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£360,000 worth of business information... because you're worth it.
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An A-Z list of our business databases - available to you wherever you are in the world
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| Database | What is it good for? | Tags | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABI Inform Complete (ProQuest) | Academic articles, country data, financial data, industry data, market research, news, people | Ejournals | For off-campus access, choose ‘Login through your library or institution’ |
| Bloomberg | International company & economic data and news, recent and historic. Import/export from Excel | Company | Available on dedicated terminals in the Information Centre only |
| Business Monitor International (BMI) Reports | Reports on a wide-range of industries from countries around the world | Industry | For off-campus access, choose ‘Login through your library or institution’ |
| Business Source Complete (EBSCO) | Excellent starting place for all kinds of research: Academic articles, country data, financial data, industry data, market research, news, people | Ejournals | For off-campus access, choose ‘Shibboleth Login’ - watch a video showing you how |
| Capital IQ (S&P) | Great for tearsheet information: Company profiles, competitor analysis, financial data, industry data, news, people | Company | Contact the Information and Library Services team for help with access |
| Cite Them Right | Comprehensive guide to citations and references in the Harvard Style | Referencing | University members will be prompted for their Raven ID |
| Compustat | Annual and quarterly income statements, balance sheets, statements and supplemental data on North American public companies | Company | Current faculty and PhD students can register for individual accounts. Shared ‘class’ accounts are available for Master students. Contact the Information and Library Services team for help with access |
| CRSP (Registration required) | Dataset comprising security price, return and volume data for the NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ stock markets | Company | Current faculty and PhD students can register for individual accounts. Shared ‘class’ accounts are available for Master students. Contact the Information and Library Services team for help with access |
| Datastream | International company & economic data and news, recent and historic. Import/export from Excel | Company | Available on dedicated terminals in the Information Centre only |
| Dawsonera | Ebooks on a wide range of business (and other) topics | Ebooks | University members will be prompted for their Raven ID |
| EBSCO (Business Source Complete) | Academic articles, country data, financial data, industry data, market research, news, people | Ejournals | For off-campus access, choose ‘Shibboleth Login’ - watch a video showing you how |
| EconLit | The world's foremost source of references to economic literature | Ejournals | For off-campus access, choose ‘Shibboleth Login’ |
| Economist | The Economist online offers authoritative insight and opinion on international news, politics, business, finance, science and technology | Ejournals | University members will be prompted for their Raven ID |
| Economist Historical Archive | Delivers a complete searchable copy of every issue of The Economist from 1843 to 2006 | Ejournals | For off-campus access, choose 'Shibboleth users click here' |
| Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) Country Data | Includes a full suite of up to 320 key economic indicators for a country | Market | For off-campus access, choose ‘Login through your library or institution’ |
| Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) Industry Reports | Includes five-year forecasts and latest developments across 4 key industries - Energy, Healthcare, Financial Services and Telecommunications - in 60 major economies | Industry | University members will be prompted for their Raven ID |
| EMIS Professional | News, industry, company, market data and reports for emerging and established markets | Emerging markets | University members will be prompted for their Raven ID |
| eresources@cambridge | Discover databases, full text services and other resources held by the University of Cambridge | University | Free access – no password required |
| ejournals@cambridge | Search for journals, electronic and print, held by the University of Cambridge | Ejournals | Free access – no password required |
| eresources@cambridge - ebooks | Discover databases, full text services and other resources held by the University of Cambridge | Ebooks | Free access – no password required |
| Euromonitor International (Passport) | Excellent starting place for research: Country data, industry data, market research | Market | University members will be prompted for their Raven ID |
| EVENTUS | Performs event studies using data read from the CRSP stock databases or pre-extracted from other sources | Financial | Current faculty and PhD students can register for individual accounts. Shared ‘class’ accounts are available for Master students. Contact the Information and Library Services team for help with access |
| Factiva | Global database of the world's most important and popular newspapers and trade journals | News | University members will be prompted for their Raven ID |
| FAME | UK and Ireland database covering 7 million companies. Can be used to create mailing lists | Company | For off-campus access, type in ‘University of Cambridge’ and University members will prompted for their Raven ID |
| FT.com | The latest UK and international business, finance, economic and political news | News | Contact the Information and Library Services team for help with access through your browser, tablet or smartphone |
| FT.com Special Reports | In-depth analysis on a wide-range of sectors and countries around the world | News | Contact the Information and Library Services team for help with access through your browser, tablet or smartphone |
| Gartner IT | Technology sector reports and insights from US research and advisory firm company | Technology | University members will be prompted for their Raven ID |
| Harvard Business Review | Access to articles from the printed edition of the Harvard Business Review | Ejournals | For off-campus access, choose ‘Shibboleth Login’ - watch a video showing you how |
| Henry Stewart Talks | Audio-visual talks on marketing and management from Henry Stewart Talks | Video | For off-campus access, choose ‘Login via institution (Shibboleth)’ |
| I/B/E/S | Detailed and consensus estimates and forecast measures for 60,000 companies worldwide | Financial | Current faculty and PhD students can register for individual accounts. Shared ‘class’ accounts are available for Master students. Contact the Information and Library Services team for help with access |
| IBIS World | Industry and market reports database covering UK, US, China and Australia. Reports can be downloaded as PDFs | Industry | University members will be prompted for their Raven ID |
