eResources and Databases

There is no single database which contains references to all Publishing journals. You will need to look at a range of resources. Useful places to start are listed below:

• Academic Search Complete
  Abstracts of articles from journals in the Publishing field together with other relevant subjects like advertising, marketing, and communication
• Business Source Complete
  Business and Management journals, e.g. Publishing Industry Profiles, Bookseller, Publishers Weekly.  NB some of these will only give the abstract of the article, not the full text.
• Sage Premier Journals Online
  A collection of over 400 full text journals.
• Science Direct
  1500 scientific, technical and medical full text journals.

Should you want to undertake a more thorough search for research materials/literature try searching the following abstract and indexing databases.

• Scopus
• Web of  Science

Look out for the ‘LinkSource’ icon or the Uclan logo in your search results lists within these databases as this tool will direct you to the full-text of the article if it's available within one of our subscribed services.

eNewspapers

• Nexis contains both full text and abstract records of news and business intelligence drawn from over 29,000 sources including local, regional and national newspapers, newsletters, magazines and trade journals, newswires, broadcast transcripts, company news databases, government and legal documents. Nexis gives the text of articles only - it does not include photographs or formatting.

Newspaper archives

• The Guardian and The Observer Historical Archives - Every page as published. The Guardian from 1821-2003, The Observer from 1791-2003
• Times Digital Archive - Every page as published from 1785-2011
• New York Times Archive -  Digitised archive from 1851-2008
• Economist Historical Archive - Digitised archive from 1843-2006
• British Newspapers 1600-1900 - 3 million pages of historic newspapers, newsbooks & ephemera. The Burney Newspaper Collection and 19th Century British Newspapers are included in this service.
• Illustrated London News Historical Archive - The entire run of the paper from 1842-2003

Business Resources

Market research

• IBIS World - UK and Global industry reports, including the publishing industry.
• Mintel Oxygen – consumer market research reports covering a vast array of products and services including reports on Social Media and Networking and Consumer Perceptions of News Media.
• Passport - global market information database and analysis tool containing comprehensive data and reports across all industries, countries and consumers.
• HS Talks - lectures on business and management topics, including retail, branding and consumer behaviour.

Company research

• Business Source Complete - as well as journal articles you can search for company information including information relating to financials, employees and industry.
• Financial Analysis Made Easy (FAME) – detailed financial and ownership information for 2.5 million UK companies
• OSIRIS - the international version of the FAME database containing listed company accounts from around the world.

Advertising

• BRAD – advertising intelligence including actual costs for advertising on the television, radio, web/digital media, out-of-home (transport/roadside/venues), in newspapers and magazines. Circulation/readership/audience data is also available
• World Advertising Research Center (WARC) – marketing and advertising intelligence. WARC is the home of publications like ADMAP and the International Journal of Market Research. It also contains thousands of case studies.
• Worth Global Style Network (WGSN) Lifestyle & Interiors - leading global trend forecasting service and product development tool. Useful for the latest in bookstore design.

Law

• Lexis Library – wealth of legal information sources including UK cases and legislation, journals and magazines (e.g. Harvey on Industrial Relations and Employment Law) and manuals (e.g. HMRC manuals)
• WestLaw – similar to Lexis Library, WestLaw provides access to UK cases and legislation and many journals (e.g. Journal of Business Law and Journal of Competition Law & Economics)