Databases are a good a place to begin research. They may contain articles in journals, papers in conference proceedings, newspapers, chapters in books, reports and reviews.

ABI/INFORM Complete™ (via ProQuest)
A comprehensive business database with over 3,700 journals including over 2,800 full-text titles covering business and economic conditions, corporate strategies, management techniques, as well as competitive and product information. ABI/INFORM Complete™ consists of ABI/INFORM Global, ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry, ABI/INFORM Dateline, ABI/INFORM Archive.

Business Source Premier (via EBSCOhost Web)
Business Source Premier, is a major business research database, providing full text for more than 2,300 journals, including more than 1,100 peer-reviewed business publications. It covers all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, accounting, finance and economics. It contains full text from top management and marketing journals, scholarly journals as well as non-journal content such as market research reports, industry reports, country reports, company profiles and SWOT analyses.

EIU CountryData
Annual, quarterly and monthly economic indicators, and forecasts covering 317 series for 150 counties and 45 regional aggregates. Long term projections to 2030 for 60 most important markets. Displayed data in table or chart format.

Global Market Information Database (GMID)
Sourced from thousands of international market and business information information providers, GMID is a database that offers access to statistics, market analysis and reports, company statistics and profiles, market shares and performance indicators, lifestyle analysis, country statistics and profiles.

Factiva
News and business information from 25,000 leading news and business publications from 159 countries, 350 geographic regions and in 22 languages. It includes daily and archival news coverage of globally influential newspapers, including The Wall Street Journal, South China Morning Post, The Times, and local newspapers such as The Straits Times and Business Times.

ISI Emerging Markets
News, country, company and financial information from more than 80 emerging markets in Asia, Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Access to over 16 000 publications.

Lexis.com
Database with over 30,000 titles in news, legal and business information, financial data. Provides access to case law and statutes from U.S., U.K., Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, data of publicly listed companies in major stock exchanges, and news from the world's leading news and business sources.

Lexisnexis Academic
Access to 6,000 titles in news, business and legal information. Includes full text coverage of industry and market news, company financial information, accounting information, law reviews, state and country profiles from newspapers, wire services, magazines and trade journals, and U.S. federal and state case law.

Orbis
Company information provided for over 60 million companies through this global database, including news, market research, ratings and country reports, scanned reports, ownership and mergers & acquisition data also available.

SourceOECD
A search engine platform that offers online access to OECD books, reports, annuals, working papers, loose-leaf binders, periodicals and databases. Statistical annuals and periodicals are available as e-books in PDF format.

More databases available at: NUS Libraries> E-Resources> Databases

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Economist
Harvard Business Review
Academy of Management review
Academy of Management journal
Administrative science quarterly
Asia Pacific journal of management
Columbia law review
Harvard law review
International journal of law and business technology
Journal of business venturing
Journal of international business studies
Journal of management
Journal of management studies
Journal of product innovation management
Marketing science
Management science
Management international review
Research policy
Strategic management journal

More E-Journals available at: NUS Libraries> E-Resources> EJournals

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A to Z of international trade / by Frank Reynolds

The Blackwell encyclopedia of management / encyclopedia editor, Cary L Cooper

Dictionary of international business law / Lucas Otto

Doing business 2009 : comparing regulation in 181 economies / World Bank

Economist guide to economic indicators / Economist

Introduction to business law in Singapore / R. Chandran

Key concepts in strategic management / Jonathan Sutherland and Diane Canwell

Strategic management and business policy : concepts and cases / Thomas L. Wheelen, J. David Hunger

The terms of trade : glossary of international economics / by Alan V. Deardorff

Walter Woon on Company law / general editor, Tan Cheng Han

World development indicators / World Bank

For other background sources, search the Library catalogue, LINC at http://linc.nus.edu.sg/.

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NUS Theses

Foreign Theses

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Database (PQDT) (E-Resource)
A comprehensive database of dissertations and theses records from around the world . Where available, PQDT provides 24 page previews of dissertations and theses. Allows natural language searching and the menu-driven search facility help users find information quickly and easily.

Theses of foreign universities are located on HSSML's 2nd floor, beginning with call numbers HF345*UMI.

More foreign theses databases are available at: NUS Libraries> E-Resources> Databases by Type> Theses & Dissertations

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This is a list of customized "How to search" Library sessions teaching users how to search specific databases, Library catalogue, etc.  It may include notes on how to use specific resources.

Basic Search Skills

Crash Test Dummy Course on Business Source Premier

Crash Test Dummy Course on Osiris

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FITA (Federation of International Trade Associations) : Legal resources for international business

Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) : Economy and Business

Strategic Management Society

National Association for Business Economics (NABE): NABE Links

NUS Business School CGFRC Resources : Useful Links

OECD Regulatory Management and Reform

UNDP

World Bank

World Bank e-Library

World Development Indicators

World Resources Institute

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