book services; read the book in full online. Click on the services below to search and read the e-books available. E-books can also be found using the Library Catalogue.

Dawsonera
An expanding collection of ebooks purchased by the Library which includes some titles relating to business and management.
You will need your Keele login for all access.

netLibrary
Collection includes titles on management, strategy, marketing, globalisation and many more.
You will need your Keele login for off-campus access.

MyiLibrary
Includes many business related titles, including ones on human resource management, industrial relations, strategy, marketing and business law.
You will need your Keele login for off-campus access.

Selected E-Books On Economics

Looking for an ebook on economics?

The following are suggested titles in our collection. Many more are available from the Library catalogue.

(N. B. Students should of course refer to, and follow, guidance on reading provided by tutors or module handbooks in the first instance).

Sloman, J. (2006) Economics, 6th edition. London: FT/Prentice-Hall.

Parkin, M. (2005) Economics, 6th edition. Harlow: Addison-Wesley.

Griffiths, A. and Wall, S. (2004) Applied economics, 10th edition. London: FT/Prentice-Hall.

Barrow, M. (2009) Statistics for economics, accounting and business studies. Harlow: FT/Prentice-Hall.

Global Market And Country Data Sources

Global Market Information Database

GMID provides information on countries, consumers and industries. Country data includes economic indicators and statistics (GDP, average incomes, growth etc.). Use this service to look up reports and statistics on companies, product markets and consumer behaviour. 

Business Source Premier and Academic Search Premier - EBSCO
Many business and management titles are included in this collection, which has over 2,000 full text journals. Click here for help on getting started with this database.
You will need your ATHENS password to access the EBSCO databases from off-campus

New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics
Contains over 1,850 articles by more than 1,500 of the world's leading economists.

Nexis UK
Read the "broadsheet" UK press and some regional newspapers on this website. Business pages are included in the service. More online newspapers and other online services are available from our newspapers page.

Theses

Theses

Use the advanced keyword search on the Library Catalogue and set the material type to 'thesis' to search for Keele theses held in the Library.

ETHOS
The British Library ETHOS project provides electronic access to research theses from many UK universities.

Index to Theses
A searchable listing of theses with abstracts accepted for higher degrees by universities in Great Britain and Ireland since 1716. You can only access the Index to Theses from computers on the Keele network.

NDLTD – Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
Details of theses and dissertations from universities in the United States and worldwide.

PhDData
An index of doctoral dissertations in progress around the world.

Help For Economics Students

The following are the Library's quick guides to using the following e-journal libraries:

Using EBSCO Academic Search Elite/Business Source Premier

Using Emerald E-Journal Library

Using Swetswise E-Journal Library

Refworks
This is an online reference management software which can be used to import, manage and save references from your research, enabling easy creation of bibliographies. Find out more on our Refworks information pages.

Useful Economics Links

Students may find some of the sites below useful or interesting. Please see our Social Sciences general page for links to other social science websites which may be of potential use.

BBC Business
Business news from the BBC, but includes latest financial markets data, economic and company news.

Biz/ed
Service for students, teachers and lecturers of business, economics, accounting, leisure and recreation, and travel and tourism.

Brint
Renowned information site for business, with up to date links and digests to key business sites.

CasWeb - Web interface to Census Area Statistics and Boundary Data
Web interface to statistics and related information from the United Kingdom Census office.

Confederation Of British Industry
The UK's top business lobbying organisation.

CAROL - Company Annual Reports Online
Links to online company annual reports from various countries, and other investor information.

Competition Commission

CorporateInformation
Worldwide corporate information. Can be searched by company name, industry.

Consumer And Retail Price Indexes

Department For Business Enterprise And Regulatory Reform (UK)

Development InfoKiosk The World Bank
World Bank statistics and documents on development.

Economagic.com - Economic Time Series Page
A comprehensive site of free, easily available economic time series data useful for economic research, in particular economic forecasting.

European Business Ethics Network
Website which debates issues on business ethics and corporate social responsibility.

FXHistory: historical currency exchange rates
Online tool for accessing historical exchange rates.

Genamics JournalSeek
Large categorized database of freely available journals.

Health And Safety Executive
The body responsible for the regulation and enforcement of workplace health, safety and welfare, and for research into occupational risks in England, Wales and Scotland.

ILOLEX
The International Labour Organization's online database of International Labour Standards.

Infonation
Up-to-date comparative statistical data for the member states of the United Nations.

International Data Base (IDB)
Data bank containing statistical tables of demographic, and socio-economic data for 227 countries.

Kellysearch
An index of over 2 million companies and over 10 million products worldwide.

Kompass
Information on companies, product and services, executive names, trade and brand names.

LaborDoc
Another International Labour Organization site, contains references to a wide range of print and electronic publications.

Market Research Portal
Online resources and research related articles on market research.

National Statistics
Government website for UK official statistics.

NOMIS - Official Labour Market Statistics
Use this site to view or download official labour market statistics.

Northcote
Find company information and links to published information such as financial reports, press releases and webcasts.

Office Of Fair Trading (UK)

Office of Public Sector Information
Access to UK legislation dating back to 1987.

Penn World Tables
Statistical data for 152 countries and 29 subjects.

RePEc
Database of working papers, journal articles and software components in economics.

SCoRE
A national catalogue of company reports in UK libraries.

World Trade Organization