| Investext | Broker reports and financial data. | Company | University members will be prompted for their Raven ID |
| ISS (formerly RiskMetrics) | Research and data covering corporate governance, proxy voting and corporate responsibility | Company | Current faculty and PhD students can register for individual accounts. Shared ‘class’ accounts are available for Master students. Contact the Information and Library Services team for help with access |
| J.P. Morgan Research | Features thousands of analyst reports covering over 3,000 global companies and all industries. Coverage is 2011 to current with a one week embargo. | Financial | For off-campus access, choose ‘Login through your library or institution’ |
| JSTOR | Great for older academic articles, 4-5 years old or older | Ejournals | For off-campus access, select ‘Login’, then select ‘Login via an institution’, search for ‘University of Cambridge’. University members will be prompted for their Raven ID |
| Library Catalogue (iDiscover) | Catalogue of the holdings of the libraries at the University of Cambridge. Search across print and digital collections, including newspapers and databases | Books | Free access – no password required |
| MarketLine | Profiles up-to-date information on major companies, industries and geographies | Market | University members will be prompted for their Raven ID |
| Mergent Online | International database of company (public and private) financials, filings and executives | Company | University members will be prompted for their Raven ID |
| Mergent Archives | An archive of over 180K corporate and industry related documents spanning over 100 countries | Industry | University members will be prompted for their Raven ID |
| Mintel Academic | UK consumer & market and European retail reports database; reports provide market size data, current issues, forecasts and key industry players | Market | For off-campus access, choose 'Federated log in', type in 'University of Cambridge' and University members will be prompted for their Raven ID |
| Mintel Market Sizes | Industry and country data containing market size, market share and forecast data for thousands of consumer goods categories worldwide | Market | For off-campus access, choose 'Federated log in', type in 'University of Cambridge' and University members will be prompted for their Raven ID |
| The New York Times | The latest US and international news, comment and analysis by one of the leading US daily newspapers | News | Contact the Information and Library Services team for help with access through your browser, tablet or smartphone |
| Oxford Reference Online | A digital library of encyclopedias on topics in the sciences, social sciences and humanities | Digital Library | For off-campus access choose ‘Login with Athens/Access Management Federation’, select ‘University of Cambridge’ from the list. You will be prompted for your Raven ID |
| Oxford Scholarship Online | A digital library of monographs on topics in the sciences, social sciences and humanities | Digital Library | University members will need to use their Raven ID |
| Passport (Euromonitor International) | Excellent starting place for research: Country data, industry data, market research | Market | University members will be prompted for their Raven ID |
| ProQuest (ABI Inform Complete) | Academic articles, country data, financial data, industry data, market research, news, people | Ejournals | For off-campus access, choose ‘Login through your library or institution’ |
| ProQuest Digital Dissertations | International collection of dissertations and theses, spanning from 1743 to the present day | Dissertations | For off-campus access, choose ‘Login through your library or institution’ |
| PubMed | Over 23 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and e-books | Medical | For off-campus access, use the link provided on our databases page for seamless access |
| S&P Capital IQ | Great for tearsheet information: Company profiles, competitor analysis, financial data, industry data, news, people | Company | Contact the Information and Library Services team for help with access |
| SAGE Journals | Multi-disciplinary collection of electronic journals including business, management and economics titles | Ejournals | For off-campus access, select ‘Login’, then ‘Login via your institution’. Choose your institution location: ‘UK Access Management Federation’ and then ‘University of Cambridge’. University members will be prompted for their Raven ID |
| ScienceDirect | Multi-disciplinary collection of electronic journals including business, management and economics titles. Also some ebooks | Ejournals | For off-campus access, select ‘Login’ and then ‘Other institution login’. Search for ‘University of Cambridge’. University members will be prompted for their Raven ID |
| Scopus | Huge database of articles in science, technology, medicine, social sciences and humanities | Ejournals | For off-campus access, select 'Login' then 'Go to the Athens/Other Institution login' |
| Technavio | Includes reports on high tech industries and megatrends | Technology | University members will be prompted for their Raven ID |
| Thomson One Banker | International company data incorporating Investext broker reports, deals and private equity modules. | Company | Only works with IE browser. You must allow pop-ups for the site. University members will be prompted for their Raven ID |
| UK Data Service | Access to over 5,000 digital datasets, on a range of economic and social data, quantitative and qualitative | Economic | For off-campus access, select 'Login' then 'Login to UK Data Service'. Search for ‘University of Cambridge’ and University members will be prompted for their Raven ID |
| Vlearn | VLearn is a video based learning resource which brings together leading thinkers from academia and thinking leaders from business | Video | Free access – no password required |
| Web of Science | Huge database of articles in science, tech, social sciences and humanities. Includes citation analysis tools | Ejournals | For off-campus access, select 'click here to access Web of Science', then choose 'UK Federation' under 'Institutional (Shibboleth) users sign in'. Search for 'University of Cambridge'. University members will be prompted for their Raven ID. |
| World Market Intelligence | World Market Intelligence offers international market, country and city data. | Market | University members will be prompted for their Raven ID. Once on WMI homepage, click on 'login' button to gain full access. |
| WRDS | The Wharton School's gateway to financial datasets. Postgrads have a class password. PhDs and faculty have an individual password | Company | Current faculty and PhD students can register for individual accounts. Shared ‘class’ accounts are available for Master students. Contact the Information and Library Services team for help with access |
| ZETOC | Track the current table of contents of thousands of academic journals and link to the full-text of the articles | Referencing | For off-campus access choose ‘Which institution would you like to sign in with?’ Then type in ‘University of Cambridge’. University members be prompted for their Raven ID |