University of Sunderland in London

There are many different resources available to help with your wider reading and research. You can access some of them directly from this page but most of your key electronic resources for Business and Management are accessed through Library Search.

Box of Broadcasts

This is an academically-focused database of television and radio programmes which allows you to watch programmes from over 75 free-to-air channels; you can also access its archive containing over 3 million broadcasts.

The Economist (direct access, not in Library Search)

Weekly magazine focusing on current affairs, international business, politics, and technology. Please register using your university email and contact us if you are having issues with access.

Euromonitor Passport

UK and international industry data, market shares, distribution patterns, sales forecasts and other measurements relevant to each sector.  Also covers consumer trends, country reports and company profiles.  Coverage spans over 220 countries.

FAME (direct access, not in Library Search) 

FAME (Financial Analysis Made Easy) contains comprehensive information on both public and private companies across the UK and Ireland. Please log in with your username and password.

IBISWorld

IBISWorld provides industry intelligence that analyses the environment of over 400 UK industries using the five-digit level of the UK Standard Industrial Classification (UKSIC). Each industry report provides detailed performance data and analysis on the market, supply chain, operating strengths and weaknesses, external drivers, major player market strategies, industry profit and cost structure benchmarks.

LexisPlus

LexisPlus is the largest collection of UK law, up-to-date legislation, case law, commentary and comprehensive practical guidance.

MarketLine Company and Industry Profiles

Provides accurate and up-to-date research reports on companies, industries, and countries across the global market.

Westlaw

Westlaw is a dynamic, ever-growing and easily searchable source of case law, legislation, news, legal journals, commentary, current awareness alerts and EU legal materials.

The resources below are external links, not provided or subscribed to by the University. Therefore, we are not able to guarantee continuity of access. Please contact us to let us know if they are not accessible anymore.

Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)

The global body for professional accountants. Provides information, advice and resources including syllabuses, study guides, past exam papers and more.

Association for Project Management (APM)

This is the only chartered membership organisation for the project profession in the world. Their activities raise the profile of the project profession, challenge the status quo where it matters and set the highest standards.

British Library - Management & Business Studies Portal

This online portal from the British Library will help you find and use high quality management research publications quickly and easily. These include full text research reports, summaries, working papers, videos and exclusive articles by leading researchers and consultants. You will also find details of books, journal articles, reports, websites, datasets, sound recordings, videos and other resources from the British Library's collections that are relevant to your search.

Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)

The world’s leading and largest professional body of management accountants helping individuals and businesses to succeed by harnessing the full power of management accounting and accounting for business.

Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) 

The Chartered Institute of Marketing supports, develops and represents marketers, teams, leaders and the marketing profession as a whole. As the largest professional marketing body in the world, CIM offer membership and career development, professional marketing qualifications, training courses and helps businesses grow with tailored support to enhance marketing capability.

Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)

The professional body for experts in people at work, championing better work and working lives by setting professional standards for HR and people development, as well as driving positive change in the world of work. They also got factsheets on how to carry out SWOT and PESTLE analyses.

Chartered Management Institute (CMI)

Offers practical, proven solutions for individual managers, employers and education providers alike creating better led and managed organisations.

Companies House

This is a government agency providing free company information including registered office address, filing history, accounts, annual returns, officers, charges, business activity, and more.

Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

Free Management Library

This online library provides free, easy-to-access, online articles to develop yourself, other individuals, groups and organisations; it offers one of the world's largest well-organised collections of articles and resources on Business and Management.

Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM)

Creates leaders and develops managers through qualifications, training and cutting edge research giving them the skills to make a real difference in their organisation and beyond

London Stock Exchange

London Stock Exchange is one of the world’s oldest stock exchanges and can trace its history back more than 300 years. London Stock Exchange Group was created in October 2007 when London Stock Exchange merged with Milan Stock Exchange, Borsa Italiana.

Office for National Statistics

The Office for National Statistics is the UK’s largest independent producer of official statistics and is responsible for collecting and publishing statistics related to the economy, population and society at national, regional and local levels.