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Find journal articles, newspaper articles, book reviews etc.

Note: the search above won't find every article - for a more comprehensive search see the information below on databases.

To find relevant and good quality information for your work, searching databases is the most effective method. You have free access to a range of searchable databases though you may need your GUID and associated password to use some of them. Databases contain quality-assessed journal or newspaper articles on particular topics.

Databases

Help links for databases:

Internet sites

  • RBA Business Information Sources - This site offers a wide selection of resources including information on industry sectors and market & industry research
  • Biz/ed- A one-stop source of business and economics educational resources
  • Zanran - Zanran is a search site for data.  Presented as graphs, tables and charts, use Zanran to find a range of statistical information.
  • British Library Management & Business Studies Portal- Collections for management research from the British Library
  • EconBiz - A virtual library for economics and business
  • The Economics Network - This website has many useful links and resources for academics and students.

 Business Information Services:

  • The Mitchell Library's Business@The Mitchell offers a wide range of business resources.  The Mitchell Library is on North Street at Charing Cross just a 15 minute walk from the University.
  • SCOTBIS (Scottish Business Information Service): based at the National Library of Scotland (NLS) in Edinburgh, this service provides a number of business databases as well as many other web resources. Some databases can be accessed remotely by registering as a reader of the NLS. See the SCOTBIS website for details.

Working papers and current research

Institutes and Associations

Once you have decided on your dissertation topic, use the Library's webpages on Information Skills which contains helpful tips on doing a literature review, searching for information, finding theses and dissertations and so on.

If you would like some advice on searching for information, please contact me by email Moira.Sinclair@glasgow.ac.uk or by phone 0141 330 6796.

You might find some resources useful for your dissertation which we don't have available from this Library. Through our Inter Library Loan service you can order books and journal articles free of charge. See the Need Something We Don't Have section on our website.

For Economics students, the Doing a Dissertation in Economics website is a useful guide.

Library & information skills moodles for Adam Smith Business School students

Check out the moodles that have been created for the Adam Smith Business School students - they are designed to help you find all the information you need

Referencing and citing – using your sources

What is referencing?

Referencing is the acknowledgement of items you have read and used while creating a written piece of work for your essay, dissertation, article or thesis.

It is important to keep an exact and complete record of the details of all the sources of information that you use for coursework, essays, dissertations or publications. Sources can include books, journal articles, web pages and legal cases. If you don’t keep a precise record you will have difficulty (and a lot more work) when you need to list the sources in your reference list.

Citations

When writing an essay, report or dissertation, it is usual to cite [mention] the sources that you used, referred to, or took quotes from. These references might describe journal or newspaper articles, books, government reports, web pages

Citing accurate references is important for the following reasons:

  • To give credit to concepts and ideas from other authors
  • To provide evidence of the extent of your reading
  • To use other work to support the arguments you make
  • To allow the user to locate the cited references easily
  • To help you avoid plagiarism

Which style of referencing does the Business School use?

There are many styles for references, however, the most commonly used styles are Harvard (a version using author/date format) and Vancouver (numbered format).   The Business School uses the Harvard system.  
For detailed information, have a look at the Harvard Referencing guide from Leeds University.

Managing your references using Reference Manager or EndNote software

Reference Manager and Endnote - These are reference management software programs [available locally] which help you to record and store references to books or journal articles and many other sources while you are working on a project. You can then use the stored information to generate bibliographies for your essay, thesis or article using a wide range of styles.

How do I get help with using referencing programs?

See our local Support web pages    
IT Services also runs introductory courses where you can make an online booking to attend a training session on an advertised date

Plagiarism – what is it and how to avoid it

You must always acknowledge the sources you use. Use of material without acknowledgement of the sources is called plagiarism which is considered to be an act of fraudulence and an offence against University discipline - see the University Plagiarism webpages.
TurnitinUK – in University of Glasgow, Turnitin is a program used by some departments to detect plagiarism in student work submitted for assessment. 

How to find Company Information

This guide will help you find information about companies in the UK and worldwide.  Company information comes from many sources; which sources you use will depend on the kind or amount of information you need.

The Library's Business & Management databases provide a wide range of information on individual companies and industry sectors.

Annual reports and financial information

Detailed information about a company can be found in its annual reports and accounts. Other good sources of data about companies include

  • Northcote   A gateway to UK annual reports
  • Companies House  All companies based in the UK are required to register with Companies House.  Charges are made for company accounts and annual returns.
  • EDGAR  (US Securities and Exchange Commission) US companies registration statements and periodic reports.  Information can be accessed and downloaded free of charge
  • Yahoo Finance   Market data, international exchanges, company financial news
  • FAME (Financial Analysis Made Easy)   This database covers 2 million companies in the UK & Republic of Ireland; provides company accounts for UK PLCs and larger limited companies; allows comparisons with companies in peer group
  • Datastream database is available in the Department of Accounting & Finance and from a PC on level 2 of the Library (ask at the Welcome Desk for access).  Datastream provides financial and economic research data on companies, industries and countries.

Finding out about a company's activities

Business Source Premier database is a good source for articles, reports and news on companies.  Click on Company Profiles link at the top of the main search page to access Datamonitor reports.  These reports cover the world's 5,000 largest companies, providing information on company history, brief figures, SWOT analysis, competitors etc.

Online newspapers and news sites are an excellent way of finding up to the minute details of a company's activities:

Market Research databases

These databases have details of competitors, a definition and overview of the market, market size, trends, key companies, forecasts etc.

Free online resources

Local information:

 

 College Team Librarian for the Adam Smith Business School

Moira Sinclair - Subject Librarian

Moira Sinclair
moira.sinclair@glasgow.ac.uk
0141-330-6796
Room 807 (Level 8)

Contact me for help with finding information for assignments, projects or dissertations. I work from Monday to Thursday

For more general information have a look at the Information for students/staff/subscription members pages.