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Business and entrepreneurship databases

Business Source Ultimate
Provides historical information, current trends, future developments and changes in the business world. Includes case studies, country economic reports and company profiles, interviews with executives and analysts.
ABI/INFORM complete (Proquest) (1971+)
Access to articles on business and economic conditions, management techniques, theory, practice of business, advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, computers, and more. Includes information on thousands of companies with business and executive profiles.
Informit Business Collection
Peer-reviewed journals, books, reports and conference proceedings, covering business law, economics, employment, finance, management, organisational psychology, taxation and training.
Asia-Studies Full-text online
Full-text reports and information from 55 countries on business, government, economic, and social issues.
EconLit with full text
Articles from over 500 journals focusing on economic theory, production, welfare, growth, inflation, accounting, international trade, economic history, social indicators, capital markets, consumer finance, labour and demographics.
INFORMS
INFORMS serves the scientific and professional needs of Operations Researchers and those in the Management Sciences including educators, scientists, students, managers, and consultants. The Institute serves as a focal point for O.R. professionals, permitting them to communicate with each other and reach out to other professional societies, as well as the varied clientele of the profession's research and practice.
Emerald plus
Journals that focus on the subject areas of management.
Safe Work Australia
Provides a range of WHS and workers’ compensation data on work-related injuries, fatalities and diseases.

DatAnalysis premium
Information on all companies listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), updated daily. Includes corporate history, trading history and industry comparisons.
IBISWorld
Information on Australian industries including statistics, analysis and forecasts. Includes industry research reports, company research reports, risk rating reports, business environment reports and global industry reports for the US, UK and China. (click Risk Ratings - 500+ iExpert Summaries, facts and figures for each industry)
Marketline Advantage
Contains a collection of company, industry and country information, from over 200 countries and every major industry sector. Includes: Country statistics, Market data analytics, Financial deals tracker, Investments and advisory tracker, Company prospector, Company report generator.
World Advertisting Research Centre (WARC)
Full text case studies, statistics, papers, conference papers and journal articles in the areas of advertising, marketing, branding, media and marketing research.

IMF Country Information
Information about the 189 countries within The International Monetary Fund (IMF)
World Bank
Data about development in countries around the globe.
World Factbook - CIA
Information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.

Australian Bureau of Statistics
Australian statistics and census data.
ABS Industry statistics
Key statistics about a range of industry related topics.
Australian Key Economic Indicators
A monthly compendium of economic statistics published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

OECD iLibrary
Publications and datasets released by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), International Energy Agency (IEA), Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), OECD Development Centre, PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment), and International Transport Forum (ITF).

World Trade Organization (WTO)
Find international trade figures for commodities and commercial services such as transport and financial services.

IMF eLibrary
IMF periodicals, books, working papers and studies, data and statistical tools, including authoritative data reports, statistical yearbooks, studies, working papers and important research on the global economy. Covers macroeconomics, globalisation, development, trade and aid, demographics, emerging markets, policy advice and poverty reduction.
Free public resource
IMF eLibrary data
Access to authoritative, harmonised global statistical datasets including International Financial Statistics, Direction of Trade, Balance of Payments, Trade and Investment and Government Finance Statistics. Features the ability to produce customisable data tables and graphs. Mozilla Firefox is the preferred browser.
Free public resource
International Financial Statistics (IMF)
International statistics on all aspects of international and domestic finance. For most countries, IFS Online reports balance of payments, international liquidity, money and banking, current data on exchange rates, interest rates, prices, production, international transactions, government accounts, national accounts, and population.

Patents

Australian Patents

AusPAT
Contains all Australian patent specifications and records dating back to 1904.
Free public resource

IP Australia
Online Services for searching Patents, Designs and Trade Marks. IP Australia is the federal government agency responsible for granting rights in patents, trade marks and designs.

International Patents

Ei patents
Patents from the US Patent and Trademark Office and European Patent Office.

European Patent Office
Provides access to full page images for most patents from 1790 to present.
US Patent and Trademark Office
Search-able database of US patents with full text of patent documents.
World Intellectual Property Digital Library
Provides access to intellectual property data collections such as PCT (Patents), Madrid (Trademarks), Hague (Industrial Designs), Article 6ter (State Emblems, Official Hallmarks, and Emblems of Intergovernmental Organizations).

Scopus
Access to Australian and International patents.

Professional Associations

It can be valuable to build your career prospects and networks by connecting with professional associations. You might like to engage with these business and entrepreneurship groups as a student, or even throughout your career.

Australian Financial Markets Association
The Australian Financial Markets Association (AFMA) was formed in 1986. They are an industry association promoting efficiency, integrity and professionalism in Australia's financial markets – including the capital, credit, derivatives, foreign exchange and other specialist markets.
Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI)
The Australian HR Institute (AHRI) is the national association representing human resource and people management professionals with 20,000 members from Australia and across the globe.
Australian Marketing Institute
The Australian Marketing Institute is the requisite organisation for professional marketers and the authoritative voice of Marketing in Australia.