This database comprises ABI/INFORM Global, ABI/INFORM Trade and Industry, and ABI/INFORM Dateline. It features thousands of full-text journals, dissertations, working papers, key business and economics periodicals such as the Economist, country-and industry-focused reports, and downloadable data. Its international coverage gives researchers a complete picture of companies and business trends around the world.
AgEcon Search is a free, open access repository of full-text scholarly literature in agricultural and applied economics, including: Working papers, Conference papers & Journal articles
The American Economic Association aims to encourage economic research, especially the historical and statistical study of the actual conditions of industrial life.
APECLIT - APEC Literature Database covers material relevant to Asia Pacific Economic Community including trade and investment data, industrial science and technology, energy, telecommunications, transport and tourism and is produced by the Australian APEC Study Centre, Monash University and the University of New South Wales. It covers the period from 1992 to October 2003.
Single, central access point about Australian trade union history from the 19th century. Provides matching historical context about the emergence, existence and industry focus of individual unions. Includes union amalgamations, expansions, name changes and ceased unions reflecting the industrial, legislative, political, technological and economic environmental changes. Details existing knowledge regarding trade union and industrial bodies involving the location, quantity, contents and archival access conditions.
Please note BIPE is no longer updated. BIPE will remain available on Informit as an archive database. The Bibliography of Indonesian Politics and the Economy (BIPE), produced by the School of Asian Studies, University of Sydney, is a bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts items on Indonesian politics, government, economy, political culture and demography.
Business Source Complete is a scholarly business database, featuring a large collection of bibliographic and full text content. As part of the coverage offered by this database, indexing and abstracts for important scholarly business journals back as far as 1886 are included and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,300 journals.
Cambridge University Press publishes a wide range of research monographs, academic reference, textbooks, books for professionals, and large numbers of books aimed at graduate students. There are thousands of ebooks available across a wide range of disciplines including law, politics, history, language and literature, mathematics and astronomy with hundreds of new titles added each year.
Capital Monitor provides legal news, press releases, ministerial announcements and information services from Parliament, Government and the Courts. Up to date Bills Monitors, Acts Proclamations and Assent sections and lists and links to all Acts during the current year are available for Federal and Victorian jurisdictions.
Research by CEPR Research Fellows and Affiliates appears initially in the CEPR Discussion Paper series. These Discussion Papers are circulated widely to other specialists in the research and policy community so that the results of the research receive prompt and thorough professional scrutiny. This database provides access to all CEPR Discussion Papers published since the series' inception in 1984.
This collection contains the research, publications, speeches and archives of the leading international affairs think tank, The Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, London. High level analysis and research on almost 100 years of global events and issues. Includes 'behind the doors' insight into the real movers and shakers, influencers and deal brokers. For researchers of international affairs, economics, law, and business, diplomacy, security and terrorism, environment, development, war and peace studies. The Library has access to Part I, 1920-1979 & Part II, 1980-2008
'Pishu' (皮书, which literally means ‘cover-books’) are high-value analytical reports intended to guide policymaking in the People’s Republic of China. Pishu are published by the Social Sciences Academic Press. These reports feature exclusive research and analysis by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and authors from similar institutions, and present objective analysis versus official government messaging on strategic issues. Topics include a variety of issues of importance to China's government and research community, including international relations, agricultural policy, and industry competitiveness.
China Trade Monitor is a news reporting and analysis service that goes beyond the headlines to provide comprehensive in-depth coverage of China-related trade issues. It covers these issues from both sides of the relationship: What is China doing with its trade policies, and how is the rest of the world acting towards China? The goal of China Trade Monitor is to provide an objective source of information about the wide range of issues related to trade, investment, and economic relations with China more broadly. China Trade Monitor covers traditional trade policy issues, “trade and …” issues, and issues that have implications for trade, such as national security, human rights and competition policy/antitrust.
The Commonwealth iLibrary is research repository containing the publications of the Commonwealth Secretariat. The publications cover a range of topics, such as: Agriculture and food; Governance; Development; Industry and Services; Economics; Social Issues/Migration/Health; Education; Taxation; Finance and investment; Trade.
The Connect 4 platform categorises and extracts key information from the Australian Stock Exchange. The Annual Reports database contains annual reports dating from 1992.
