Law

Useful links

This page will help you get more out of your Library resources for your assignments, projects, and dissertations in Law.

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• Business Databases

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• Business Source Complete

fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery

Academic peer-reviewed journal articles, professional publications and more across all business topics.

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• Elgar research reviews

fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery

Authoritative summaries of the seminal works that have established a field of research, from prior years. World renowned experts research and select the most important readings.

• Mintel Reports and Mintel Trends

Detailed market research reports on a range of UK sectors including: automotive; beauty and personal care; lifestyles; drink, food and foodservice; health and wellbeing; leisure; media; technology; and travel. Also includes access to Mintel Trends which provides evidence-backed insights on how today's consumer thinks, feels and acts.

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Additional access instructions:

The first time you access will need need to tick the box to acknowledge you have read Mintel's permissions and prohibitions and then click Continue.

• OECD Economic Outlook

fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery

An open access resource from the OECD: They state that "The OECD Economic Outlook is the OECD's twice-yearly analysis of the major economic trends and prospects for the next two years. Prepared by the OECD Economics Department, the Outlook puts forward a consistent set of projections for output, employment, government spending, prices and current balances based on a review of each member country and of the induced effect on each of them on international developments."

• S&P Capital IQ Pro (previously known as Market Intelligence/SNL Unlimited)

The new interface for S&P, includes most Capital IQ (standard) financial data, as well as banking information, news and analytics and information on millions of private companies.

Additional access instructions:

Only available on campus or via VPN (use CapIQ Standard instead for unrestricted off campus access)
Existing users please Sign in (students who have already registered for S&P Capital IQ (standard) can use the same details to access this new interface)
First time users need to register using a University email address - click on NEW USER SIGN UP. New users are advised to the choose Generalist profile when registering. Ensure you enter a correct graduation date as otherwise your account may expire early.

• Statista: the portal for statistics

Access to more than a million statistics from many different sources. Useful for finding industrial, economic and consumer market statistical trends.