Use the resources listed on this page to find relevant information on topics in agriculture, policy & development. They will give you access to both primary and secondary sources of information.
Search Summon to find online journal articles and book chapters.
Google Scholar is the academic version of Google. It allows you to search for scholarly literature (journal articles, books, patents) from a variety of sources, including academic publishers, professional societies, and online repositories.
Gives references to journal articles, books, conference proceedings and patents in all subjects. Also offers extensive tools to analyse results, and measure impact for articles, journals and authors.
Full-text articles in business magazines, scholarly journals and trade publications.
Use to search across a number of databases covering a range of subject areas. Provides references to journal articles, books, conference papers, patents, research data and other materials.
References to articles in journals published by Emerald and ICE Virtual Library, plus full-text access to articles in over 150 titles.
Provides an extensive collection of business intelligence, combining Gale reference content with respected business sources and full-text periodicals to help researchers understand today's global business environment.
Provides consumer and market research reports.
When accessing Mintel you may reach a screen that asks for the Client/Campus login. Please select the 'Login here' option next to 'Need federated login?'. You will be directed to the University Single Sign on page, please log in as normal.
Global company and industry information.
Limited to 5 simultaneous users.
A database of listed companies, banks and insurance companies worldwide.
This resource replaces Osiris from December 2022.
Our subscription entitles us access to companies described as Very Large. See description below
Orbis Europe is a database containing financial information on over 13 million public and private companies covering around 40 European countries. You can search for specific companies, companies that match a profile and compare peer companies.
This resource replaces Amadeus from December 2022.
Our subscription entitles us access to companies described as Very Large and Large. See description below
Factiva is a news resource with a broad collection of sources that reach across disciplines from business and finance, journalism, PR and communications, data science and technology to political science and more.
Provides quantitative data and statistics on over 80,000 topics from more than 22,500 sources.
International statistics relating to food and agriculture.
Much content is freely available. We do not have a subscription, although individuals can register and download a restricted number of records.
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This playlist of two videos shows you how to prepare for and perform a literature search. The first video introduces literature searches and their role. The second video covers using the search operators AND and OR to create a search statement, and explains the role of wildcards and truncation in constructing a comprehensive search. This information is also available in written guides - see the links below.