University Library: Business Topics: Business databases

Finding peer reviewed articles

Databases are huge, searchable directories of journals and other scholarly publication types.

You will find peer reviewed journal articles by searching the Library's various databases - some key databases for this discipline are linked below.

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Key databases

These databases are good sources of information for all business-related topics, including company information. FiNDit a search service for library resources includes some but not all of these databases.

Please see the Menu on the left for our Database Tutorials and Topic Guides pages containing additional helpful information for Business students.

Business Source Ultimate This link opens in a new window Peer-reviewed, full text journals articles and case studies that provide historical information and current trends in business that spark discussion on future developments and changes in the business world. Includes access to Harvard Business Review.
EBSCOhost Basic Searching Tutorial
DatAnalysis Premium This link opens in a new window Company history and listing information for ASX listed companies, markets, and financial data, allowing in depth research and analysis.
DatAnalysis Help
Emerald Insight This link opens in a new window Business, management, and economics books, journals and case studies.
IBISWorld This link opens in a new window Ibisworld is a comprehensive collection of Industry Market Research, Industry Risk Ratings and Company Research for global sectors, Australia, UK, US, and China. 
IBISWorld Help Centre
MarketLine Advantage This link opens in a new window Offers company  intelligence and industry analysis across every major sector globally. Content includes industry profiles, case studies, deals and news.
Sage Research Methods This link opens in a new window A research tool designed to help create research projects and understand the methods behind them. It provides a comprehensive picture of research methods available across the social and behavioral sciences. 
Access is limited to content from 2018 to 2023 across the collections Core, Cases 1 and Datasets 1.

Key journal titles

Bloomberg Businessweek
Provides comprehensive coverage of news and developments affecting the business world.
Harvard Business Review
Publishes research and case studies on issues in corporate strategies, management, finance, regulatory policy, technology and related subjects.
Journal of Business Disciplines
Focuses on aspects of business disciplines, including accounting, administration, public policy, gender issues in the workplace, etc.
Journal of Business Ethics
Discusses ethical issues related to business, from a wide variety of methodological and disciplinary perspectives.
Journal of Business Strategies
Analyses of current business problems & issues of interest to business decision makers & academicians.

Open access journals

Australian Journal of Management
An international peer-reviewed journal that publishes research in a range of subject areas provided the application is to management.
Journal of Business Research
This journal applies theory developed from business research to actual business situations.
Open Journal of Business and Management
An international journal dedicated to the latest advancement in the study of business and management.

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