International Business & Languages

Amadeus [electronic resource].
AMADEUS is a comprehensive, pan-European database containing financial information on over 10 million public and private companies in 38 European countries. Includes the top 250,000 companies.

BANKSCOPE [electronic resource].
Bankscope gives detailed financial information on over 11,000 public and private banks worldwide.

Business Insights / Datamonitor 360 [electronic resource].
Business Insights / Datamonitor 360 market reports cover seven main industry sectors; E-commerce/technology, financial services, healthcare, consumer goods, human resources, energy and telecommunications.

Business Source Premier [electronic resource].
Via EBSCOhost databases. Provides full-text for approximately 2,300 scholarly business journals covering management, economics, finance, accounting, international business and marketing. Includes Dun & Bradstreet company information.

EIU Country Data [electronic resource].
Annual, quarterly and monthly economic indicators and forecasts from the Economist Intelligence Unit. Covers 117 countries, with 270 series starting from 1980 and forecasting to 2006.

Global Market Information Database, Euromonitor [electronic resource].
Contains statistical and full text analysis findings under eight headings: Country Data, Consumer Lifestyles, Retail Market Sizes, Forecasts, Brands and Companies, Information Sources, Major Market Profiles and Euromonitor Market Reports.

MarketLine Business Information Centre [electronic resource].
Provides concise industry, company and country information, with profiles linked to latest newswires. Brief market reports contain information on main products and services, key employees, subsidiaries,a SWOT analysis and list of top competitors. Over 50 countries are covered.

Thomson One Banker [electronic resource].
Real-time global financial data, including historical share prices, mergers and acquisitions details, company filings and news. Covers both public and private companies Data up to a maximum of 40 years back in some cases. Mergers and acquisitions data 1985- Analysis and forecasts also provided. Downloading to Excel permitted.

WARC: World Advertising Research Center [electronic resource].
WARC provides the largest single source of intelligence for the marketing, advertising, media and research communities worldwide, drawn from more than 40 international sources.

Zephyr [electronic resource].
ZEPHYR is an information solution containing M&A, IPO and venture capital deals with links to detailed financial company information.

Academic Onefile [electronic resource].
Via Gale Cengage Learning. Provides full text and abstracts access to articles from journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects.

Bloomberg
Details of the Bloomberg stand alone terminal in Perry Library, 4 East.

Economist.com [electronic resource].
Full text of the UK edition of The Economist from 1997 onwards.

Emerald [electronic resource].
Access to management research journals from MCB University Press. The service provides access to over 20,000 management articles, with a full text archive going back to 1994.

ESDS International; Economic and Social Data Service International [electronic resource].
ESDS resource supplying access to international data.

Financial Times [electronic resource].
Full text of the Financial Times (London edition) from June 1996 onwards. Updated daily. Coverage is text only, and does not include the Companies & Markets section - for historic share prices please see the Thomson One Banker e-resource.

ProQuest Newspapers, Daily Telegraph, Financial Times, Guardian, Independent, Times [electronic resource].
Updated daily. Database of the Daily Mail & Mail on Sunday; Daily Telegraph & Sunday Telegraph; Evening Standard; Financial Times; Guardian & Observer; Times and Sunday Times; Independent. Coverage is from at least January 1998 onwards for all titles.

RefWorks [electronic resource].
RefWorks is an online research management, writing and collaboration tool designed to help researchers easily gather, manage, store and share all types of information, as well as generate citations and bibliographies.

ScienceDirect (Science Direct) [electronic resource].
Database containing over 1000 full text journals from Elsevier Science and the leading scientific, technical and medical publishers. Covers life, physical, technical and social sciences.

SpringerLink [electronic resource].
Provides online, full-text access to Springer's journal titles as well as journals from other publishers. Subjects include: life sciences, chemical sciences, environmental sciences, geosciences, computer science, mathematics, medicine, physics & astronomy, engineering and economics. Some titles are in abstracts only.

Biz/Ed Premier [electronic resource].
Provides access to 25 business and economics core textbooks and 14 accounting core textbooks. It also includes critical viewpoints, matched to specific chapter/topic content and based upon specially selected articles from popular business and economics journals and activities developed by Biz/ed's editorial team.

Global Edge

International Economics Gateway
Website developed by Seth Grimes, formerly of the IMF and OECD. In 4 sections, with particularly useful links to international organisations and national government pages.

The Ultimate International Business & Economics Resource Page

Yahoo! Finance
Global financial markets and news.

Asian Development Bank
ADB is an international development finance institution whose mission is to help its developing member countries reduce poverty and improve the quality of life of their people. General information, press releases and publications, including Asian Development Outlook.

Bank for International Settlements
BIS homepage, giving general information, publications, press releases, text of speeches etc. Particularly useful is it's Central Bank hub, giving links to Central Bank websites and research publications - regularly updated.

European Central Bank
The ECB website includes general information about the European Central Bank with many links to press releases, key speeches, publications and statistics. There is also a useful listing of links to EU national central banks.

International Monetary Fund
IMF homepage, with links to many full text publications as well as news releases, fund rates and annual meetings information.

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNCTAD promotes the development-friendly integration of developing countries into the world economy. It functions as a forum for intergovernmental deliberations, undertakes research, policy analysis and data collection and provides technical assistance to developing countries.

World Bank Group
Colourful site giving links to many World Bank publications including forecasts and statistics, and general informationabout the World Bank Group.

