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Databases for Banking & Finance

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Full Text Databases
  • Business Source Complete
    Excellent for articles across the whole range of banking and finance topics. Can also be searched for company profiles or country data.

    Covers a large number of full text banking and finance journals. Key banking titles include: ABA Banking Journal; Bank Accounting and Finance; Bank Marketing; Bank Technology News; Banking; Journal of Banking Regulation; Journal of Money, Credit and Banking. Key finance titles include: European Journal of Finance; Financial Planning; Financial Services Review; Journal of Finance; Journal of Financial Services Marketing; Journal of International Financial Management and Accounting.

    Quick Guide to using Business Source Complete.pdf

  • Emerald Management eJournals
    Broad range of business-related coverage with journal articles available on most banking and financial services topics.

    Full text journals include: International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management, Journal of Financial Crime, Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance, Managerial Finance, Review of Accounting and Finance .

    Quick Guide to using Emerald Management eJournals

  • IngentaConnect
    Good coverage of the economics of banking and finance, financial services management and banking regulation. Also useful for a wider overview of your topic.

  • JSTOR
    Useful for a historical perspective on banking, finance and business-related issues. Journal coverage in some cases goes back to early twentieth century. Includes the archives of The Journal of Finance and Journal of Money, Credit and Banking. 

    Quick Guide to using JSTOR  

  • Lloyd's law reports: insurance and reinsurance
    Provides law reports on insurance and reinsurance case law from 1992 to the present.

    Includes online access to: Lloyd’s Law Reports: Insurance and Reinsurance; Lloyd’s Law Reports: Insurance and Reinsurance Plus; Lloyd’s Law Reports: Professional Negligence; and Reinsurance Law Reports

  • Science Direct
    Covers a large range of academic subject areas. It is therefore recommended to click on the search option near the top of the screen and then choose "Business, Management and Accounting" from the subject list before running your search.

    Full text journals include: Journal of Banking & Finance, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of International Money and Finance, Journal of Monetary Economics, Research in International Business and Finance.

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Company Information and Financial Data
  • Bankscope
    Provides detailed reports of more than 30,000 banks across the globe containing ratings, ownership and news. You can research individual banks and find banks with specific profiles. Bankscope has up to 16 years of detailed accounts for each bank.

  • Orbis
    Orbis is the sister database to Bankscope, covering millions of private and public companies from across the globe including banks. It contains detailed financial information, including ratios, balance sheets, income statements, mergers information and stock prices. You can compare companies and download graphs and charts.

    Quick Guide to using Orbis.pdf

  • Datastream and Bloomberg
    Two major industry-level sources of current and historical global data on accounting, banking, financial markets, economic indicators, company information and news. Datastream data can be downloaded, manipulated and exported into spreadsheets for graphs and charts. Please book ahead as these are popular databases.

    Only available in Moorgate Library    .
    Advisable to book in advance. 

    Datastream.ppt   - PowerPoint Presentation
    Datastream Markets - PowerPoint Presentation 

    Quick Guide to using Datastream.pdf
    Quick Guide to using Bloomberg.pdf

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Market Research
  • Key Note
    Key Note is a leading supplier of Market and Business Intelligence and has been providing commercially relevant market insight and analysis to the business and academic world for 35 years. With reports encompassing every major industry, plus new and updated titles published every month, Key Note is one of the UK's most prolific and respected providers. Each of the market specific reports available will provide cutting edge consumer research and market insight. Additionally, there is access to in-depth business ratio information, from the business Intelligence section.

    Quick Guide to using Key Note.pdf
     
  • Mintel
    Market research reports covering a wide scope of issues related to the area, including current issues in the market, the competitive context and consumer data. Notable reports include: Current Accounts, Credit and Debit Cards, ISAs, Sharedealing and Mortgages.

    Quick Guide to using Mintel.pdf

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Newspapers

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Database Tutorials
  • Online Tutorials
    If you are unsure how to use a certain database or need to refresh your memory, try our interactive tutorials. Follow the instructions as you are guided through the database and shown how to search for information and download results.

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  Page last updated : : 24 Nov 2011