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Publishing: effective library research: Business

Online support to assist with planning and conducting library research for your dissertation or project

There are a wide range of online resources that will help you trace journal articles, conference papers, reports, theses and much more, to support your  study and research.  

You have access to further resources via the Business subject list area in the A-Z Databases list.

The Business Subject Guide provides a useful section explaining the different databases in the Recommended Databases section.

Business databases

These are the main databases for general research relating to business topics:

Use the following sources to look for industry reports, for example book publishing industry reports or publishing trends.

Use the following resources to find market research. See the Market Research guide for further help with using these resources.

Nielsen BookScan for MA Publishing

Use Nielsen BookScan to access sales statistics for the UK consumer book market. All students on the MA Publishing programme will be able to login to this resource.

Access Nielsen BookScan here

You will need to have the Microsoft Authenticator App installed. Click on the link above and then follow steps 5-9 of the instructions here.

Please contact sarah.jones@exeter.ac.uk if you have any questions or need help accessing the resource.

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