Some of the kinds of publication you will use to find out about business and management Official sources Trade press Business magazines/periodicals Academic journals Newspapers The rest.... ?

Office for National statistics Official sources: Governments and official bodies gather and publish a wide variety of data and information about economic activity, trade and business. These are often reported in newspapers, magazines or can be found on the organisation’s website. Eurostat http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ Office for National statistics Bank of England http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/statistics/Pages/bankstats/default.aspx International Monetary Fund

Rail Technology magazine Trade press Magazines read by those working in a particular industry. Often make some of their content available free of charge on their websites. Some are featured on Management Direct, Business Source Premier and Westlaw International. Campaign Magazine http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/ The Grocer http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/ Morning Advertiser www.morningadvertiser.co.uk Rail Technology magazine www.railtechnologymagazine.com/

Business periodicals This kind of magazine writes about business and management in general. Often make some of their content available free of charge on their websites. Some are featured on Management Direct, Business Source Premier and Westlaw International. Investors Chronicle and The Economist can also be read in the library. FastCompany www.fastcompany.com Investors Chronicle http://www.investorschronicle.co.uk/ Forbes Magazine http://www.forbes.com The Economist http://www.economist.com/

Academic journals These are almost always “peer reviewed” meaning that independent experts have checked the article to make sure it is not misleading and is likely to be reliable and accurate. Some articles are very detailed and assume prior knowledge of the topic. Business Source Premier, Management Direct and Emerald include academic journals. Universities also publish research on the internet - portals such as SSRN can be a good starting point for business research papers.

Books Business Source Premier, Management Direct and Emerald include books and chapters from books. Foundation students have key textbooks on Vitalsource Use the library catalogue to find library books

Newspapers You have access to the FT if you register via the library portal. There is a general overview of newspaper sources here: http://library.law.ac.uk/ResearchGuides201415/newspapersonline.html Guidance on finding company profiles on the FT appears in the guide on finding company information - https://librarylondon.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/finding-company-information.pptx

Who else? Companies who specialise in market research and professional service firms (accounts, management consultants, economists) often publish research free of charge to show case what they do – just a two examples: https://go.forrester.com/ http://www.pwc.com/gx/en/research-insights.html Trade organisations and bodies representing industry groups: http://www.aia-aerospace.org/ http://www.concrete.org.uk/ Political think tanks, research foundations or campaigning organisations: https://www.ifs.org.uk/about/ https://www.weforum.org/ Individual experts – often via Blogs http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/ http://noahpinionblog.blogspot.co.uk/

3 key questions to ask about any source… Is it an authoritative source? Is it relevant to the task? How up to date is it?