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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.

There are several guides on how to use the system which can be accessed from the home screen once logged in. See Access BookScan “How to” documents on the bottom right hand of the screen.

All students on the MA Publshing programme should have been provided with a login for this resource. Please contact sarah.jones@exeter.ac.uk with any questions.

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