The Connect 4 platform categorises and extracts key information from the Australian Stock Exchange. The Mergers and Acquisitions collection, now renamed the Bidder & Target Statements collection, contains documents including on-market and off-market bidder and targets statements from 1997 onwards.
Boardroom is a database of Directors and Senior Executives of Australian Stock Exchange listed companies. It provides ASX company information, a remuneration breakdown for Directors and Senior Executives, and other details which relate to company directors. Information in Boardroom is updated daily and is obtained from company annual reports and ASX company announcements.
The Connect 4 platform categorises and extracts key information from the Australian Stock Exchange. The Company Propectuses database contains company prospectuses back to 1994.
Connect 4's Expert Reports is a database regarding specialist reports which have been produced on behalf of ASX Listed companies. In addition to the original documents, which are stored as PDF files, the information can also be easily captured and stored in an Excel spreadsheet format. The reports date back to 1992.
The Connect 4 platform categorises and extracts key information from the Australian Stock Exchange. The New Issues database is a comprehensive review of capital raisings in Australia. It includes: Initial Public Offerings; Rights Issues; Entitlements; Bonuses; Placements; Share purchase plans. The archive dates back to January 1998. Records also contain direct links to the original documents.
Each Country Review from CountryWatch includes a summary of demographic, political, economic, business, cultural and environmental information. These reviews are made available via EBSCO's Business Source Complete database.
Please note CSI is no longer updated. CSI will remain available on Informit as an archive database. Consumer Sciences Index (CSI), produced by Deakin University Library, is a bibliographic database that indexes articles from published material on consumer economics and related fields. Source documents include periodical literature published in Australia and overseas.
EconLit is the foremost source of references to economic literature with citations and abstracts dating back to 1886. EconLit uses the JEL classification system and controlled vocabulary of keywords to index six types of records: journal articles, books, collective volume articles, dissertations, working papers and full-text book reviews from the Journal of Economic Literature. The database is updated monthly.
The Economist Historical Archive delivers a complete searchable copy of every issue of The Economist from 1843 to 2009. n more than 8,000 issues since its first publication in 1843, The Economist has presented timely reporting, concise commentary and comprehensive analysis of global news every week. It presents the worlds political, business, scientific, technological and cultural developments and the connections between them and is a primary source of research covering the 19th and 20th centuries.
EIU CountryData is a powerful database of annual, quarterly and monthly economic indicators and forecasts. The Library has access to Country Data for the Asian region.
This service offers projections of key economic indicators and analysis of the issues that influence the economic performance of both developed and emerging markets.
Edward Elgar Publishing is a leading international publisher of academic books and journals in economics, finance, business and management, law, environment, public and social policy. The Library has access to collections of online books and select reference works.
Emerald Journals cover a broad range of subjects, most notably in the areas of business management, economics and education. Content is selected for original contribution to the subject field, as well as practical relevance to policy making and future inquiry.
Europa World Plus is the online version of the Europa World Year Book and the Regional Surveys of the World. First published in 1926, the year book is renowned as one of the world's leading reference works, covering political and economic information in more than 250 countries and territories, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.
The EU is a unique economic and political partnership between European countries that together cover much of the continent. It covers Basic facts and figures on the EU institutions, the member countries and the EU economy. It is a free website.
Factiva.com provides access to the latest business and industry news. It is a valuable research tool for many disciplines, including political science, media studies, business, technology studies, social science, journalism, the arts, and more. The database allows users to browse through a collection of global content sources from 200 countries, in 26 languages – including newspapers, continuously updated newswires from Dow Jones and Reuters, journals and magazines, websites, blogs, and multimedia.
The Financial Times Historical Archive is a complete facsimile run of the world’s most authoritative daily business newspaper. Coverage commences with the first issue published 1888.
The GFDatabase provides data never before compiled into a single electronic format, spanning more than 200 global markets and extending coverage back to 1265. GFD create and generate their own proprietary data series while continuing to investigate new sources and extend existing series whenever possible. GFD supports full data transparency to enable users to verify financial data points, tracing them back to the original source documents.
