Accounting

For a general search across multiple databases, search Summon.

Individual databases offer a more detailed comprehensive search.  Those most relevant to your subject area have been selected below. For guidance on more specific types of information, such as Market Research, Raw Data, Standards and Patents, please see the links on our Research page.

Access to these e-resources is restricted to the students and staff of Brunel University for licensing and technical reasons. Some licence agreements may exclude access to databases and their contents from certain countries. It is your responsibility to comply with the terms and conditions of the relevant licence agreements - for more information see the copyright web page on databases - contact copyright@brunel.ac.uk if you have any questions.

ABI Inform

References, and often full text access, to journal articles in business and management, economics and finance, computers, environment, government and law and social issues and policy on the new ProQuest integrated platform (this has the option to search other databases, too).

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Academic Search Complete

Contains full text articles from over 5,000 journals, covering many subjects, including anthropology, politics, political science, psychology, psychiatry, sociology and social work.

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Bloomberg

Bloomberg provides access to a vast array of financial data along with economic and business news. It also provides information on countries, international organisations and prominent individuals. The database is relatively easy to use and if you do get stuck help is available online 24-7 via a unique interactive help chat window. This database can be accessed in the Library Bloomberg room via a number of dedicated PCs. Before using Bloomberg you need to book a terminal.

Business Source Premier

Contains full text articles from over 2,300 journals covering all business disciplines. Also provides access to market research reports country reports, industry reports, company profiles and SWOT analyses.

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Emerald

Articles from prestigious management journals, full text from 1994. Covers all major management disciplines including marketing and human resource management and also includes engineering topics. (Alternative access is offered via the UK Federation - use the link below and search for Brunel University)

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Emerald e-Books

Emerald e-Book series offer a breadth of relevant, quality content featuring high impact, topical research in the areas of, Business, Management, Economics and Social Sciences. These comprehensive collections provide access to more than a 1000 volumes across 130 series titles.

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FT.com

FT.com is an essential source of breaking news, comment, data analysis and research tools. The Financial Times, one of the world’s leading business news and information organisations, provides access to news and analysis covering global business, finance, politics and much more. FT content supports a range of disciplines from accounting and international relations to economics and management. First time users: on campus use the Access Manager pop-up to register for access using your Brunel University email address to create a unique username and password (off campus users should follow this special FT registration link).

Nexis

Full text access to regional, national and international newspapers, business trade journals, company reports and country reports, including Company Dossier. (This database was previously called LexisNexis Business & News).

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Oxford English Dictionary

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is an etymological dictionary which is widely acknowledged as the most comprehensive record of the English language, tracing the evolution and use of more than 600,000 words through 3 million quotations. OED Online gives access to latest text of the full Oxford English Dictionary, the Historical Thesaurus of the OED and enable users new ways to explore the English language:

Search for new words by year, decade, or any date range.
Set language in context: search by place, language type, and date to discover the impact of world events.
OED Online is revised and updated at regular intervals and covers British, American, and other varieties of English, and all types of use, from formal to slang.

Regional Business News

Provides full text coverage to regional business news press, predominately covering the United States (New York Times, Washington Post, etc.), but also including some sources from the rest of the world such as the Daily Mail, Evening Standard, Le Monde, and Mail on Sunday.

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ScienceDirect

Offers access to the Elsevier digital library, covering over 1800 publications. Most are available in full text after 1995. The collection is updated daily.

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Scopus

Scopus is the largest ever bibliographic database and indexes over 14,000 titles from science, technology, medicine and the social sciences. This abstract only database is updated daily. Use Article Linker (AL) to check for full text online sources.

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Springer Link

Full text of most of the journals published by Springer-Verlag and Kluwer. For a short while you may also access the "old SpringerLink" from the new Springer Link via the link under the Brunel logo.

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Web of Knowledge

Indexes journals and conference proceedings in the arts and humanities, social science and science and technology, providing abstracts to the majority, from 1970 to date. This abstract only database is updated weekly. Use Article Linker (AL) to check for full text online sources.

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When conducting specialist research, Brunel Library may not always stock everything you need. If this happens, you have a number of options:

• Join SCONUL. This scheme will give you access to print resources in other university libraries in the UK and Ireland. More information…
• Find out which university has the book you need. More information…
• Apply for an InterLibrary Loan. More information…

Before you visit another library

If you do plan to visit another library, please check first of all that we do not have the item you need. Advice on using the library can be found on our Finding Resources page. Alternatively, please ask a member of staff at the Helpdesk or contact the Subject Liaison Librarian for your School.

Remember, if the item you need is on a reading list, we will make every effort to purchase this for the Library, so please let us know the details.

Where there are specific libraries of interest for your subject, these will be listed below.

As well as the resources listed under the Databases and Web Resources tabs of this subject page, we have a number of other resources that could be of relevance to your research, such as:

Newspapers

Market Research

Raw Data

Statistics

Standards

Patents

Additionally, you may wish to refer our general Research page which comprehensively lists all of our Research Resources.

If you need help with using any of these resources, please contact the Subject Liaison Librarian for your School, details of which can be found from the Overview tab.