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Databases for Business Law

• Full Text Databases
• HR practice and policy / Employment Law
• Cases / Law Specific Databases
• Company Information
• Market Research
• Newspapers
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Full Text Databases

Business Source Complete Excellent database for full text articles about business law, company law and International business. Includes full text of many journals including: American Business Law Journal, Business Law Review, Harvard Business Review and Journal of Business Law. Quick Guide to using Business Source Complete.pdf Emerald Management eJournals Good for topics relating to law and management. Includes Managerial Law, International Journal of Law and Management, and Journal of International Trade Law and Policy. Quick Guide to using Emerald Management eJournals.pdf IngentaConnect This database includes covers a range of business, management and law journals and may be useful for employment law topics. Includes articles from Industrial Law Journal, British Journal of Industrial Relations, and Oxford Journal of Legal Studies. Note that much of the content on this site is not available in full text. XpertHR XpertHR is a comprehensive one-stop online resource for people studying human resource management, employment law and management. It includes employment law news, legislation, advice, case studies, statistics and surveys, full-text journal articles, model policies, procedures and letters, pay data, pay benchmarking, HR strategy and practice, case law and line manager training tools. Includes full-text access to the journals IRS Employment Review, European Employment Review and Pay and Benefits Bulletin. Quick Guide to using XpertHR.pdf

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HR practice and policy / Employment Law

XpertHR XpertHR is a comprehensive one-stop online resource for people studying human resource management, employment law and management. It includes employment law news, legislation, advice, case studies, statistics and surveys, full-text journal articles, model policies, procedures and letters, pay data, pay benchmarking, HR strategy and practice, case law and line manager training tools. Includes full-text access to the journals IRS Employment Review, European Employment Review and Pay and Benefits Bulletin. Quick Guide to using XpertHR.pdf

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Cases / Law Specific Databases The Law Library Guide has a more comprehensive listing of databases covering all aspects of law.

i-law This database provides full text access to key law reports, journals and newsletters on Maritime law. Lexis Library Includes Legislation, All England & CaseSearch, Halsbury's, Encyclopaedia of Forms & Precedents, Legal Updater, Family and Employment. Also has fulltext of many journals including, Electronic Business Law, Journal of International Banking & Financial Law and The New Law Journal. Quick Guide to using Lexis Library.pdf Westlaw Includes full text of some UK and EU case law and legislation, the Legal Journals Index to UK journals , and the full text of some law journals, including Business Law Today. Quick Guide to using Westlaw.pdf XpertHR XpertHR is a comprehensive one-stop online resource for people studying human resource management, employment law and management. It includes employment law news, legislation, advice, case studies, statistics and surveys, full-text journal articles, model policies, procedures and letters, pay data, pay benchmarking, HR strategy and practice, case law and line manager training tools. Includes full-text access to the journals IRS Employment Review, European Employment Review and Pay and Benefits Bulletin. Quick Guide to using XpertHR.pdf

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Company Information

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 a global database containing financial information, including ratios, on public and private companies including banks. Orbis searches over one million private and public companies worldwide for balance sheets, income statements, mergers information and stock prices. You can compare companies and download graphs and charts. Quick Guide to using Orbis.pdf Business Source Complete Datamonitor and others provide market research, industry reports and company reports & SWOT analysis. Quick Guide to using Business Source Complete.pdf Key Note Key Note provides access to a database of more than 7 million UK companies, as well as directors, company secretaries and shareholders. Up to 5 years of company financials are available, as well as key ratios and company overviews. Quick Guide to using Key Note.pdf

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Market Research

GMID This Global Marketing Information Database Contains international market research from over 200 countries. Quick Guide to using GMID.pdf Key Note Market research reports including every sector from Activity Holidays, Book Selling, Defence Industry right through to Winter Holidays and Working Women. Quick Guide to using Key Note.pdf Mintel Very similar to keynote, but with added European information. The Mintel Research reports coverage is again as wide as Keynote. Quick Guide to using Mintel.pdf

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Newspapers

Nexis UK Use this database if you need to know whether a certain topic has been in the news recently….or from the past 20 years. Search newspapers and trade magazines from all over the world, including the Financial Times from 1982 plus all other UK broadsheets. Also search for company and industry news. Quick Guide to using Nexis UK.pdf Quick Guide to sourcing the Financial Times on Nexis UK.pdf   Quick Guide to using Advanced Nexis UK.pdf

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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 : : 09 Mar 2012