World Economic Forum
Website of the Swiss-based non-profit organisation dedeicated to 'economic growth and social progress'. Contains a variety of information about the Forum as well as information about global economics, including news, latest summits, reports, publications and projects.

World Trade Organisation
Useful site for information on all aspects of world trade. The WTO site includes news, trade topics and resources and documents, including GATT documents and trade statistics. There is also a students' area, withsome interactive training modules.

ABYZ News links
Portal to online news sources from around the world

Africa On-Line
Updated daily, has links to leading African newspapers, journals, major
associations and organisations

BBC Languages online
Separate websites and links supporting new courses and series.

Call at Hull
Multilingual and language-specific resources with access to web based language learning.

CILT - Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research
Good selection of publications and resources for major European languages.

Department For International Development
Overseas aid statistics plus trade and investment projects.

EU Business
Reuters news and legislation. Good section on Central and Eastern Europe update.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office
British foreign policy issues, Britain and the EU, frequently updated news section.

i Love Languages
Miscellany of resources for jobs, literature, details of organisations, linguistics etc.

Languages on The Web
Gateway to web sites for all major languages plus a varied selection of data and translating services for hundreds of lesser languages. Also useful on-line courses.

Newspapers
The ultimate collection of news links.

OECD
Statistics and economic indicators.

One World
One world issues especially in the media.

WESSWEB- Western European Specialists Section
Includes useful WESSLinks for European regional studies news and library resources.

Adminet
Aspects of French life and work, list of the top web resources.

Bibliothèque Nationale
Access to the library's catalogue, details of exhibitions and resources in the arts.

La Documentation Francaise
Government reports, press releases, institutional information and publications.

France a la Carte
Information on the arts, education, science and technology from the French Embassy.

France Diplomatie
Foreign affairs, France`s role in Europe etc. supplied by the Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres.

French Resources on The Web (University of Adelaide)
Vast collection of resources on French culture, media, news, tourism, learning the language etc.

INSEE (Institute National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques)
Survey summaries, information on data collection, publication details etc.

Institut Francais
Cultural centre and mediatheque - events and resources.

Ministère de la Culture
Links to artistic and cultural sites, including Millennium information.

Service-Public

Yahoo France
Use this specific version of the search engine for best results.

Amazon Internet Bookshop
German version of major resource online. Useful also for checking availability.

Bundesministerium Fur Wirschaftliche Zusammenarbeit & Entwicklung.
Development policy, reports and statistics. Some items in English.

Bundesregierung
Based on " Facts about Germany " publication, plus press releases, news etc.

A Concrete Curtain ((Life and Death of the Berlin Wall)
Illustrated history of the wall from conception to destruction.

Deutsche Bundesbank
Excellent site containing the full text of the monthly reports, statistics, etc.

Deutscher Bundestag
Reports of the daily proceedings of the Bundestag.

German Banks Online
Good overview in German or English of the system.

German News Glossary
News sources searchable by subject. From 1993 onwards.

German Resources
Culture, law, sports etc. information.

German Studies On The Web
Interdisciplinary site for economics, international affairs etc.

Germany To Governments On The Web: Germany
Very comprehensive listing of political parties, ministries, state and local government.

Handelsblatt.com
Market indexes, financial reports and access to the latest Wirschaftswoche.

University Of Swansea-Department Of German
Useful sections on business, economics and finance.

Yahoo Deutschland
Search engine with the usual subject areas common to the main Yahoo.

Banco Santander Central Hispano
Annual reports, financial statements - some available in English.

Canning House
Commercial information on Spain and Latin America. Information on specific countries under each national flag. Useful list of organisations.

Consejeria De Educación Y Ciencia (Spanish Embassy - London)
Full details of facilities, resources and publications.

Elmundo.es
Spanish newspaper

España Al Desnudo
Information on infrastructure, media, economics, tourism etc.

El Gobierno Información (Ventana Moncloa)
Details of government and regional departments.

Iberian Studies
Specialist gateway for academic users.

Instituto Cervantes
Contains the latest on courses, teaching, and the library resources.

Instituto Nacional De Estadistica
Latest major statistics on population finance health etc. Needs Adobe Acrobat.

Notas en espagnol
Free study skills software from publishers Mantex

Latin American Bureau
Publications, education and news.

Tecla
Magazine produced jointly by the Spanish Embassy in London and Birkbeck College.

CNN Italia
News and current affairs.

General Information On Italy
Governmental and parliamentary information, politics, culture etc.

ISTAT ( Instituto Nazionale di Statistica)
National and regional statistics (some in English)

Italian Internet Guide
Limits searching to web sites for Italian interests.

Ministero Degli Affari Estari
Official information on Italy, especially on relations with the European Union.

La Repubblica
Online version of daily newspaper.

BBC World Service: Learning English
Resources for students and teachers , interactive exercises. Uses topical words from news items for discussion.

Collins Cobuild (English Dictionary)
Weekly commentary on current English.

Dave`s ESL Café: on the web
A very personal approach. Global English, and worldwide discussion opportunites.

Grammar Help
Interactive exercises, games and extensive resources.

Mantex
Site containing many free guides, newsletters and tutorials on
English and study skills

On-line Writing Lab (Purdue University, USA)
Lists resources, examples of a tutorial (one to one tuition) and excellent helpsheets.

Writing Styles and Techniques : the Internet Public Library
Approaches the subject by topic e.g. audience and tone, gender-fair writing.

Writing at the University of Toronto
Comprehensive advice on all aspects of academic writing.