The Giblin Working Papers Database indexes topics in economics and commerce like econometrics, finance, accounting, banking, international trade, taxation, and management and is produced by the Giblin Economics and Commerce Library, University of Melbourne. Please note GIBLIN is no longer updated and coverage is limited to 1990 - October 2006.
This collection brings together manuscript, printed and visual primary source materials for the study of global commodities in world history. The commodities featured in this resource have been transported, exchanged and consumed around the world for hundreds of years. They helped transform societies, global trading operations, habits of consumption and social practices. The archive touches on themes of exploration and discovery; imperialism and attempts at monopoly; trade Wars; translocation and economic geography; slavery; mass production; luxury; taste; and the evolution of global branding.
The Global Financial Development Database is an extensive dataset of financial system characteristics for 203 economies. The database includes measures of (1) size of financial institutions and markets (financial depth), (2) degree to which individuals can and do use financial services (access), (3) efficiency of financial intermediaries and markets in intermediating resources and facilitating financial transactions (efficiency), and (4) stability of financial institutions and markets (stability).
Hoovers delivers comprehensive insight and analysis about the companies, industries and people that drive the economy, along with the powerful tools to find and connect to the right people to get business done.
Hoover's™ Company Records is a valuable resource for academic libraries. Users can integrate business information from one of the world’s leading electronic distributors of information about companies, industries, and the people who lead them. This is a component of ProQuest's Business Market Research Collection.
IBFD is the world’s foremost authority on cross-border taxation. The Tax Research Platform provides access to information on major topics in international taxation; Country Key Features, Country Surveys and Country Analyses; a comprehensive collection of primary source information (tax treaties, models, EU law and case law); opinion-making journals covering main topics in international taxation and developments in major economies in the world; easy-to-use comparison tools which help you do your research more quickly and efficiently; and IBFD's Tax News Service.
IBISWorld offers Australia’s most comprehensive collection of Industry Market Research, Industry Risk Ratings and Company Research. The Library has access to selected collections within IBISWorld: Australia Company Reports, Australia Industry Reports (ANZSIC), Australia Specialized Industry Reports, China Industry Reports.
ICRG uses over 30 metrics affecting political, financial, and economic risk for 140 developed, emerging, and frontier markets. Researcher Dataset (ICRG Table 3B) contains annual averages for each of the 12 components for Political Risk, from 1984 through to 2020.
IMD World Competitiveness Online is a unique and comprehensive database on the competitiveness of nations. It includes time series from the IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook, the leading annual report published by IMD since 1989, from the IMD World Talent Ranking and from the IMD World Digital Competitiveness Ranking.
The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) eLibrary simplifies analysis and research with direct access to the IMF’s periodicals, books, working papers and studies, and data and statistical tools. You will find information and perspective on macroeconomics, globalization, development, trade and aid, technical assistance, demographics, emerging markets, policy advice, poverty reduction, and so much more.
Investment Arbitration Reporter is a news and analysis service focusing on international arbitrations between foreign investors and their host governments.
ISLG was developed in consultation with experienced lawyers and professionals with experience in the area of international investment treaty law. ISLG maps the world of investment treaty law by capturing the relationships between treaties, arbitral rules, cases and other key materials.
Covers all modes of transport and economic themes including: Passenger Transport, Freight Transport, Shipping, Aviation, Transport Infrastructure, Environment & Energy, Traffic, Planning and Policy, Safety, Costs & Pricing, Competition, Evaluation, Productivity, Demand & Elasticities, Service Quality, Economies of Scale, Economics Regulation and Choice.
The Making of the Modern World, Parts I and II, documents the dynamics of Western trade and wealth that shaped the world from the last half of the 15th century into the beginning of the 20th century. It offers new ways of understanding the expansion of world trade, the Industrial Revolution and the development of modern capitalism. The collection provides full-text searching of an abundance of rare books and primary source materials, including: Monographs; Serials; Political pamphlets and broadsides; Government publications; Proclamations; a wide range of Ephemera; and more.
MarketLine Advantage is an interactive platform providing access to a unique mix of company, industry, country and financial data for every major marketplace in the world. From Aerospace and Automotive to Media, Mining and Textiles, MarketLine covers every major industry in every major marketplace, worldwide.
