Introduction
Academic journals publish academic research in the form of journal articles. You may think of them a bit like scholarly magazines. Issues are published periodically (for example monthly or quarterly). The Library subscribes to many subject databases which contain journal articles. For business and management the following databases will be particularly relevant:
- Library Search Search our collections and subscriptions.
- Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
Business Source Complete from EBSCO contains over 1600 full text peer-reviewed academic journals covering all aspects of business and management, accounting and finance and economics, plus more than 1600 full text trade journals and general business magazines. Many of the scholarly journals are available in full text from the very first issue, and over 1200 are in full text from 2003 onwards, making Business Source Complete a key resource for academic researchers. It also contains market research reports, industry reports, country reports, company profiles and SWOT analyses; plus author profiles and interviews.
- Emerald Management 120
This collection of journals covers a range of subjects related to business and finance from Accounting to Women in Management. Coverage generally begins with 1994. For more information, http://info.emeraldinsight.com/products/xtra/index.htm
- Science Direct This link opens in a new window
ScienceDirect has over 18,000 full-text Elsevier journals , plus abstracts and covers such topics as physical sciences and engineering, life sciences, health sciences, and social sciences and humanities.
Partner Staff Access
Log in directly on the Science Direct website. Choose ‘Sign in via Organization’.
Help Searching for & Using Journal Articles
Work through our tutorial to get some tips on reading academic journal articles!
The Library subscribes to journals chosen in partnership with your Faculty that you can access online. The most effective way of searching is to use Library Search so that you can search across all available sources.